Editing Berkshire County, Massachusetts (section)

== Notable residents ==
* Scholar and civil rights activist [[W. E. B. Du Bois|W.E.B. Du Bois]] was born in Great Barrington, MA. His birthplace and other sites of interest are part of the [[Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area|Upper Housatonic Valley]] African American Heritage Trail.
* Folk singer [[Arlo Guthrie]] resides in Berkshire County.
* Author [[Nathaniel Hawthorne]] resided at the "Little Red House" in Lenox, MA near the grounds of the [[Tanglewood Music Festival]], where he wrote [[The House of the Seven Gables|''The House of Seven Gables'']] and other novels.
* Author [[Herman Melville]] resided at [[Arrowhead (Herman Melville House)|Arrowhead]] in Pittsfield, MA, where he wrote the novel [[Moby-Dick|''Moby Dick'']].
* Artist [[Norman Rockwell]] resided in Stockbridge, MA.
* Singer-songwriter and guitarist [[James Taylor]] resides in Berkshire County.
* Author [[Edith Wharton]] kept a home in Lenox, MA.
* Actor [[Mark Wahlberg]] often spends time in Berkshire County, and has a residence in Pittsfield, MA.
* Actress [[Elizabeth Banks]] is from Pittsfield, MA. and often comes back and visits.
* Actress Karen Allen lives in Monterey.
* Cellist [[Yo-Yo Ma]] has a home in Tyringham.