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BPL’s Sacco and Vanzetti Collection
This post was written by Patricia Feeley, BPL Collaborative Services Librarian. Kimberly Reynolds, Curator of Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library, wanted to recognize the 90th anniversary of the deaths of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were Italian immigrants and anarchists who were arrested and convicted of murder during the…
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February 20, 2017
Jones Library’s Digital Amherst in Digital Commonwealth
This post was written by Patricia Feeley, BPL Collaborative Services Librarian. Cynthia Harbeson, Head of Special Collections at the Jones Library, began her job in January 2015. Amherst greeted her with the snowiest winter on record and a digital website in disrepair. She resolved to make Digital Amherst great again. Happily for Cyndi, Sharon Sharry,…
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January 23, 2017
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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October 24, 2016