Tag: BPL

  • New Collections Added to Digital Commonwealth in October

    As we pack away the ghosts and goblins of Halloween and prepare for Thanksgiving, let us give thanks: …to the Annisquam Historical Society for sharing a lovely sketch of the I Am Here schooner amongst its 86 historical documents. …to the Boston Public Library – and especially to the Leventhal Map Center – for continuing…

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  • New Collections Added to Digital Commonwealth in September

    Just in time for Armenian Independence Day on September 21, Project SAVE Archives Banquet and Panoramic Photo Collection added 222 items to Digital Commonwealth – including the nearby photo of the World Armenian Congress held at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The place was packed!  I honestly don’t know how those people got served. In addition,…

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  • 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…

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