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"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...

Melissa M. Cybulski

Dec 8, 20222 min read

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

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

"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

"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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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"Be a good boy and learn..."

The Mystery of the Seaman's Journal

Dairy Farming in Longmeadow

"I am like a lost sheep in the world:": The Letters of Jeannette Cooley

"What does that mean on that gravestone?"

Kenneth B. Page's WWI Service Medals

Rachel Lawton: Suffragist

James S. Dwight’s Voyage on the Kate Hastings

Longmeadow’s Governor: Foster Furcolo

A Soldier's Letter Home: Thomas Francis Cordis, 1843-1915

Longmeadow’s Physician From Kyiv

Longmeadow’s Medal of Honor Recipient: Cpl. Edward G. Wilkin

Memorial Day

Say Their Names

From eBay Back to Longmeadow: An Image of Elias Coomes

For the Love of Books

Longmeadow's Irish

Duncan vs. Flynn- A Story of Mid-20th Century Housing Discrimination

Sentenced to Death for Treason: Alpheus Colton of Longmeadow

Designing To Get An Apprentice Boy

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