Summer 90 Years Ago

Summer 90 Years Ago

Today is the first snow of the winter, and of the new year, and we may enjoy seeing a film of life during a bygone summer in the town of Montague, Mass. The film was made in 1929; was life any different in the Quabbin towns?

The University of Massachusetts has published a memorial to the late Arthur Kinney, available here.

Arthur Kinney

Arthur Kinney

This week we mourn the passing of our esteemed colleague and friend, UMass Professor Emeritus Arthur Kinney, who died on Christmas morning. His accomplishments are too numerous to list here; we will only say that we knew him as a long-time member and staunch friend to the Amherst Historical Society. He served on our Board since 2004, and was President in 2007, when he instituted our first annual Conch Shell Award. Over the years since then, the Society has continued to benefit from his guidance and generosity.

A full obituary is scheduled to appear in the Amherst Bulletin; “… and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”