April 26 through September 21, 2019. Details
This fitted sea chest was used by Benjamin Joy, an East India merchant who served as the first U.S. Consul to India. It was probably made in India and accompanied Joy on his return voyage to Boston. More
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Massachusetts State House (Grand Staircase) 24 Beacon Street, Boston The Massachusetts Historical Society, the state sponsor of National History Day in ...
This paper examines the dynamics and impact of Italian immigration in the North End via the lens of segmented assimilation. Depending on age, gender, parental style, and ...
MHS Fellows and Members are invited to the sneak preview reception for “Can She Do It?” The exhibition explores the activism and debate around women’s ...
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The Adams Family Papers consist of the writings of two presidents—John Adams and John Quincy Adams—and their families. View documents and transcriptions, biographies, a timeline, and more.
The Coolidge Collection of Thomas Jefferson Manuscripts, containing almost 9,000 pages of correspondence, personal manuscript volumes, and more than 400 architectural drawings, is the largest gathering of the personal papers of our third president.
Comprised of manuscripts, photographs, books, pamphlets, broadsides, maps, graphics, newspapers, works of art, and artifacts, MHS collections are unparalleled in their importance for the study of American history.
By Anna Clutterbuck-Cook, Reader Services If this is your first time encountering our George Hyland diary series, catch up by reading the January 1919, February 1919 , and March 2019 ...
by Caroline Culp, Stanford University, Andrew W. Mellon Short-Term Research Fellow at the MHS There is a curious, even eerie painting in the Massachusetts Historical Society’s collections. The ...
Please note that the MHS is closed on Monday, 15 April. Here is a look at the programs planned for this week: On Tuesday, 16 April, at 5:30 PM: The Long 19th ...
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