This digital representation of the Halifax Historical Society and Museum's Inaugural collection consists of more than 100 photographs and maps from the collection of Guy S. Baker.The Holmes Public Library and Halifax Historical Society and Museum work closely together to provide interpretation... more

This collection of marriage intentions is archived by the Halifax Congregational Church and were originally recorded and signed by the Town Clerk of the Town of Halifax, Massachusetts. Unless otherwise noted, the parties are from Halifax, MassachusettsA description of Marriage Intentions:"The... more

Collection of postcards from of the town of Halifax from the Historical Society and Museum's Collection.

Collection of The Torch Yearbooks from Silver Lake Regional High School at the Holmes Public Library.

This collection consists of items from the Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Committee Records collection hosted by Northeastern University Library. Information about the items has been provided by the holding institution so that they may be included in Digital Commonwealth.

By 1905, Lowell had nearly 1,000 Portuguese immigrants, the majority having been born in the Azores. Most lived in the vicinity of Charles Street in the “Back Central” neighborhood, which was home to St. Anthony’s Church and a number of Portuguese social and religious societies. Among the more... more

This collection includes unbound, printed materials about Holyoke, Massachusetts that were originally published as newspaper inserts or special sections.

This collection includes a wide variety of bound, printed works, including viewbooks of Holyoke, works of local history, works published in conjunction with city anniversary celebrations, and pamphlets on specific topics related to the city's history. Many items in the collection are heavily... more

This collection includes historic photographs of Holyoke landmarks, buildings, businesses, landscapes, and people. It also includes printed works on paper depicting Holyoke scenes and buildings. Additional photographic images of Holyoke are located in these collections: The Milan P. Warner... more

The career of Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879) spanned one of the most turbulent periods in French history, including the Revolution of 1830, the Revolution of 1848, the rise of Napoleon III, and the Franco-Prussian War. Daumier established a reputation as a painter and a sculptor, as well as... more

The Hoosac Tunnel was constructed from 1852 to 1873 through the Hoosac Mountain in northwestern Massachusets, between North Adams and the town of Florida. It was conceived as part of a transportation link between the markets of Boston and the Midwest along the newly chartered Troy and Greenfield... more

A partial selection of Hopkinton images of locations, buildings, and Hopkinton people, dating from the late 1800s to the early 1900s.

Educator, sociologist, scholar, and author. Includes personal and professional correspondence; administrative and teaching records; research data; manuscripts of published and unpublished speeches, articles and books; photographs; and Bond family papers, especially those of Horace... more

This collection consists of items from the Horace Mann School for the Deaf Photographs collection hosted by Boston City Archives. 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 Horace Parker Chandler photographic collection (PC019) 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 Hotel Vendome Fire Photographs collection hosted by Boston City Archives. 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 Housatonic Heritage Oral History Center (Berkshire Community College) collection hosted by University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries Special Collections and University Archives. Information about the items has been provided by the holding... more

Granville has a remarkable number of significant historical homes and structures, many of which are on record with the Massachusetts Historical Commission MACRIS database. Several areas of town are also listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The Historical Room has collected images... more

Represented here are glass slide photographs taken by the Howes Brothers (Alvah, George and Walter) of Ashfield, Massachusetts. Images depicted include people and property from the town of Hatfield, Massachusetts, between the years 1882 and 1907.

The Howland family of East Greenwich, R.I., figured prominently in New England Quakerism during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and contributed to the state's public affairs. Brothers Daniel (1754-1834), an approved minister, and Thomas Howland (1764-1845), an... more

This collection consists of items from the H.P. Hood Company records (CC001) 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 includes historic photographs of Ludlow landmarks, buildings, businesses, landscapes, and people. It also includes printed works on paper depicting Ludlow scenes and buildings.

