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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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“The New McGuffey Second Reader”
Main St. Easthampton, Mass
Proclamation regarding Shays’ Rebellion
“South Deerfield- To Build New School-House”
Deerfield Town Meeting
“Deerfield Street”- Rebuttal on Monuments
“Illustrated Memoir of the World War”
Woodland outing
Raffia Basket
Apron
Peabody Room
Tea gown or Dressing gown
Pitch pipe
Estey Organ
Tax receipt of Justin Hitchcock
Agawam Cong’l Church
Greenfield in a Nutshell
“Deerfield”- Sheldon talks about Monuments
Greetings from Ashfield
“Picturesque Franklin”
Royalston
“The Dyke Mill Bulletin, No. 1”
Bullet pouch
Hoosac Tunnel
Arms Manufacturing Company
Willow Basket
Camp Meeting Residence
Mt. Sugarloaf
Janet Russell (1886-1981) with her cat, Sir Thomas Gray
“True Heroes” article from scrapbook kept by Celia M. Kimball
WWII War Ration Book Four
“War Protest Keeps New England College Campuses in Ferment” article in The Greenfield Recorder newspaper
Apron
Child Beauty (Barbara Jordan)
Millstone
Bottle
Communication with the Spirit of his dead daughter Jane Elizabeth Pierce
Wedding Gown
Red Rock
Whitworth Hand Tap & Die Set
State Street, Springfield, Mass.
Jane Marshall Wood (1833-1841)
Fisher’s Garage Mechanics
“An Address Delivered Before the Hampshire, Franklin, & Hampden Agricultural Society; at Northampton, Oct. 24, 1827.”
Wallhanging-“The Pear Tree”
A call to organize Regulator companies in “To the good people of the Town of Deerfield” address
“The News From Home”- the Greenfield Guards
“Growth and Future of the Nation” article from the Gazette and Courier newspaper
Colton and Fitch’s Modern School Geography
“Britain Gets Jitters Over Hydrogen Bomb” article in Greenfield Recorder-Gazette newspaper
Pint mug
“Practical Art Lectures”
“The Incoming of the Poles” newspaper article
Ceramic vessel
Second Grade Class
“Ambleside-After Storm”/”After Rain, Ambleside”/”Clearing off (Ambleside)”/”Clearing, Lake Country, England”
South Deerfield, Mass.
Letter to Aaron Willard regarding enslaved man
WWII Blackout Memo Deerfield Residents
Log Drive Cook Shack on Connecticut River
The Young Reader, To Go With The Spelling Book
Union Battery Invoice for Cannon and Expenses
Letter to Mr. and Mrs. George Sheldon regarding trolley
“N. Vickary, Taxidermist”
Mount Hermon, Mass., Mount Hermon Chapel
Estate Settlement of David Hoyt
Pages from Williams & Upham account book
Votes of counties at the Massachusetts State Convention article published in the Hampshire Gazette
Legal document of Debtor Joshua Sweet
Square-“Nocturne”
Village Room
Petition for Reimbursement by Major Salah Barnard
Embroidery of Mount Vernon
Oath of Allegiance of Isaac Abercrombie
“Disgraceful Outrage” article on the Ursuline Convent from the Boston Courier newspaper
Embroidered pocket
“Slave Case in Connecticut” article from the Gazette and Mercury newspaper
St. James / Monument Church
“An Old Custom” -The Liberty Pole of Deerfield 1774
Sketch
Promissory note to Joseph Goodhue
“Congress Jan. 9” article from Greenfield Gazette and Franklin Herald newspaper
World War II Helmet
Letter to George Sheldon regarding trolley
Hostilities
“Emigration from Britain to America” article from the Hampshire Gazette newspaper
Letter from the Monday Club regarding trolley
Stone gouge with modern haft
Daffodil bowl
“Culture of Silk” from New England Farmer
Brass Skimmer
“Serious Riot” article regarding Irish Laborers reprinted in Franklin Democrat newspaper from the Hampshire Gazette newspaper
Teapot
Obadiah Foot’s request to organize a Regulator company in “To the good People of the Town of Deerfield” article
“Jeff Davis’ Proclamation”
“Violence Seen Probable in D.C. Demonstration” article from The Greenfield Recorder newspaper
“President Welcomed- Colonel Roosevelt given enthusiastic greeting in our towns” article in The Greenfield Recorder
Persis Hoyt Sheldon Scallop-Top Chest of Drawers
Hand Stamp
Florida Everglades
“The Boston Mob” article to the Mayor in Gazette and Courier newspaper
Jerry with Rocking Chair
“Elizabethan Group”
Old State House and Midway, Eastern States Expo.
