Browse Collections (33 total)

Chicopee Falls Urban Renewal Survey Photographs

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This a collection of digitally scanned photographs from the Chicopee Falls Urban Development Survey done in 1966 by the Chicopee Redevelopment…

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The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection

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This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel,…

Contributors: Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian

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Chicopee High School Class of 1938

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This a collection of 87 sepia toned black and white senior portraits of members of the Chicopee High School Class of 1938. Most of the prints are…

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Chicopee High School Class of 1949

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This is a small collection of fourteen photographs from the Neal Robitaille 1949 yearbook. They include snapshots from a baseball game, graduation…

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The Kendra Family Collection

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A collection of photographs showing 80 years of history of the Kendra Family ranging from the early 1900s to the 1980s. Several different photographic…

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Bob's Bakery

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Bob's Bakery was an iconic institution in Chicopee Center for 56 years. Located at 218 Exchange Street in the Historic Czakja Building, the bakery was…

Contributors: The Czajka Family

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Patrick E. Bowe School - Building Addition Photographs

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A collection of twenty-three photographs of the Patrick E. Bowe School building addition construction. The photographs show the stages of…

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Chicopee Schools Class Reunion Photographs Collection

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The Class Reunion Photographs Collection is a selection of photographs of class reunions dating from the 1940s to the 1980s. Some images were…

Contributors: George W. Atkinson; Bud Shuback;

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Chicopee Public Schools Class Photographs Collection

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The Chicopee Schools Class Photographs Collection is a mashup of classic class photographs from various Chicopee Public Schools from the 1880s through…

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The Coach Michael J. Thompson Collection

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The Chicopee High School Girls Basketball Collection was donated by coach Michael J. Thompson. Thomspon coached the girls varsity team from 1980 to…

Contributors: Sienna Willis

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Fisk Ephemera

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Fisk Park Postcards, Fisk Scrapbook and Yearbooks

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Chmura Scrapbook Collection

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This is a collection of three scrapbooks created by Tadesuz S. Chmura, Chicopee resident and City Employee for the Water Department in 1938. Two…

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The Taylor Family Collection

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The Taylor Family Collection is a small set of items from the family of George Taylor, the first Mayor of the City of Chicopee. The collection…

Contributors: Charles Abel - Local History Librarian

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Stevens Duryea Automobile Company Magazine Ad Collection

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The Duryea Motor Wagon, a one-cylinder four horsepower vehicle, was first demonstrated on September 21, 1893, in Springfield, Massachusetts. It is…

Contributors: Joe Pasternak of Chicopee, Massachusetts.

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Chicopee Stereographs

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A collection of 32 Stereographs from the 1870s and 1880s showing scenes of Chicopee, Massachusetts buildings, churches and businesses. The…

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Anthony J. Stonina Collection

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This collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, programs, and other ephemera concerning the city of Chicopee, MA. The items mostly…

Contributors: Charles Abel - Local History Librarian

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Chicopee Public Library Historic Photographs Collection

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The Historic Photographs Collection is made up of over 500 photographs that span over 100 years of history of the City of Chicopee. The images were…

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Russell H. Gilbert Photograph Collection, Book 2

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A collection of over 500 photographs taken by Russ H. Gilbert of people, commericial buildings, factories, farms and special events in the city of…

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Russell H. Gilbert Photograph Collection, Book 1

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A collection of over 500 photographs taken by Russ H. Gilbert of people, commericial buildings, factories, farms and special events in the city of…

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Skipmunk: a story of Chicopee

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Articles on local history, poetry, and art work by local authors and students of Chicopee High School.

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Roy Belliveau Collection - World War II Scrapbook

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Roy Belliveau joined the United States Army on February 7, 1941 and was assigned to the 57th Signal Battalion, 121st Radio Intelligence Company. He…

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Charles H. Tracy Documents

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Documents relating to Charles H. Tracy, a Civil War veteran from Chicopee and recipient of the Medal of Honor.

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City Directories

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Chicopee City Directories from 1863 to 1933.

Contributors: Chicopee Public Library

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The Olive Leaf and Factory Girl's Repository

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Scanned pages of the Chicopee Weekly Journal from April 25, 1843 to October 28 1843.

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Chicopee Weekly Journal

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Scanned pages of the Chicopee Weekly Journal from June 4, 1853 to May 24, 1856.

Contributors: Chicopee Public Library

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Soldier's Record, Town of Chicopee

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Scanned pages of the Town of Chicopee Soldier's Record. Each page has a handwritten account of a Chicopee soldiers' record of service in the Civil…

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