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Beyond the Commonwealth
Women on Your Money: Female Representation on U.S. Currency
Skillings-Manny House for sale in Winchester, Mass.
Episode 326: Maureen Connors Santelli, The Greek Revolution in Early America
Loud, Naked & in Three Colors: the History of Tattooing in Boston at Eustis Estate
How States Are Preparing for the U.S. 250th Anniversary
Memoirs – Salem, Massachusetts
A collection of memoirs written by Salemites that have been digitized and made accessible online.A half century in Salem, 1887Marianne Cabot Devereaux SilsebeeChestnut street 40 years ago, 1938James Duncan PhillipsDiary of William Bentley. 1905-1914Rev. William...
In Memory of Vida Damon
In Nina Winn’s diary entry for May 7, 1922, she wrote of visiting Mount Pleasant Cemetery and viewing the grave of her close friend since childhood, Vida Damon, where a marker had been installed recently. Nina wrote: “Saw Vida’s stone—very severe and...
Early American Women Unmasked
A special edition of #ColonialCouture, a Junto roundtable on fashion as history in early American life. The Antigua-born Penelope Royall Vassall (masked and socially distanced), Joseph Blackburn, circa 1755, Massachusetts Historical Society Protective face...
MAY 1, 1955: DIAL TELEPHONES DEBUT IN ARLINGTON
MAY 1, 1955: DIAL TELEPHONES DEBUT IN ARLINGTON If self-dial telephone service in Arlington were a person, it would just now be eligible for Medicare. Today is the 65th anniversary of dial technology coming to the homes and businesses of the town. ...
Arbor Day 2020 Special
Arbor Day 2020 Special: Arlington’s Streets Named for Trees Note: This is a revised version of an article from Richard A. Duffy’s series in the Arlington Advocate, “History of Arlington Street Names.” It was first published to coincide with...
#SalemTogether
History by the Sea is excited to participate in Salem Together. A community based initiative highlighting how Salem's history can inspire during difficult times. Each week, we will be partnering with local institutions and historians to share stories of strength and...
Candles
History by the Sea Candle Collection A collaboration with Herbal Candle Co., the History by the Sea candle collection captures the essence of historic Salem, Massachusetts. Each candle is hand poured using soy wax and all-natural essential oils,...
Salem’s Oldest Businesses – Salem, Massachusetts
Essex Street, c. 1920Salem State University Archives and Special CollectionsSalem has long been a shopping and dinning destination. During the Great Age of Sail, Salem was a center of trade and access to foreign goods. In the 20th century, the city was home to the...
Q&A: Brooke N. Newman, author of A Dark Inheritance: Blood, Race, and Sex in Colonial Jamaica
Today, The Junto features a Q&A with Brooke Newman, author of A Dark Inheritance: Blood, Race, and Sex in Colonial Jamaica (Yale, 2018), which was a finalist for the Gilder Lehrman Center’s 2019 Frederick Douglass Book Prize for the best work in English on...
ANN: Postdoctoral Teaching and Research Fellowship in Revolutionary Era Studies
Siena College’s McCormick Center for the Study of the American Revolution will award a one-year Postdoctoral Teaching and Research Fellowship for the academic year 2020-2021. The fellowship supports an early-career scholar whose research and teaching advance the...
Review: Kacy Tillman, Stripped and Script
Kacy Tillman, Stripped and Script: Loyalist Women Writers of the American Revolution (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2019). Studies of loyalist women were at the forefront of studies of women in early America and the American Revolution. Scholars...
Ebenezer Richardson, The Informer
Richardson, born in Woburn, Massachusetts made his living as a customs official for the British Administration at Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. The local Sons of Liberty considered him a snitch.He had a privileged position. Thanks to the Writ of Assistance...
Microsoft Innovations: Empowering the Mobile Experience
Microsoft is a global technology leader, constantly driving innovation and transforming the digital landscape. With cutting-edge mobile applications and cloud solutions, the company enables users to work, learn, and enjoy entertainment wherever they are. Innovative...
The Long Game of U.S. Historiography: A Century of Competing Interpretations
The Temple Early Atlantic Seminar presents a day-long symposium The Long Game of U.S. Historiography: A Century of Competing Interpretations Monday, March 23, 2020 9:00 ~ Introduction 9:15-10:45 ~ François Furstenberg, Johns Hopkins University “Frederick Jackson...
17th Century Architecture – Salem, Massachusetts
17th Century Architecture in Salem, MassachusettsFirst Period Architecture (approx. 1626-1725) is often characterized by a steeply pitched roof and a central chimney. This colonial style is strongly associated with New England, particularly North America's earliest...
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