- Dec 15, 2023
- Amberly Yeo
A World(view) Transformed by War
See how the Qing Empire's mapping of world geography changed during and after the imposition of European power in the Opium Wars
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- Nov 6, 2023
- Madeline Webster and Garrett Dash Nelson
Highlights From The Vault: Past and Future of Boylston Street
Discover how Boylston Street has changed over time with this selection of documents shown at our October 27 "From the Vault"
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- Oct 30, 2023
- Ian Spangler
Improved features for georeferencing in our digital collections portal
Using the Allmaps platform, we're making it easier for anyone with to get started georeferencing maps in the Leventhal Center's collections
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- Oct 20, 2023
- Micaela Kahn
Highlights From The Vault: Hispanic Heritage Month
Check out these highlights from last week's From The Vault: Hispanic Heritage Month
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- Sep 18, 2023
- Megan Nally
Highlights from From The Vault: Global Transit
Check out these highlights from last week’s edition of From The Vault: Global Transit
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- Sep 15, 2023
- Deland Chan
Putting Chinatown on the Map: Resisting Displacement through Infrastructural Advocacy
How San Francisco's Chinatown community used infrastructure as a conduit for identity, empowerment, and resilience
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- Sep 13, 2023
- Zoe Colimon
Pride and Progress: A Journey Through Boston's LGBTQ+ Safe Spaces
Through a network of safe spaces, the LGBTQ+ community of twentieth-century Boston forged connections and navigated adversity together. Exploring the timeline of these places and spaces reveals how a true sense of community can facilitate progress against all odds.
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- Sep 11, 2023
- Salman Uddin
Town and Gown: How Communities Resisted Institutional Expansion in Boston
Though not the sole reason, college expansion in Boston has heavily contributed to the increasing cost of living and decreasing amount of space in neighborhoods. It may feel impossible to prevent, but it is amazing what a loud, vocal, and persistent community is capable of.
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- Sep 1, 2023
- LMEC Staff
Three New Atlascope Tours
Three new Atlascope tours explore pockets of Boston history from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries—and their ongoing legacies today
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- Aug 24, 2023
- Nathan Braccio
John Winthrop's "City on a Hill," Mapped
Providing a glimpse into how Winthrop’s "City on a Hill" interfaced with everyday life of Indigenous peoples in colonial New England
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