The Gritty Berkshires: A People's History From the Hoosac Tunnel to MASS MoCA

The Gritty Berkshires focuses on the immigrants and their descendants who dug the Hoosac Tunnel, worked in the textile mills and the shoe factories of North Berkshire, and produced capacitors at Sprague Electric Company.

Join author Maynard Seider for a journey from the first part of the 19th century to today, connecting local issues to changes in the American landscape. Throughout, the activism of local residents will be highlighted, whether it be protesting conditions in an unsafe mill, organizing to form a union, or fighting the closure of a regional hospital.

3rd floor community room. All are welcome. Copies of The Gritty Berkshires will be available for sale & signing.

This event is co-hosted with the North Adams Historical Society.

Any questions, please email Assistant Library Director Ryan Miller
at cm1pbGxlciB8IG5vcnRoYWRhbXMtbWEgISBnb3Y=, or give us a call.

Maynard Seider is an emeritus professor of sociology at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, former president of the faculty union local, and writer and director of the documentary, "Farewell to Factory Towns"

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