A Piece of History – Watch on YouTube
“Whereas the Parliament of Great Britain, have, of late, under taken to give and grant away our Money without our Knowledge or Consent, and in order to compel us to Servile Submission, to the [...]
Spotlight on E.A. Morley and the Ladies of “Lenox”
Edward A. Morley of East Lee was a self-proclaimed psychologist, botanist, metallurgist and mystic, but his greatest success was in the field of photography. In 1886, E.A. Morley published Lenox, a photo album containing [...]
Christmas greetings of yesteryear
We hope you will enjoy this selection of Christmas postcards from the Library's Special Collections. Santa Claus appears frequently, as one might expect. However, the collection also includes many illustrations of snug woodland cottages [...]
Images from The Flight Log and War Letters of George Evans Turnure, Jr.
There is a monograph shelved in Special Collections with the title “George Evans Turnure Jr.: Flight Log and War Letters.” It was compiled and privately printed by Turnure’s brother Lawrence in 1936; only 20 [...]
A glimpse into Tanglewood (before the music)
Artwork from a young artist of 1867 has been donated to our archival collection by Patricia Frederick, curator of the Frederick Piano Collection of Ashburnham, MA. Her introductory email is excerpted below: "Among the [...]
A local triangle of remembrance
The origins of Memorial Day began three years after the Civil War ended, on May 5, 1868, when an organization of Union veterans — the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) — established Decoration [...]