Betsy McKeeMay 18, 20232 minAlice F. Willard Alice F. Willard 1866-1946 Alice Faith Willard, daughter of Mason and Aurelia Coomes Willard, was born in 1866 and was a lifelong...
Betsy McKeeMar 30, 20232 minMartha Chapin Goldthwait (1863-1934)Faithful readers will be familiar with the name Goldthwait from previous History Notes, including a recent one about the return of a...
Melissa M. CybulskiFeb 9, 20233 minEmma's Essay: A Soldier Boy in the ArmyIn honor of Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, we thought we would look at an item in our collection from the era of his presidency: a child’s...
Melissa M. CybulskiDec 8, 20222 min"Be a good boy and learn..."Samuel C. Booth's Penmanship Book, 1820 From the Collection of the Longmeadow Historical Society Penmanship copybooks like this one used...