Digital Commonwealth: August 2026 New Collections
Happy almost-autumn, DigitalCommonwealth.org users. Here are the latest collections added to the repository in August: Hosted collections added: Armenian Business Network: Janet Acopian Yegumians Collection: 2500th Anniversary Celebration of the Founding of the Persian Empire, October 1971, Iran (6 items; publications related to the 2500th Anniversary Celebration of the Persian Empire, held at Persepolis in October…
Digital Commonwealth: July 2026 New Collections
Here are the latest collections added to DigitalCommonwealth.0rg: Hosted collections added: Boston Public Library: Boston Public Library Government Documents Collection (5 items; government publications related to Boston school desegregation and transportation planning) Boston Public Library Serials Collection (5 items; bound volumes of the Atlantic Monthly and other serial publications from the late 1800s) WHDH Collection (245 items; film segments from…
Digital Commonwealth: June 2026 New Collections
Hello DigitalCommonwealth.org users, and happy Fourth of July! Here are the latest new collections in the repository: Hosted collections added: Armenian Business Network: Janet Acopian Yegumians Collection: 2500th Anniversary Celebration of the Founding of the Persian Empire, October 1971, Iran (10 items; documents related to the 2500th Anniversary Celebration of the Persian Empire, held at Persepolis…
Digital Commonwealth: May 2026 New Collections
Hello DC users — here are the most recent collections in the repository over the last month: Hosted collections added: Boston Public Library: Boston Herald (243 items; issues of the daily newspaper from 1936-1937) Cabinet Card Collection (1 item; portrait of an indigenous person ca. 1880–1920) Carte de Visite Collection (1 item; rare portrait of African American barber,…
Digital Commonwealth: April 2026 New Collections
Hello DC users! Here are some new collections now available online, including some exciting additions to our newspapers: Hosted collections added: Boston Public Library: Vin Catania Collection (298 items; photographs of prominent Boston politicians, events, and locations from 1977-2002) Seekonk Public Library: The Seekonk Star (60 items; issues of the weekly newspaper from 1972-1983) University of Massachusetts…
Digital Commonwealth: March 2026 New Collections
Happy early spring, DC.org users. Here are the latest collections in the repository: Hosted collections added: Boston Public Library: Boston Herald (501 items; issues of the daily newspaper from 1935-1936) Incunabula (2 items; early printed texts from 1482-1497, including Ptolemy’s Geographia) Maginnis & Walsh Architectural Records (226 items; plans and drawings from the prominent Boston-based architectural firm from…