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Our Online Collection is made up of over 2,000 items from Memorial Hall Museum – artifacts, documents, maps, photographs and books from the Connecticut River Valley region of Massachusetts. The Collection spans a vast sweep of history: from the area’s earliest Native American inhabitants to more recent, twentieth-century times.
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“A Soldier’s Dream”
“Morning Mist”
Main Street, Amherst, Mass.
“More Weight On Men, More Roads Through Forest Show Result of One Camp” article from the Daily Recorder-Gazette newspaper
“Memorial Hall, Deerfield, Mass.”
Cheese press
Edge of Settlement
“Compliments of Green Furniture & Undertaking Co.”
Whole Cloth Quilt
“Deerfield” regarding Monument Banter
“Leaders of March Still Have Not Attained Goal” article from Greenfield Recorder-Gazette newspaper
Cradle
Timothy Edwards’ Sermon Notes
Gas house explosion
Hatchel/Hackle
“The Census of Massachusetts: 1875, Vol. II”
“Darling Expands Parts Manufacturing Ten-Fold Since Firm Started in 1940” article from Greenfield Recorder-Gazette newspaper
Park Square, Westfield, Mass.
Patent Model of Plow
Shot pouch
Poets Seat, Greenfield, Mass.
Mount Sugar Loaf, South Deerfield, Mass.
Affidavit for Wilson’s plough
River Road House
Insurgents in Northfield article published in the Hampshire Gazette
“Italian Vagrants” article from the Greenfield Gazette and Franklin Herald newspaper
Drug Jar
“Bars Fight”
Russell Cutlery Company Birds-Eye View
Basalt hoe or adzes
“The Young Ladies Book: A Manual of Elegant Recreations, Exercises, and Pursuits”
“Tis Sixty Years Since. The Passing of the Stall-fed Ox and the Farm Boy”
Frank Dahowski, Wallingford, England
The Reformed Pastor
“State of Irish Poor” article in the Greenfield Gazette and Franklin Herald newspaper
Toasts for Independence
WWII Honorable Discharge card belonging to Frank Dahowski, Jr.
Alabaster sculpture
Letter to George Sheldon regarding trolley
“The Covered Bridge at the Pumping Station, Greenfield”
Officers of the 44th Massachusetts Regiment Volunteers
Wrought iron candleholders
“The Importance of Female Influence in the Support of Religion. A Sermon, delivered to a charitable Female Association”
“Enemies of the Dream” cartoon printed in Greenfield Recorder newspaper
“History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts”
“Old Indian House”
“Ruins of the French Fort at Chambly built 1711”
Spectacles
Birth Place of D. L. Moody, East Northfield, Mass.
Delegates from abolitionist sector nominate Hubbard for Congressman article in Greenfield Gazette and Mercury newspaper
Bit Stock
“American Heroes” figures
Niagara Falls pincushion
“Polly Wright’s parrot”
“Copy of a letter from Gen. Lincoln to Capt. Shays” in Hampshire Gazette newspaper
“Are We To Be Polonized?” article from the Greenfield Gazette and Courier newspaper
License for Bee Hives
“Letter from Mrs. L. M. Child” to Friend Garrison published in the National Anti-Slavery Standard newspaper
Wedding shoes
Plate “Massachusetts State House”
Extracting Ice
Receipt of Seth Sheldon for dance tuition
Coat of Major Samuel Willard Saxton (1829-1933)
“Any Cowboys, Gran’pa?” cartoon on H-bomb in Greenfield Recorder-Gazette newspaper
Rising Star Quilt
“True Heroes” article from scrapbook kept by Celia M. Kimball
Identification Badge of a Raytheon Manufacturing Company worker during WWII
Little Jack of All Trades, with Suitable Representations. Part I
William Garrison speech to YMCA on “Liberty in its Relations to Popular Government” article from Gazette & Courier newspaper
John Putnam (c.1817-1895)
Letter to George Sheldon regarding land title for the trolley
“Geography Made Easy”
“Our Dark Day” article from the Gazette and Courier newspaper
Upper Suspension Bridge and View of Riverside, From Prospect Street, Turners Falls, Mass.
“Catalogue of the State Normal School at Westfield, Mass., for the year ending July 29, 1860”
Checkerboard
Main Street, Bernardston, Mass.
The Ashfield House, Ashfield, Mass.
“Alton-Mob-Murder and Arson” article from the Hampshire Gazette newspaper
Memorial Hall Bedroom
Military Commission of Lt. Colonel Joseph Stebbins (1749-1816)
Tea and Coffee Service
Hannah Phelps account book
“Visit to President Lincoln by the Massachusetts Delegation”
Concertina
Letter from Connecticut Valley Street Railway Company regarding Trolley whistle
Jerry with Rocking Chair
Letter printed in article form to Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin Banneker in the Greenfield Gazette newspaper
“Oil Cinnamon Cordial” advertisement
Letter to John Williams
Fork
Kelley’s blacksmith sign
Promissory Note of Hezekiah Newcomb
“Reflections on the Present State of Things” article from Greenfield Gazette and Franklin Herald newspaper
“Corn Sister” sculpture
“Shelburne”
Silhouette of Deacon Justin Hitchcock (1752-1822)
Rowe Village, Rowe, Mass.
