Massachusetts Digital Commonwealth
An online library of photographs, manuscripts, audio recordings, and other materials of historical interest from libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies across Massachusetts.
Massachusetts
Digital Archives of the Gladys Kelly Library | Webster, Worcester County, MA
New Bedford Free Public Library Digital Archive
Bristol CountyPhillips Library Digital Collections
Home page for Digital Collections from the Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum
Essex County
Queen City Massachusetts | Lawrence, Essex County, MA
Wilmington Memorial Library Digital Collection | Middlesex County, MA
Punchard High School Yearbooks, 1916-1957 | Andover, Essex County, MA
spotty coverage
Haverhill High School Yearbooks, 1913-2020 | Essex County, MA
also includes Haverhill Trade School yearbooks (1941-1972) and Saint James yearbooks (1959-1970)
Robbins Library Newspaper Archives | Arlington, Middlesex County, MA
Middlesex County
Revere Public Library Newspaper Archive, 1881-2009 | Revere, Suffolk County, MA
Currently only has "The Revere Journal" available, hopefully more to come!
Suffolk CountySt. Augustine Baptisms, 1885-1909 | Andover, Essex County, MA
Collection has been indexed on ancestry, browsable images available here.
Court records, 1859-1865 | Essex County, MA
Microfilms of manuscripts in Essex County Courthouse, Salem, Massachusetts. Each volume individually indexed.
Jamaica Plain High School Yearbooks, 1940-1989 | Boston, Suffolk County, MA
The Jamaica Plain News, 1899-1912 | Boston, Suffolk County, MA
The Jamaica Plain News is a weekly newspaper published by R.S. Barrows in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts (a neighborhood of Boston) from 1872 to the early or mid-1910s (the exact date of last publication is unknown).
Jamaica Plain Historical Society Photo Gallery | Boston, Suffolk County, MA
The Jamaica Plain Historical Society preserves and promotes the rich history of the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston. This digital set includes photographs from their photo collections.
Somerville Newspaper Archive, 1870-1996 | Middlesex County, MA
Brookline Newspaper Archive, 1870-2005 | Norfolk County, MA
Norfolk County
Melrose Newspaper Archive, 1870-1982 | Middlesex County, MA
Danvers Newspaper Archive, 1882-2018 | Essex County, MA
also includes local yearbooks
Wakefield Newspaper Archive, 1872-2023 | Middlesex County, MA
Lexington Newspaper Archive | Middlesex County, MA
Lexington High School Yearbooks, 1935-2023 | Middlesex County, MA
English High School Yearbooks, 1922-2024 | Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, MA
Public Health Museum Digital Collections | Tewksbury, Middlesex County, MA
Archdiocese of Boston Archives Digital Media Library | MA
They will be updating the site with more digitized media as it becomes available.
Pope John XXIII High School Yearbooks, 1970-2017 | Everett, Middlesex County, MA
Everett High School Yearbooks, 1916-2018 | Middlesex County, MA
The Everett High School Yearbook Collection includes 17 volumes of Memories, dating from 1953. This collection includes 36 volumes of The Crimson, which succeeded Memories. Only a few editions available prior to 1953.
Shawsheen School, 1955 | Andover Essex County, MA
Grade 6 class
Waltham High School Yearbooks, 1904-1990 | Middlesex County, MA
First published circa 1904, The Mirror began as a journal for student writers and a newsletter of Waltham High School activities. The Mirror appears to have been published on a monthly basis until around 1947. At this time, it was issued upon commencement with photographs of the graduating class, sports teams, dances and activities, and articles about the class. Subsequent years began including photographs of underclassmen as well.