New Collection at the Cambridge Room, Rico, Jefferson Park, 1974,
© Olive Pierce.
Explore behind-the-scenes at eight unique Cambridge archives.
REGISTER NOW!
Several archives are participating for the first time. The MIT Museum’s Hart Nautical Collection will share its bounty. Visitors will enjoy a rare glimpse of archives at three Harvard museums: the Peabody and Semitic museums, and the Harvard Art Museums. Old favorites will return: Longfellow house, Cambridge Room, Radcliffe’s Schlesinger Library, and MIT Institute Archives.
See the complete schedule below.
How does it work?
Each day, two small groups will be welcomed into two neighboring archives at specific times, for 45 minute tours. Open Archives is a free event, but visitors must register in advance, as space is very limited. To register, please email archives@cambridgema.gov and specify day or days. Registrants will be contacted with tour details. Send general questions to the archives email or call the Cambridge Historical Commission, 617 349 4683.
TOUR SCHEDULE
Tours visit the archive, NOT the site or the museum.
Monday, June 15, 4:00-6:00 PM
Longfellow House-Washington’s HQ National Historic Site AND
Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute
Tuesday, June 16, 3:00-5:00 PM
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard AND
Harvard Semitic Museum
Wednesday, June 17, 6:00-8:00 PM
The Cambridge Room, Cambridge Public Library AND
Harvard Art Museums
Thursday, June 18, 3:00-5:00 PM
MIT Institute Archives and Special Collections AND
MIT Museum’s Hart Nautical Collection
The Cambridge Room 
What kinds of archives about Cambridge are in Boston Public Library Collections?…
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There are a few collections in the Rare Book Room of the Boston Public Library that have to do with Cambridge. The most notable collection is the correspondence of Thomas Wentworth Higginson, who was an abolitionist, feminist, and champion of workers’ rights. Higginson was the chair of the library’s Board of Trustees 130 years ago and founded the Cambridge Room collection. A description of the BPL’s collection is here. (A description of the CPL’s Higginson Collection is here, along with a short biography.) The Boston Public Library also has a large digital collection. Here is a link to everything related to Cambridge, Mass.
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