Today the Holyoke Fire Department was given the immense honor of hosting a ground zero flag on its journey for the New England Run for the Fallen. The flag, along with a small cross constructed out of marble retrieved from…
My first taste of archival interaction came during the finals of one of my classes my first semester at Connecticut College, and what drew me in was the direct access to the artifacts. Later, for an assignment in a class…
5/13/2022 and Today we are in Full Bloom! The intoxicating scent of the wisteria is wafting through the air at Wistariahurst. Come by and sit in the garden and enjoy the beautiful sight of the purple blossoms covering the house.…
My name is Nicholas Anderson, and I am an American military historian from Long Beach, California. I earned by undergraduate degree from Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. I am currently enrolled in the History department at the University of…
Recently, Mass Humanities awarded a grant of over $12,000 to support Wistariahurst's project, Sustaining the Humanities at Wistariahurst. We were extremely gratified to receive Mass Humanities’ support, especially since Mass Humanities grant proposals are subjected to a rigorous review process.…
Hello! My name is Alexandra (Alex) Santiago and I will be the archive intern at Wistariahurst Museum for the next five months (Spring 2021). I am currently in my last semester at Holyoke Community College (HCC), where I am pursuing…
Derry City with Margo Shea - Previously recorded program from 9/16/2020 Holyoke's Continental Connection: Belle Skinner and the Rebuilding of Iterwar France with Joe Maspo Previously recorded program from 10/1/2020 Historic Video of Hattonchatel Part 1 Historic Video of Hattonchatel…
For many, the social isolation of the COVID-19 Stay-at-Home order has been the most challenging aspect of their lives for the past six months. This public health crisis is causing many seniors to be out of public spaces for months. …
LXL Wednesday, Sept. 28. Today we have spent entirely at the Louvre “doing” the paintings. They are beautiful. Of course we saw Murillo’s Immaculate Conception, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, Guido Reni’s Ecce Homer, and many by Raphael and Rubens,…
LXXXIX Tuesday, Sept. 27. We went to the Louvre this morning and devoted ourselves to the statuary. The gem of the collection is the Venus of Milo. The most perfect likeness of woman ever made, the other masterpieces are Melpomene,…