Stories of Hatfield families...gathered by Hatfield students.
The Foxfire Reports were a series of class assignments given to Jr. High and Sr. High school students within the Hatfield public school system from 1982 until 2000. Each student or pair of students researched and wrote about a topic relating to Hatfield, Massachusetts. Most of the authors incorporated primary documents and personal interviews into their reports.
Topics include family life, local places and businesses, childhood, farming, military service, and a great deal more. The reports are a great snapshot of student work, and a wonderful starting place for a wide range of research.
A number of these reports focused on Hatfield families who arrived here as immigrants. We have highlighted a few full reports below, processed by UMASS PhD student Amanda Tewes.
For a list of the Foxfire reports in the museum, click HERE for the finding aid created in 2000 by Erin Elizabeth Molloy (with ongoing work by HHM volunteers!) The reports can be viewed at the museum by appointment.
If you have a Foxfire report at home, and wonder if we are interested in seeing it? The answer is probably yes, especially if you don't see it listed on the finding aid!
Many thanks to the students who researched and wrote the Foxfire reports, those whom they interviewed, and their teacher James Devlin, for preserving stories of Hatfield's past.
Topics include family life, local places and businesses, childhood, farming, military service, and a great deal more. The reports are a great snapshot of student work, and a wonderful starting place for a wide range of research.
A number of these reports focused on Hatfield families who arrived here as immigrants. We have highlighted a few full reports below, processed by UMASS PhD student Amanda Tewes.
For a list of the Foxfire reports in the museum, click HERE for the finding aid created in 2000 by Erin Elizabeth Molloy (with ongoing work by HHM volunteers!) The reports can be viewed at the museum by appointment.
If you have a Foxfire report at home, and wonder if we are interested in seeing it? The answer is probably yes, especially if you don't see it listed on the finding aid!
Many thanks to the students who researched and wrote the Foxfire reports, those whom they interviewed, and their teacher James Devlin, for preserving stories of Hatfield's past.
The Major Immigration Movements to Hatfield by Benjamin Skoglund and Matt Nowak, 1992
Peter J. Stoddard by Patrick Stoddard, 1997 [GERMANY]
Pius Levitre by Mendi LeVitre, 1994 [FRENCH CANADA]
Marcinowski Farm (1927-1960) by Michael Wickles, 1999 [POLAND]
Peter J. Stoddard by Patrick Stoddard, 1997 [GERMANY]
Pius Levitre by Mendi LeVitre, 1994 [FRENCH CANADA]
Marcinowski Farm (1927-1960) by Michael Wickles, 1999 [POLAND]