When the FRHS is closed for the season, we habitually get quite a bit of work done, without the day-to-day interruptions that come when the museum is open to the public. The past several weeks have...
The beginning phase of a yet-to-be-titled project documenting the history of the R. A. McWhirr Company, Fall River’s iconic department store, is currently underway and is beginning to show...
Just returned from the bindery after slightly more than one year’s absence is a set of early – and rare – Fall River valuation books; they document the town of Fall River, from 1841-1853, the...
We are currently selecting images to illustrate the soon-to-be-released second volume in the Discourses on History Series, published by the FRHS Press – a fascinating process. Main Street in the...
The Christmas season is, by far, the busiest time of the year at the FRHS. It takes weeks to install the displays – during which yours truly is known to utter a barrage of choice expletives,...
Work is progressing on the expansion of the Charlton Library of Fall River History at the FRHS; the west room, formerly the rather cavernous wine cellar – note the arched ceiling – was completely...
One of the things I most enjoy about my work at the FRHS is the research – the thrill of the hunt, actually – that goes into bringing to fruition the desire to “put a face to the name.” Case...
Few things irritate me more than watching most people open their mail, especially when they struggle to loosen the envelope flap, force in a finger and let it rip … messy, and annoying as hell....
