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For the Love of Books by Elizabeth Hoff,
Board member, April 14, 2022
Stars of Longmeadow by Elizabeth Hoff,
Board member, April 7, 2022
"While her fingers o'er this canvas move..."
by
Betsy McKee,
Board member, March 31, 2022
Longmeadow's Shrinking Boundaries by
Leonard Shaker,
Associate member, March 24, 2022
Longmeadow's Irish by Melissa Cybulski, Board member,
March 17, 2022
The Medlicott House by Elizabeth Hoff,
Board member, March 10, 2022
Deerfield Sculpture by Christopher
Cummings, Longmeadow High School Intern '22,
March 3, 2022
Gravestone in the Basement by
Betsy McKee, Board member, February 24, 2022
The
Mansions of Bay Path University by
Leonard Shaker, Associate member,
February 17, 2022
The Poets' Album by Melissa Cybulski, Board member,
February 10, 2022
Story of Mid-20th Century Housing Discrimination by Tim Casey,
Board member, February 3, 2022
Sentenced to Death for Treason... by Melissa Cybulski, Board member,
January 27, 2022
Preserving Longmeadow by Elizabeth Hoff,
Board member, January 20, 2022
The White Tavern by Becky
Vitkauskas, Board member, January 13, 2022
Turner Park- A Photographic History
by Leonard Shaker, Associate
member, January 6, 2022
All I
Want For Christmas.... by
Betsy McKee, Board member, December 30, 2021
Holiday Times by Melissa Cybulski, Board member,
December 23, 2021
Shaker Plaza by Tim Casey,
Board member, December 16, 2021
District School Registers- 1850-1851 by
Melissa Cybulski, Board member,
December 9, 2021
Designing
To Get An Apprentice Boy by
Elizabeth Hoff, Board member, December
2, 2021
Thanksgiving Proclamation! by
Betsy McKee, Board member, November 25, 2021
A Letter
From Mary Lyon... by Melissa Cybulski, Board member,
November 18, 2021
John Ackley
And Sarah Forbus by Elizabeth Hoff,
Board member, November 11, 2021
Mourning Adolphus by Melissa Cybulski, Board member,
October 28, 2021
Play Ball!
by
Melissa Cybulski, Board member,
October 21, 2021
What's That
In The Sky?... by
Betsy McKee, Board member, October 14, 2021
Longmeadow's First Stone Carver by Al
McKee, Board member, October 7, 2021
Tales from the Cemetery by Betsy McKee,
Board member, September 30, 2021
Granny Note- 'The Pistol'
by Betsy
McKee, Board member, September 23, 2021
Treasured Textiles by Betsy
McKee, Board member, September 16, 2021
Caring for Longmeadow's Poor by
Elizabeth Hoff, Board member,
September 9, 2021
Norway Street School by Melissa
Cybulski, Board member, September 2, 2021
Fridays with Zoe- Documenting Black Lives...
by Melissa Cybulski, Board
member, August 26, 2021
Granny Note- A Forest of Oak Trees by
Betsy McKee, Board member, August 19,
2021
Silver and Gold Spectacles and Thimbles by
Elizabeth Hoff, Board member,
August 12, 2021
Peter Pease- "if he should be living" by
Elizabeth Hoff, Board member,
August 5, 2021
Searching for Susan Freedom by
Melissa Cybulski, Board member,
July 1, 2021
Miss Storrs, Prof. Storrs and the ASD by
Melissa Cybulski, Board member,
June 24, 2021
Granny Tales- Part II by
Betsy McKee, Board member,
June 17, 2021
Student Copy Books: The Good Old (Math) Days by
Melissa Cybulski, Board member,
June 10, 2021
Is There a Doctor in the House? by
Al & Betsy McKee, Board members,
June 3, 2021
Granny Notes and Bough Pots by
Betsy McKee, Board member,
May 27, 2021
WWII Air Raid Wardens in Longmeadow by
Melissa Cybulski, Board member,
May 20, 2021
The Elusive Johnny Appleseed... of Longmeadow- II by
Melissa Cybulski, Board member,
May 13, 2021
The Elusive Johnny Appleseed... of Longmeadow by
Melissa Cybulski, Board member,
May 6, 2021
Stockbridge Indians and Rev. Stephen Williams by
Elizabeth Hoff, Board member,
April 29, 2021
Epidemics of 100 years Ago by
Betsy McKee, Board
member, April 22, 2021
Buzz Buzz Buzz by
Elizabeth Hoff, Board member,
April 15, 2021
The
Whispering Stick by
Betsy McKee, Board
member, April 8, 2021
Defective, Dependent and Delinquent Classes by
Melissa Cybulski, Board member,
April 1, 2021
Westward Bound by
Elizabeth Hoff, Board member,
March 25, 2021
Solomon Burt and the
Explosion at the Powder Mill by
Betsy McKee, Board