This collection consists of items from the Hudson Family Papers collection hosted by University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries Special Collections and University Archives. Information about the items has been provided by the holding institution so that they may be included in Digital... more

This collection includes news clippings focusing on the Portuguese American community in Hudson, MA. The Hudson News-Enterprise Newspaper Collections provides an overview of the Portuguese community during the 1920s. Hudson, MA has long been known for their Portuguese immigrant community,... more

President of the Massachusetts State College (now UMass Amherst) from 1933-1947. Includes correspondence with college, state, and federal officials, college suppliers, and alumni; speeches and articles; reports and other papers on topics at issue during Baker's college presidency,... more

Hugo Münsterberg (June 1, 1863-December 16, 1916) was born in Danzing, Germany. He received his Ph.D. in psychology in 1885 and his medical degree in 1887. Münsterberg met William James in 1891 and, in 1892, James invited him to a three-year term in the psychological laboratory at Harvard.... more

This collection consists of items from the Humans of Winthrop 2016 collection hosted by Winthrop Public Library and Museum. 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 Humans of Winthrop 2017 collection hosted by Winthrop Public Library and Museum. 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 Humphrey Street, Swampscott, Mass. collection hosted by Swampscott 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 the Hunnewell Club collection, which consists of photographs, a book excerpt of brief history of the club, a printout of online record of club from Jackson Homestead Manuscript and Photograph Collection, and an original caricature of club members by artist, Frank Collier.The... more

This collection consists of items from the Huntington Avenue Subway Photographs collection hosted by Boston City Archives. Information about the items has been provided by the holding institution so that they may be included in Digital Commonwealth.

The Great New England Hurricane of 1938 was one of the most destructive and powerful storms ever to strike southern New England. This system developed in the far eastern Atlantic, near the Cape Verde Islands on September 4. It made a 12-day journey across the Atlantic and up the eastern seaboard... more

The Hyde Park Gazette is a weekly newspaper published by S.R. Moseley in Hyde Park, Massachusetts (a former town and current neighborhood of Boston) from 1899 to 1912.

This collection consists of items from the Hyde Park High School Records collection hosted by Boston City Archives. Information about the items has been provided by the holding institution so that they may be included in Digital Commonwealth.

The Hyde Park Times is a weekly newspaper published by H.E. Hunt in Hyde Park, Massachusetts (a former town and current neighborhood of Boston) from 1882 to 1912.

The I. Chester Horton Photographic Prints collection held at the Canton Public Library contains an index and 24 grey monochromatic photographic prints of scenes around Canton, Massachusetts between 1894 and 1905. The photographs were taken at various points and seasons in the town, covering such... more

This collection consists of items from the Illumination of the Crucifixion from a Missal : use of Troyes collection hosted by Boston College. Information about the items has been provided by the holding institution so that they may be included in Digital Commonwealth.

Brockton, once known as “Shoe City,” manufacturing some $146,378,500 worth of shoes annually in the early twenties, attracted skilled shoe workers from all over the globe. In 1925, commercial artist, Ralph Heard of Needham, Massachusetts, created seven portraits of local craftsmen: William B.... more

Stereoscopic glass slides of World War I battlefields. Various photographers. Released in the United States after the Armistice as "Editions Stereoscopiques De Guerre, Brentano's, 37, Avenue de Opera, Paris."

A collection of photographs of students, teachers, educational methods, buildings, and workshops at the Imperial Royal Institute for the Education of the Blind, Vienna (K.K. Blinden-Erziehungs-Institut, Wien). The school was founded in 1804 by Johann Wilhelm Klein, known as "The Father of the... more

This collection consists of items from the In Your Face collection hosted by Digital Transgender Archive. Information about the items has been provided by the holding institution so that they may be included in Digital Commonwealth.

Incunabula or incunables are defined as books printed from the time that Johann Gutenberg perfected moveable types sometime between 1440–1445 until January 1, 1501. The term comes from the Latin for “things from the cradle,” i.e., the cradle of printing.While learning and knowledge in the... more

The Indochinese Refugees Foundation, Inc. (IRF) provided services to Southeast Asian refugees that were resettling in Lowell, Massachusetts during the 1980s, due to the ramifications of the Vietnam War and the Khmer Rouge. This collection includes detailed reports, financial records,... more

Four oral history interviews with former staff and board members of the Indochinese Refugees Foundation, Inc., an organization that helped resettle Southeast Asian refugees in the greater Lowell, Massachusetts area during the 1980s. Oral histories were conducted with Jacqueline (Fidler) Moloney,... more

Following the Japanese invasion of China in 1937, the New Zealand expatriate Rewi Alley threw his considerable talents behind the war effort. Building upon knowledge acquired over a decade of living in China, Alley helped organize the Chinese Industrial Cooperative Movement (CIC). The... more

This collection consists of items from the Informational and Event Brochures collection hosted by Digital Transgender Archive. 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 The Ingersoll Message collection hosted by Digital Transgender Archive. 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 Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción Records collection hosted by Northeastern University Library. Information about the items has been provided by the holding institution so that they may be included in Digital Commonwealth.

