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.
Galleries Open; Library Closed:
Memorial Day
Saturday, 26 May 2018
Building Closed:
Memorial Day
Monday, 28 May 2018
Black Americans did not just pray for emancipation, they conjured it. This project examines the political work of revival in wartime refugee camps and envisions ...
As Founding Fathers, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, and James Monroe risked their lives and their liberty for American independence, and as reformers, each ...
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, ...
As many of my colleagues have pointed out in the past here on the Beehive, one of the joys of working with the manuscript collections at the MHS is finding something unexcpected when going through a ...
It is a fairly quiet week at the Society as we head toward a long holiday weekend. Here is what is happening in the coming days: - Monday, 21 May, 6:00PM : We start things off with an author talk ...
