Tribute and Territory in the Pequot Country

In May 1637, the General Court of Connecticut declared war against the Indigenous Pequot nation in an attempt to seize control of their territory. Maps can offer a window into the ideas of land ownership and control that shaped this brutal competition between the Indigenous and Colonist forces. In this digital essay by Alice King, supported by the the Leventhal Center’s Small Grants for Early Career Digital Publications program, learn about how colonial maps of the Pequot Country tell complicated stories about the political geography of seventeenth century New England.

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An Interview with Sam Walker, Visitor Services & Exhibition Assistant

We’re excited to introduce Sam Walker to the LMEC community as our Visitor Service and Exhibition Assistant! Sam joined us this July as a Northeastern Co-op student and is currently a Pre-Law student studying History, Culture, and Law and minoring in Art History. We sat down with Sam to learn more about her interests, upcoming work at the Center, and her favorite map in the collection.

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What’s Going On In The Gallery? - Olympic City Rivalry Comes to the LMEC

Would Boston have made a good city to host the 2024 Olympics? This is a question you’ll see posed to visitors this month at the Leventhal Map & Education Center. Located towards the back of our gallery as an interactive element of our permanent Becoming Boston exhibit, “Looking Closely” prompts visitors to examine a historical map and asks them to respond to a corresponding question. Visit the gallery through the end of the games to take part in the poll!

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Civic Switchboard Recap

This past June, the Leventhal Center partnered with our colleagues at Civic Switchboard to host an extended workshop on civic data. Our Assistant Curator of Digital and Participatory Cartography Ian Spangler helped facilitate the workshop; in this article he offers a summary of how the group engaged librarians as participants in a civic data ecosystem.

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A July Special in Our Online Gift Store

Celebrate the Fourth of July and all of July with a 10% discount in our online gift store. This map, Sketch of Bunker Hill Battle, was featured in our “Revolution and Independence” From The Vault collections showing event on July 5.

The code for July is BUNKERHILL

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