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Dec 17, 2024
John W. Mackey

Practical Knowledge and the New Republic

Learn about the intricacies of Carleton’s 1795 map from Dr. John W. Mackey, a Master Lecturer of Social Sciences in the College of General Studies at Boston University.

Dec 6, 2024
LMEC Staff

Highlights From The Vault: Unconventional Maps

Check out these highlights from the December 6 From the Vault: Unconventional Maps.

Dec 5, 2024
Nicole Claris

LMEC at the National Council for the Social Studies Conference

The LMEC Education team welcomed educators from the annual National Council for Social Studies conference to the Leventhal Center for three days of workshops and open houses.

Nov 22, 2024
Nicole Claris

Highlights From The Vault: Doing More with Maps

Check out these highlights from the November 22 From the Vault: Doing More with Maps.

Nov 22, 2024
Savita Maharaj

Afro-Asian Diaspora and the Eaton Sisters

Documenting the places and spaces where the Eaton sisters (primarily Winnifred and Edith) lived and wrote

Nov 1, 2024
Amira Madison, Julia Williams

Highlights From The Vault: Indigenous Geographies

Check out these highlights from the November 1 themed From the Vault: Indigenous Geographies. This collection showing event was specially curated in partnership with Amira Madison, the Supporting Indigenous Communities Fellow at the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics..

Oct 25, 2024
Sam Walker

Highlights From The Vault: Out With the Old, In With the New

Check out these highlights from the October 25th themed From The Vault: Out With the Old, In With the New. This collections showing event was specially curated by our Visitor Services & Exhibitions Assistant, Sam Walker.

Oct 16, 2024
Gerald A. Rosenthal

Riding Around 1906 Boston

In this two-part article series, friend of the Center, Gerald A. Rosenthal, explores the history and infrastructure of Boston in 1906 and also uses the 1906 film Seeing Boston to provide a detailed tour by trolley car through the city.

Oct 11, 2024
Gerald A. Rosenthal

Highlights From The Vault: Time Travel Back to 1906 Boston

Check out these highlights from the October 11th themed From The Vault: Time Travel: Back to 1906 Boston. This collections showing event was specially curated by friend of the Center, Gerald A. Rosenthal.

Oct 11, 2024
Carlos Cuera Caro, Anna Hsu

Two New Atlascope Tours from Summer 2024 Interns

Two new Atlascope tours explore the details of the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry James' 1911 trip to Salem, MA and Melnea Cass, namesake of "Melnea Cass Boulevard", and her extensive history of activism throughout Boston

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