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
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
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.
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