Diggin' in The Meadows
The Silvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge, colloquially known as “The Meadows,” is a stretch of meadows and wetlands that dominate the...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
- Nov 19, 2022
- 2 min
Say Their Names
Anyone who knows and loves the soundtrack from the musical Hamilton knows how haunting the final verse of the final song is, “who lives,...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
- Nov 18, 2022
- 4 min
Longmeadow's Irish
Today's History Note takes a look back at the history of the Irish in Longmeadow in honor of St. Patrick's Day. "Irish emigrants leaving...
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Tim Casey
- Nov 16, 2022
- 6 min
Duncan vs. Flynn- A Story of Mid-20th Century Housing Discrimination
During the years that followed the second world war, many white Americans experienced unprecedented prosperity in large part due to...
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Beth Hoff
- Nov 13, 2022
- 3 min
Designing To Get An Apprentice Boy
On October 31, 1774, Rev. Stephen Williams of Longmeadow wrote in his diary, “this day, my son Samuel set out on a journey for Boston...
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Beth Hoff
- Nov 13, 2022
- 7 min
John Ackley and Sarah Forbus
Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze Who were John Akley and Sarah Forbus? They are pauper children from Boston whom Ensign...
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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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Melissa M. Cybulski
- Nov 12, 2022
- 4 min
Fridays with Zoe- Documenting Black Lives in Longmeadow
This summer the Longmeadow Historical Society has been participating in a project called “Documenting the Early History of Black Lives in...
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Beth Hoff
- Nov 11, 2022
- 4 min
Peter Pease- "... if he should be living..."
Indenture of Peter Pease to Noah Ashley “…if he should be living…” Sometimes, research leads you to more questions than answers, and this...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
- Nov 11, 2022
- 7 min
Searching for Susan Freedom
Susan Freedom d.1803, Springfield Cemetery (image courtesy of Betsy McKee) Under the shade of evergreen trees in a section of Springfield...
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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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Beth Hoff
- Nov 4, 2022
- 5 min
Stockbridge Indians and Rev. Stephen Williams
Stockbridge Indians and Rev. Stephen Williams Stockbridge, Massachusetts is the quintessential New England town. Norman Rockwell, who...
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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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Melissa M. Cybulski
- Oct 24, 2022
- 2 min
Rachel Lawton: Suffragist
This History Note shares the story of one Longmeadow woman's role in the fight for women's right to vote. Recent reminders that 2020...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
- Oct 24, 2022
- 2 min
Sarah Storrs, 1832-1907
Today's History Note tells the story of an unsung hero of Longmeadow's cultural life, Sarah Storrs. The Storrs name is a recognizable one...
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