MHS Miscellany

The Society's newsletter, the Miscellany, contains announcements about the Society, its programs, recent acquisitions, grants and awards, and other activities. Issues appear each fall and spring. It has been printed since the 1950s. Paper copies are available free of charge when available; digital files of recent issues are available below. For a single paper copy, please contact the Publications Department.  

Miscellany is a benefit of membership and will be sent to all Members and Fellows of the Society free of charge.  Please contact the Development Department for information about how to become a Member.

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Upcoming Events

The Sound of Glass Shattering

20Jun 6:00PM 2019
There will be a pre-talk reception at 5:30

One hundred years have passed since Harvard Medical School appointed Dr. Alice Hamilton as assistant professor of Industrial Medicine, making her the first female faculty ...
Tour

Can She Do It? Gallery Talk

21Jun 2:00PM 2019

Join guest curator, Allison Lange, Wentworth Institute of Technology professor, for a guided tour and highlights from our current exhibition.  
MHS Tour

The History and Collections of the MHS

22Jun 10:00AM 2019

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, ...
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This Week @MHS

Join us for a program this week! Here is a look at what is going on: - Tuesday, 29 January, 5:15 PM: Better Teaching through Technology, 1945-1969, with Victoria Cain, Northeastern ...

Founder to Founder

Like so many good stories here at the Historical Society, it began with a reference question. Jeremy Belknap, hunting through his sources, asked Vice President John Adams for some help. Belknap, the ...

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