This collection contains lace work created by Selma Courie Haddad and Rachel Skeirik Haddad. It is not known who created each piece. Selma Fadoul Courie (1892-1939) immigrated to the United States in approximately 1910 from the village of Souq-el-Gharb on Mount Lebanon, which at the time was... more

Dr. Nicholas Catsimpoolas (1931-2001), who was born in Athens, Greece, came to the United States in 1960 to pursue his education in biochemistry. In 1973, three years after obtaining U.S. citizenship, Dr. Catsimpoolas came to Boston to begin a distinguished career as a biochemist and... more

This collection contains two portraits [painted] on 8 x 10 inch glass plate negatives. One portrait is of John White Treadwell (1774-1854) and the other is of Captain George Nichols (1775-1860).

The Nichols Family Photograph Collection contains photographs collected by the Nichols family. Many of the photographs are undated, although those bearing dated inscriptions range between 1850 and 1953. The collection includes individual and group portraits of the Nichols family, as well as... more

The Nina Heald Webber 1949 Archives houses a wide range of materials dating from just prior to the School's founding in 1881 to the present. Selected images from the archives can be found in this collection and on the Digital Quilt, the School's digital archive.

This collection consists of items from the Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection (MS028) collection hosted by Historic New England. 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 Nineteenth-Century American Trade Cards collection hosted by Brandeis University Libraries. Information about the items has been provided by the holding institution so that they may be included in Digital Commonwealth.

Photos, documents, and artifacts in the Historical Room collection relating to the Noble & Cooley drum company of Granville, founded in 1854 by Silas Noble and James P. Cooley. Additional historic material relating to Noble & Cooley can be found in Digital Commonwealth's institution page... more

A selection of noteworthy correspondence from the Noble & Cooley Drum Company archives, dating primarily from the 1880s through World War II.

A collection of sales catalogs published by the Noble & Cooley Drum Company of Granville, Massachusetts. These catalogs were distributed to retail stores across the country and included toy drums, tambourines, rolling hoops, and an assortment of other toys made in Granville. The company was... more

This collection contains documents that relate to Noble & Cooley employment and provides useful information for genealogical researchers, as well as insights into employment practices, pay rates, and working hours.

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 provide insight into Newton from the 19th through the early 20th century, a time when Newton was transforming from... more

This collection consists of items from the Non-Historic New England periodicals (SC002) collection hosted by Historic New England. Information about the items has been provided by the holding institution so that they may be included in Digital Commonwealth.

In the late 1920s, the sociologist and prisoner reformer Howard Belding Gill proposed building a "model community prison" at Norfolk, Mass., that would represent a radical new approach to dealing with crime and punishment. Integrating social work and sociological theory into the... more

The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library cares for more than a quarter million cartographic and geographic objects, ranging from the fifteenth century to the present, with a global scope and a focus on Boston and New England. Created in 2004 as a... more

This collection consists of items from the Norman Hurst 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.

This collection consists of items from the Norman Morrison Isham photographic collection (PC032) collection hosted by Historic New England. 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 Norris Church Mailer 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.