|

August, 2018 Archive

Library & Archive

Durfee Yearbooks—Now Only Seven Sought by the FRHS

I freely admit that I am not social media savvy—I know the basics—sort of—and that is well enough for me.  But I have become a firm believer—a convert, I suppose—of the benefits of social...

Read More

Library & Archive

Durfee Yearbooks—Eight Sought by the FRHS

The box—not very large, but large enough—began its journey to the FRHS dispatched from Newmarket, Ontario, Canada—though in point of fact, the contents left Fall River decades ago and were, in...

Read More

Library & Archive

An Update on Yearbooks

Sometimes, one simply need ask. In a recent post on the subject of yearbooks in the FRHS library, I mentioned that whereas the run of volumes from B.M.C. Durfee High School is nearly complete –...

Read More

Lizzie Borden

“For Gods sake free Lizzie” — The Letter

And so it was that 126 years ago today the city of Fall River secured its place in history—albeit unwillingly—not as the Spindle City, the famed cotton capitol of the world, but as the scene of...

Read More

Lizzie Borden

“For Gods sake free Lizzie” — An addition to the Knowlton Papers

I have often said that there is an amazing array of material out there, held in private collections, and that one never knows what fascinating artifacts may arrive at the FRHS on any given day, as...

Read More