The Beehive: the official blog of the Massachusetts Historical Society

A Summer of Surprises

Series: From the Reference Librarian 
By Elaine Grublin
Librarians love tracking statistics and studying trends. Here at the MHS our statistics show that July is typically the busiest month of the year and February is typically the slowest. Generally speaking we use this information to make informed decisions about scheduling [...] read more

comments: 0 | permalink | Published: Tuesday, 31 August, 2010, 1:00 AM

This Week @ MHS

Series: Today @MHS
By Jeremy Dibbell
Please join us on Wednesday, 1 September at 12 noon for a brown-bag lunch talk with research fellow Matthew Bahar of the University of Oklahoma. Matt will speak on "People of the Dawnland and Their Atlantic World." More info here. . [...] read more

comments: 0 | permalink | Published: Monday, 30 August, 2010, 7:16 AM

Microfilm Goes High-Tech!

Series: Around MHS
By Jeremy Dibbell
We've recently acquired three wonderful new microfilm reader/scanners, and they're receiving rave reviews from staff and readers alike (research fellow Matt Bahar, pictured here, has been making good use of one in recent days), and other library visitors have been tossing [...] read more

comments: 0 | permalink | Published: Thursday, 26 August, 2010, 10:35 AM

Digital Collections Highlighted

Series: MHS in the News
By Jeremy Dibbell
The MHS was among several Boston-area repositories featured in Sam Allis' Saturday Boston Globe article "Historic collections meet the 21st century." Allis highlights HIstoric New England's new online collections database, and also reports on digitization efforts at the [...] read more

comments: 0 | permalink | Published: Monday, 23 August, 2010, 8:52 AM

This Week @ MHS

Series: Today @MHS
By Jeremy Dibbell
Please join us on Wednesday, 18 August at 12 noon for a brown-bag lunch talk with Daniel R. Mandell of Truman State University. Dan will talk about his current research project, "Revolutionary Price and Wage Regulation." More info here. [...] read more

comments: 0 | permalink | Published: Tuesday, 17 August, 2010, 7:58 AM

Bentley Receives ANA Presidential Award

Series: MHS in the News
By Jeremy Dibbell
Anne Bentley, our Curator of Art, was presented with a Presidential Award by the American Numismatic Association, meeting in Boston this week. The plaque below the medal (pictured at left) reads: "Thank you for your outstanding contributions to our hobby community." With [...] read more

comments: 1 | permalink | Published: Friday, 13 August, 2010, 9:20 AM

Summer Assistance

By Jeremy Dibbell
Volunteers and interns are very important here at MHS (we couldn't do it without them!), so in a series of posts over the next couple weeks I'll highlight some of this summer's assistants. We'll begin today with the Collections Services crew, which this summer consisted [...] read more

comments: 0 | permalink | Published: Tuesday, 10 August, 2010, 11:50 AM

Summer Reading Sale!

Series: Around MHS
By Suzanne Carroll
If you’ve had enough beach reads this summer, perhaps it’s time to consider a publication from the Massachusetts Historical Society for your next book. Now through 31 August, the Society is offering many of its most popular titles at a discount to MHS Fellows [...] read more

comments: 0 | permalink | Published: Wednesday, 4 August, 2010, 9:44 AM

All That Glitters: Coins & Medals on Display

Series: Exhibitions News , From Our Collections
By Jeremy Dibbell
Our new exhibit, "Precious Metals: From Au to Zn" opens today (Monday, 2 August), with public hours from 1-4 p.m. Monday-Saturday through September. Special guest curator John W. Adams and MHS Curator Anne E. Bentley have mounted this show to highlight many of the rare [...] read more

comments: 1 | permalink | Published: Monday, 2 August, 2010, 8:33 AM

This Week @ MHS

Series: Today @MHS
By Jeremy Dibbell
Please join us on Wednesday, 4 August at 12 noon for a brown-bag lunch talk with research fellow David Silverman of George Washington University. David will speak on "Thundersticks: Firearms and the Transformation of North America." More info here. [...] read more

comments: 0 | permalink | Published: Monday, 2 August, 2010, 8:23 AM