Dedicated in 1981, the mission of the Brockton Shoe Museum is to preserve and promote the history of the United States Shoe Industry with an emphasis on Brockton and Southeastern Massachusetts.  Its collections include over five hundred different shoes and records and publications relating to the shoe industry.  

In 2003, concerned about two recent acquisitions, the Shoe Trades Publications Collection and the William A. Rossi Collections, the Museum entered into a partnership with Stonehill College, located a few miles south of the museum.  

The partnership placed both the Shoe Trades Publications and Rossi Collections on permanent loan at Stonehill College to be administered by the College Archives and Special Collections Department.  The loan allows the collections to be more accessible to researchers and preserved in an environmentally controlled facility.

The collections are available for research during the departments regular business hours. The Rossi Collection finding aid is available online.   Questions can be directed to the College Archivist and Special Collections Librarian at 508.565.1121 or ntourangeau@stonhill.edu.