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'Very Quiet Day, Vague Tension': Digitizing And Sharing The Stories Of School Desegregation And Busing In Boston, Andrew Elder
'Very Quiet Day, Vague Tension': Digitizing And Sharing The Stories Of School Desegregation And Busing In Boston, Andrew Elder
Joseph P. Healey Library Publications
In the summer of 2015, University Archives & Special Collections at UMass Boston began to work with a number of area archival institutions to create “a digital library of material that can be widely disseminated for both curricular and scholarly use” related to the history of school desegregation and busing in Boston. Too often, the history of Boston school desegregation seems weighted down by some of the most visible characters involved – politicians, policy-makers, court officials – so we decided early on to focus largely on identifying materials that tell a more complex, personal history of school desegregation and busing …
Doing History With Online Mapping Tools: Handout, Joanne M. Riley
Doing History With Online Mapping Tools: Handout, Joanne M. Riley
Joseph P. Healey Library Publications
Handout listing resources and links that accompanied Riley's presentation "Doing History with Online Mapping Tools: an Introduction"
Doing History With Online Mapping Tools: An Introduction, Joanne M. Riley
Doing History With Online Mapping Tools: An Introduction, Joanne M. Riley
Joseph P. Healey Library Publications
In November, 2014 the National Heritage Museum in Lexington, Mass., offered a presentation titled "How to Do History with Online Mapping Tools" as part of a series related to the Museum and Library’s collection of historic maps sponsored by the Ruby W. and LaVon P. Linn Foundation. The invited presenters were Jessie Partridge from the MetroBoston DataCommon, a provider of free applications that make it possible to map data, and Joanne Riley, University Archivist and Curator of Special Collections in the Healey Library at UMass Boston. Both presenters helped lay historians, data fans, and map enthusiasts discover how visualizations of …
Dorchester House Multi-Service Center: One Hundred Years Of Community Service, 1887-1987, Linda Genovese, Elizabeth R. Mock
Dorchester House Multi-Service Center: One Hundred Years Of Community Service, 1887-1987, Linda Genovese, Elizabeth R. Mock
Joseph P. Healey Library Publications
Dorchester House has remained a vital part of its community since it was established in 1887. Beginning as a one-room industrial school in the Fields Corner neighborhood, Dorchester House has grown from a settlement house into a modern, multi-service center offering a wide range of social, educational, recreational, and health services to people of all ages. Over the past one hundred years, Dorchester House has continuously met the ever changing needs of the Dorchester community.
To Care For The "Fair Female Form" : The Founding Of The Boston Female Asylum, Elizabeth R. Mock
To Care For The "Fair Female Form" : The Founding Of The Boston Female Asylum, Elizabeth R. Mock
Joseph P. Healey Library Publications
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