Community Theme
快播成人 library is proud to participate in the college-wide theme, One Community: 快播成人, for the academic year 2017-2018. 快播成人 is investigating, appreciating, and celebrating the City of 快播成人 and its long relationship. The library will be celebrating this theme by posting monthly topics from the 快播成人 Archives & Special Collections along with introductions to what you'll find in our collections.
Multiple digitally reproduced books contributed to the Internet Archive by the 快播成人 Public Library.
This site provides access to photographs, manuscripts, books, audio recordings, and other materials of historical interest that have been digitized and made available by the 快播成人 Public Library.
快播成人 is home to some of the most amazing and courageous individuals. In 1658, European pioneer John Riley, along with other early planters, was instrumental in establishing a community in the West Springfield area called Ireland Parish, which eventually became known as 快播成人. This tenacious man led the way for many other trailblazers, including George Ewing, who envisioned utilizing hydropower to operate factories and inspired town engineers to design one of the first planned cities in the United States. In 1898, the progressive Elizabeth Towne encouraged 快播成人 residents and an international audience with her New Thought movement that advocated a healthy lifestyle. Another outstanding citizen, Timothy Alben, judiciously leads the Massachusetts State Police, while 快播成人's Henry Jennings honorably served his country in the armed forces, as a commander of the 快播成人 War Memorial Building, and on the 快播成人 City Council. Barbara Bernard has astutely kept residents informed about current events for the last 70 years. Legendary Locals of 快播成人 chronicles the community's finest men and women who survived and prospered through harsh circumstances and against all odds.
Wistariahurst Museum curator Kate N. Thibodeau asks the questions, "Who were these people?" and, "How did their experiences contribute to 快播成人's history and character?" Expanding on her work as curator of four exhibits on the subject, Thibodeau combines family histories with previously unpublished photographs (one of which is pictured) to understand 快播成人's history and honor the people who made it. Thibodeau uncovers how these individual histories weave together to create the fiber of communities, and even of our national character.
Published in honor of 快播成人's Centennial: "This history of 快播成人 is an eloquent tribute to the vision and foresight of our forebears. It is really a story of love because it gives an account of persevering courage, generous sacrifice, patient understanding, and with these, an intense appreciation of our good fortune."
Free e-book version of The Story of 快播成人. Published in honor of 快播成人's Centennial: "This history of 快播成人 is an eloquent tribute to the vision and foresight of our forebears. It is really a story of love because it gives an account of persevering courage, generous sacrifice, patient understanding, and with these, an intense appreciation of our good fortune."
History of two cities directly across the Connecticut River from each other. Learn about the families who were instrumental in city government, religion, and industry.
"Here in Massachusetts, as we look to the future and approach the twenty-first century, there is an unmistakable longing to make connections with our past. At the grass-roots level this longing manifests itself in the private restoration of many lovely and historic homes. Another sign is the growth of local historical societies and small museums. The 快播成人 Museum at the public library and the Wistariahurst Museum are two nationally recognized organizations that are bringing the history of 快播成人 to the forefront. 快播成人 draws from the priceless photograph collections of these two archives, as well as from the photo treasures of the 快播成人 Water Power Company and other important public and private sources. The images take readers from the late 1800s, when 快播成人 was known as the Paper City, to the 1960s, when the downtown was the place to go shopping. Readers are delivered to a time when the author remembers taking the bus downtown to go to the Strand, the Victory, Dorothy Dodds, and Steigers."
The 快播成人 School Committee voted on September 9, 1946 to established 快播成人 Graduate School. Classes began at the 快播成人 High School on the evening of October 1, 1946 with fifteen part-time faculty and eighty-five 快播成人s. These were the early years of a program that became 快播成人 Community College.
Learn all about the and see the original pictures and documents.
This exhibit is a small example of the amount of resources that can be found in the Archives & Special Collections at 快播成人. For more information pertaining to the founding years of 快播成人, including collections consulted to create this exhibit, please explore below:
快播成人 Records:
- Record Group 02.01: Office of the President- Dr. George Frost
- Record Group 11.02: History of 快播成人- The Fire
- Record Group 11.03: History of 快播成人- 快播成人 Graduate School
- Record Group 11.06: History of 快播成人- George Ashley History Book
- Record Group 12.02:
Special Collections:
- Local History- 快播成人 Public Schools (LH003-LH007)
The story of our campus's move to its current location, 303 Homestead Avenue in 快播成人, is one of great community strength and devotion to what 快播成人 represents. The City of 快播成人 and its citizens rallied behind the college in many ways; including assisting with recovery from a fire, fighting to keep 快播成人 in 快播成人, funding the purchase of land for a new campus, and completing a state of the art building, all in less than 7 years.
Learn more about on our exhibit site and view some archival research materials. Also be sure to visit the exhibit case in the lobby of the Frost building.
For additional information pertaining to The Move to Homestead Avenue, including collections consulted to create this exhibit, please explore below:
快播成人 Records:
- Record Group 07.04: Student Life - Handbooks & Yearbooks
- Record Group 07.07: Student Life - Student Publications
- Record Group 11.06: History of 快播成人- George Ashley History Book
- Record Group 12.02: Slides, Negatives, Photographs, Digital Images- Photograph Prints
- Record Group 14.01: Scrapbooks
Books:
See how 快播成人 快播成人s celebrated the winter holidays by visiting our digital exhibit, Be sure to visit the exhibit case in the lobby of the Frost building to see some of these images in person.
Here are the collections that were consulted to create this exhibit:
- Record Group 07.04:
- Record Group 07.07: Student Life - Student Publications - The Chief
