There are two fellowships available for researching using @nu-archives.bsky.social. Learn more in our latest blog post: librarynews.northeastern.edu?p=277005

We hope everyone stays safe and warm during this weekend’s upcoming snowstorm! We especially hope your steps outside are as graceful as this Bostonian leaping over puddles on Tremont street in 1975. 📸 Photograph by Ted Dully, courtesy of the Boston Globe Library Collection.

It's time to take a trip down memory lane in our weekly #tbt visit with @nu-archives.bsky.social! Here's a reminder to take some time to play in the snow, courtesy of contestants from a Winter Carnival Queen competition of yesteryear.

Recently, @nu-archives.bsky.social invited staff members from @huntnewsnu.bsky.social to view print editions of archival @northeasternu.bsky.social newspapers. Learn more in this blog post by Grace Millet: librarynews.northeastern.edu?p=276981 📸: Margot Murphy/Huntington News

Learn how to use newspapers and digitized materials in the @nu-archives.bsky.social to your advantage. Leveraging Media History to Improve Modern Journalism: 11/12, 2 - 4 p.m. Leveraging Digitized Materials from the Archives: 11/13, 12 - 1 p.m. Both events are in Snell Library 360.

Last week, @nu-archives.bsky.social and the F.W. Olin Library in Oakland hosted a dual event to allow visitors to explore and learn about their Artists' Books Collections, containing works of art in book form. Learn more about the collections: subjectguides.lib.neu.edu/artdesign/ar...

Drop by this @nu-archives.bsky.social open house to browse some special collections. This event is part of the Boston Archivists' Meetup Autumn in the Archives Spirit Week. 📆 Thursday, Nov. 6 ⏰ 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. 📍 Snell Library 077 🔗 northeastern.libcal.com/event/15660372

The DRS houses a variety of research projects, podcasts, and more related to environmental causes. Learn more in the latest blog post by Kim Kennedy: librarynews.northeastern.edu?p=276925 📸: Photo courtesy of the @nu-archives.bsky.social.

Recently, the @nu-archives.bsky.social held an open house for members of the @huntnewsnu.bsky.social to engage with the Northeastern News collection. Students flipped through bound copies of the newspapers and even browsed articles via microfilm. Photos courtesy of Margot Murphy/Huntington News.

On this day in 1956 Freedom House held an Open House Tea and Art Exhibit with photos from Otis Finley, a former Tuskegee Airman, who in 1961 became the associate director for education & youth services with the National Urban League. Second from the right is Freedom House co-founder Muriel Snowden.

Happy American Archives Month! Here is our Processing Archivist, Irene Gates, rehousing recently transferred records from Northeastern’s Student Government Association! Rehousing is one of the first steps in collections care to help prepare for future processing and inventory. Thank you to Irene!

In 1985, Matthews Arena hosted a professional wrestling event that raised money for @mda.org Photo courtesy of @nu-archives.bsky.social

This year marks the final season of Matthews Arena, the legendary home of Northeastern athletics and host of commencements, ceremonies, concerts, and more. Here are a glimpse of some of the historical events to take place in Matthews since its acquisition by @northeasternu.bsky.social in 1979.

Future NHL player Dan McGillis played 4 seasons for @gonumhockey.bsky.social in Matthews Arena. Photo: Joshua Levine/Northeastern University Courtesy of @nu-archives.bsky.social

A member of the women's hockey team gets her game face for a Beanpot finale against Harvard in 1990. Photo: Joshua Levine/Northeastern University Courtesy of @nu-archives.bsky.social

The men's basketball team takes on Duke in a packed Matthews Arena in 1995. Photo: Joshua Levine/Northeastern University Courtesy of @nu-archives.bsky.social

Graduates of @nusl.bsky.social watch the ceremonies in Matthews Arena in 2003. Photo courtesy of @nu-archives.bsky.social

A processional of faculty members enter Matthews Arena for freshman convocation in September 1988. Photo: Joshua Levine/Northeastern University Courtesy of @nu-archives.bsky.social

Are you catching fall spirit after yesterday's equinox? Pictured here are some folks from 1973 loading pumpkins at Brigham Farm in Concord. Photograph by Boston Globe photographer Ted Dully.

