Browse Collections (33 total)
Chicopee Falls Urban Renewal Survey Photographs
This a collection of digitally scanned photographs from the Chicopee Falls Urban Development Survey done in 1966 by the Chicopee Redevelopment…
The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
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
Chicopee High School Class of 1938
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…
Chicopee High School Class of 1949
This is a small collection of fourteen photographs from the Neal Robitaille 1949 yearbook. They include snapshots from a baseball game, graduation…
The Kendra Family Collection
A collection of photographs showing 80 years of history of the Kendra Family ranging from the early 1900s to the 1980s. Several different photographic…
Bob's Bakery
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
Patrick E. Bowe School - Building Addition Photographs
A collection of twenty-three photographs of the Patrick E. Bowe School building addition construction. The photographs show the stages of…
Chicopee Schools Class Reunion Photographs Collection
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;
Chicopee Public Schools Class Photographs Collection
The Chicopee Schools Class Photographs Collection is a mashup of classic class photographs from various Chicopee Public Schools from the 1880s through…
The Coach Michael J. Thompson Collection
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
Chicopee Summer Baseball Scrapbooks-1950s
View the items in Chicopee Summer Baseball Scrapbooks-1950sChmura Scrapbook Collection
This is a collection of three scrapbooks created by Tadesuz S. Chmura, Chicopee resident and City Employee for the Water Department in 1938. Two…
The Taylor Family Collection
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
Stevens Duryea Automobile Company Magazine Ad Collection
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.
Chicopee Stereographs
A collection of 32 Stereographs from the 1870s and 1880s showing scenes of Chicopee, Massachusetts buildings, churches and businesses. The…
Anthony J. Stonina Collection
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
Chicopee Public Library Historic Photographs Collection
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…
The Patrick E. Bowe Nursery School Scrapbook
View the items in The Patrick E. Bowe Nursery School ScrapbookRuss H. Gilbert Photograph Collection, Book 3
View the items in Russ H. Gilbert Photograph Collection, Book 3Russell H. Gilbert Photograph Collection, Book 2
A collection of over 500 photographs taken by Russ H. Gilbert of people, commericial buildings, factories, farms and special events in the city of…
Russell H. Gilbert Photograph Collection, Book 1
A collection of over 500 photographs taken by Russ H. Gilbert of people, commericial buildings, factories, farms and special events in the city of…
Skipmunk: a story of Chicopee
Articles on local history, poetry, and art work by local authors and students of Chicopee High School.
Roy Belliveau Collection - World War II Scrapbook
Roy Belliveau joined the United States Army on February 7, 1941 and was assigned to the 57th Signal Battalion, 121st Radio Intelligence Company. He…
Charles H. Tracy Documents
Documents relating to Charles H. Tracy, a Civil War veteran from Chicopee and recipient of the Medal of Honor.
City Directories
Chicopee City Directories from 1863 to 1933.
Contributors: Chicopee Public Library
The Olive Leaf and Factory Girl's Repository
Scanned pages of the Chicopee Weekly Journal from April 25, 1843 to October 28 1843.
Chicopee Weekly Journal
Scanned pages of the Chicopee Weekly Journal from June 4, 1853 to May 24, 1856.
Contributors: Chicopee Public Library
Soldier's Record, Town of Chicopee
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…