New Collections Added to Digital Commonwealth in August
Strike up the band, fire the confetti cannon and release the balloons! Digital Commonwealth is celebrating the half million item mark. Thanks, in part, to the large and small collections below, Digital Commonwealth by the end of August was able to offer access to 529, 444 items. On August 23, you could commemorate the 90th anniversary…
Westborough images now available in the Digital Commonwealth
The Community Advocate published a brief article on the Westborough Public Library’s “Westborough: Your Town – Your History” collection being added to Digital Commonwealth as noted in our New Collections in July post.
Leominster’s 1915 time capsule now available online
Leominster Public Library got a little ink from the Leominster Champion for their 1915 Municipal Building (City Hall) time capsule digitization, which was among the new collections added to Digital Commonwealth in May. If you have been in the news for your digitization project, be sure to send us a link so we can…
New Collections Added to Digital Commonwealth in July
Put on your comfy travel shoes, it’s time to play tourist! If you can’t actually take a trip to faraway places, Digital Commonwealth has got you covered. From Sir David Young Cameron’s delightful watercolor of Robin Hood’s Bay in England (Boston Public Library) to the postcard of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan (Springfield College Archives and Special…
A Closer Look: Rope pull, undated
Written by Patricia Feeley, Interlibrary Loan Librarian, Boston Public Library The handwritten caption on this photo states, “Taken Ropepull day Sept. 18, 1895”. I don’t know if these mostly cheerful, mostly young men are rope pullers (tug of warriors?) or spectators. The University of Massachusetts at Amherst simply calls it, “Rope pull, undated”. I was originally…