New Collections « Digital Commonwealth News & Announcements

Been dying to know what’s new in Digital Commonwealth? Well here’s a list of the newest collections!

Abbot Academy. "Abbot girls on Lawn." Photograph. 1901. — “Abbot girls on Lawn.” 1901. From Phillips Academy Andover.

American Antiquarian Society

American Antiquarian Society Collection – 138 items

Boston Athenaeum

Boston Athenaeum, Cartographic Collection – 10 items added to an existing collection

Boston Public Library

Leslie Jones Collection – 66 items added to an existing collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Massachusetts Historical Society Collection – 15 items added to an existing collection

"Crew of the U.S. Battleship Rhode Island." From Thomas Crane Public Library — “Crew of the U.S. Battleship Rhode Island.” From Thomas Crane Public Library

Phillips Academy Andover

Sarah (Sallie) Moore Field Collection – 368 items

Thomas Crane Public Library

Fore River Shipyard Postcard Collection – 281 items

Quincy, Mass. Postcard Collection – 182 items

Front of Nicola Sacco autographed note (postcard) signed to Bartolomeo Vanzetti, [Dedham], 31 December 1923

Make sure you spend some time catching up on the new items added to Digital Commonwealth this past month!

Boston Public Library

Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee – 789 items

Chicopee Public Library

7 collections reharvested – 758 items

Jones Library, Amherst

Back of Nicola Sacco autographed note (postcard) signed to Bartolomeo Vanzetti, [Dedham], 31 December 1923

9 collections harvested – 1204 items

National Archives at Boston

Photographs of the First Naval District – 194 items added to an existing collection

USS Constitution Museum

War of 1812 – 44 items added to an existing collection

"Aerial View of Eastern States Exposition Grounds, Springfield, Mass." From Springfield College Archives and Special Collections — “Aerial View of Eastern States Exposition Grounds, Springfield, Mass.” From Springfield College Archives and Special Collections

As is appropriate for this autumn season, a lot of the collections added to Digital Commonwealth in the past month have been harvested (pun, obviously, very much intended). Don’t miss out on exploring all of the wonderful new items added to the site!

Boston Public Library

Anti-Slavery (Collection of Distinction) – 1819 items

Charlestown Lantern Slides – 616 items

Stereograph Collection – 6 items

NOBLE Digital Heritage

Collection reharvested – 6048 items

Phillips Academy Andover