Boat Landing, Hampton Ponds
Petition to the Judges of the Superior Court
Feeding Vessel
Tobacco Wagon on Street
Excerpts from Major Salah Barnard’s Orderly Book
Deerfield Panorama
Staged Capture
“Order of Exercises at the Dedication of the Soldiers’ Monument, Deerfield Mass.”
Indenture between Justin Hitchcock and Moses Church
F. H. Sprague Co.
“Washington Monument at Night, Washington, D.C.”
Letter to the printer regarding Shays Rebellion published in the Hampshire Gazette newspaper
“New England Strike Grows All Fall River Mills Idle; President Seeks Mediators” article in the Greenfield Daily Recorder-Gazette
Depot
Handicraft Vol. III, No. 11 -“How They Do It In Deerfield”
“Ratification of the Federal Constitution by Massachusetts” published in the Hampshire Gazette
Woman’s cap
Trombone
“Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States” book advertisement in the Hampshire Gazette
Oath of Allegiance [Faith]
“Congress Jan. 9” article from Greenfield Gazette and Franklin Herald newspaper
Log Driving on the Connecticut River
Black Lace Dress
“Lowell” article regarding cotton mills from Greenfield Gazette and Franklin Herald newspaper
John Russell Cutlery Etching and Cleaning Department Employees
Two-handled cup
“How the news of the Constitutional Amendment was received” article from the Gazette and Courier newspaper
“Insist on Having Miner’s Flavoring Extracts” Ad from Gazette and Courier newspaper
Announcement of Marriage Intention of Wells & Hoyt
“Call for more Missionaries” article from the Franklin Herald newspaper
E-flag of Greenfield Tap and Die Corporation for exemplary performance in WWII
Restoration Plans for Wells-Thorn House
Letter to Wesley Watson
Bridge over Deerfield River, near Charlemont, Mass.
“Biographical Memoir of Rev. John Williams,” by Stephen West Williams.
Writ and promissory note against John Wing of Conway
Stocking
Diagram of John Wilson’s Orchard and list of trees
Wedding gown
Woman’s shoes
“Students Trying to Convert Congressmen” article in The Greenfield Recorder newspaper
“Goldwater Backs President’s Acts in Emergency” article in The Greenfield Recorder-Gazette newspaper
Letter to Aaron Fuller from son Elijah
Nurses Dress Uniform
Letter to Dennis Stebbins
Sign-“Franklin Savings Institution”
“Greenfield & Gill”
Looking Up Sugarloaf Street
Sugarloaf Street with Trolley
Letter to Gertrude Porter Ashley
American Missionary Association membership of Nathaniel Hitchcock
“Indian Village, Caughnawaga”
Power of Attorney document, Eliezer Hawks
Wallhanging-“The Pear Tree”
Toy Tea Set
William Stebbins (1817-1897)
Horseradish Bottle and Box
“Burly Log Drivers Up River Start Biggest Drive Ever Seen”
Flintlock long fowler
Chesterfield Church
Letter to Lt. James Stewart regarding Insurgents
Main Street, Looking North. Whately, Mass.
Cathcart Family Register
Well Sweep
“Federal Grants Pour Into Towns For WPA Plans” article from Greenfield Daily Recorder-Gazette newspaper
North Adams, Mass., Eastern Portal, Hoosac Tunnel
Mrs. Esther Williams’ inventory
Hair Pin Curve, Showing Stamford Valley
“Original Deerfield Workers Show Skills at Crafts”
Dr. Joseph Goodhue (1762-1849)
Colrain, Mass.
Milk Bottle
“Receipt To Color Blue”
Lamson, Goodnow and Company, Birds-Eye View
Excerpt from “Our Busy Town”
Serving Dish
“The Greek Slave” Statuette
Stoneware Churn
“Annual Log Drive on the River”
Centerpiece-“Mayflower”
Piano
Camphene Lamp
“Soviets’ ‘Moon’ Circling Globe at Terrific Speed” article from Greenfield Recorder-Gazette newspaper
WWI letter to Emily Gladys Bartlett
Two children feeding hens
Mt. Sugarloaf with farmer
“The Vicksburg Daily Citizen”
Roundabout Chair
“Improvement In Champooing And Hair Dyeing”
“Distribution of Personal Estate of Mr. Ebenezer Wells of Deerfield”
Soldiers moving down Federal Street
“Protection Against Influenza” ad from The Greenfield Recorder newspaper
“Deerfield Gave Warm Reception To Trolleys”
Mortar
Embroidered Dress
Neck Yoke
Main Street, Looking North from Hillman, Springfield, Mass.
Order and results of physical exam on Thomas Williams Ashley
“Marchers to Converge on Lincoln Memorial” and “Washington Will be Symbol of U.S. Power Marchers” article in GRG newspaper
“Log Drive Nearly Past Turners”
A Practical System of Modern Geography
“Abstract of the Massachusetts School Returns for 1838-9”