Category: New Collections
New Collections Added to Digital Commonwealth in September
This month’s total items added is 6,077. That includes a couple of substantial collections: The Boston Public Library’s Press Photography from the Brearley Collection at 1,138 items and the Historical Society of Old Newbury’s Snow Historical Photograph Collection at 1,279 items. Dennis Brearley collected the works of Boston photojournalists from the 1920s-1970s. A representative photo…
New Collections Added to Digital Commonwealth in August
It’s the quirky collections that will delight you if you give them a chance. Not that there isn’t incredible value in six collections added by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Canton Public Library’s Canton Historical Commission Photos or the Boston Public Library’s Thaxter/Fields correspondence. Some people will be so pleased yet more nautical charts…
New Collections Added to Digital Commonwealth in July
Although summer slips away too quickly for some of us, those of us who wilt in the heat and humidity are happy to see the end of July. If you’re not, don’t fret. August is promising more of the same. The Boston Public Library was busy this month, adding to the Leslie Jones Collection as…