The @nu-archives.bsky.social staff has been busy digitizing thousands of archival records for access through the DRS. Learn more about the process & available materials in the latest blog by Grace Millet: librarynews.northeastern.edu?p=276849 Photo from the National Center of Afro-American Artists

The @nu-archives.bsky.social hosts historical records from Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción and La Alianza Hispana, both dedicated to Latinx heritage, culture, and community resources in Boston. Browse these collections: latinxhistory.library.northeastern.edu #HispanicHeritageMonth #tbt

🎈 Happy birthday Elma Lewis! 🎈 Today marks what would have been Ms. Elma Lewis’s 104th birthday! Take a moment to celebrate the legacy of Ms. Lewis by learning more about her work that impacted arts and artists throughout Boston and beyond. subjectguides.lib.neu.edu/elmalewis

Happy #DeafAwarenessMonth! 🤟 @nubouve.bsky.social students and faculty have worked with Deaf and hard of hearing by providing hearing evaluations and other services. These photos from @nu-archives.bsky.social are both from the Deaf Institute in 1969. #tbt

Were hard hats in your back to school supplies list? For students in the 1988 “Kids Building Boston” program they were! 50 students from the McKay School in East Boston participated in an educational program following the three year process of building 125 High Street in Boston’s Financial District.

Northeastern University Library and @crrj.bsky.social hosted a meeting of more than 100 representatives of other racial violence archives to discuss an update of the Burnham-Nobles Digital Archive and the development of a white paper aimed at creating a national digital archive.

The @nu-archives.bsky.social provides a window into @northeasternu.bsky.social's history, with many of their materials digitized and available online. You can also make an appointment to view the physical collections. Learn more: library.northeastern.edu/archives/arc... #tbt

Materials from @nu-archives.bsky.social are featured in "Home Less Home," an art installation by Chiharu Shiota currently on display at the @icaboston.bsky.social Watershed until Sept. 1. The work focuses on immigration and the concept of home, drawing on Boston's history.

Find some fall semester workspace inspiration in the Boston Globe Library Collection's “Desks” file featuring photos of: Harvard Law School secretary Mary McCarthy in '64, a 3rd grader in a Quincy salvage yard filled with desks in '82, census office employees assembling cardboard desks in '70.

“A nation-wide digital archive will both inform today’s racial redress agenda and significantly expand our knowledge about these atrocities beyond lynching.” - Margaret Burnham, founder of CRRJ. Read more about CRRJ's ambitious project with @nu-archives.bsky.social crrj.org/efforts/gath...

@nu-archives.bsky.social is embarking on a major project to digitize the records of Elma Lewis, an influential figure in bringing awareness to Black art both locally and nationwide. Learn more about the project in this article from @nuglobalnews.bsky.social: news.northeastern.edu/2025/07/29/e...

Helping to shine a light on Boston’s Black community and arts history, the @northeasternu.bsky.social library is digitizing a treasure trove of archival materials from Boston legend Elma Lewis.

The Big Dig took over Boston from 1991-2006 and donated records to @nu-archives.bsky.social by reporters Tom Palmer and Sean Murphy provide a glimpse into the project and its effect on the city. See some highlights from, courtesy of Aries Peralta: librarynews.northeastern.edu?p=276757

The @nu-archives.bsky.social was recently awarded a $450,000 Community Preservation Act grant to digitize and catalog materials about Elma Lewis and her effect on the community of Black artists in Boston. Learn more about the grant and Lewis' legacy: librarynews.northeastern.edu?p=276709

Enjoy a window into the possibilities of the Boston Globe Library Collection's clippings files we hold through Professor Meg Heckman's eyes in her article about a group of journalists at the Boston Globe who deserve more attention: "The Girls from Boston." www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...

