CHS Executive Director Marieke Van Damme Invites Your Stories of Engagement
Click here to share your story! The question posed by this year’s theme at the Cambridge Historical Society, “How Does Cambridge Engage?” has brought to mind the many ways that we have taken part in political and cultural movements, starting with the American Revolution. Ever since our founding as Newe Towne in 1636, the citizens…
Read More“Sweet Souls” Oral History Project Underway
The Cambridge Historical Society has launched an oral history project, in partnership with the Margaret Fuller Neighborhood House and The Loop Lab. This summer, “Sweet Souls, Voices from the Margaret Fuller Neighborhood House in Cambridge” will be documenting the life stories of twelve people, or “narrators,” closely affiliated with the 117-year-old settlement house in the…
Read MoreMass Humanities Oral History Grant
In March, Mass Humanities awarded the Cambridge Historical Society $7,500 to conduct an oral history project. “Sweet Souls, Voices from the Margaret Fuller Neighborhood House in Cambridge” will gather the personal stories and experiences of twelve people affiliated with the 112-year-old settlement house in the Port. Interviews will be conducted by Katie Burke and Lina…
Read MoreWicked Local: Cambridge self-guided tour tells tales of Caribbean immigrants in The Port
July 16, 2018 “As the British began squeezing out ordinary sugar cane farmers on the Caribbean islands in the mid-19th Century, it became tougher for unskilled agriculture workers to make a living. Many turned to America, looking for factory work to support their families. In Cambridge’s Port neighborhood, that history has left an impact for…
Read MoreHistory News magazine: If You Are Slowly Improving Citizens, You Get a Better City
Summer 2017 By Heidi Legg and Marieke Van Damme The interview in the summer 2017 issue of History News is adapted from what originally appeared on TheEditorial.com. “Heidi Legg and her team believe there is power in putting the poet next to the scientist and the industrialist next to the artist and the philanthropist next to…
Read MoreWicked Local: Cambridge Historical Society announces theme for fall symposium
October 1, 2017 “The Cambridge Historical Society recently announced ‘Made in Cambridge: What’s Happening in Kendall Square?’ as the theme of its second fall symposium, held over two evenings. The first event, titled ‘Why Here?’ will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 2 at the Cambridge Public Library. The second ‘What’s Next?ΩΩ‘ will…
Read MoreCambridge Day: Historical Society’s Kendall Square events to look at what made it happen, what’s next
September 30, 2017 By Marc Levy “Biotech has helped transform Kendall Square into what’s been called ‘the most innovative square mile on the planet’ – but, well, why? Why here and not somewhere else? And what’s next? “The Cambridge Historical Society asks these question at two free events in October, starting with Monday’s ‘Why Here?’…
Read MoreThe Metropole: “‘Housing for All?’: Putting History to Work in Cambridge, MA”
August 14, 2017 By Hope J. Shannon “During the fall of 2016, the Cambridge Historical Society (CHS) in Cambridge, Massachusetts held a three-part symposium titled ‘Housing for All?’ The symposium brought historical perspective to housing issues in both Cambridge and the Boston metropolitan area, and shows one of the many ways history can be put…
Read MoreSmall Museum of the Month: The Cambridge Historical Society
August 2, 2017 by klenart “Our featured small museum this month is the Cambridge Historical Society in Cambridge, MA. On the front page of its website, the Society invites guests to ‘be a part of one of the most revolutionary historical societies in the country.’ A closer look at the Society’s offerings justifies this claim.”…
Read MoreChronicle: Society member Heidi Legg interviews Marieke Van Damme at the Podcast Garage
Society Executive Director Marieke Van Damme appeared in WCVB’s weeknight news magazine show Chronicle in a feature on the PRX Podcast Garage. Watch at Chronicle site
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