By Susan Martin, Collection Services
This is the fourth post in a series about the wartime experience of Charles Cornish Pearson. Go back and read Part I, Part II, and Part III for the full story.
After a short hiatus, I’m happy to return to the story of Sgt. Charles Cornish Pearson
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| Published: Friday, 30 March, 2018, 12:00 AM
By Anna J. Clutterbuck-Cook, Reader Services
On March 20th we marked the spring equinox here in New England with the arrival of our fourth nor’easter of the month. After a warmer-than-average February we found ourselves bundling up for a colder-than-average March and spring has seemed further around the corner
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| Published: Wednesday, 28 March, 2018, 10:24 AM
After three straight weeks with canceled programs or weather-induced closures, here is hoping that the last week of March lets us exit the month like a lamb. This is the slate of programs coming in the week ahead:
- Tuesday, 27 March, 5:15PM : First up this week is a seminar
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| Published: Sunday, 25 March, 2018, 12:00 AM
By Daniel T. Hinchen, Reader Services
Today, 21 March, is World Poetry Day as proclaimed by UNESCO in 1999. To recognize this designation we will look at a bit of newly-acquired poetry found here in the collections at the MHS.
A few years ago here on the Beehive I published a post, "Porcineographs
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| Published: Wednesday, 21 March, 2018, 4:28 PM
It is the middle of the month and it appears that the lion of March is not making way for the lamb. Below is the round-up of events in the week to come, just be sure to keep an eye on our website to ensure that the event you want to attend is not affected by weather-related
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| Published: Sunday, 18 March, 2018, 12:00 AM
By Lex Buckley, Research Dept.
The Massachusetts Historical Society’s Research Department is pleased to announce our two 2018-2019 MHS-NEH Long-Term Fellows, Mara Caden and Brent Sirota. Mara Caden will be researching the mint and early economic conditions in New England, and revising her book manuscript,
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| Published: Friday, 16 March, 2018, 10:36 AM
By Ashley Williams, Reader Services
As a newer library assistant in the MHS library, I occasionally peruse different subjects in ABIGAIL in the hopes of further familiarizing myself with topics our collections cover. Often, the search topics pertain to my own historical interests. A few months ago I was looking
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| Published: Wednesday, 14 March, 2018, 12:00 AM
It is a fairly quiet week ahead, so this round-up will be brief:
- Wendesday, 14 March, 6:00PM : Between 1638 and today, the Browns of Rhode Island have provided community leaders, endowed academic institutions, and transformed communities through art and architecture.
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| Published: Sunday, 11 March, 2018, 12:00 AM
By Susan Martin, Collection Services
As I looked through the MHS collections for a Massachusetts woman to profile for Women’s History Month, I found myself faced with an embarrassment of riches. Our library holds the papers of female writers, doctors, teachers, artists, war volunteers, and mill workers,
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| Published: Friday, 9 March, 2018, 4:44 PM
By Lindsay Bina, Intern and Anna Clutterbuck-Cook, Reader Services
Today we return to the 1918 diary of Newton teenager Barbara Hillard Smith. You may read our introduction to the diary, and Barbara’s January and February entries, here:
January | February | March | April
May | June | July | August
September | October |
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| Published: Wednesday, 7 March, 2018, 12:00 AM
As of this writing, it is a very dreary and soggy day outside. After you dry your bones this weekend, consider visiting the MHS in the week ahead for one or more of these upcoming events:
- Tuesday, 6 March, 5:15PM : We start our programs this week with a seminar combo,
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| Published: Sunday, 4 March, 2018, 12:00 AM
By Erin Weinman, Reader Services
For nearly three centuries, stories of a burning ghost ship haunted the residents of Block Island, Rhode Island. Although it is unknown what it was witnesses have seen, the origin of “The Palatine Light” tells a different tale then the one passed down
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| Published: Friday, 2 March, 2018, 3:58 PM
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