To keep everyone up to date on just what collections are in the Digital Commonwealth portal, we’re starting this series of monthly blog posts. At the beginning of each month, we’ll tell you what collections were added or had materials added to them in the previous month.
In February, the following collection were added to the Digital Commonwealth:
Robbins Library
Arlington Historical Maps including Menotomy and the Old Burying Ground : 5 items
Arlington Historical Photograph Collection, c. 1885 – 1992 : 1,238 items
Arlington Historical Postcard Collection, c. 1907 – 1981 : 267 items
Arthur M. Dallin Stained Glass Studies, c. 1932 – 1939 : 2 items
Boston Public Library
Boston Wharf Company Collection : 197 items
Lane/Mead Boston Maritime Collection : 56 items
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection : 5,011 items
Old Boston Photograph Collection : 114 items
Trustees’ Library collection : 404 items
First Parish in Brookline
First Parish in Brookline Artifacts Collection : 1 item
Jamaica Plain Tuesday Club/Loring-Greenough House
Jamaica Plain Tuesday Club Records : 31 items
Marstons Mills Historical Society
Marstons Mills Historical Society Photograph Collection : 206 items
Mount Wachusett Community College
Mount Wachusett Community College Collection : 19 item
New Bedford Whaling Museum
New Bedford Whaling Museum Nautical Charts : 10 items
Visitors to the Digital Commonwealth site can now browse the ever-growing collection using a number of different map views. These maps show the locations of cities and other landmarks depicted or described within items in the collection. By clicking on a marker on the map, visitors can search for all items from a specific location. Visitors can also use the map’s search button to find all items from within a particular geographic area displayed in the map window. This new feature offers a powerful and exciting way to explore the collections, and provides vivid evidence of the global scope and relevancy of the collections contributed by Massachusetts cultural institutions.