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  • Home
  • Garden Gala
  • About Us
    • Mission Statement
    • Membership
    • Board of Directors
    • Mark Dewey Research Center
    • Recollections from past presidents
    • Historic Structures
    • Contact us
  • Celebrating Women
  • Jones Dedication
  • Events
    • Past Exhibits and Events
  • Elizabeth Freeman Work
    • Methodology Exhibit
    • Freeman Walk and Event
    • Elizabeth Freeman Monument
    • Elizabeth Freeman Essay Contest
    • After Elizabeth Freeman
  • The Keeping Room Series
  • Mission Statement

The Keeping Room Series: Dig In: An Interactive Archival Exploration of African American Life
​February 25th, 2024

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

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. 
Sheffield Historical Society
Dan Raymond House Museum | Mark Dewey Research Center | Old Stone Store
159-161 Main Street, P.O. Box 747, Sheffield, MA 01257
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