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Watch: Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia reflects on the 250th

Watch: Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia reflects on the 250th

by Mass Humaities | Feb 19, 2026 | News, The Kiosk, The Profession, Video

Throughout 2026, Mass Humanities will share a new video series highlighting diverse perspectives on the 250th. These videos will feature grantees, public officials, friends of the organization, and Mass Humanities board and staff. At Mass Humanities, we believe that...
Watch: Jasmine Rochelle Goodspeed reflects on the 250th

Watch: Jasmine Rochelle Goodspeed reflects on the 250th

by Mass Humaities | Jan 21, 2026 | News, The Kiosk, The Profession, Video

Throughout 2026, Mass Humanities will share a new video series highlighting diverse perspectives on the 250th. These videos will feature grantees, public officials, friends of the organization, and Mass Humanities board and staff. At Mass Humanities, we believe that...
Archives trace the cultural history of Massachusetts

Archives trace the cultural history of Massachusetts

by Mass Humaities | Nov 13, 2025 | The Kiosk, The Profession, Video

Since 1974, Mass Humanities has preserved and curated the stories of Massachusetts. Over that period, we gradually collected quite a few records, documents, objects, and artifacts. When we moved our headquarters from Northampton to Holyoke in 2024, we invited local...
Watch: Honoring the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe

Watch: Honoring the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe

by Mass Humaities | Jun 16, 2025 | News, The Kiosk, The Profession, Video

“All Hands On Deck” focused on the intersection of storytelling and climate change. Mass Humanities honored the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe with the first Massachusetts Storyteller Award, recognizing the Tribe’s legacies of storytelling and land stewardship. If you missed...
Conversation on the Commons: Putting the Public in Publishing History

Conversation on the Commons: Putting the Public in Publishing History

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Mar 24, 2025 | Conversations on the Commons (event), Conversations on the Commons Archive, News, Publick Occurences

Putting the Public in Publishing History March 21, 2025 12:00-1:30pm The gold standard of having done research in local history used to be to get it published. Is publishing the imprimatur from the history community that it once was? If you want to bring your...
Watch: “Vessels of Slavery: Forget Me Not” inside look

Watch: “Vessels of Slavery: Forget Me Not” inside look

by Mass Humaities | Mar 20, 2025 | The Kiosk, The Profession, Video

“It’s like breathing,” says artist Christle Rawlins-Jackson, referring to the process of quilting fabric. “You’re putting the fabric together in a way that’s going to tell the story.” Rawlins-Jackson, along with fellow artists Susi Ryan and IlaSahai Prouty, created...
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