History Studio: A Home in Woods Hole with Elizabeth Sheehy
Join us on Wednesday, April 2 at 7pm for the next installment in our publishing history authors' series! A Home in Woods Hole with Elizabeth SheehyApril 2, 20257:00-8:30pm Walter Nickerson and Helena Nugent built a house in Woods Hole more than a hundred years ago....
Conversations on the Commons: Putting the Public in Publishing History
Join us on March 21 for a Conversation with Mary Dougherty from the University of Massachusetts Press and Erin Vosgien from Arcadia Publishing. Putting the Public in Publishing History Friday, March 21, 12-1:30pm The gold standard of having done research in local...
History Studio: Abandoned Massachusetts with David Whitemyer
The Second Installment in our History Studio on Authors and Publishing in Massachusetts: David Whitemyer Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 7pm Massachusetts is littered with the remains of public and private buildings and landscapes: hospitals, factories, churches, houses,...
Conversation on the Commons: Reality Check: How Much Funding Is at Risk for Massachusetts History Organizations?
Join us on Feb. 28 at 12pm as we break down exactly how federal funding changes will impact history organizations in Massachusetts. Featuring panelists Elizabeth O'Connell of the Massachusetts Archives, David Slatery of Mass Cultural Council, and Katherine Stevens of...
About Publick Occurences, the MHA newsletter
Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick was the first multi-page newspaper published in the Americas, Boston, September 25, 1690. It was shut down immediately by the government. We’ll take that as a lesson. Image courtesy of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
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