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The Mystery of the Seaman's Journal
Front Piece of a Seaman's Journal The Mystery of the Seaman's Journal Recently rediscovered in the archives of the Storrs House Museum is...
Beth Hoff
Nov 22, 20225 min read
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Dairy Farming in Longmeadow
Jarius R. Kibbe and oxen of Frank B. Allen. Image courtesy of Stephen Forbes. Until the turn of the century, most Longmeadow families...
Beth Hoff
Nov 22, 20224 min read
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"I am like a lost sheep in the world:": The Letters of Jeannette Cooley
Last week's History Note told the story behind the inscription on James Cooley's cenotaph in Longmeadow Cemetery. A cenotaph is a...
Betsy McKee
Nov 21, 20226 min read
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"What does that mean on that gravestone?"
Cooley family gravestone, Longmeadow Cemetery James Cooley Died at Lima while Charge d'affairs for U.S. to Peru. Feb. 24, 1828, AE 37....
Betsy McKee
Nov 21, 20225 min read
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Kenneth B. Page's WWI Service Medals
Service Medals awarded to Pvt. Kenneth Page of Longmeadow during WWI Kenneth Bausman Page was born in Springfield, Massachusetts on June...
Lenny Shaker
Nov 21, 20223 min read
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Rachel Lawton: Suffragist
Much is written of famous early pioneers of the movement like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. Without question, their role...
Melissa M. Cybulski
Nov 21, 20222 min read
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James S. Dwight’s Voyage on the Kate Hastings
Last week's History Note shared the detective work that went into identifying the author and origins of a Seaman's Journal found in our...
Beth Hoff
Nov 21, 20226 min read
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Longmeadow’s Governor: Foster Furcolo
John Foster Furcolo was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on July 29, 1911. He dropped the use of his first name in the late 1940s. Before...
Lenny Shaker
Nov 21, 20223 min read
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A Soldier's Letter Home: Thomas Francis Cordis, 1843-1915
Thomas (Tommy) Francis Cordis was born in Longmeadow in 1843 and enlisted in the 46th Mass. Volunteers in September of 1862, at the age...
Betsy McKee
Nov 21, 20221 min read
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Longmeadow’s Physician From Kyiv
Jacob Zuslofsky, who became Dr. James Z. Naurison, was an immigrant from Kyiv, Ukraine living much of his life in Longmeadow. He led an...
Lenny Shaker
Nov 21, 20222 min read
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Longmeadow’s Medal of Honor Recipient: Cpl. Edward G. Wilkin
Col. Wilkin’s Medal of Honor Collection of the Longmeadow Historical Society As we close out a week that began for many with Memorial Day...
Lenny Shaker
Nov 20, 20223 min read
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Memorial Day
This coming Monday, May 30th, is Memorial Day. Although the exact origin of the holiday is unclear, it was widely celebrated beginning...
Betsy McKee
Nov 19, 20222 min read
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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,...
Melissa M. Cybulski
Nov 19, 20222 min read
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From eBay Back to Longmeadow: An Image of Elias Coomes
Elias Coomes, in Militia Coat Recently Acquired by Longmeadow Historical Society Every once in a while, we add a new item to our...
Al McKee/ Melissa M. Cybulski
Nov 19, 20224 min read
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For the Love of Books
William G. Medlicott Image courtesy of Stephen Forbes I love books. While I will, on occasion, read an e-book, I prefer the heft and...
Beth Hoff
Nov 18, 20225 min read
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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...
Melissa M. Cybulski
Nov 18, 20224 min read
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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...
Tim Casey
Nov 16, 20226 min read
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Sentenced to Death for Treason: Alpheus Colton of Longmeadow
Jonathan Hale Daybook: Jan 25, 1787 On January 25, 1787, a Longmeadow merchant, Jonathan Hale, recorded in his daybook a debit to Alpheus...
Melissa M. Cybulski
Nov 16, 20225 min read
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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...
Beth Hoff
Nov 13, 20223 min read
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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...
Melissa M. Cybulski
Nov 13, 20223 min read
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