Perkins Archives Blog
February 27, 2014
A note about
January 7, 2014
My experience can best be exemplified by my discovery of a theater review for a production of Alice in Wonderland from 1919.
January 6, 2014
Successful collaboration with the archives internship program at Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science.
November 18, 2013
Excerpt from Chapter 19, "I Am Welcomed in Boston" by Davy Crockett.
November 12, 2013
Retirement Napkin, Perkins Music Department, 1944
November 8, 2013
Back in the days, before writing could commence you would need to blot the tip of the pen to avoid drips and splotches from marring your work.
November 5, 2013
Article from The Boston Globe discussing the dismantling of the old Perkins Institution in South Boston.
November 1, 2013
Complaint about the Privy, From the Female Students to Dr. Howe, 1851
October 29, 2013
A flyer for a concert at Perkins in 1868.
September 30, 2013
Take a look at famous Laura Bridgman Artifacts before and after.