Books on the Connecticut River Valley throughout the years
- The Connecticut River : New England's historic waterway - Edmund Delaney
Call Number: F12.C7D44
Traces the history of the Connecticut River Valley from the first European settlements in the seventeenth century until the 1980's. - Long river winding : life, love, and death along the Connecticut - Jim Bissland.
Call Number: F12.C7.B56 2003
The author explores the Connecticut River Valley's cities and towns, and makes stories from its history come to life. - Historic and archaeological resources of the Connecticut Valley : a framework for preservation decisions
Call Number: F72.C7.H673 (another copy in Reference)
This report summarizes the development of the sixty-nine towns and cities of the valley, including information on settlement and land use, topography and transportation, and architectural development. - Pioneer Valley: a pictorial history - Guy A. McLain
Call Number: F12.C7.M52 1991 REF
This history of the region, from the beginning of European settlement to the last decade of the twentieth century, includes chapters on King Philip's War and its impact, the rise of the Industrial Revolution in the Valley, and culture and society in the Gilded Age.
Web Sites of Interest
- Our Plural History "Our Plural History" (a project of Springfield Technical Community College) is an examination of the idea of pluralism in the United States. The website focuses on immigrant and ethnic groups in the Connecticut River Valley of western Massachusetts.
- American Centuries - Memorial Hall Museum Online The site features a digital collection of objects and transcribed document pages from Memorial Hall Museum and Library in Old Deerfield, Massachusetts. One section is an exhibit that focuses on three past "turns of the centuries" -- 1700, 1800 and 1900.
- Connecticut Valley Historical Museum The history of Springfield and the Connecticut River Valley since 1636 are told in exhibits of handcrafted furniture and silver by local craftsmen, antique autos made in Springfield, industrial objects from the region's factories, and historical firearms.
- Digital Treasures Historic photographs, organized by locality.
Cities of the Valley
- At the crossroads: Springfield, Massachusetts, 1636-1975 - Frank Bauer
Call Number: F74.S8.B33 1975 - Chicopee - Michele Plourde-Barker
Call Number: F74.C53.P731 1998 - Chicopee's yesterdays
Call Number: F74.C532 1989 AV
Development and importance of Springfield Street Historic District in city of Chicopee. (DVD or VHS) - Holyoke - Devon Dawson
Call Number: F74.H73.D32 2004 - Holyoke - Craig P. Della Penna
Call Number: F74.H73.D45 1997 - Springfield - Ginger Cruickshank
Call Number: F75.S65.C78 2000 - Springfield, 1636-1986 - Michael F. Konig and Martin Kaufman
Call Number: F74.S8.S7691 1987 - Springfield--350 years : a pictorial history - Donald J. D'Amato
Call Number: F74.S8143.D36 1985 (another copy in Reference)
This pictorial history contains over three hundred captioned photographs.
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