Before entering academic library sales in 1998, Jim worked for 20 years as an academic librarian, including as head of reference at Tufts University. Jim is author or co-author of books on maps and government documents. Since 2006, Jim has been president of Friends of the Fitchburg Public Library.
Johnson cpd 09271988.jpg On January 6, 2015, the newest inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame were announced. They were three pitchers (the first time three pitchers were elected on one ballot) and a...
The first "drive-in theater" opened on June 6, 1933, just outside of Camden, New Jersey. The news was covered around the country. In their heyday in the 1950s and ‘60s, there were over 4,000 drive-ins...
Walt Whitman's poem "America" was first published in The New York Herald on February 11, 1888. This short but significant work appeared on page four in the middle of a column-long article headlined...
Poe sold his poem, “The Raven,” to The American Review and it appeared in its February 1845 issue under the pseudonym "Quarles." The poem's first publication with Poe's name was in the New York...
JW-Constitution-launch-Article-1-300x102_0.jpg From America's Historical Newspapers Contrary to this newspaper report that the event would take place in November 1797, the frigate USS Constitution was...
Proposing the 19th Amendment In her recent NewYork Times column titled " My Favorite August," Gail Collins wrote about women getting the right to vote in August 1920. The previous year—on May 19, 1919...
Horatio Julius Homer (from the East Boston Times-Free Press) Last month the City of Boston and Boston Police Department (BPD) corrected history and recognized the service of Horatio Julius Homer —...
The Dunlap Broadside from Early American Imprints According to the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, there are 26 known copies of the "Declaration of Independence," which is often...
The Doty at the Soo Locks 1896 - Andrew Young photo courtesy of the Historical Collections of the Great Lakes On June 24, the Associated Press (AP) distributed an article about the recent discovery of...
From Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1980 Many of us have read about Benjamin Franklin’s scientific work with electricity, but few know that this Renaissance man is also responsible for...
