Dickinson Family Association VOLUME XIX, NUMBER 2 151st Reunion – Sat. June 25, 2022 – Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA Fri. night dinner June 24, 2022 – Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA Hello Cousins, Plans for the 2022 reunion in South Hadley, MA have been confirmed. All events on both Friday and Saturday […]
VOLUME XIX, NUMBER 1 2022 REUNION ANNOUNCEMENT Hello Cousins, The 2022 Dickinson Family Reunion will be Saturday, June 25 with a Friday night gathering of cousins on June 24. General Location: Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA (12 miles North of Springfield, MA) at the intersection of MA State Route 47 and MA State Route 116. […]
Introduction Do you have some interesting stories about your parents, grandparents or other relatives? Or do you perhaps have an older relative who remembers some stories about people who are now deceased? Wouldn’t it be good to preserve these memories for future generations, and even share them with other DFA members right now? These are […]
VOLUME XVIII, NUMBER 2 A Message from the DFA Board Hello Cousins, Plans for the 2021 reunion in Deerfield, MA have been confirmed. As discussed in the July newsletter, our reunion will commence at 3pm on Friday, October 22nd with museum tours at the “Memorial Hall Museum” (8 Memorial St.) conveniently located off of […]
Volume XVII, Number 3 A message from the DFA Board Hello Cousins, I understand that this year has been a challenging one for most. Despite our reunion postponement (we hope now that the 150th Reunion can be rescheduled for September or October 2021) we have made a few strides as follows: The first round of […]
Research and Publications Committee MONOGRAPH NO. 1 DICKINSON TRIBUTARIES IN THE WATERSHED OF MUSIC EDUCATION:MARTHA DICKINSON BOND (1856-1936) AND CLARENCE DICKINSON (1873-1969)byELIZABETH HAYDON KEITHCART Copyright Elizabeth Haydon Keithcart, 2008Printed with permission of the author The watershed of music education in the United States originated with tributaries from Puritan families, churches, and communities. Elizabeth Haydon Keithcart traced one branch of the Dickinson […]
2018 DFA REUNION Mt. Holyoke CollegeS. Hadley, MAJune 23 Mount Holyoke College has been the venue for five Dickinson Family Association reunions: 1976, 1985, 2010, 2013, and this year, 2018. Two of the previous meetings had a focus on Emily Dickinson – appropriate since her one year of college was at Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary, the […]
Indian Wars of the Connecticut Valley by Robert Magovernformer President of the DFAe-mail: neighbor12@aol.com Dickinson Family Association Talk2014 Reunion, Agawam MAJune 21, 2014 As we begin our study of Nathaniel Dickinson, his coming to New England and his move to Hadley, we must first understand what brought our ancestor to New England in the first place. […]
VOLUME XI, NUMBER 4 A message from the President Greetings Cousins, This year we are sending out an e-newsletter for the Fall rather than a physical “snail-mail” mailing. This reduces our workload and expenses considerably. There will be a traditional newsletter in the Winter and Spring. I thought we had a spirited and intimate Reunion this year in […]
VOLUME X, NUMBER 4 A message from the President Greetings Cousins, Another Summer has come and gone as the leaves start to fall here in New England. In late October the Board of Directors of your Association meet to iron out some business and plan next year’s Reunion. This years Reunion of 2013 was truly special. Our Cousin and […]