The Keeping Room Series: The Descendant's Voice:
​William Jones and the Mass 54th as told by his niece, Jocelyn Jones Arnold
November 3rd, 2023

Keeping Room Series:
Remarkable Women of New England     May 7, 2023

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Keeping Room Series:
After Elizabeth Freeman: Researching Sheffield's Black
Community in the 19th & 20th Centuries      February 26, 2023

Samplers: Education by Needlework        January 29,2023

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This program, held on January 29, 2023, gave a brief history of samplers in America, with a focus on Berkshire-made samplers. Their use as an educational tool and an expression of girls' and young women's educational accomplishments was discussed.  The in-person and Zoom audience were invited to show and tell about samplers they own. Presenter, Jennifer Owens of the Sheffield Historical Society showed the audience close ups of samplers in the society's collection and brought to the program by society members.