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Posted on April 22, 2019

Modernism at Harvard Law: Celebrating 100 Years of Bauhaus

by Lindsay Olsen

All across the Cambridge campus from February to July, Harvard University is commemorating the birth of Bauhaus, the modernist school of art founded by German designer Walter Gropius in 1919. Events are on the calendar showcasing some …

Posted on April 19, 2019

Meet Maggie Hoffman, Archivist at the Cambridge Historical Society

by Jasmine Bonanca

How can I talk about what’s in our collections and make sure that I’m bringing that forward into today and really getting people to ask serious questions about it?”

The Cambridge Historical Society (CHS) is an organization …

Posted on April 18, 2019April 18, 2019

Meet Kate Boylan, Director of Archives and Digital Initiatives at Wheaton College

Kate Boylan, the Director of Archives and Digital Initiatives at Wheaton College, describes her job as having “all the irons in all of the fires.”  Among her many duties she oversees digital preservation, manages the Wheaton College Digital Repository, teaches …

Posted on April 16, 2019April 18, 2019

“Can We Talk?”: The Jewish Women’s Archives Monthly Podcast

by Ashley Williams

“Can We Talk” is a podcast put on by the Jewish Women’s Archive. The JWA is an organization based in Brookline, Massachusetts that is dedicated to the celebration and documentation of Jewish women and Jewish feminism. Their …

Posted on April 16, 2019April 18, 2019

Francophonie 2019 Launch at The French Cultural Center

by Clara Snyder

Tucked away in the heart of Boston’s historic neighborhood of Back Bay is the French Cultural Center, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide French language instruction and cultural programs for the Greater Boston Area and …

Posted on April 15, 2019April 15, 2019

Meet the Museum of Fine Art’s Late Nites: The Most Interesting Party in Boston

by Ashley Thomas

Based upon social media popularity (over 11,000 interested attendees on Facebook for the March 15, 2019 event), you might suspect the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA)’s Late Nite program was a well-established staple in Boston’s cultural scene.…

Posted on April 15, 2019April 18, 2019

Meet Scott Wands, Manager of Grants and Programs at Connecticut Humanities

by Alli Smith

Scott Wands is an advocate. He advocates for humanities programming at institutions across Connecticut. He advocates for building strong relationships with and within in the community. He advocates for rolling with the punches. In fact, he just …

Posted on April 15, 2019April 18, 2019

Death, Corsets, and Opera, Oh My!: Nichols After Dark Events at the Nichols House Museum

by Jasmine Bonanca

In March of 1902, the Nichols family hosted a performance by Metropolitan Opera singer Louise Homer in their home on Beacon Hill.  More than 100 years later, the Nichols family’s home, now the Nichols House Museum, brought …

Posted on April 15, 2019

Out Books on Wheels at the Sexual Minority Archives

by Maureen Coleman

The Sexual Minorities Archive (SMA) is in Holyoke, Massachusetts. The archive is a small community archive and is housed in a large pink house, dubbed the Pink Lady. The Pink Lady has multiple floors that are filled …

Posted on April 15, 2019April 18, 2019

@TheMERL

by Gaia Cloutier

On April 9, 2018 the Museum of English Rural Life (@TheMERL) tweeted an image of an extremely fat and woolly Exmoor Horn ram, captioning the image “look at this absolute unit.”  The Internet went wild.  The …

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Archives Unboxed is hosted by the fine folks at Simmons College School of Library and Information Science (SLIS), and features profiles of outreach and advocacy work in the broad field of cultural heritage. Blog content is contributed by students in the MLIS graduate program as part of coursework for LIS476: Archives and Cultural Heritage Outreach. This blog was started in Fall 2017 and is managed by students and faculty at Simmons SLIS.

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