contributed by Joe Maspo A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to visit France’s historical Alsace-Lorraine. I went for a rather odd reason too: Belle Skinner, philanthropist and daughter of Holyoke silk magnate William Skinner, not only frequently visited…
Stitch by Stitch: Needlework Samplers from the Wistariahurst Collection, brings together 15 samplers and examines them in the context of why and how they were made. Because textiles must be kept out of direct light (which degrades fabric and fades…
Welcome back to our second #GardenGreetings! I’m Antonio, intern at Wistariahurst, and if you haven’t heard of Garden Greetings yet, visit our website to learn all about this blog series and read the first post about Gardener Joyce. This time…
The following pages are WCS accounting and budgeting in 1876 G.W.& Co. 18 No 2405 Miss Cara Mercer 43 E 29th Street NY City between 4th & Madison Ave. Sept. 5 10 A>M> Cor. Pine & Chestnut Phila. 10…
February 27, 1876, Sunday Very Fair. Went to the Episcopal church with Mr. C. and the sun streaming through the stained glass windows made my eyes quite sorr[sic]. so much so that I tried to write a letter to Libbie and had…