Digital Commonwealth: September 2026 New Collections
Hello! Here are the new collections on DigitalCommonwealth.org from September: Hosted collections added: Boston Public Library: Boston Herald (273 items; issues of the daily newspaper from 1937-1938) Boston Pictorial Archive (657 items; photographs of various Boston-area locations taken for the Boston Redevelopment Authority from the 1960s-1980s) Incunabula (7 items; early printed theological texts in Latin…
Historical Newspapers Dataset Released
Boston Public Library and the Institutional Data Initiative at Harvard Law School Library have released a data set derived from public domain newspaper collections available on DigitalCommonwealth.org. Newspapers represent one of the richest available primary sources for historical research — capturing not just major news, but births and deaths, iconic sports victories (or crushing defeats),…
Digital Commonwealth: August 2026 New Collections
Happy almost-autumn, DigitalCommonwealth.org users. Here are the latest collections added to the repository in August: Hosted collections added: Armenian Business Network: Janet Acopian Yegumians Collection: 2500th Anniversary Celebration of the Founding of the Persian Empire, October 1971, Iran (6 items; publications related to the 2500th Anniversary Celebration of the Persian Empire, held at Persepolis in October…
Digital Commonwealth: July 2026 New Collections
Here are the latest collections added to DigitalCommonwealth.0rg: Hosted collections added: Boston Public Library: Boston Public Library Government Documents Collection (5 items; government publications related to Boston school desegregation and transportation planning) Boston Public Library Serials Collection (5 items; bound volumes of the Atlantic Monthly and other serial publications from the late 1800s) WHDH Collection (245 items; film segments from…
Digital Commonwealth: June 2026 New Collections
Hello DigitalCommonwealth.org users, and happy Fourth of July! Here are the latest new collections in the repository: Hosted collections added: Armenian Business Network: Janet Acopian Yegumians Collection: 2500th Anniversary Celebration of the Founding of the Persian Empire, October 1971, Iran (10 items; documents related to the 2500th Anniversary Celebration of the Persian Empire, held at Persepolis…
Digital Commonwealth: May 2026 New Collections
Hello DC users — here are the most recent collections in the repository over the last month: Hosted collections added: Boston Public Library: Boston Herald (243 items; issues of the daily newspaper from 1936-1937) Cabinet Card Collection (1 item; portrait of an indigenous person ca. 1880–1920) Carte de Visite Collection (1 item; rare portrait of African American barber,…