This designation was introduced after the war when the monuments of the Gettysburg Battlefield were being erected. Some historians have argued that the battle was the turning point of the war and that this was the place that represented the Confederacy's last major offensive operation in the... more

As a student at Mount Hermon School in the late 1920s, Gifford Hoag Towle met Marjorie Ripley Blossom, a young woman at the Northfield School for Girls. When Giff went on to the Massachusetts Agricultural College (BS 1932) and Marjorie to a midwestern Bible College for a year (before being... more

This collection of negatives came with some remnants of the sleeves that originally held the negatives. There is no sign of the name of the photographer. Two sleeves had dates (1907 and 1909). All the negatives are glass with the exception of number 31, which was possibly cellulose acetate.... more

The Gilbert D. Kingman Photograph Collection is comprised of late 19th-century views of New Bedford storefronts, mills, street scenes, homes, schools, railroad stations, and wharfs. Kingman (1852-1906) was both an amateur photographer and a photograph collector. As a result, this collection... more

Born in Mogliano Veneto, near Venice, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) was one of the most important Italian printmakers of the period and his views of Rome continue to define modern ideas of the ancient city. He began an apprenticeship in architecture and engineering with his uncle, who... more

This collection consists of items from the Glass Negatives: Melrose, Mass. collection hosted by Melrose Public Library. Information about the items has been provided by the holding institution so that they may be included in Digital Commonwealth.

Presented here is a collection of largely unidentified scenes in Newton, Massachusetts in the late 1800s or early 1900s. The City of Newton owns a wealth of historic materials that speak to the community's social, cultural and governmental past. These materials reflect the civic life of and... more

Collection includes three 5x7 glass plate negatives: unidentified man; street scene in Salem after 1914 fire; and group of people in front of building, c.1890-1900.

This collection consists of items from the Glass Plates collection hosted by Provincetown History Preservation Project. Information about the items has been provided by the holding institution so that they may be included in Digital Commonwealth.

This collection consists of items from the Gleason Leonard Archer Personal Papers (MS108), 1790-1999 collection hosted by Suffolk University, Moakley Archive & Institute. Information about the items has been provided by the holding institution so that they may be included in Digital... more

The Glendale Collection includes miscellaneous photographs of unknown provenance. The earliest are tintypes from the mid-19th century. The majority are photographs and postcards from the early 1900s, primarily of families and locations in the Glendale section of town, near the Glendale Methodist... more

Gloria Xifaras Clark was working as an elementary school teacher in her home town of New Bedford in 1964 when she answered the call to enlist in the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project. A recent graduate of Wheelock College, she was assigned to teach in the Benton County Freedom School... more

This collection consists of items from the Gloucester City Directories collection hosted by Gloucester Lyceum & Sawyer Free Library. Information about the items has been provided by the holding institution so that they may be included in Digital Commonwealth.

This collection consists of items from the Gloucester Government City Record Books, 1642-1782 collection hosted by Gloucester Lyceum & Sawyer Free Library. Information about the items has been provided by the holding institution so that they may be included in Digital Commonwealth.

This collection consists of items from the Gloucester Government City Record Books, 1707-1820 collection hosted by Gloucester Lyceum & Sawyer Free Library. Information about the items has been provided by the holding institution so that they may be included in Digital Commonwealth.

This collection consists of items from the Gloucester High School Yearbooks collection hosted by Gloucester Lyceum & Sawyer Free Library. Information about the items has been provided by the holding institution so that they may be included in Digital Commonwealth.

This collection consists of items from the Gloucester Map collection hosted by Gloucester Lyceum & Sawyer Free Library. Information about the items has been provided by the holding institution so that they may be included in Digital Commonwealth.

This collection consists of items from the Gloucester Oral History collection hosted by Gloucester Lyceum & Sawyer Free Library. Information about the items has been provided by the holding institution so that they may be included in Digital Commonwealth.

This collection consists of items from the Gloucester Postcard collection hosted by Gloucester Lyceum & Sawyer Free Library. Information about the items has been provided by the holding institution so that they may be included in Digital Commonwealth.

This collection consists of items from the Gordon Parker Estate collection hosted by Arlington Historical Society. Information about the items has been provided by the holding institution so that they may be included in Digital Commonwealth.