In addition to the household, craft, and agricultural artifacts in our Barn Museum, our library contains a considerable amount of non-book material. These items reside in a controlled environment, and are carefully stored and catalogued, and include Portraits, Paintings by Local Artists, Work from Classes at Thetford Academy, Costumes, Artifacts, and Furniture.

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        Six early 19^th century portraits:  Timothy Bartholomew; Joseph Hosford and Abner Hosford, painted by Benjamin Franklin Mason; Dr. David Palmer; and Judge Simeon Short, all of Thetford; and Benjamin Page, of Swanzey, NH.

PAINTINGS BY LOCAL ARTISTS

- Philip Martin (1893 - 1971)
- William Malherbe (1884 - 1955)
- R. Alden Burt (1921 - 1997)
- William Bartholomew (1822 - 1898) Boston art educator who spent several summers in Post Mills
- William Baxter Closson (1848-1926

WORK FROM CLASSES AT THETFORD ACADEMY

An unusual collection showing instruction during the 1850s in several different media, mainly in black and white.
      - Pencil sketching
      - stenciling
      - painting on sandpaper
      - copy of small and large engravings.

COSTUMES

       A limited number of costumes, including:
     - Several local wedding dresses, 1880-1920
     - A Civil War uniform from a member of the Hosford family.

ARTIFACTS

A total of 91 collections, grouped by donor or by category.
     - Children's games, toys and clothes
     - Needlework
     - Medical Kit of local doctor H.H. Niles (1807-1881)
     - Guns and accessories
     - Fishing rods and reels from the Chubb Fish Rod Factory in Post Mills.

FURNITURE

Early 19^th century furniture with local connections:
     - Rev. Asa Burton - candlestand, country chippendale chair, 2 Windsor chairs 
     - Judge Simeon Short - Empire desk
     - Fowler family - desk, rocker, tall clock
     - Horsehair parlor set from Howe family
     - Tall chest made in Enfield, NH shaker colony
     - Hosford-Wilcox family - rocker, wooden box, large hair wreath.