Underrepresented Communities
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This web portal showcases the Massachusetts Historical Society’s collections and resources documenting individuals and communities who have traditionally been unrepresented in the historical record. 除了 to thousands of pages of digitized content, this site provides access to relevant exhibitions, 数字特征, 学习材料, and other items available via the MHS website. Note that the lists provided are not intended to be exhaustive, and that more materials relating to underrepresented groups can be found across the MHS website and catalog.
Note that some items here may contain images or language that is considered outdated, 不合适的, 或者今天的种族主义者.
网站 and 展览
网络展览, web companions to physical exhibitions, and special features on collections or subject groups.
数字化的利记手机官网
Fully or partially digitized collections containing materials relating to marginalized groups, 按主题排列.
Thanks to a grant from an anonymous organization, the MHS was recently able to digitize over 30,000 pages of material relating to the history of marginalized groups. These and many other materials are represented in the collections below.
African American History
- 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment Photographs收集照片
- 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment Carte de Visite Album收集照片
- 纳撒尼尔·T. 艾伦的论文手稿收藏
- 纳撒尼尔·T. 艾伦的照片收集照片
- Association of Officers of the 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment Carte de Visite Album收集照片
- Association of Officers of the 55th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Records手稿收藏
- Boston Anti-Man-Hunting League Records手稿收藏
- DeGrasse-Howard论文手稿收藏
- DeGrasse-Howard Photographs收集照片
- Home for Aged Colored Women Records手稿收藏
- Juvenile Anti-Slavery Society Records手稿收藏
- Laws of the African Society, Instituted at Boston, Anno Domini 1796item
- New England Freedmen's Aid Society Records手稿收藏
- Norwood Penrose Hallowell Papers手稿收藏
- Portraits of American Abolitionists收集照片
- "Queries Respecting the Slavery and Emancipation of Negroes in Massachusetts, Proposed by the Hon. Judge Tucker of Virginia, and Answered by the Rev. Dr. 贝尔科那普”item
- Portrait of Samuel Shrimptonitem
- The School for Colored Girlsitem
- The Selling of Joseph: A Memorialitem
- Trustees of Donations for Education in Liberia Records手稿收藏
性别与性
- Rose Dabney Forbes Papers手稿收藏
- Charles Edward French Diaries手稿收藏
- Home for Aged Colored Women Records手稿收藏
- Massachusetts Association Opposed to the Further Extension of Suffrage to Women Records手稿收藏
- Sarah Gooll Putnam Diaries手稿收藏
- Society for the Employment of the Female Poor Trustees' Reports手稿收藏
- Twentieth Century Medical Club Records手稿收藏
- Woman's Education Association (Boston, Mass.)记录手稿收藏
Native American History
- Book of Sketches Made at Fort Marion, St. 佛罗里达州奥古斯汀.item
- Benjamin Colman Papers, 1641-1806手稿收藏
- Indian Industries League Papers手稿收藏
- Kingsmill Marrs Photographs收集照片
- Society for Propagating the Gospel Among the Indians and Others in North America Records手稿收藏
- Vocabulary of the Muscogee (Creek) languageitem
Economic Disenfranchisement in New England
- Boston Overseers of the Poor Records手稿收藏
- Luman Boyden Missionary Journals手稿收藏
- Charlestown Overseers of the Poor Records手稿收藏
- Home for Aged Colored Women Records手稿收藏
- Humane Society of Massachusetts Records手稿收藏
- Roxbury Almshouse Records手稿收藏
- Roxbury Neighborhood House Association meeting minutesitem
- Society for the Employment of the Female Poor Trustees' Reports手稿收藏
课题指南
Overviews of MHS collections containing materials relating to underrepresented groups.
探索更多的
除了 to the items listed above, 其他利记手机官网, 书, and artifacts concerning these and other marginalized groups can be found by searching 阿比盖尔, the library catalog, as well as the 收集指南. 除了, a long-term project to reframe and re-describe our collections to promote a more complete representation of the individuals in our archive, as well as a more accurate and unbiased presentations of their stories, 正在进行.
For more information on MHS initiatives regarding equity, please refer to our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion statement.