Historic New England announces a new project designed to record how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting life at home in the region. A Time to Remember: New England Home Life in the COVID-19 Pandemic asks people to contribute media (including photos and video), items (objects and ephemera), and journals or diaries via an online form. […]
by Susan Jarvis, volunteer Part of the Casey Family Papers Transcription Project Volunteers are transcribing items from the Casey Family Papers that Historic New England digitized and shared online as part of a project funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Recent transcriptions include letters from civil engineer Bernard R. Green to Brigadier […]
Historic New England recently launched a crowdsourced transcription initiative to complement a massive project that digitized more than 41,500 items from the Casey Family Papers. Transforming Washington, DC: The Impact of Thomas Lincoln Casey and Edward Pearce Casey on the Nation’s Capital made the personal and professional papers of Thomas Lincoln Casey (1831-1896) and his […]
Historic New England recently completed a project to catalogue, digitize, and provide online access to the archives of Royal Barry Wills Associates, one of the country’s most influential twentieth century architectural firms. The collection, which dates from 1925 to 2013, documents the work of a leading designer of residential architecture. The finding aid to the […]
In honor of Black History Month, we’re celebrating stories of African American New Englanders from our collections. These are just four examples of people who made their mark on New England life and culture. Edward Cassell Edward Cassell ran a successful catering business in turn-of-the-century Salem.A well-rounded businessman, Cassell had already made a name for […]
In 2003, Historic New England President and CEO Carl R. Nold defined the next seventeen years when he declared, “we will offer something for everyone.” Watch the video above to see how this declaration helped transform every area of our work. Historic New England school and youth programs serve 45,000 children each year, but […]
With winter officially here, we’re celebrating with a roundup of some of the best photographs of snowy scenes from our archives. These images capture New Englanders experiencing the unpredictability of winter weather throughout history. “Puddle jumper,” Boston, 1953 Verner ReedA man in a coat and hat stretches his legs wide to navigate over a puddle. […]
Protect what you collect Historic New England offers a controlled atmosphere treatment service as a safe and effective method for protecting museum and private collections from pest infestations. We are the only museum offering this treatment to clients in the region. The service is located at our collections storage and conservation facility in Haverhill, Massachusetts. […]
This Black History Month, Historic New England’s Library and Archives staff is sharing research about the lives of African Americans represented in our carte de visite collection. Sift through Historic New England’s extensive collection of photographs and it won’t be long before you come across a “carte de visite.” Made from portraits mounted onto cards, […]
Historic New England is working to transform the 1878 Eustis Estate in Milton, Massachusetts, into a museum and study center opening in 2017. Below, Curatorial and Interpretive Planning Assistant Elyse Werling describes how architect William Ralph Emerson helped shape the built environment of Milton. William Ralph Emerson found great success as an architect, particularly in […]
Historic New England is working to transform the 1878 Eustis Estate in Milton, Massachusetts, into a museum and study center opening in 2017. Below, Curatorial and Interpretive Planning Assistant Elyse Werling presents a closer look at the property’s architect, who had a major influence in New England. William Ralph Emerson designed homes for clients throughout […]
Historic New England is working to transform the 1878 Eustis Estate in Milton, Massachusetts, into a museum and study center opening in 2017. Below, Curatorial and Interpretive Planning Assistant Elyse Werling introduces you to a family with close ties to the property. By trade, W.E.C. Eustis, the patriarch of the Eustis Estate, was a Harvard-educated […]
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