Browse Our Collection
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.
Search Our Collection
Go to the Search/Find page to search for collection items.
If you’d like help, Exploring the Online Collection is a brief explanation about our search engine and how best to use it to find what you’re looking for. For detailed curatorial information, you can browse our curatorial website.
The Green, Longmeadow, Mass.
Cornhusk Doll
Stoneware Churn
Franklin County Agricultural Society Membership of Lester L. Luey
“Correspondence between Lydia Maria Child and Gov. Wise and Mrs. Mason, of Viriginia”
Beaver comb
Wood Mounted Bit
Streetscape – Royalston Common
The Washington County Mutual Insurance Company broadside
Edge of Settlement
“Turners Falls, Mass. Industrial Plants, General View below Falls”
List of Soldiers
“Marchers to Converge on Lincoln Memorial” and “Washington Will be Symbol of U.S. Power Marchers” article in GRG newspaper
“At Work” photo & “History Finds Irish in Holyoke in 1663” from “Irish Heritage Important to Wmass.. in The Republican newspaper
Irrigation Syringe
Greenfield Public Library Cornice fragment
Public Vendue notice of Nathaniel Dickinson published in the Hampshire Gazette
Basalt hoe or adzes
“Franklin County to get C.C. Corps Camps in Four of State Forests at Once” article from Greenfield Daily Recorder-Gazette paper
“Town Welfare Costs Far Below 1933 But Old Age Equals Entire 1924 Bill” article from Greenfield Daily Recorder-Gazette newspaper
Doll “Diana”
Beaded Moccasins
WWII Application for Renewal of Fuel Oil ration
Ephraim Williams (1760-1835)
“The Youth’s Companion World Fair”
Articles of Faith of William Stoddard Williams
“Erving & Wendell”
“Darling Expands Parts Manufacturing Ten-Fold Since Firm Started in 1940” article from Greenfield Recorder-Gazette newspaper
Reflector Oven/Roaster
Janet Russell (1886-1981) and William Russell
Village Room and Post Office
Wallhanging-Two Red Roses Across the Moon
“Mount Holyoke” sonnet on the death of Mary Lyon
“Tis Sixty Years Since. The Passing of the Stall-fed Ox and the Farm Boy”
Mt. Sugarloaf
Greenfield Postmasters
River Road House
Formerly enslaved man gives talk in Northfield
Three Athol Images from “Quabbin’s Railroad: The Rabbit”
“Second Baptists Survive Difficulties Of Early Years, Now A Thriving Parish”
Crazy Quilt with Netted Border
“The Census of Massachusetts: 1885, Volume II”
Moody Homestead
Gate-leg Table
“Expansion of Deerfield Arts and Crafts”
“Ononko’s Vow”
Park Square, Westfield, Mass.
Tax receipt of Alpheus Moore for Ebenezer Hinsdale’s property
Some of the Beautiful Curves on the Mohawk Trail
“Showdown Looms On War Powers Issue” article in The Greenfield Recorder newspaper
Mohawk Trail Whitcomb Summit House and Gift Shop
“Cornfield in Winter”
Headquarters Edwin E. Day Post, G.A.R. and Girl’s Club Rooms, Greenfield, Mass.
Civil War letter to Ella Melendy
“Will Hutchins Chosen President”
Excerpts from Edwin Nims’ Agricultural Diary
Estate Appraisal of Esther Dickinson
J. Wilson’s Improved Cast iron Plough
“Federal Activities Reach Deeper Into Private Life” image from Greenfield Daily Recorder-Gazette newspaper
WWI Letter from Thomas Williams Ashley
Lace Making Pillow
Woman’s cap
“A Day Off”
WWII Class 4 fuel oil ration coupons
Caroline Stebbins Sheldon (1789-1865) Sampler
Medicine cup
Margaret Christine Whiting (1860-1946)
Banister Back Side Chair
“Purple Shadow”
Petersham Town Records on Shays’ Rebellion
“Art and Industry at Deerfield”
Patent application for J. Wilson’s plow
Military Commission of Lemuel Taylor
“The Deerfield Renaissance” from New England Magazine
“Original Deerfield Workers Show Skills at Crafts”
Little Jack of All Trades, with Suitable Representations. Part I
Inventory of Edward Allyn
Excerpt from “A Funeral Oration on the Death of George Washington”
Spectacles
Reverend Samuel Willard (1776-1859)
“Village Room”
WWI letter to Emily Gladys Bartlett
Hazen’s Store, Belchertown, Mass.
Excerpt of Dr. Joseph Goodhue’s Diary
Official Ballot for Shelburne
Lucy Henry (1843-1927) (Mrs. David Henry) Netting
“Southern and War Items”
“The Life and Age of Woman”
Connecticut River and Sunderland Bridge from Mt. Sugarloaf
Pocketbook
WWII War Ration Book 2
Hotel Lathrop, South Deerfield, Mass.
Arosen’s Sash
Bifacial blade with modern haft
Tax Assessment notice for town of Buckland
“Exhibition. Westfield Academy. Order of Exercises.”
