Brown University Library Resources
General Boston Related Resources
Frederick Law Olmsted
Buildings, Architecture, Parks
Maps
Fires
Irish Boston
Electronic Texts
Exhibitions on the Web |
Brown University Library Resources:
Databases in American Civilization
In particular, America History and Life and Evans
Digital Edition should
be useful.
Electronic
Journals: American History
Databases in Art, Architecture, and Archaeology
Art Abstracts, Art Index Retrospective, and Avery
Index to Architectural Periodicals, in particular, will be useful for researching Boston architecture
and landscape design.
Electronic Journals: Fine Arts
Josiah Searches:
Busing
Riots-Massachusetts
Parks-Massachusetts
Boston (Mass.)-Maps
City Planning-Massachusetts
Boston Mass Buildings Structures Etc.
Architecture Massachusetts Boston
Boston Mass History
Olmsted,
Frederick Law
(subject)
Olmsted,
Frederick Law (author)
Irish
Americans Massachusetts Boston
Evaluating Web Sites
General Resources Related to Boston:
Boston Public Library
Massachusetts Historical Society
Boston Athenaeum
City of Boston
National Park Service: Boston
Jamaica Plain Historical Society
John F. Kennedy Library
Museum of Afro American History, Boston
Black Heritage Trail
Boston Globe
Biographical
Dictionary of the United States Congress: choose Massachusetts. Note: this seems to be down right now (9/23); I'll keep checking.
Harvard
University Visual Information Access (VIA)
(search on Boston, limit to digital image)
Berkeley Digital Library Image Finder
(search on Boston as location)
Frederick Law Olmsted:
Frederick Law Olmsted National
Historic Site
Frederick Law Olmsted: Boston's
Emerald Necklace
American Landscape and Architectural Design 1850-1920
American Memory
Library of Congress
Arnold Arboretum History
Buildings, Architecture, Parks:
Shepley
Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott
Firm history
Arnold Arboretum: Finding Aid to Manuscripts and Papers
Digital
Archive of American Architecture
Prof. Jeffrey Howe, Boston University
Maps:
Boston Online: Boston Maps
Digital Atlas of Boston
Professor
William A. Bowen
California Geographical Survey
Department of Geography
California State University, Northridge
Mapping Boston. Alex Krieger
and David Cob, eds.
Digital Orthophotos of Boston
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Historic Maps of Boston
Map Collections 1500-2004
American Memory
Library of Congress
Fires:
Cocoanut
Grove Fire (Boston Globe Archives)
Boston Fire Department Chronology 1631-1925
Irish Boston:
Irish Heritage Trail
Electronic Texts:
William Dean Howells. The
Rise of Silas Lapham. Project Gutenberg text.
Public
Historian. Vol. 25, no. 2. Issue on Boston
Richard Meckel. Immigration,
Mortality, and Populattion Growth in Boston, 1840-1880. Journal of Interdisciplinary
History, XV:3, Winter 1985.
Note: for journal access from off campus, start with the Off-Campus Access
Server
Exhibitions on the Web:
Archaeology of the Central Artery Project
Commonwealth Museum
The Freedom House: A Legacy Preserved
Northeastern University
We Raise Our Voices:
Celebrating Activism for
Equality & Pride in Boston's African American, Feminist, Gay and Lesbian,
and Latino Communities
Northeastern University
Thomas P. O'Neill and Boston College
Boston College
The Decisive Day is Come: The Battle of Bunker Hill
Massachusetts Historical Society
Adams Family Papers: An Online Archive
Massachusetts Historical Society
Object of the Month
Massachusetts Historical Society
Image: View of the Attack on Bunker's Hill, with the
Burning of Charles Town, June 17, 1775. Drawn by Mr. Millar; Engraved by Lodge. Anne S. K.
Brown Military Collection. |
