Holyoke, Mass

Archive for the '1860s' Category

The Hon. Thomas Blanchard Stockwell, Sixth Principal of Holyoke High School

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Nathan Ransom Morse, Fifth Principal of Holyoke High School

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Holyoke High School, Graduating Exercises, Class of 1866

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Disguised Women in the Army

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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.