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New Collections Added in December & January
As the decade turned on an unprecedented pandemic year, Digital Commonwealth continued its work, adding the following collections. Map lovers will rejoice at the newly added offerings of assorted city streets, plans and projects over the decades. Boston Public Library Boston Redevelopment Authority Collection (130 items) Boston Public Library Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection…
The Florence Johnson Herbarium: Interview with Sharon Hawkes
Jean Maguire, member of Digital Commonwealth’s Outreach & Education Committee, recently interviewed Sharon Hawkes, Director of the Nahant Public Library about the Florence Johnson Herbarium Collection. Could you please tell us a little about the history, acquisition, and contents of the Florence Johnson Herbarium collection? Florence “Miss Flossie” Johnson was a school teacher here in Nahant…
New Collections Added in November
Of special and timely interest in November’s New Collections are photographs from an exhibit, A Seat at the Table, held in 2019 at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute. This colorful and compelling exhibit was inspired by the pioneering firebrand Shirley Chisholm’s call for greater involvement of women, people…