Upcoming Programs
New History: Same Old Story
Revising the Origins of the US Women's Rights Movement
A Zoom Presentation by Paula Giddings
Wednesday, October 13, 2021 | 7 pm
Paula Giddings
Seneca Falls is where most people hear that the women’s movement was launched. But is that true? Who was and wasn’t a part of it? And what impact has the origin story had on the movement today? Relying on new research, nationally noted scholar and writer Paula Giddings will explore this important topic in American history.

Paula Giddings is the Elizabeth A. Woodson 1922 Professor (Emerita), Africana Studies, at Smith College and editor emerita of Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism - a scholarly journal published at Smith.  In 2017, Ms. Giddings was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.  She is the author of four books.

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Sliding Scale Admission: $0-20.

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Honoring the Life and Art of Angel De Cora
A Gravesite Memorial and Zoom Panel Discussion
Saturday, October 16, 2021
12 noon: A Walk from Historic Northampton to Angel De Cora's gravesite
2:00 pm: A Zoom Panel Discussion
Cyanotype photograph of Angel De Cora
Collection of Historic Northampton
Hinųk Max̄iwi-Kerenąka (Winnebago/Ho-Chunk) whose name means “She Returns to the Sky” was also known by her English name Angel De Cora. She was an influential artist and illustrator, designer, teacher, and the first Native American graduate of Smith College (class of 1896). She brought Native American imagery into the graphic arts in respectful and resonant ways.

Join us as we honor De Cora’s life (1871-1919) and contributions on the 125th anniversary of her graduation from Smith College and 150th anniversary of her birth. All are invited at noon to walk from Historic Northampton to her grave in Bridge Street Cemetery where we will lay a wreath.  De Cora died in Northampton in 1919 from complications of the flu.  

At 2 pm, there will be a zoom presentation about De Cora’s life and work by scholars, curators, and artists: Yvonne Tiger (Cherokee, Seminole, Muscogee (Creek) Nations of Oklahoma); Kiara M. Vigil (Dakota/Apache); Elizabeth James-Perry (Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head-Aquinnah); Sunshine Thomas-Bear (Bear Clan, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska); and N.C. Christopher Couch.  

Free. Registration required for the Zoom link. 

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Exploring Northampton: Wandering in Ward 3 - Hawley Street to Hockanum
with co-director and naturalist Laurie Sanders
Wednesday, October 20, 2021 | 10:00 - 11:30 am
Saturday, October 30, 2021 | 10:00 - 11:30 am
The Northampton Beef Company on Hawley Street
Collection of Historic Northampton
Join co-director Laurie Sanders on a two-hour exploration of Hawley Street and beyond to learn more about this part of Northampton's human and natural history.

Pre-registration is required.
Each tour is limited to 15.
Sliding Scale Admission: $5-20.

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A Walking Tour of Bridge Street Cemetery
with Emma Winter Zeig of Historic Northampton
Friday, October 22, 2021 | 10:00 am
Saturday, October 23, 2021 | 10:00 am
Sunday, October 31, 2021 | 10:00 am
The Bridge Street Cemetery
Photograph by Laurie Sanders
Get to know your historical neighbors in a walking tour of Bridge Street Cemetery.  We will "meet" some Northampton residents--like Revolutionary War patriot Joseph Hawley, Samuel Bartlett of witchcraft accusation fame, Indigenous spinner and weaver Sally Maminash, Sylvia Church a woman who was enslaved in Northampton, and a family who were all killed in the Mill River Flood. Along the way, we will examine changing artisanry and symbolism of gravestone design. 

Pre-registration is required.
Each tour is limited to 15.
Sliding Scale Admission: $5-20.

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Who Knew: Roadside Revelations in Western Massachusetts
A Zoom Presentation by Rob Weir

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 | 7 pm
The West Street Monument
Photograph by Rob Weir
Rob Weir puts the “story” back into history with his new book, Who Knew? Roadside Revelations in Western Massachusetts.

Dr. Weir will tell the fascinating tales behind places and objects that we pass by but barely notice, including the West Street monument and the Adams Farm memorial on Florence Road. He will describe his sleuthing methods for separating fact from fiction.

Got a question about a monument in western Massachusetts? This would be a good time to ask.

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Sliding Scale Admission: $0-20.

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