Virtual Author Talk: Skip Finley’s Whaling Captains of Color, America’s First Meritocracy
Sunday, December 3, 3 pm
Fall Fundraising Dinner – September 20
Support BCHS by joining us and our special guest historian John Demos for a special farm to table dinner served with pairings from the Berkshire Cider Project. details here.
Musing with Melville on New England Public Media
Learn about writer Linda Cantoni’s experience of writing in Melville’s study in this New England Public Media story.
Musing with Melville
Recently Berkshire Eagle reporter Jennifer Huberdeau spent some time writing in Melville’s studio. See her “musings” here BerkshireEagle_20230722.
Arrowhead named favorite indoor destination in Time Out
The Invisible Community: African Americans in Berkshire County (1830-2012)
The Invisible Community: African Americans in Berkshire County was a project of the Berkshire County Historical Society in the late 1990s. Ethnic groups, most notably the African-American community, have traditionally been overlooked in histories of Berkshire County. The Invisible Community project intended to collect information on the historic presence of African-Americans in Berkshire County, and the role that community has played in the county’s history. Partially funded by a grant from Mass Humanities, this collection includes information concerning specific Berkshire residents, oral histories, as well as institutions & events associated with the African-American community in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Click here to listen to oral history recordings or read transcriptions.