Founded in 1917, the International Center for the Disabled was the nation’s first outpatient rehabilitiation center. With the support of benefactor Jeremiah Millbank, the ICD was dedicated to helping disabled veterans reintegrate into all aspects of American life. Over the years, it... more

This collection consists of items from the International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy: Annual Proceedings and Newsletters collection hosted by Digital Transgender Archive. Information about the items has been provided by the holding institution so that they may be included... more

This collection consists of items from the International Foundation for Gender Education Publications and Documents collection hosted by Digital Transgender Archive. 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 Irish prose and poetry collection hosted by Boston College. 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 Irma McClaurin Papers collection hosted by University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries Special Collections and University Archives. Information about the items has been provided by the holding institution so that they may be included in Digital... more

This collection consists of items from the Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I (CC010) 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 Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II (CC011) 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.

Isaac Hull (1773-1843) served as lieutenant on USS Constitution throughout the Quasi-War with France and commanded USS Argus during the Barbary Wars. He assumed command of USS Constitution in June 1810 and won the first American frigate victory of the War of 1812 when he defeated HMS Guerriere... more

This collection comprises two letters to Isaac Story, one from George Washington and one from Thomas Jefferson. Washington's letter, written in 1795, thanks Story for copies of his sermons. Jefferson's letter, from 1801, discusses the transmigration of souls.For more information about this... more

The collection comprises letters written to Isabel Carret from the 1840s through the 1870s, from relatives and friends. Also included are letters written by William L. G. Peirce to Isabel Carret in the 1850s prior to their marriage, and letters to and from William during his service in the Civil... more

A selection of materials from the Boston Public Library's Research Collection.

This collection consists of items from the J. H. Williams collection (PC059) 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.

John B. "Jack" Miller (1924-1948) was a Black photojournalist active from 1939-1948. Jack Miller was born and raised in Boston, and during his high school years he worked as a photographer and columnist for the Boston Chronicle, a newspaper representing the West Indian community in Boston. After... more

This collection consists of items from the Jacob Luippold architectural collection (AR016) 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 contains a selection of letters written to Jacob Norton (1814-1897). Norton, a Polish Jew who immigrated to England, was a furrier by trade. He was raised to the degree of Master Mason in Lodge of Joppa, No. 188 (London, England) on August 5th, 1839. Norton took his business to... more

60 color photoprints and one color slide of Jamaica Plain buildings, primarily residences, ca. 1990-2010.

This collection consists of items from the Jamaica Plain Committee on Central America Collection, 1982-2001 (MS103) 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... more

This collection consists of items from the Jamaica Plain High School Records collection hosted by Boston City Archives. Information about the items has been provided by the holding institution so that they may be included in Digital Commonwealth.

The Jamaica Plain Historical Society preserves and promotes the rich history of the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston. This digital set includes photographs from their photo collections.

A black and white photoprint on board of two delivery men for the Jamaica Plain Ice Co. beside their horse-drawn wagon, date unknown.

The Jamaica Plain News is a weekly newspaper published by R.S. Barrows in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts (a neighborhood of Boston) from 1872 to the early or mid-1910s (the exact date of last publication is unknown).

The Jamaica Plain Press is a weekly newspaper published by Press Pub. Co. in Brookline, Massachusetts from 1939 to 1940.

Two black and white photographic postcards showing street scenes on Boylston St., ca. 1900.

