Holiday Times
This Christmas season we wish to share from our collection this sweet doll holding two early 19th century holiday booklets for young...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
- Nov 13, 2022
- 3 min
District School Registers 1850-1851
Tucked away in a folder in the archives at the Storrs House Museum are more than a dozen attendance registers for the eight District...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
- Nov 13, 2022
- 3 min
A Letter from Mary Lyon....
South Hadley, Aug 26.1847 My dear Miss Bliss, Won’t you be willing to go to Virginia to teach? It’s a place where Miss Moore taught this...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
- Nov 13, 2022
- 2 min
Mourning Adolphus
This poignant little mourning painting from the collection of the Longmeadow Historical Society reminds us of the frailty of children's...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
- Nov 13, 2022
- 3 min
Play Ball!
Are you one of countless people tuned into the Red Sox/ Astros American League Series this week? Then perhaps you’ll enjoy these two...
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Betsy McKee
- Nov 12, 2022
- 3 min
Treasured Textile
On September 22nd, the Longmeadow Historical Society and Storrs Library will proudly present a virtual talk by renowned expert Lynne...
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Beth Hoff
- Nov 12, 2022
- 4 min
Caring for Longmeadow's Poor
Longmeadow Historical Society Archives Anthropologist Margaret Mead famously identified a healed human femur as the first sign of...
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Betsy McKee
- Nov 12, 2022
- 2 min
Granny Note- A Forest of Oak Trees
As our readers will recall, we love so-called "Granny Notes"--those sometimes cryptic, sometimes vague, sometimes incredible stories...
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Beth Hoff
- Nov 11, 2022
- 4 min
Silver and Gold Spectacles and Thimbles
Did you know that Longmeadow once had a thriving spectacle and thimble manufacturing industry? From 1830 through 1861, at least 38 men in...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
- Nov 11, 2022
- 3 min
Miss Storrs, Professor Storrs and the American School for the Deaf
From the 1840's to the 1880's the connection between the American School for the Deaf in Hartford and the Storrs family of Longmeadow was...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
- Nov 11, 2022
- 3 min
Student Copy Books: The Good Old (Math) Days
This week, as many families are wrapping up one of the most unusual and challenging school years, let us pause and honor the struggles...
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Al McKee/ Betsy McKee
- Nov 4, 2022
- 3 min
Is There a Doctor in the House?
The town of Longmeadow has had many doctors in the past, some formally trained and others who gained their knowledge by mentoring with a...
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Betsy McKee
- Nov 4, 2022
- 3 min
Granny Notes and Bough Pots
Have you ever heard of a granny note? This is what historical societies and museums call the little slips of paper that come with...
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Betsy McKee
- Nov 2, 2022
- 3 min
Epidemics of 100 Years Ago
Past Epidemics in Longmeadow at the Doane Orphanage The town of Longmeadow has dealt with epidemics before the COVID-19 pandemic changed...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
- Nov 2, 2022
- 6 min
Defective, Dependent and Delinquent Classes: The Care of Two Longmeadow Residents
***Today's History Note is part of our Hidden Voices Series that looks to highlight the stories of people often overlooked in history....
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Beth Hoff
- Nov 2, 2022
- 4 min
Westward Bound
"The Connecticut Settlers Entering The Western Reserve” by Howard Pyle (1853-1911) Who among us hasn’t dreamed of moving to somewhere new...
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Betsy McKee
- Nov 2, 2022
- 2 min
"Working on the Railroad: Thomas Murray 1848-1926"
Longmeadow resident Thomas Murray kept a diary in 1887, and like many of his time who kept diaries, included mostly comments on the...
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Beth Hoff
- Nov 2, 2022
- 3 min
The 1831 Map of Longmeadow
1831 Map of Longmeadow The 1831 map of Longmeadow, the earliest map of our entire town, shows a Longmeadow that is both similar to and...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
- Nov 2, 2022
- 2 min
Cats of Longmeadow
perhaps Tommy Cordis (b.1884) Cordis Family Collection Upon hearing that the Dogs of Longmeadow were highlighted in a recent History...
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Beth Hoff
- Oct 31, 2022
- 3 min
The Lives and Legacies of the William Goldthwaits
William Goldthwait In the 1800s, the talented and well-known Goldthwait family enriched the community and culture of Longmeadow. Today,...
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