Almira Edson (1803-1886) was a stepdaughter of Edward Adams of the busy village of Adamsville in Colrain. She developed a style of family registers combining calligraphy and watercolor, much sought after by collectors of folk art today. After years of teaching at the Halifax Academy, she joined a utopian community in Putney, Vermont which combined spiritual purity and “complex marriage” only to find herself in conflict with the movement’s leaders.
Edson was the subject of a presentation by Prentice Crosier in the Stacy Barn behind the Colrain Historical Society’s Pitt House on Thursday, June 9, 2022 following the Society’s business meeting at 7:00 p.m.