Excerpts from Rev. Robert Crawford’s diary about labor issues, Haymarket and Westfield Normal School
“Snow Storm”
Syringe
German Prisoners
Petition of Convention of Hampshire County article from the Hampshire Gazette newspaper
“Pageant of Old Deerfield on the Grounds of the Allen Homestead”
Holyoke, Mass. Bird’s Eye View from Mt. Tom by moonlight
Hospital Operating Room
Fountain, at the Orient, West Pelham, Mass.
Petition to the Judges of the Superior Court
Dress
Michael Waskiewicz
Sketches of Brazil & Chile by Jeremiah Madison Doe on his voyage from Massachusetts around Cape Horn to California
Bandbox
Heath, Mass.-On Pocumtuck Road
“The Poles at Turners Falls” article from Greenfield Gazette and Courier newspaper
Wedding Dress
Frank Dahowski and Edward Burakiewicz
First Church of Deerfield Pewter Flagon
Identification Badge of a Raytheon Manufacturing Company worker during WWII
“Influenza Epidemic Continues” article in Gazette and Courier newspaper
College Meadow, A. C., Amherst, Mass.
“A Catalogue of the Books contained in the Chicopee Town Library, together with general regulations of the same.”
Mrs. Esther Williams’ inventory
“Smith’s Geography on the Productive System; for Schools, Academies, and Families”
“A Visit” in the Gazette and Mercury Newspaper
Letter to Colrain Selectmen regarding Insurgents
Dam and Covered Bridge in Conway
Letter to C. Alice Baker regarding the trolley
“Will Visit Native Land”
Old Tavern Sign, Blandford
Moonlight View of Orange, Mass.
44 Sugarloaf Street
Tricorn Hat
“The Song” published in the Hampshire Gazette
Hand Stamp
Letter to Dorothy Ashley Williams from her husband William Williams telling her of George Washington’s funeral
“TFHS Students Share ‘A Day of Concern’” article in The Greenfield Recorder newspaper
Sword
Esther Williams’ Will
“Call for more Missionaries” article from the Franklin Herald newspaper
Capt. Moses Scott military settlement
“Insist on Having Miner’s Flavoring Extracts” Ad from Gazette and Courier newspaper
Mirror
George Fuller (1822-1884) Studio
Deerfield Town Meeting
“Counting Our Blessings!” cartoon from The Greenfield Recorder newspaper
“HYMN – For Fourth July–1826”
WWI letter to Emily Gladys Bartlett
“Plowing Sward”
Indenture between Samuel Wells & Jonathan Ballard
Page from Josiah Allen diary regarding Mill River Disaster Flood
Redware teapot and top
Campaign Banner for William Henry Harrison
“Ancient History of Pocomptuck or Deerfield…”.by Stephen West Williams
Breast Plate Hand Drill manufactured by Millers Falls Company
Dress
“Harrow Theater and Hutchins’ Plays”
Plate and cup
“Influenza With Us- Epidemic Has Taken Hold of Greenfield” article from The Greenfield Recorder newspaper
Western slope showing North Adams
“Making a Dam”
WWI letter to Emily Gladys Bartlett
“Teachers’ Institute”
King Street, Northampton, Mass.
“Betty at the Churn”
“Outrages on Colored Soldiers” article from the National Anti-Slavery Standard newspaper
Letter to Wesley Watson
Reasons in Favor or Against the Trolley Route in Deerfield
“Geography Made Easy”
Union Playing Card
Phelps mourning embroidery
Union Battery Invoice for Cannon and Expenses
A List of Wearing Apparel, Books, &c. of William Stoddard Williams
“Ku-Klux-Klan” article in the Gazette and Courier newspaper
John Russell Cutlery Grinding Room Employees
“Leaders of March Still Have Not Attained Goal” article from Greenfield Recorder-Gazette newspaper
“Deerfield Painters’ Original Work”
“Preparations for Jeanne D’Arc at Vaucouleurs”
Sketch of the Union Naval Attack on Charleston Harbor
Couple in 18th Century Costume
“A Puritan Maiden”
Excerpts from Major Salah Barnard’s Orderly Book
Camp Northfield, East Northfield, Mass
Young Men’s Christian Association Meeting
“Tribute to American Ladies” article from the Greenfield Gazette and Franklin Herald newspaper
“Melrose Abbey (Detail)”
Concertina
Side Chair
Tape loom
Avery Oxen Show Admission Ticket
“Cronies”
Wagon Jack
Mary Arms at Barton Heights
First Church of Deerfield Interior
Tin-Glazed Earthenware Plate
“The Need of an Immigration Test” article from the Greenfield Gazette and Courier newspaper
Chest
Wrought-iron lampstand and lamp
Armed Railroad Car
Kitchen Settle
150 Anniversary, Bernardston, Mass.-Parade
“Spirit of Religion Leading the Puritans”
“Civilization rebuked by the savage” in “Gazette and Mercury” Newspaper