Monday, November 28, 2016

Preservation Lab finding

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One of my tasks as an intern in the Preservation Lab is to replace the brittle, yellowing folders holding our library’s collections with b...
Monday, November 21, 2016

Conwell’s ‘Acres of Diamonds’ and Massachusetts

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The  name ‘Russell H. Conwell’ may no longer be a household name (unless you are a student or alumni of Philadelphia’s Temple University), b...
Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Eleven/Eleven/Eleven

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Each year, many countries around the world pause on November 11 to commemorate the armistice signed by the Allies of World War I and Germany...
Monday, November 14, 2016

Researching Early (Legal) Name Changes in Massachusetts

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A page from the 1905 Acts and Resolves  listing the name changes that occurred in Essex and Franklin counties during the year 1904....
Monday, November 7, 2016

November Author Talk: J.L. Bell

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“Overthrowing the Government of Massachusetts:  The Bottom-Up Revolution of 1774”  Tuesday, November 29, 2016—Noon to 1:00pm State Libra...
Monday, October 31, 2016

The Spirit(ualism) of Massachusetts

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Happy Halloween! Salem, Massachusetts may be considered America’s “spookiest town” today due to its well-known past, however, that was not a...
Monday, October 24, 2016

Did Someone Say “Report”?

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The word “report” shows up everywhere in state government, but it might not always mean what you think it means.  In fact, the word has ma...