1920s "School Maps" from the Griswold Library
The Griswold Library has asked CHS if we would be interested in having 7 old "roller maps" from their collections. These maps are large, about 3' x 4', and are affixed to rollers mounted onto a board for hanging on a wall. Below: the seven roller maps These maps are not of Colrain. They are maps of the continents such as Asia, North America etc, and include one unusual "blackboard" map of Massachusetts. They are supposed to have been used in Colrain's Churchill School. They are not dated, except for the North America (1923 printing). An earlier date is suggested by the World map which refers to the publisher as "Geographer to the Queen" . Queen Victoria died in 1901. That notation is not dispositive, but it does suggest that more research could be done as to the publication dates of these maps. The seller of several of the maps, Edward Babb & Co., was a major school supply company in the early 1900s. (see label belo