AM Explorer This link opens in a new window
AM Explorer is a cross-collection search of the entire corpus of Adam Matthew's digitized arts and cultural heritage material in subjects including Area Studies, Cultural Studies, Empire and Globalism, Ethnic Studies, Gender and Sexuality, History, Politics, Literature, Theatre, and War and Conflict.
Food and Drink in History (AM Explorer)
From feast to famine, explore primary source material documenting the story of food and drink throughout history. The materials in this collection illustrate the deep links between food and identity, politics and power, gender, race and socio-economic status, as well as charting key issues around agriculture, nutrition and food production.
Digital Commonwealth
Explore historical collections from libraries, museums, and archives across Massachusetts. Search for victory gardens, for example.
Fenway Garden Society Records, Massachusetts Historical Society
This collection consists of the records of the Fenway Garden Society, a Boston based non-profit membership organization founded in 1944 that manages the oldest continuous victory garden in the nation, the Fenway Victory Gardens, for the Boston Parks and Recreation Department. The records include administrative and financial records, correspondence, publicity and event materials, publications, project proposals and reports, garden plot maps, and ephemera.
Boston Urban Gardeners records: Documenting community gardening and urban agriculture (UMass Boston)
University Archives & Special Collections in the Joseph P. Healey Library at the University of Massachusetts Boston is pleased to announce that the records of Boston Urban Gardeners (or BUG) have been reprocessed and newer accessions have been added to the collection.
Trustees of Reservations collections catalog
They do have community garden files of the Boston Natural Areas Network (BNAN). The archive contains 15 record center boxes of material including photos, newspaper articles, correspondence, improvement plans, maps, and plot plans of the gardens, as well as community members, lists of volunteers, and notices of special events. You may need to contact the Archives directly.
National Archives catalog
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the nation's record keeper. Of all documents and materials created in the course of business conducted by the United States Federal government, only 1%-3% are so important for legal or historical reasons that they are kept by us forever.
Associated Press Images Collection This link opens in a new window
Associated Press Images Collection is a searchable collection of recent and historical photos from the Associated Press, plus AP graphics, articles, and brief sound clips.
ARTstor This link opens in a new window
ARTstor is a database of images from museums, artists, libraries, colleges and universities, scholars, private collections, and photo archives available for teaching, education, and scholarship, with all images cleared for educational use.
