2023 Town Meeting Q&A with Kerry Sullivan
In 1775, five days before the news of the battle at Lexington and Concord reached the Berkshires, the Town of Lenox voted to "procure forty muskets with bayonets and cartouch, box” for the local [...]
Amelia Montague Watson: documenting plantation history with her art
Amelia Montague Watson [1856 - 1934] was a watercolorist and photographer from East Winsor Hill, CT. Her best known work was in illustrating a deluxe edition of Henry David Thoreau's travelogue of Cape Cod. [...]
Unveiling the portrait of Judge William Perrin Walker
A former Lenox resident now living in Virginia spotted a painting for sale on EBay. This was the listing: "Here is a very important Oil on Canvas Of the Honorable William Perrin Walker (1778-1858) [...]
Stonover Photo Album
New York lawyer John E. Parsons joined the summer colony at Lenox in the 1870s. His "cottage," Stonover, was built on Yokun Avenue on the site of the first parsonage for the Church on [...]
John Williams: “Lenox, and Tanglewood, has my heart”
What began as a casual local history inquiry ended as a mutual tribute between Maestro John Williams and the Town of Lenox in commemoration of his 90th birthday. Lenox Select Board Member Marybeth Mitts presents [...]
Fanny Kemble presentation now on YouTube
Using unique material from the Lenox Library's archival collections and other primary sources, Local History Librarian Amy Lafave gave a presentation titled “When I think, I must speak:” The World Stage of Fanny Kemble. A [...]