Presented here is a book by Charles Johnson Maynard (1845-1929), a Newton naturalist and ornithologist, who wrote this book on sparrows and finches as a teaching device to train young bird watchers' eyes and ears. The City of Newton owns a wealth of historic materials that speak to the... more

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Spencer Grant came to Massachusetts to attend Boston University. After graduating in 1966 with a degree in journalism, he first worked for two years as an Air Force photographer in Nebraska and later as an Associated Press photographer in New York. But the call of a... more

The Association Training School Notes, Association Outlook, and Association Seminar are publications that were produced and published by the International YMCA Training School now Springfield College. The publications spoke to topics important to the YMCA, the College, and its faculty, students... more

The Springfield College Armed Forces Collection contains correspondences, drawings, enlistment records, mailing lists, photographs, publications, scrapbooks, and service records which showcase the sacrifice and service of alumni during wartime.The College’s ties with the YMCA resulted in many... more

This Collection contains the digitized versions of the Springfield College Catalogs from the founding of the school in 1885 through 1911. The catalogs contain information on courses offered, faculty members, tuition, the buildings and grounds and the student body. All catalogs are full text... more

The Springfield College Department and Club Newsletters contains newsletters, magazines, and newspapers created by Springfield College Schools, Departments, and Clubs. Mostly these are short or limited run documents. They may created by students and/or faculty. They may contain only articles and... more

The Springfield College Negative Collection contains over 1400 negatives of the Springfield College campus, student life, and important events or activities from 1940 through 1962. Three main time frames are represented: 1941-1942, 1947, and 1960-1962. There are many images of athletes and... more

The Springfield College Newspaper Collection contains newspapers published by the college, faculty and staff, and students of the community of Springfield College. Presently there is only one newspaper that has been digitized and added to the collection. This newspaper is called Nobody's... more

The Springfield College Yearbooks collection contains yearbooks and class histories created by the students and administration of Springfield College. Before 1904 Springfield College did not have an official Yearbook, but had publications of various levels of expertise. These included printed... more

The Springfield Republican debuted in Springfield, Massachusetts on September 8, 1824 as an independent weekly rural newspaper. At the beginning it had a local focus and a politically conservative viewpoint. In the mid-nineteenth century, it grew to become the most widely circulated newspaper in... more

The Springfield Republican debuted in Springfield, Massachusetts on September 8, 1824 as an independent weekly rural newspaper. At the beginning it had a local focus and a politically conservative viewpoint. In the mid-nineteenth century, it grew to become the most widely circulated newspaper in... more

This collection consists of items from the St. Andrews Architectural Drawings Collection (AR034) 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.

Presented here is a street directory showing the village, ward, and terminal boundaries of all Newton streets and location of fire alarm signal stations. The City of Newton owns a wealth of historic materials that speak to the community's social, cultural and governmental past. These materials... more

In 1859, the first St. Mary’s School was a wood frame building for girls and was run by the Sisters of Notre Dame. The boys’ school was started in 1869. The Xaverian Brothers began teaching the older boys in the 1880s.The original granite St. Mary’s Church became the second building for both... more

St. Michael's the Archangel Society was founded in 1904 by Polish immigrants in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

This collection contains one photograph of the St. Patrick’s School class of 1931. 

This collection consists of items from the Stand Alone Documents 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.

Presented here is the diary of 12 year old Esmond Rice, who was born in 1892 and lived most of his life in Waban, a village of Newton, Massachusetts. The City of Newton owns a wealth of historic materials that speak to the community's social, cultural and governmental past. These materials... more