member, March 18, 2021
To Encourage Music by
Betsy McKee, Board
member, March 11, 2021
Working on the Railroad by
Betsy McKee, Board
member, March 4, 2021
The
1831 Map of Longmeadow by
Elizabeth Hoff, Board member,
February 18, 2021
Cats of Longmeadow by
Melissa Cybulski, Board member,
February 11, 2021
The Lives and Legacies of the William Goldthwaits by
Elizabeth Hoff, Board member,
February 4, 2021
Counterfeiters and
Loyalist: The Colton Family Register
by
Betsy McKee, Board
member, January 28, 2021
Dogs of Longmeadow by
Melissa Cybulski, Board member,
January 21, 2021
The Truth is in the Teeth by
Elizabeth Hoff, Board member,
January 14, 2021
Drs. Lester Noble and Nathan Cooley Keep by
Elizabeth Hoff, Board member,
January 7, 2021
When the Clock Strikes Midnight by
Melissa Cybulski, Board member,
December 31, 2020
Early Center School Kindergarten by
Melissa Cybulski, Board member,
December 24, 2020
Early Music in Longmeadow's First Church by
Melissa Cybulski, Board member,
December 17, 2020
Holdup at Sharkey's! by Elizabeth Hoff,
Board Member, December 10, 2020
"Instantly Killed by a Bull" by
Betsy McKee, Board
member, December 3, 2020
Emeline Colton's Friendship Journal by
Melissa Cybulski, Board member,
November 26, 2020
Gottlieb Baer
of Longmeadow by Elizabeth Hoff,
Board Member, November 19, 2020
Jerusha Mather Williams Colton by
Betsy McKee, Board
member, November 12, 2020
Joseph A. Hekking "View of the Connecticut
River..." by Betsy McKee, Board
member, November 5, 2020
The "Agawam" by Elizabeth Hoff,
Board Member, October 29, 2020
Red Sandstone in Longmeadow by Betsy McKee, Board
member, October 22, 2020
Grace Trowbridge Smith's
Scrapbook by
Melissa Cybulski, Board member,
October 15, 2020
William Sheldon
(1788 - 1871)
by Betsy McKee, Board
member, October 8, 2020
Shaker Road by
Elizabeth Hoff, Board member, October
1, 2020
Longmeadow During the 1918 Pandemic by
Melissa Cybulski, Board member,
September 24, 2020
The Hurricane of
'38 by
Betsy McKee, Board member, September 17, 2020
South Park
Estates by
Andrea Taupier, Board member, September
10, 2020
Black Lives in Early Longmeadow
by Elizabeth Hoff, Board
Member
Dunn Field
by Elizabeth Hoff, Board Member,
September 3, 2020
Rachel Lawton- Suffragist by
Melissa
Cybulski, Board member, August 27, 2020
Alice F. Willard (1866-1946) by
Betsy McKee, Board member, August 20, 2020
Sarah
Storrs (1831-1907) by
Melissa
Cybulski, Board member, August 13, 2020
State Line House
by Elizabeth Hoff, Board Member,
August 6, 2020
Colonial Bathing Options by Melissa
Cybulski, Board member, July 30, 2020
Irinda Colton (1803-1870) by
Betsy McKee, Board member, July 23, 2020
Mill Road by Elizabeth Hoff, Board Member, July
16, 2020
Thomas Francis Cordis, 1843-1915 by
Betsy McKee, Board member, July 9, 2020
Boarding House for Newell Button Factory Employees
by Elizabeth Hoff, Board member, July 2, 2020
1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic by
Jim Moran, Board Member, June 18,
2020
The Ford Drug Company by Judy Moran,
Genealogist, Longmeadow Historical Society, June 11,
2020
Longmeadow Family and Day School for Girls
by
Elizabeth Hoff,
Board
member, June 4, 2020
Braided Straw Hats by
Dennis Picard, Local
Historian, May 28, 2020
The Longmeadow Country Day School for Younger Boys
by Elizabeth Hoff, Board member, May
21, 2020
One More "Face" of 734 Longmeadow Street by
Jim Moran, Board member, May 14, 2020
The Many Faces of 734 Longmeadow Street by
Jim Moran, Board member, May 7, 2020
Matthew's Swamp by Elizabeth
Hoff, Board member, April 30, 2020
Georgiana Bliss McQueen by Elizabeth
Hoff, Board member, February 27, 2020
Charcoal Iron by
Dennis Picard, Local
Historian, March 5, 2020
Mary Colton Alias Mary
Drake by Betsy McKee,
Board member, March 12, 2020
Longmeadow's Littliest Landmarks by
Bob
Lezinski, contributor, 2003
Charles Birnie- Horse Breeder by
Elizabeth Hoff, Board member, March 26, 2020
Stanley Steamer Locomobile by
Elizabeth Hoff, Board member, April 2, 2020
Alonzo Converse- Longmeadow's Last Riverboat Pilot
by Linda Abrams, Curator-Emeritus,
October 2007
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