Historical Research: Fact and Fiction

Historical Research: Fact and Fiction will review methods of historical research, with emphasis on first-person, or primary, sources. The presenters will be at the Swift River Valley Historical Society and will have access to their archive room. The presentation will include on-line research and problems and obstacles with historical records. The presenters will also discuss local historical societies and their role in presenting realistic thoughts, actions, and lifestyles, in both fiction and nonfiction works.

Registration is required for this free online workshop. Register HERE.

Bio: J. A. McIntosh, a recovering attorney, writes the Meredith, Massachusetts series of novels. She is presently working on the “Swift River Secrets”, a contemporary crime novels whose motives were planted in the flooding of the Swift River valley and the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir in the early twentieth century. She is the president of the Swift River Valley Historical Society.

Bio: Elena Palladino is the author of Lost Towns of the Swift River Valley: Drowned by the Quabbin, which was published in October 2022. Lost Towns is a historical account of the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir told through the stories of three individuals from Enfield, one of the valley towns. Elena is a member of the Swift River Valley Historical Society.