Wolf Swamp Road and School
Wolf Swamp Road School c. 1956 Longmeadow Historical Society Archives Who among us has not wondered about the name “Wolf Swamp?” In...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
- Mar 2
- 2 min
Skating, Sleighing and Sliding
Barney & Berry Ice Skates Longmeadow Historical Society Collection Next week, local historian and friend of the Longmeadow Historical...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
- Feb 9
- 3 min
Emma's Essay: A Soldier Boy in the Army
In 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...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
- Dec 21, 2022
- 3 min
Sarah A. Coomes Colton's Paintings
Two charming folk art paintings in the collection of the Longmeadow Historical Society bear the hallmarks of the kind of work educated...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
- Dec 8, 2022
- 2 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...
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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 12, 2022
- 1 min
Norway Street School
Cover of Norway Street School Memory Book In honor of Longmeadow’s students returning to school this week, we thought we’d invite you to...
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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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Melissa M. Cybulski
- Oct 27, 2022
- 2 min
Early Center School Kindergarten
Center School Kindergarten (undated) One look at this busy classroom scene evokes memories of past Decembers when teachers and students...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
- Oct 27, 2022
- 2 min
Thanks and Giving: Emeline Colton's Friendship Journal
On this day of Thanks and Giving, we wanted to reach out to our friends near and far and share a recent and wonderful addition to the...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
- Oct 24, 2022
- 1 min
Longmeadow During the 1918 Influenza Epidemic
Area schools, including Longmeadow, closed their doors on September 27th, 1918 in an effort to stop the spread of the deadly illness. ...
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Beth Hoff
- Oct 23, 2022
- 2 min
Longmeadow Family and Day School for Girls
Have you ever wanted to have automatic admission to an excellent college? If so, then you might have enrolled at the Longmeadow Family...
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Beth Hoff
- Oct 22, 2022
- 2 min
Longmeadow Country Day School for Younger Boys
I. Mansur Beard, a Harvard graduate, believed that boys should be taught by men (not women) in classes of 15 students or less in order to...
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