BIPOC Monadnock

As nonprofit educational organizations, New Hampshire’s Historical Society of Cheshire County and Monadnock Center for History and Culture use primary and secondary sources to communicate the history of the Monadnock region.  The documents, photographs, publications, and artifacts preserved in our archives have led to hundreds of talks, workshops, walking tours, exhibits, school resources, and publications.

There are gaps in our collections.  There are stories missing from our local history, memories not preserved.  Recovering Black History in the Monadnock Region is a collaborative initiative that seeks to fill those gaps.  Community volunteers, "citizen archivists," are assisting staff in collecting primary sources related to Africans, African-Americans, and other persons of color who have resided in the Monadnock region of New Hampshire between 1730 and 1930.