Category: Repository Updates

  • Digital Commonwealth: April 2026 New Collections

    Hello DC users! Here are some new collections now available online, including some exciting additions to our newspapers: Hosted collections added: Boston Public Library: Vin Catania Collection (298 items; photographs of prominent Boston politicians, events, and locations from 1977-2002) Seekonk Public Library: The Seekonk Star (60 items; issues of the weekly newspaper from 1972-1983) University of Massachusetts

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  • Digital Commonwealth: March 2026 New Collections

    Happy early spring, DC.org users. Here are the latest collections in the repository: Hosted collections added: Boston Public Library: Boston Herald (501 items; issues of the daily newspaper from 1935-1936) Incunabula (2 items; early printed texts from 1482-1497, including Ptolemy’s Geographia) Maginnis & Walsh Architectural Records (226 items; plans and drawings from the prominent Boston-based architectural firm from

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  • Digital Commonwealth: February 2026 New Collections

    Hello to all our patrons, partners and users — here are the latest collections on DigitalCommonwealth.org from the month of February: Hosted collections added: Boston Little Syria Project: Lebanese and Syrian Community Digitization Day (2025) (125 items; family photographs and personal memorabilia contributed by Massachusetts residents) Boston Public Library: Boston Pictorial Archive (1835 items; photographs of Boston

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