On this day in 1804, the "Snow Hurricane" — also known as "the Great Gale of 1804" — made landfall in Boston, blowing off the steeple of Old North Church.
In April of 1870, Nellie Burns disappeared from her Boston home. More than 100 years later, archivists at the City Archives found the ransom note sent to her parents filed in the Board of Aldermen's...
As a young person, Nimoy worked various jobs in the West End. He sold newspapers, worked at local theaters, and shined shoes. He also started his own photography business.
Did you know that the City Archives is full of records documenting the lives of Boston's women? We're celebrating Women's History Month by highlighting some of our favorite records about Boston's...
On this day, in 1918, two sailors housed at Boston’s Commonwealth Pier reported to the sickbay with the flu. These two men were the first Americans reported ill with the Spanish Influenza.
Today, at 3:30 p.m., Mayor Walsh and Interim School Superintendent Laura Perille will open the new Dearborn STEM Academy on Greenville Street with a ribbon cutting ceremony. More than 100 years ago...
On this day in 1893, Eliott Joslin, a Boston physician, examined Mary Higgins, a young girl suffering from diabetes. Mary Higgins’s case was the first entry that Joslin made in a ledger that he kept...
On this day in 1865, Union General Gordon Granger read General Order No. 3 to the inhabitants of Galveston, Texas. The order signaled the total emancipation of all enslaved people in the United States...
On May 24, 1854, federal marshals arrested Anthony Burns, a fugitive from slavery, in Boston. His arrest touched off protests by abolitionists across the City.
On this day in 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. Though Dr. King was most widely known for his civil rights activities in the American South, he had strong ties...
Sarah Fuller is best known for giving Helen Keller her first speech lessons. But did you know that giving Helen Keller speech lessons is only a small part of Sarah Fuller’s story?
Forrester Blanchard Washington, a South Boston High graduate, advocated for African American employment and education rights during the Great Depression.
