Medfield’s Peak House is one of the earliest surviving examples of post-medieval English (Elizabethan) architecture and is the onlyfree-standing structure of its kind in the United States. Its exceptionally steep pitched roof is the highest on record in Massachusetts. For a small town, Medfield has a big history. From its 1649 beginnings with settlers from nearby Dedham, through […]
The Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum is a unique historical resource in Hadley, Massachusetts. Its significance goes beyond the well-preserved eighteenth century architecture of the house itself: the house was continuously occupied by a single family from its construction in 1752 until the death of Dr. James Lincoln Huntington, the museum’s founder. The house contains the family’s belongings accumulated and […]
The City of Boston Archives specializes in retaining Boston’s municipal legal, governmental, and historical records.
University Archives & Special Collections in the Joseph P. Healey Library at the University of Massachusetts Boston was established in 1981 as a repository to collect archival material in subject areas of interest to the university, as well as the records of the university itself.
Located at 65 Main Street in Watertown, the Project SAVE Armenian Photograph Archive was founded in 1975 and strives to collect, document, preserve, and present the historic and modern photographic record of Armenians and Armenian heritage.
The History Project is a non-profit organization that focuses on preserving the history of Boston’s community as to allow future generations access. Currently, they conduct research on lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and transgender people is the state of Massachusetts, preserve the documentary record of that community’s social and historical contributions, and provide a forum for […]
Founded in 1978 as the Immigrant City Archives by German immigrant Eartha Dengler, the Lawrence History Center collects, preserves, shares, and interprets the history and heritage of Lawrence and its people.
In addition to using collections for instruction, the primary mission of the Phillips Academy Archives is to appraise, collect, organize, preserve and provide access to records documenting the history of Phillips Academy. Archives and Special Collections also holds rare books and other historical materials that support the curriculum.
The Alford Children’s Library is dedicated to the memory of Susan Smith Andersen; it’s located in the Alford Town Hall and is open on Saturday mornings from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00p.m. It is a small library and does not keep information concerning local genealogy, etc. (See the Massachusetts Library System for more information on local libraries and see […]
