Hello DigitalCommonwealth.org patrons — happy holiday season! Here are your November 2025 DigitalCommonwealth.org statistics:
Hosted collections added:
Ashby Free Public Library:
- Ashby Free Public Library Media Collection (718 items; photographs and media from various town events, including the 1967 Bicentennial)
Boston Public Library:
- Boston Herald (285 items; issues of the daily newspaper from 1931-1932)
- The Censor (30 items; issues of the newspaper from 1771-1772)
- Incunabula (3 items; printed books in Italian and Hebrew from 1485-1500)
- Leslie Jones Collection (82 items; photographs of professional baseball players from the mid-1930s)
- Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts (7 items; manuscripts and religious texts from the 14th and 15th centuries)
- Our Bodies Ourselves (1 item; Chinese-language edition of the groundbreaking women’s health publication from 1975)
- Selections from the Boston Public Library Rare Books and Manuscripts Department (4 items; religious texts from 1669-1850)
Chelsea Historical Commission:
- Arnold Jarmak Collection (316 items; photographs from a staff photographer of the Chelsea Record from 1972-1998)
Hammond Castle Museum:
- Hammond Castle Museum Audio Collection (110 items; recordings of musical performances and other events from the Great Hall of Hammond Castle from 1936-1965)
Holyoke Gas & Electric Department:
- Holyoke Gas & Electric Collection (371 items; photographs documenting the history and development of the dam and canal system within the City of Holyoke from 1901-1970)
Sturgis Library:
- The Dennis Yarmouth Barnstable Register (239 items; issues of the weekly newspaper from 1968-1972)
- The Mid-Cape Register (31 items; issues of the weekly newspaper from 1972-1973)
- The Register (658 items; issues of the weekly Yarmouth newspaper from 1973-1985)
- Yarmouth Register, and Barnstable County Advertiser (7 items; issues of the weekly newspaper from 1836-1837)
Harvested collections added:
- Historic Newton (4 new collections, 2,541 new items)
Stats:
Total records: 1,442,744
Hosted items: 742,249