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Monday Morning Educator Tip:
Trusting the Land: Digital Commonwealth Explores New Land Research and Partnerships for K-12 Educators
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Interested in exploring a new lesson plan and primary source set created by @bplmaps? Join us on September 28th from 3-4:30pm via Zoom for a discussion of Activism in Boston Over Time, a new resource created for K-12 educators: ow.ly/8ZYb50KMxCe
ALT A photograph titled "Inner belt protest march in Cambridge" dated February 26th, 1966. The photograph shows protesters marching down a street. A child in the foreground is holding a sign that reads "5000 people are worth more than two miles of road."
Join us for a session with @digicomMA on “Activism in Boston Over Time,” a new primary source set and an accompanying lesson using maps, photos and other resources to reconstruct local stories of change and activism.
Did you ever wonder where in the world whales like to wander? Check out "Maury's Wind and Current Chart, Whale Sheet," one of a number of new maps added to Digital Commonwealth from the New Bedford Free Public Library.
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ALT Maury's Wind and Current Chart, Whale Sheet, 1852. This map shows the frequency of whale sightings in the waters surrounding South America.
#OnThisDay the Declaration of Independence was read for the first time in Boston from the balcony of the Old State House in 1776. Abagail Adams was in the crowd that day and wrote to John Adams about the event shortly after! 📜🖋
📸: @digicomMA
New to Digital Commonwealth this month: The Photography of E. Milton Silvia, from Spinner Publications. Over 1100 photos of New Bedford and surrounding towns.
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ALT Photograph of a row of parked Sears service vehicles, 1964. Caption: Sears-Roebuck Service Department, 907 Purchase Street, New Bedford.
ALT Photograph of two nuns sitting in front of typewriters in a newsroom, 1964. Caption: Nun working in city room, Standard-Times newspaper, Pleasant Street, New Bedford.
Interested in learning more about Digital Commonwealth's new and improved digital asset management system? Check out the DC3 Repository System Overview here:
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There's still time to register for next Wednesday's virtual talk on Centering Franco-American Communities in Digital Discovery. Join us on July 13th from 1:30-3 to learn more about @fada_pfa!
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ALT Screenshot of the Franco American Digital Archives/Portail franco-américain homepage.
Pen used by Abraham Lincoln to sign the Emancipation Proclamation, January 1st 1863. Emancipation was finally enforced in Texas on June 19th, 1865. #Juneteenth
Image from @MHS1791: digitalcommonwealth.org/sear…
ALT Photograph of fountain pen used by Abraham Lincoln to sign the Emancipation Proclamation. Also included in the photo is a paper wrapper that held the pen.
ALT Front cover of "The Woman's Era" vol. 1 no. 1, March 24, 1894. The cover includes a photograph of and story on abolitionist and suffragist Lucy Stone.
Up next, Giordana Mecagni of @NU_Archives introduces the "Principles of Anti-Oppressive Community Engagement for University Educators and Researchers"
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Some great programming coming up from the @usmlibraries Special Collections! Big Queer Historical Bar Tour of Portland Maine:
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We're off and running with #DCCon22! Up first, Local History at All Levels: Making Collections Relatable and Accessible. Kim DeWall discusses the @falpublib Historical Postcard Collection
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ALT Postcard, "Bathing Beach, Falmouth Heights, Cape Cod, Mass."