New Collections Added to Digital Commonwealth in November
Make sure you spend some time catching up on the new items added to Digital Commonwealth this past month! Boston Public Library Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee – 789 items Chicopee Public Library 7 collections reharvested – 758 items Jones Library, Amherst 9 collections harvested – 1204 items National Archives at Boston Photographs of the First Naval
New Collection Added to Digital Commonwealth in October
As is appropriate for this autumn season, a lot of the collections added to Digital Commonwealth in the past month have been harvested (pun, obviously, very much intended). Don’t miss out on exploring all of the wonderful new items added to the site! Boston Public Library Anti-Slavery (Collection of Distinction) – 1819 items Charlestown Lantern Slides –
Wilbraham Library
This post was written by Mary Bell, Adult Services Librarian at Wilbraham Public Library. Maybe it’s because I’m interested in family history and genealogy, but my favorite photographs in Wilbraham Library’s local history collection are of people. Knowing about people, seeing their faces and learning their stories, can make history’s potentially dry dates and facts
Grove Hall Memory Project
This post was written by Patricia Feeley, BPL Collaborative Services Librarian. When the Grove Hall Branch of the Boston Public Library began planning the Grove Hall Memory Project, it was their intention to make it available in a digital format. Katrina Morse, now the Parker Hill Branch librarian and the driving force behind the
Stephen Moskey on Digital Commonwealth
This post was written by Patricia Feeley, BPL Collaborative Services Librarian. Stephen T. Moskey spoke about his new book, Larz and Isabel Anderson: Wealth and Celebrity in the Gilded Age, at the Boston Public Library recently. He could not say enough nice things about how helpful Digital Commonwealth was to his research on this
New Collections Added to Digital Commonwealth in September
This September, Digital Commonwealth added many new collections that you can now search for on the website! These collections consist of many type of materials including photographs, personal paper, maps, and even a scrapbook! Make sure you check them out! Harvest Forest Archives Harvard Forest Martha’s Vineyard Collection – 457 items added to an