Author: Sadie Roosa

  • New Collections Added to Digital Commonwealth in November

    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 9 collections harvested – 1204 items National Archives at Boston Photographs of the First Naval…

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  • New Collection Added to Digital Commonwealth in October

    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 –…

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  • Wilbraham Library

    This post was written by Mary Bell, Adult Services Librarian at Wilbraham Public Library. Maybe it’s because I’m interested in family history and genealogy, but my favorite photographs in Wilbraham Library’s local history collection are of people. Knowing about people, seeing their faces and learning their stories, can make history’s potentially dry dates and facts…

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