The records and images in this collection begin with documents relating to the Jamaica Plain Tuesday Club's 1924 purchase of the historic Loring-Greenough House, which then became the meeting place and focal point for social and education programming for the club. In more recent decades,... more

Materials written by or pertaining to W.E.B. Du Bois, collected by James Aronson, who was executive editor of the "National Guardian" from 1948 to 1967. Includes correspondence, speeches by Du Bois in published form, articles by Du Bois, biographical sketches and tribute articles about Du... more

James Baker was a member of the Brotherhood of the Spirit commune (later the Renaissance Community) in the early 1970s, and a key contributor to the Free Spirit Press, the commune's publishing operation. Part promotion, information, and entertainment, the Free Spirit Press magazine ran... more

James Fergusson (1808-1886) was an amateur architectural historian and the publisher of important works on architectural history, particularly the history of Indian architecture. The photographs in this collection were part of Fergusson's personal reference library, amassed while living a... more

James Gillray (1756-1815), English caricaturist and printmaker, became one of the leading chroniclers of his country’s social habits and political struggles at the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th centuries.Born in London, Gillray was apprenticed to an engraver for whom he engraved... more

This collection consists of items from the James Jeffrey Roche letters collection hosted by Boston College. Information about the items has been provided by the holding institution so that they may be included in Digital Commonwealth.

James McBey (1883-1959) was a Scottish painter and etcher. Born in Newburgh, Aberdeenshire, he left school at age 15 to work as a bank clerk while attending evening classes at Gray’s School of Art and teaching himself how to etch.In 1910, McBey decided to pursue a full-time career as an artist... more

James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) was an American painter and printmaker born in Lowell, Massachusetts.Whistler received his first training as an artist in St. Petersburg, Russia, while his father was working there as a railroad engineer. Whistler’s early interest in art was encouraged... more

This collection consists of items from the James Means Collection, 1885-1964 (MS062) 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 contains film negatives that document James Michael Curley during the years 1934-1958. In that time, Curley served as Mayor of Boston, Governor of Massachusetts, and a U.S. Congressman. These images depict Curley on the campaign trail, performing various duties in office, and... more

Augustine “Gussie” D. Regan was born in 1898 in Lawrence, Mass. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis F. Regan. He died November 7, 1918 at Latimni, just before the Armistice was called. He was a corporal in Company K of 23rd Infantry. His friends, the “West End Boys,” enlisted together, July... more

This collection contains one letter and one manuscript, both written by James Russell Lowell. The letter includes a list of selected works by Lowell. The manuscript comprises a draft of Lowell's essay, "The Progress of the World."For more information about this collection, please follow the link... more

In 1980, James F. Taulman began a photographic survey in the United States and Canada documenting modernist architecture in urban areas, with a focus on commercial buildings. Taulman made his captures using a Nikon camera and Ektachrome 35mm slide film. In 2014, the Boston Public Library... more

After working for a year on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in the Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) program, James Tibensky returned to college, declared a major in anthropology, and soon began to focus on gravestones. For his masters degree at the University of Illinois at Chicago,... more

This collection consists of items from the James W. Fraser (collector) photograph collection hosted by Northeastern University Library. Information about the items has been provided by the holding institution so that they may be included in Digital Commonwealth.

This collection was compiled by James Walker during his Coast Guard career, mostly as a civilian employee at the Coast Guard base in Woods Hole, Mass. Jim served as a docent at the Coast Guard Heritage Museum until shortly before his death in 2017. Jim was a lighthouse enthusiast and had a large... more

This collection consists of items from the James Wallace Black photographic collection of the Boston Fire, 1872 (PC013) 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 Japanese prints collection hosted by Boston College. 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 JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949) collection hosted by Digital Transgender Archive. 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 JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000) collection hosted by Digital Transgender Archive. 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 JD Doyle Photographs (Pre-1900) collection hosted by Digital Transgender Archive. 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 Jeanne Lawson Bultman 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.

Born in Reading, Mass., on Sept 13, 1948, Jeff Albertson was still a student at Boston University, working on the staff of the BU News, when he was hired as a photographer by the Boston Globe. Reflecting the youth culture of the late 1960s and early 1970s, his photographs earned him... more

Collection documenting the military career of Jeffrey Amherst in the British Army, including correspondence, portraits, news clippings, bills, and medals. The bulk of the collection spans 1757-1797. These material are held at Amherst College Archives & Special Collections in Amherst, MA.

Jeffrey Drucker was a student and photographer at the University of Massachusetts Amherst from 1966 to 1969, where he majored in production management and was the WMUA station engineer. As a student, Drucker was a photography enthusiast, taking snapshots of events across campus, thoroughly... more

Presented here is a collection of portraits of the members of the Jersey Stock Club of Newton taken in the late 1880s. 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