Museum on Main Street Kicks Off in Sheffield
Smithsonian’s “Crossroads: Change in Rural America” Arrives at Bushnell-Sage Library Known for its rich, fertile land and agriculture, Sheffield is a picturesque New England town in the Housatonic River Valley in Western Massachusetts and the oldest town in Berkshire County. Originally inhabited by the Stockbridge Mahican Indians, settlers purchased the land from Chief Konkapot in […]
Reading Frederick Douglass Together Summer Fellowship Opportunities Announced
Mass Humanities is seeking qualified candidates for two fellowship opportunities to conduct and synthesize research on the origins of the shared reading tradition of Frederick Douglass’ influential address, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”, both nationally and in Massachusetts, as well as research the life of Douglass in the Commonwealth. The research […]
