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The Mass. Memories Road Show
Your family's place in Massachusetts History

Co-sponsored by:

Dorchester resident holding photograph of her grandfather and great-great-grandparentsWith the generous support of the Mass. Foundation for the Humanities, we are in the process of upgrading this website so that you can more easily browse and search for images from the Road Shows. You'll be able to search for location, family name, keyword and more, while viewing the captions and comments that Contributors have offered along with their photos.

Check out www.MassMemories.net/browse.php for a sneak preview!

In the meantime, explore some of the photographs collected so far through the links below:

Dorchester
Information about the images and contributors

Norwood
Information about the images and contributors

Roxbury
Information about the images and contributors

View a 3-minute video about the Mass. Memories Road Show

(requires Windows Media Player - click here to download)


Road Show's Next Stops:

  • North End - sponsored by the Old North Church

 

  • Dorchester - sponsored by BPL Lower Mills Branch

 

  • Lexington - sponsored by the Lexington Historical Society

 

  • Quincy - sponsors TBA

 

  • Deerfield - sponsored by
    Historic Deerfield

    Stay tuned for details!


Mass. Memories Road Show Handbook: Procedures and Protocols for Public Scanning Programs

Funded in part by a grant from the Massachusetts Historical Records Advisory Board and the Secretary of the Commonwealth, William Francis Galvin. The Documentary Heritage grant program is funded by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission and William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth.



Dorchester Road Show Team at the William Clapp House,
home of the Dorchester Historical Society and
host for the May 13, 2005 Road Show
(click for larger image)

The Mass. Memories Road Show

Family photographs are a rich resource for the educational programs of the Mass. Studies Project.

Our Mass. Memories Road Shows are public events where we scan photographs brought in on a theme related to local history.

How does the MMRS work? We partner with historical societies, libraries, schools, public access television and other local groups to organize community events where family photographs and documents are scanned, indexed, incorporated into an online database - and then used as the basis of learning materials aligned with the Massachusetts State Curriculum Frameworks.

At the Road Shows, our partners in the New England Archivists "Archives on the Road" program provide preservation advice, education and handouts for visitors.

Through the Mass. Memories Road Show our goal is to help build community, to encourage the protection of original artifacts, and to facilitate sharing of cultural heritage information with Massachsuetts educators, students and the general public.

Our goal is to hold public scanning events in all of the 351 communities of Massachusetts, creating access to family documents about local immigration history, and building community knowledge and connections.

» Contact the Mass. Studies Project about bringing the Mass. Memories Road Show to your community!

 
What the Press is saying about the Mass. Memories Road Show:

Mass. Memories project focuses on images of Dorchester
(Boston People's Voice, January, 2006)

Mass. Memories Road Show highlights common bonds
(Dorchester Reporter, Mar. 9, 2006)

Memories as history:
Norwood group, UMass team up on statewide project
(Boston Globe)

Archiving local history: Norwood Residents share old photos for project
(Daily News Transcript, October 24, 2004)

Mass. Memories Road Show
partners include:

 

 

 
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