The Beehive: the official blog of the Massachusetts Historical Society

Join Us for Lunch!

Series: Recent Events
By Alexis Buckley, Research Department
If you’ve been by the Massachusetts Historical Society on a Wednesday, or if you follow us on Twitter, you’ve probably come across an invitation to attend a brown bag lunch talk. “Join us for Kate McIntyre’s brown bag lunch, and learn about the intersections [...] read more

comments: 0 | permalink | Published: Tuesday, 31 July, 2018, 12:00 AM

This Week @ MHS

Series: Today @MHS
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- Monday, 30 July, 12:00PM : Diego Pirillo of University of California, Berkeley, closes out the month with a Brown Bag talk. "The Heterdox Atlantic: Italian Heretics in Early America" presents the initial findings of a new project on religious radicalism in early America, [...] read more

comments: 0 | permalink | Published: Sunday, 29 July, 2018, 12:00 AM

This Week @ MHS

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- Wednesday, 25 July, 12:00PM : "The End of War: The Wabanaki Struggle with New England, 1722-1727" is a Brown Bag talk with Ian Saxine of Alfred University. This talk examines the Anglo-Wabanaki War of 1722-1727 in the American Northeast. It situates the conflict as the [...] read more

comments: 0 | permalink | Published: Sunday, 22 July, 2018, 12:00 AM

The Battle of the Barges

Series: From Our Collections
By Peter Drummey, Librarian
Joseph Pennell originally titled his dramatic depiction of war-ravaged New York City, a poster he created during World War I for a patriotic loan drive, “Buy Liberty Bonds or You Will See This.” In 1918, the idea of New York under aerial bombardment and in flames [...] read more

comments: 0 | permalink | Published: Thursday, 19 July, 2018, 12:11 PM

This Week @ MHS

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- Wednesday, 18 July : People did not become loyalists; it was the patriots who first began to craft an identity different from that of a loyal British subject.  In the struggle over identity and ideology, families were torn apart, friendships were broken, and lifelong [...] read more

comments: 0 | permalink | Published: Sunday, 15 July, 2018, 12:00 AM

The Nathaniel T. Allen Papers and Photographs

Series: Around MHS , From Our Collections
By Susan Martin, Collections Services
I’d like to take this opportunity to tell you about two terrific collections available for research at the MHS, the papers and photographs of Nathaniel T. Allen of West Newton, Mass. The Allens were a truly remarkable family. Nathaniel, his wife Carrie, and their three [...] read more

comments: 0 | permalink | Published: Friday, 13 July, 2018, 12:00 AM

Barbara Hillard Smith’s Diary, July 1918

Series: From Our Collections , From the Reference Librarian 
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 previous entries, here: January | February | March | April May | June | July | August September | October | November | December   As [...] read more

comments: 0 | permalink | Published: Wednesday, 11 July, 2018, 11:00 AM

Piracy and Repentance

Series: From Our Collections
By Ashley Williams, Reader Services
As many of us are gearing up to indulge in summer fun, potentially beach or ocean related, it seems a more than appropriate time to delve into MHS collections related to real life swashbucklers. In an earlier post we discussed collections related to the Whydah pirates who [...] read more

comments: 0 | permalink | Published: Friday, 6 July, 2018, 10:23 AM