Hello, and happy belated Halloween! Here are your October 2025 DigitalCommonwealth.org statistics:
Hosted collections added:
Boston Public Library:
- John B. Sanromá Photograph Collection (9023 items; photographs of events, places, and people by the former Boston Traveler photographer from 1929-1955)
Boston Symphony Orchestra Archives:
- Boston Symphony Orchestra Historical Score Collection (ca. 1881-1980s) (333 items; musical scores used by conductors of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1881 through the 1980s)
Boxford Historic Document Center:
- Church Records of Boxford, Massachusetts (70 items; documents, prints, manuscripts, ephemera, correspondence, photographs, books, cards, and newspapers from Boxford’s First Congregational Church and Second Congregational Church)
Forbush Memorial Library:
- Forbush Memorial Library Art and Artifacts Collection (714 items; art and artifacts from 1700-2006)
Somerville Public Library:
- Bay State Smelting Company Collection, 1939-1994 (38 items; photographs and documents from the former Somerville industrial site)
- Collection of Somerville Photographs, 1970-1980 (10 items; photographs depicting street scenes, businesses, celebrations, parks, and schools)
- The Orvis Luey Hill Collection (10 items; photographs and ephemera from Orvis Luey Hil, a local pioneer in the early development of the automobile)
Sturgis Library:
- Barnstable Patriot (964 items; issues of the weekly newspaper from 1855-2017)
United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum:
- USS Salem Photographic Collection (704 items; photographs documenting the history of the USS Salem from 1944-1999)
Stats:
Total records: 1,437,341
Hosted items: 739,387