On this day, May 27th in 1969, a “Conference on Curriculum Materials for the Study of Black History” was held at the National Center of Afro-American Artists and was sponsored by the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO). View the full agenda here: hdl.handle.net/2047/D20689402

Happy Melnea Cass Day! On May 22, 1966, over 650 community leaders gathered to pay tribute to the “First Lady of Roxbury” Melnea Cass. 52 years later, in 2018, then-Mayor Marty Walsh declared May 22, 2018 "Melnea Cass Day" See more records of Melnea Cass's legacy here: bit.ly/melneacass

Take a look at what being in thick of archival processing looks like! Julia, Aleks, and Irene have been working on fully processing the Alternatives for Community and Environment (ACE) records, a 140+ box collection!

In a May 5th issue of Sampan published in 2000 they published the story “Building a Voice: What has Chinatown Learned from 50 years of development” reviewing the decades of issues Chinatown residents have faced. Read the article here: hdl.handle.net/2047/D20403166

Congratulations to Molly Brown of the @nu-archives.bsky.social, who co-wrote the introduction and afterward of the newly republished edition of The Home-Maker! The book by Dorothy Canfield Fisher was published in 1924 and provides an unique glimpse into gender roles at that time.

On this day in 1965 thousands were led by Martin Luther King Jr. from Carter Playground to the Boston Common for a Freedom Rally. A poster distributed explaining reasons for the march stated: “In short we march to protest the lie that New Boston can be built without social justice”

Meet Irene! Irene is a processing assistant for @nu-archives.bsky.social and makes doing archival research so much easier! She's also willing and able to talk Turkey with anyone interested! #MeetTheStaff

Hold your horses! Today is the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's ride from Boston to Lexington! Here is a photograph a"Paul Revere" in 1969 by the Minuteman statue in Lexington observing the anniversary of his persona's famous ride taken by Boston Globe photographer Ted Dully.

Yesterday we welcomed medical residents with a special interest in caring for patients with HIV to view our HIV/AIDS activism records from ACT UP/Boston, AIDS Action Committee, Fenway Community Health, and the Boston Living Center. Find more info on the collections here: bit.ly/HIVArchivesNU

This photograph of Theater Offensive founder Abe Rybeck accurately portrays how we're feeling on this sunny spring day watching the flowers begin to bloom in Boston. Good luck to everyone preparing for finals this week!

Go back in time and share a throwback photo of your favorite @northeasternu.bsky.social memory with #NUGivingDay before 8 p.m. for a chance to win $1,000 for the fund of your choice! Personally, Roxie and Ruggles like to visit @nu-archives.bsky.social and reminisce about their time on the court.

Ruggles and Roxie love to visit the @nu-archives.bsky.social to get a glimpse at Northeastern history. But the Archives also curates records relating to Boston's fight for social justice. Learn more and give to the Archives/Documenting Boston Fund: givingday.northeastern.edu/campaigns/ar...

The Archives/Documenting Boston fund supports the @nu-archives.bsky.social and its work curating collections related to Boston's fight for social justice, including civil & political rights, immigrant rights, homelessness, & urban & environmental justice. givingday.northeastern.edu/campaigns/ar...

Happy National Library Week! Here are some photos from July 1986 taken by Janet Knott at the old Dudley Street Library (now the Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library). Knott photographed folks browsing the stacks, reading aloud and reading independently.

On the cover of the 25th anniversary report of the Ruth Batson foundation is a collage of thank you notes from Roxbury educator Miss Nora Toney’s 1992-1993 classes of 4th and fifth graders who a grant form the foundation for student field trips responding to the theme “Respect & Diversity.”

Frederick Salvucci was a leader of transportation and infrastructure in Boston. @nu-archives.bsky.social processing assistants Julia Lee and Aleks Renerts recently inventoried his donated papers and shared their favorite finds in our latest blog post: librarynews.northeastern.edu?p=276583