Time Line & Biographies
Compare biographies of NAEI members and visitors both famous and ordinary.
Videos
Interactive Map
Explore Florence, Massachusetts sites of the NAEI through video clips of historian Steve Strimer.
NAEI Video: "In the Footsteps of Sojourner Truth"
Full video of Steve Strimer’s walking tour of Florence, Massachusetts.
Silk Reeler Demonstration Video
Smith College Professor Marjorie Senechal uses a replica of an early Piedmont Reeler built by Smith students to demonstrate the difficult art of reeling silk fibers from coccoons.
Primary Source Documents with Rollovers
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Letter: James A. Stetson to Dolly W. Stetson, Feb. 20, 1843
James writes on the back of the Association’s constitution urging Dolly to join the Association.Letter: Almira Stetson to James A. Stetson, Mar. 4, 1845
14-year-old Almira shares her ambitions and goals for the future.Letter: Dolly W. Stetson to James A. Stetson, Apr. 13, 1845
Dolly attempts to convince James to remain at the Association.Highlights the rights and responsibilities in this second constitution of the Northampton Association of Education and Industry.
