Williamstown and Williams College : explorations in local history /

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"Nestled in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, Williamstown is home to one of the most prestigious liberal arts colleges in the country, Williams College. In this engrossing and entertaining book, Dustin Griffin offers fourteen vignettes that detail the local history of this ideal New Eng...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Griffin, Dustin H. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amherst : Bright Leaf, [2018]
Temas:
Williams College > History.
Williams College.
Local history.
Histoire locale.
local history (discipline)
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Williamstown (Mass. : Town) > History.
Massachusetts > Williamstown.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The town
  • The 1746 attack on Fort Massachusetts
  • The history of the West Hoosuck Blockhouse, 1756-61
  • A short history of Treadwell Hollow
  • The history of Flora's Glen
  • A short history of McMaster's Caves
  • The town and the college
  • Captain and corporal
  • Williamstown soldiers in the 37th Massachusetts
  • The Hoosac and the Ohio
  • The Cincinnati connection
  • Big days in a small town
  • A tale of two cities-and a country town
  • The college
  • The theft of the Williams library
  • Alma Mater and her chosen band
  • "The mountains"
  • "Yard by yard"
  • Line by line and through the years
  • Windows on the past
  • Stained glass on the Williams Campus
  • The prehistory of coeducation at Williams, 1961-69.

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