New Collections Added in February
Just a few of the treasures from the Barnstable Patriot Photograph Collection Boston Public Library Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778). Etchings (195 items)* Tichnor Brothers Postcard Collection (1 item)* Travel Photography (46 items) Cape Cod Community College Barnstable Patriot Photograph Collection, 1931-1978 (1,223 items)* Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives Commonwealth v. Sacco and Vanzetti (763 items)…
Collection Spotlight: The Blind in Art Collection at Perkins School for the Blind
Blindness and visual impairment have existed as long as humans have. In response, people have long sought to create accessibility aids to help themselves to get around more easily. Perhaps surprisingly, many of the aids used throughout history are similar – if not identical – to those used by visually impaired people today. The images featured…
New England Immigration Stories by Students
by Maureen Mann, MLS Elementary Library Media Specialist Wellesley Public Schools & member of the Outreach & Education Committee The University of Massachusetts Lowell (U-Mass Lowell) has created two timely resources for K-12 educators to enhance immigration studies. As the Biden administration works to redefine pathways to citizenship for our southern borders over the coming months, these…
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…
Along the Elevated: Photographs of the Orange Line
Clockwise from top left: Washington Street, Roxbury from a moving elevated train; Along the El; Elevated subway supports, Jamaica Plain; Chinese jump rope, Chinatown, Boston. All images from Along the Elevated: Photographs from the Orange Line at the Boston Public Library. From 1901 to 1987, the MBTA’s elevated Orange Line ran between Chinatown, the South…
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…