Holyoke, Mass

Brightside and the Sisters of Providence

by Laurel | January 5th, 2012

Just a reminder that the blog archives are available for searching on the HolyokeMass.com blog (home) page, as well as the many sources on the HolyokeMass.com history page. You can see the blog search form at the upper right on the HolyokeMass.com site.

As an example searching for Brightside will give you two Brightside related blog posts:

Brightside’s New Asylum (published 26 May 2010 on HolyokeMass.com)

and

Home for Infants at Brightside (published 27 July 2009 on HolyokeMass.com)

My images below (plus others not shown here) are contained in the above two posts:

Floorplan of Proposed Infants' Asylum at Brightside

Infants Home at Brightside

Proposed New Building at Brightside

In addition, searching the HolyokeMass.com History page will give you a nice article on Brightside and the sisters of Providence called “Holyoke’s Greatest Charity” — an adaptation of an article published in 1912.

Searching the HolyokeMass.com History area is easy, look for the “Google” search bar in the upper right, under the header or browse the material here.

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Suggested Holyoke Books

Mountain Park -- The Holyoke destination we all loved.

Mount Holyoke College, Postcard History by Donna Albino. Many Holyoke women have attended Mount Holyoke. Author also maintains an amazing MHC website based upon her personal collection.

Holyoke-Chicopee: A Perspective, by Ella Merkel DiCarlo. DiCarlo, a former Transcript columnist offers a fascinating compilation of her essays. Published in 1982, this out-of-print book is worth looking for in the aftermarket.

Holyoke, by Craig Della Penna. The first Holyoke book in the Arcadia series, published in 1997.

Belle Skinner Collection, by Ruth Isabel Skinner. Published in 1933, this book is long out of print but copies are still available in the aftermarket.