University Archives & Special Collections in the Joseph P. Healey Library at the University of Massachusetts Boston occasionally collaborates with community partners to collect materials related to a particular topic, region, or event. Images and stories are often contributed by individuals and described in their own words. Materials from these digitization-focused events are available on the […]
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High Wheelin’ around the UMass Boston campus
University Archives & Special Collections in the Healey Library at UMass Boston recently accepted a donation of the complete run of The Wheelmen magazine (1970-2015) from donor Stephen Hartson, the magazine’s Publications Chair, and his father, Robert Hartson. After signing the donation forms, Stephen Hartson treated us by taking a spin around the plaza outside the […]
Happy holidays from University Archives & Special Collections at UMass Boston!
From a scrapbook compiled by Roland Geist, a bicycle historian and collector, 1930s – 1950s, donated to the Archives’ bicycling history collections by Lorenz Finison, October, 2015. The Roland Geist collection is currently being processed. Subscribe to OPEN ARCHIVES NEWS (in the sidebar) to be notified when this collection is open for research. We want to take this […]
League of American Wheelmen collection comes to the Healey Library at UMass Boston
On Tuesday, September 22, University Archives & Special Collections in the Joseph P. Healey Library at UMass Boston received a large donation of material (approximately 200 boxes) from the League of American Wheelmen. The League of American Wheelmen (now called the League of American Bicyclists) is a national bicycling organization founded in 1880 that played and […]
Phyllis Harmon: League of American Wheelmen (LAW) Collection – Now open for research
Guest post by Lindsay Sprechman University Archives & Special Collections in the Joseph P. Healey Library at UMass Boston is happy to announce that the Phyllis Harmon: League of American Wheelmen (LAW) Collection is now open and available for research. This collection documents Phyllis Harmon’s work in the bicycling community, especially her work with the […]