Reference Shelf: A Bibliography of Sources about Northampton History
Pictorial Histories
Images of America: Northampton (MA)
by James M. Parsons
Arcadia Publishing, 1996
Local historian James "Jim" Parsons draws on photograph collections at Historic Northampton, Forbes Library, the Florence Civic and Business Association, the Leeds Civic and Business Association as well as private collections to present this comprehensive look at the history of his hometown from the mid-nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century. 128 pages.
Images of America: Florence (MA)
by Jason A. Clark and Craig P. Della Penna
Arcadia Publishing, 2013
Local historians Jason Clark and Craig Della Penna draws on photograph collections from the Florence History Museum along with Look Memorial Park, the Daily Hampshire Gazette, Forbes Library, Historic Northampton, and other private collections. Includes a chapter on turn-of-the-century photographs of houses by the  Howes Brothers Photographers. 128 pages.
Images of America: Northampton State Hospital (MA)
by J. Michael Moore and Anna Schuleit Haber
Arcadia Publishing, 2014
This volume was compiled by historian J. Michael Moore and artist Anna Schuleit Haber.  Moore, a public historian, recorded oral histories of former employees as the Northampton State Hospital was closing and co-curated the exhibit and catalog  "The Life and Death of Northampton State Hospital."  Visual artist and MacArthur Fellow Anna Schuleit Haber orchestrated the musical installation and commemoration, State Hospital: In Memoriam.  128 pages.
Northampton Illustrated
A bound volume of photographic images of downtown Northampton circa 1878-1885.
Northampton of Today, 1902-03, Depicted by Pen and Camera
edited by Charles Forbes Warner; Frederick Knab photographer
Northampton, MA: Picturesque Publishing Company, 1902
A paperback volume with text and images.
Northampton: The Meadow City
by Frederick N. Kneeland
Northampton, MA: Frederick N. Kneeland and L.P. Bryant, 1894
A hardcover volume with text, photographs and illustrations.  Some photographs are by Frederick N. Kneeland, an amateur photographer.  107 pages.
Picturesque Hampshire: A Supplement to the Quarter Centennial-Journal Edition of the Hampshire County Journal
edited by Charles Forbes Warner
Northampton, MA: Wade, Warner & Publishers, November 1890
The Look of Paradise: A Pictorial History of Northampton, Massachusetts, 1654-1984
by Jacqueline Van Voris
Northampton Historical Society, 1984.
An overview in text and pictures of Northampton's history.  147 pages.  Indexed.
Locations: Forbes Library, UMass/Amherst, Smith College ,Historic Northampton)