Resources: Era 7: 1890-1933
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Online chronologies of events in Cheshire County at different periods of time.
Monadnock Moments
Short historical articles about people, places, or events in the Monadnock region.
An American Nurse at War
High School. Film. This award-winning documentary honors women's service to their country and chronicles the heroic experience of nurse Marion McCune Rice of Brattleboro, Vermont. Rice's story is told through her own photos as well as written accounts by wounded...
Enter to Learn, Go Forth to Serve
High School, Film. Available on DVD or via Vimeo How does a teacher training school in rural New Hampshire transform itself into a leading public liberal-arts college? This documentary chronicles Keene State's rise from Keene Normal School, founded in 1909, to an...
Kingsbury Toys for Boys and Girls
Grade School, video. The story of how toys came to be made in Keene, NH, from the 1890s-1940s. Introduction by Jennifer Carroll, Director of Education, Historical Society of Cheshire County.
Trolleys, Trains, and Flyers
Middle School, High School. Film. Available on DVD or via Vimeo Stories from Keene residents who remember the days when Keene was a railroad center. Interviews with Ernest L. Bell, Sally Bell, Donald Carle, Philip H. Faulkner, Jr., Judy Hall, Margaret Hanrahan, Robert...