Author: Arthur Latham Perry
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Category : Fort Massachusetts (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 676

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Author: Williamstown (Vic.). Council
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Category : Chronicles
Languages : en
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Author: Dustin Griffin
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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This book is designed as a sequel to Williamstown and Williams College: Explorations in Local History, published in 2018 by the University of Massachusetts Press, and Williamstown and Williams College: Further Explorations in Local History, published by Blurb in 2021. As in Dustin Griffin's former volumes, it is a collection of microhistories, each sharply focused on a single topic in the history of Williamstown and Williams College. As in Griffin's earlier volumes, the essays are arranged in three sections: those that concern the history of the town; those that treat a topic that involves both town and college; and those that concern some episode in the history of the college. They are based on the premise that digging deep is a way to illuminate a particular topic and at the same time to reveal the underlying character of both town and college. Three of the final group of essays treat the history of individual Williams College presidencies. Based on documentary research, Williamstown and Williams College: Volume III, like its predecessors, is designed to be accessible to the general reader. It will be of great interest to those who live in Williamstown, but requires no special knowledge and will thus appeal to the town's many visitors, and to anybody with a connection to Williams College.

Author: Susan Gillotti
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 0897337271
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 287

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Women of Privilege traces the decline of a once-privileged Hudson River Valley family whose neighbors were Vanderbilts, Delanos, and Roosevelts. Based on diaries and journals, and written by a family descendant, it combines biography and memoir with social history.

Author: Robert R. R. Brooks
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781258216412
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 476

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Contents Include The First Fifty Years; The Setting, The People, The Houses; Making A Living; Transport, Communication And Lodging; Church And School; Town Services; Issues That Tore The Town; Town And Gown; Williamstown In Five Wars; And More.

Author: Barbara Winslow
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 042997275X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 175

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A staunch proponent of breaking down racial and gender barriers, Shirley Chisholm had the esteemed privilege of being a pioneer in many aspects of her life. She was the first African American woman from Brooklyn elected to the New York State legislature and the first African American woman elected to Congress in 1968. She also made a run for the Democratic Party nomination for president in 1972. Focusing on Chisholm's lifelong advocacy for fair treatment, access to education, and equal pay for all American minority groups, this book explores the life of a remarkable woman in the context of twentieth-century urban America and the tremendous social upheaval that occurred after World War II. About the Lives of American Women series: Selected and edited by renowned women's historian Carol Berkin, these brief biographies are designed for use in undergraduate courses. Rather than a comprehensive approach, each biography focuses instead on a particular aspect of a woman's life that is emblematic of her time, or which made her a pivotal figure in the era. The emphasis is on a 'good read', featuring accessible writing and compelling narratives, without sacrificing sound scholarship and academic integrity. Primary sources at the end of each biography reveal the subject's perspective in her own words. Study questions and an annotated bibliography support the student reader.

Author: Doreen Chambers
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 0738597694
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130

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The cultural landscape of Williamstown has been strongly influenced by the settlers who traveled far and wide to get there. Originally, a large number of Scots, French Canadians, and Italian craftsmen were lured to the west hills of Vermont to take advantage of the promising granite quarries. Williamstown used many of its natural resources to develop into a small, thriving community. Today, the village still has its classic white churches and small stores where residents once gathered with their neighbors to socialize and share local news. The expanded rural areas outside the village have retained much of what they once had, including historic farmhouses, open fields, stone walls, and Ainsworth State Park in the Williamstown Gulf.

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Category : Williamstown (Vt. : Town)
Languages : en
Pages : 376

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Author: Arthur Latham Perry
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781016129466
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Languages : en
Pages : 0

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author: Williamstown Historical Commission
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Category : Williamstown (Mass. : Town)
Languages : en
Pages : 534

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