Digitizing Morgan v. Hennigan
By Andrew Begley Archives Specialist, National Archives at Boston; Co-Chair, Digital Commonwealth Outreach and Education Committee Over the last five to ten years, a number of archives and libraries in the Boston area have digitized rich collections of materials related to school desegregation and busing in the city of Boston. Collections at the Boston City…
New Collections Added to Digital Commonwealth in May
Boston Public Library Tichnor Brothers Postcard Collection (1,162 items)* The Tichnor Brothers Collection contains approximately 25,000 office proofs of postcards of the United States published by the Boston firm Tichnor Brothers Inc. These are color postcards with a linen texture dated ca. 1930-1945. The concentration is on American vacation places. National Archives of Boston Tallulah…
Digital Commonwealth in the News: Civil War Photo Collection
Digital archives thrive on collaboration and the Medford Historical Society’s Civil War Photo Collection bears that out in an especially meaningful and inspiring way. This massive collection of more than 3600 well preserved albumen prints was amassed by General Samuel Crocker Lawrence who commanded the Lawrence Light Guard during the Civil War. He went on…
New Collections added to Digital Commonwealth in April
Boston Children’s Museum Scrapbooks from the American History Collection (1 item)* Boston Public Library Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection (21 items)* Wendy Artin (1963-). Drawings and Paintings (64 items) Coast Guard Heritage Museum Coast Guard Heritage Museum General Collection (8 items)* The Di Rosario Collection (112 items) Historical Society of Old Yarmouth Archives and Local…
New Collections added to Digital Commonwealth in March
Before COVID-19 changed life and work as we know it, lots of new content was added to Digital Commonwealth including the voluminous photo archive of Dennis Brearley which chronicles the life of the City of Boston from the 1920s to 1970s. From parades to protests, it’s all there providing the rich historical context that photographs…
The Remarkable Photography of Leon Abdalian
Originally scheduled to take place Sunday, April 4, a program on the Remarkable Photography of Leon Abdalian at the Jamaica Plain Branch Library has been postponed due to the COVID-19 crisis. While that talk will be re-scheduled at a future time, in the meantime we encourage you to visit Leon’s large body of work accessible via Digital…
