University Archives & Special Collections in the Joseph P. Healey Library at the University of Massachusetts Boston collects materials related to the university's history, as well as materials that reflect the university's urban mission and strong support of community service, notably in collections of records related to urban planning, social welfare, social action, alternative movements, community organizations and local history related to neighboring communities.
A gateway to rare, historical, and primary source materials from or about Texas. They have amazing collections from all over the United States. Also has lots of rare military records.
Local History Photo Archive | Corning, Steuben County, NY
Photos from the library’s Local History Photo Archive, showing people, places and events that occurred in Corning and nearby areas. The descriptions for the photos will be added in the future.
Consists of legal case files, legislative advocacy materials, reports and publications, correspondence, photographs, videos, administrative records, community organizing materials, social science research, and oral history interviews.
The Yonkers Home News was published between June 17, 1941 and January 29, 1946 and sent to more than 15,000 service members around the world during World War II, sharing local Yonkers news vignettes and social history.
This project looks at the dynamics of exclusion among communities that generate both segregation as well as resilience in Northern Virginia. The project identifies and geo-locates racially restrictive covenants on properties in Northern Virginia from 1900 through the 1960s. This area is often referred to as NoVa and includes Arlington and Fairfax Counties and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, and Falls Church.
Collections include content digitized from their archives, born-digital content captured from Michigan web publishers and photographs, postcards, scrapbooks and local history resources provided through collaborations with individuals, groups and organizations interested in recording and promoting the Michigan story.
Scanned inmate lists. The Western House of Refuge was a prison for children in Rochester, NY founded in the mid-1800's that was the first state managed reformatory in the United States. In the 1880's, the prison was changed into a vocational school known as the State Industrial School. In the early 1900's, the school would move to Industry, NY, where it now operates as the Industry Residential Center.