Tag: National Archives

  • New Collections Added to Digital Commonwealth in April

    All those April showers (rain and snow alike) brought over 3,300 new items to the Digital Commonwealth.  The largest donation came from the National Archives at Boston with its Watertown Arsenal Photographs collection.  The photos of bright shining new armaments contrast sharply with the Franklin Historical Museum’s riveting Images of World War I Battlefields collection. …

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  • National Archives at Boston Civil Defense Photographs Collection

    Written by Patricia Feeley, Interlibrary Loan Librarian, Boston Public Library The National Archives at Boston (NARA-Boston) recently added a fascinating collection of Civil Defense photographs.  The Federal Civil Defense Administration (FCDA) had the two-fold job of preparing Americans for natural disasters and military attacks.  Its heyday was in the Cold War years of the 1950’s.  It…

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  • 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…

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