Category: Spotlight

  • Spotlight On…Transgender Digital Archive

    by Anne Berard Reference & Outreach Services Librarian, Milford Town Library The Digital Commonwealth mostly archives materials relating to Massachusetts, harvesting and hosting content related to its residents, communities and institutions. Some collections, however, have a wider scope. The hosted Digital Transgender Archive (DTA) is one such repository. Bringing together photographs, publications, clippings & ephemera…

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  • Spotlight On…Frank Cousins Collection of Glass Negatives

                              Written by Anne Berard, Reference & Outreach Services Librarian, Milford Town Library The Frank Cousins Glass Plate Photography Collection, containing over 2500 images, became accessible via the Digital Commonwealth in June. Simply put, it is incredible. Frank Cousins (1851-1925), a merchant and…

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  • Spotlight on…Peter Simon Collection

    Written by Anne Berard, Reference& Outreach Librarian, Milford Town Library                               Peter Simon, prolific photographer, author, chronicler of Martha’s Vineyard, and brother of singer Carly Simon, died in November 2018. Digital Commonwealth (via the Special Collections & University Archives at the University of Massachusetts,…

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