Page from Proprietors of the Common Field in Deerfield
“At Work” photo & “History Finds Irish in Holyoke in 1663” from “Irish Heritage Important to Wmass.. in The Republican newspaper
Landscape – Mill on Stream
Frederick Douglas refused passport
“Popery-Temperance” article from the Greenfield Gazette and Franklin Herald newspaper
Letter to Agnes Gordon Cochran Higginson regarding slavery and democracy
Quality Control Lab Coat from Millers Falls Company
“Massachusetts Tax Valuation list of 1771”
Rudiments of Reading
Historical Collections, being a General Collection of interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes, &c.
Excerpts from “The Congressional Globe” on the ship Macedonian for Use to Aid Irish Relief
“Bangwell Putt”
Road in Highland Park
Letter from Insurgent to Col. Clark and others published in the Hampshire Gazette
Plate
Dining Table
Seating “Negroes” in the Old Hadley meetinghouse
“Albany Road Cemetery, 1696-1929”
“Miner’s Lemon Standard Extract”
Neck Yoke
Affidavit for Wilson’s plough
Foot Warmer
Side chair with leather upholstery
Mortar and Pestle
Page from Josiah Allen diary regarding Mill River Disaster Flood
Thank you letter from Mrs. Hooper to Miss Wilson for supplies for Civil War soldiers
Women Vote article published in Gazette and Courier
“Church Wedding in Old Deerfield”
Frary House at Open House
“Williams Cupboard and Ceramics”
Patch Box
“Gun Controls” editorial in Greenfield Recorder newspaper
Sugar Box
Streetscape – Royalston Common
Raffia Basket
“Deerfield School Controversy”
“Drama Vs. Reality” editorial from Greenfield Recorder-Gazette newspaper
Land transfer, John Williams to John Sheldon
Two-handled cup
“Reward of Merit” presented to Minnie Flagg
“Sugarloaf from Meadows”/ “Millriver Plains”
Hospital in Vladivostok
Letter to Dr. William Stoddard Williams from Oliver Partridge
Dr. William G. Watt
WWII political letter to Henry L. Clarke
Arthur Fuller and Agnes Higginson Fuller
Work shoe
Plans of the Higginson House on The Street in Deerfield
Feeding Vessel
Abenaki Basket
“Confidences”
“The Cabinetwork at New Clairvaux”
“Federal Grants Pour Into Towns For WPA Plans” article from Greenfield Daily Recorder-Gazette newspaper
Pair of wrought iron candelabrum
Parts Manufacturing Company Memorial Plaque of WWII losses
“Class in Color Design”
Will of Esther (Harding) Dickinson
Mt. Sugarloaf with farmer
“Woman’s Work” editorial from Greenfield Daily Recorder-Gazette newspaper
“The Letter of the Law”
John Sheldon (1658-1733) House
R. R. Station
Malissa Childs
Petition to the Judges of the Superior Court
View from “Sugarloaf”
Writing Armchair
“Maple Grove”
Niagara Falls needle case
“The White Doll”
Steatite Vessel
WWII Ration Mailing form
Tea and Coffee Service
Military Commission of Isaac Abercrombie
Parks House, John Chaplin, Prop. Huntington, Mass.
“Hanging Stockings”
Examination Ball Invitation
“Last Furrow”
Main Street, Greenfield, MA
Extract of a Letter regarding fate of the insurgents published in the Hamsphire Gazette
Table Rock, Mt. Sugarloaf
View Along the Cold River, Eastern Slope of Mohawk Trail
Tile: “Landing of the Pilgrims 1620”
Norcross Bros. Stone Yard, East Longmeadow, Mass.
Share of the Canada-Cuba Land and Fruit Company, Limited
Parts Manufacturing Company 3 dimensional airplane part
World War I Encampment
Bifacial blade with modern haft
“Ancient History of Pocomptuck or Deerfield…”.by Stephen West Williams
Salah Barnard’s Account Book
Watch fob with crystal drop
“Letter from Mrs. L. M. Child” to Friend Garrison published in the National Anti-Slavery Standard newspaper
Keyed Bugle
Sugarloaf Street with Trolley
“Stevens May Resign If He Does Not Receive Support From Eisenhower” article from Greenfield Recorder-Gazette newspaper
Military Commission of Lemuel Taylor
Lusterware Teapot