University of Massachusetts Boston, Joseph P. Healey Library
Mass. Memories Road Show
The Mass. Memories Road Show is a statewide, event-based participatory archiving project that documents people, places, and events in Massachusetts history through family photographs and stories. Archivists and public historians at the Joseph P. Healey Library at UMass Boston collaborate with local planning teams and volunteers to organize free public events where individuals bring photographs to be copied and included in a digital archive. Contributors are invited to describe the photographs in their own words. In addition, they may choose to share “the story behind the photos” on video, have their own “keepsake photo” taken, receive advice from professional archivists and historians on caring for their family photos, and learn from one another about the history of their community. Since its launch in 2004, the Mass. Memories Road Show has digitized thousands of photographs and stories from across the state.
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- North and Central America11,177
- United States11,123
- Massachusetts10,621
- Middlesex (county)2,917
- Suffolk (county)2,394
- Boston2,284
- Plymouth (county)1,334
- Norfolk (county)1,213
- Photographs11,049
- Film/Video1,292
- Documents1
- Allston Brighton Mass. Memories Road Show224
- Amesbury Mass. Memories Road Show287
- Bellingham Mass. Memories Stuck-at-Home Show20
- Boston Harbor Islands Mass. Memories Road Show217
- Boston Public Housing Mass. Memories Road Show112
- Brewster Mass. Memories Road Show93
- Brockton Mass. Memories Road Show242
- Chinese American Experiences Mass. Memories Road Show220
- Danvers Mass. Memories Road Show168
- Deerfield Mass. Memories Road Show46
- Dorchester (Codman Academy) Mass. Memories Road Show7
- Dorchester (Codman Square Great Hall) Mass. Memories Road Show10
- Dorchester (Codman Square) Mass. Memories Road Show27
- Dorchester (Kit Clark Center) Mass. Memories Road Show22
- Dorchester (Lower Mills) Mass. Memories Road Show66
- Dorchester Mass. Memories Road Show141
- Duxbury Mass. Memories Road Show307
- Eastham Mass. Memories Road Show346
- Falmouth Mass. Memories Road Show167
- Grub Street Project Mass. Memories Road Show13
- Halifax Mass. Memories Road Show178
- Hebrew Senior Life Mass. Memories Road Show (1)85
- Hebrew Senior Life Mass. Memories Road Show (2)99
- Hingham Mass. Memories Road Show451
- Hyde Park Mass. Memories Road Show380
- Irish Immigrant Experiences Mass. Memories Road Show310
- Lexington Mass. Memories Road Show376
- Lowell Mass. Memories Road Show254
- Malden Mass. Memories Stuck-at-Home Show56
- Marshfield Mass. Memories Road Show200
- Martha's Vineyard Mass Memories Road Show2
- Martha's Vineyard Mass. Memories Road Show242
- Mass. Memories Road Show: The Hip-Hop Edition338
- Milton Mass. Memories Road Show369
- Nahant Mass. Memories Road Show213
- Natick Mass. Memories Road Show81
- New Bedford Mass. Memories Road Show369
- Norwell Mass. Memories Road Show203
- Norwood Mass. Memories Road Show106
- Peabody Mass. Memories Road Show103
- Plymouth Mass. Memories Road Show363
- Project ALERTA Mass. Memories Road Show45
- Provincetown Mass. Memories Road Show398
- Provincetown Mass. Memories Road Show;1
- Quincy Mass. Memories Road Show215
- Reading Mass. Memories Road Show162
- Roxbury (Dudley Square) Mass Memories Road Show47
- Roxbury (Hibernian Hall) Mass. Memories Road Show22
- Sharon Mass. Memories Road Show194
- Spencer Mass. Memories Road Show171
- Stoneham Mass. Memories Road Show482
- Stoughton Mass. Memories Road Show387
- Truro Mass. Memories Road Show216
- UMass Boston ALERTA Mass. Memories Road Show1
- UMass Boston Mass. Memories Road Show284
- Waltham Mass. Memories Road Show604
- Wayland Mass. Memories Road Show408
- West End Mass. Memories Road Show125
- Wilmington Mass. Memories Road Show475
- Winchester Mass. Memories Road Show387
- World War II Mass. Memories Road Show204