Mikey Cutting is the curator of the Petersham Historical Society and the Pelham Historical Society. She visited our class many times bringing primary source documents and a wealth of knowledge.

"I liked looking at the maps and seeing all of the school names."

3rd grade student

Mrs. Elizabeth Peirce is the president and curator of the Swift River Valley Historical Society and author of The Lost Towns of the Quabbin Valley. She visited our classroom many times with artifacts and information to share with us. She donated two copies of her book to the children of our school.

"I liked the fire trucks, both big and small."

3rd grade student

Mr. John O'Keefe is the coordinator of Fisher Museum at Harvard Forest and author of New England Forests Through Time Insights from the Harvard Forests Dioramas.

"The dioramas were very detailed. I hope we go again."

3rd grade student

Mrs. Edith Watson is the great-grandmother of one of our third graders. She lives in a house that had been relocated from Enfield to New Salem. This slate was found in a wall of the house.

"I'm studying houses that came from the Quabbin back then. My great-grandma came to talk about my house."

3rd grade student

Conuel, Thomas. Quabbin: The Accidental Wilderness. Revised edition. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1990.

Coolidge, Lillie Pierce. The History of Prescott, Massachusetts. Salem, MA: Higginson Book Company, nd.

Foster, David R. & O’Keefe, John. New England Forests Through Time: Insights from the Harvard Forest Dioramas. Petersham,MA: Harvard Forest; distributed by Harvard University Press,2000.

Fradin, Dennis B. Massachusetts in Words and Pictures. Chicago: Children’s Press, 1981.

Freeman, Stan & Nasuti, Mike. The Natural History and Resources of Western Massachusetts. Florence,MA: Hampshire House Publishing Co., 1994.

Greene, J.R. Quabbin’s Railroad: The Rabbit: The Independent Years 1869-1880. Vol. 1.

Lafley, James . Robinson, Barbara. Beyond its Waters: The Quabbin Experience, A Resource Guide for Teachers. Boston: Produced by the Commonwealth Museum, 1995.

Laskey, Kathryn. Sugaring Time. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1983.

Leotta, Joan. Massachusetts. New York: Children’s Press, 2001.

Tougias, Michael. Quabbin: A History and Explorers Guide. Massachusetts: On Cape Publications, 2002.

Yolen, Jane. Letting Swift River Go. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1992.

The Audubon Society Pocket Guides: Familiar Birds of North America, Eastern Region New York, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1989.

Birds: A Guide to the Most Familiar American Birds. New York: Golden Press, 1956.

Golden Guide: Fishes. New York: Golden Press, 1955.

Macmillan Illustrated Animal Encyclopedia. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1984.

Pamphlets

CANEPI. Quabbin Park and Reservation: Many Waters…Many Uses. The Friends of the Quabbin.

A Long Ago Book:Early American School Books. Maynard, MA: Chandler Press, 1988.

Letters From Quabbin, The Springfield Union April 14, 1938-July 19, 1938: Friends of Quabbin, Inc.

Quabbin Facts and Figures. Amherst, MA: Hamilton Newell, 1996

Turner, Doug.‘The Lost Towns of the Quabbin Valley’.

Water: Quabbin to Boston. Newton Schools Foundation, 1979