Posts Tagged ‘Harvard Square’
The Makings of City Streets By Michael Kenney
As we lean into this year’s theme of “What Does Cambridge Make?”, a look at street names reveals a product–filled past. Porter Square was Union Square until 1899, when it was renamed in honor of Zachariah B. Porter, the proprietor of Porter’s Hotel; many claim he lent his name to the specialty of the house,…
Read MoreLooking Backward: Club 47 and the 1960s Folk Music Revival
by Jennifer Hance Bob Dylan never made it in Cambridge. This was one of many fascinating stories told by folklorist Millie Rahn, who travels around the country to collect and document the history of the folk music movement. Closer to home, Millie is the folklorist for Club Passim and other regional folk music venues. She…
Read MoreGeorge G Wright Collection Records, 1814 – 1930
Administrative Information Biographical Sketch Related Collections Sources Scope and Content Note Library of Congress Subject Headings Series Description and Folder Listing 5 Record Cartons, 164 bound volumes Processor: Megan Cox 41 linear feet Date: April 2006 Revised: November 2006 Acquisition: Will of George G. Wright, 1928 Access: There are restrictions on several original items in…
Read MoreBetsy Siggins Papers, 1714-2008
NOTE: Series II of this collection was transferred to the Robert S. Cox Special Collections and University Archives Research Center at UMass Amherst. Review their finding aid. Administrative Information Biographical Sketch Arrangement Scope and Content Note Series Description and Folder Listing 5 ½ file boxes, 1 oversized box 3.96 linear feet Processor: Katrina Morse…
Read MoreThe Story of the Bee
Read the full The Story of the Bee by Mary Towle Palmer (1924) as a PDF here Read the finding aid for The Bee Records, 1861–1934 here Cambridge Proceedings, Volume 17, 1924 EXTRACTS FROM “THE STORY OF THE BEE” BY MARY TOWLE PALMER Since there is no record of the exact pages which Mrs. Palmer…
Read MoreCambridge Through the Pages
By Lucy Caplan, 2013 Did you know that Cambridge has been home to a mad scientist who can revive the dead, a teenager who met with George Washington, and a man who can see into his own future? Across the centuries, Cambridge has inspired writers of fiction and poetry as an ideal setting for their…
Read MoreThe Avon Home, 1889-1965
Annual Reports, 1889-1965 (inclusive), 1925-1965 (bulk) Administrative Information Historical Sketch Sources Related Collections Scope and Content Note Library of Congress Subject Headings Container List 1/2 file box 0.21 linear feet Processor: Nicole Perrault Date: November 2011 Acquisition: Although no acquisition records exist, these items were most likely sent to the Cambridge Historical Society by the…
Read MoreSeries VI: Cambridge Related
Links to all the Postcard Collection gallery pages and the Finding Aid can be found by clicking here. *Postcard was used.
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