Information about the Adams Family Papers, the manuscript collection owned by the MHS that contains documents written, received, and saved by John and Abigail Adams and their descendants, as well as other collections at the MHS that contain papers relating to members of the Adams family.
Catalog of three generations of Adams family correspondence, including manuscripts by or to the Adamses at the MHS and over 30,000 documents held by other institutions.
A guide to the 608-reel microfilm edition of the Adams Family Papers manuscript collection at the MHS.
A list of the domestic and international institutions that own the 608-reel set of Adams Family Papers microfilm.
Notice:
Library Closing @ 3:30PM
Thursday, 13 December 2018
Building Closed:
Building Closed
Monday, 24 December 2018
Building Closed:
Christmas Day
Tuesday, 25 December 2018
During the 1840s, members of short-lived intentional communities debated strategies for “getting back to nature” and explored emerging meanings of &ldquo ...
In 1773, two graduating Harvard seniors, Theodore Parsons and Eliphalet Pearson, were summoned before a public audience to debate whether slavery was compatible with ...
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, ...
In June 1854, the Boston City Missionary Society appointed a Methodist Episcopal clergyman named Luman Boyden to serve as missionary to the poor in East Boston. The 48-year-old Boyden (pictured ...
Join us for a program at the MHS this week! - Tuesday, 11 December, 12:00 PM: Robert Treat Paine’s Life & Influence on Law with Maura Healey, Massachusetts Attorney General; ...
