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Teacher Workshop

Lawrence v. Texas and LGBTQ Rights

15Aug 9:00AM 2018

Registration fee: $50 per person

This workshop has been POSTPONED until Summer 2019. We will post further information here when it is rescheduled. In 2003, the pivotal case of Lawrence v. Texas ...

MHS Tour

The History and Collections of the MHS

18Aug 10:00AM 2018

The History and Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society Tour is a 90-minute docent-led walk through our public rooms. The tour is free, open to the public, ...

Brown Bag

Re-categorizing Americans: Difference, Distinction, and Belonging in the Dillingham Commission (1907 ...

22Aug 12:00PM 2018

This talk traces how the federal government surveyed immigrants in the early-20th century and how such attempts helped solidify the racial boundary-making for the nation ...

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From our Blog

John Quincy Adams’ 1794 London Interlude

Lucia AmaliaSchueg When John Quincy Adams arrived in London on October 15, 1794, on his way to The Hague to become minister resident to the Netherlands, he was a 27-year-old beginning his new life as ...

Revisiting the Nathaniel T. Allen Photograph Collection

Three weeks ago, I told you about the Nathaniel T. Allen papers and photographs, two collections available for research here at the MHS library. Allen founded the West Newton English and Classical ...

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Letter from William Jackson to the Continental Congress, 6 July 1776