Colonial Society of Massachusetts
Formation | 1892 |
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Legal status | Foundation |
Purpose | Study of the history of Massachusetts |
Headquarters | 87 Mount Vernon Street Boston, Massachusetts |
Affiliations | New England Regional Fellowship Consortium |
Website | Official website |
The Colonial Society of Massachusetts is a
Publications
The society publishes documents regarding the early history of Massachusetts, however, the society does not maintain a library or manuscript collection. A guide to some of the Colonial Society's publication collections for the period of 1710 through 1939 is maintained by the
In partnership with the University of Massachusetts Boston, it sponsors The New England Quarterly.
Other activities
The Colonial Society of Massachusetts is involved in a number of other activities such as convening scholarly conferences. Its education efforts include encouraging the study of colonial Massachusetts in schools, conducting workshops for teachers, and promoting the sharing of research amongst graduate students. It does not assist with genealogical queries.
Membership
Initially, only descendants of
Awards
The society's Whitehill Prize in Early American History honors Whitehill, the society's editor from 1946 to 1978.
References
- ^ Daedalus: proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Vol. 48 (Digitized Apr 7, 2006 ed.). The Academy. 1913. p. 779.
- ^ "Colonial Society of Massachusetts Collection 1710-1939 Guide to the Collection". masshist.org. Archived from the original on 2010-06-20. Retrieved 2009-10-18.
- ^ Morison, Samuel Eliot; Colonial Society of Massachusetts (1951). The Pilgrim Fathers: their significance in history. Plimoth Plantation.
- ^ Edmonds, John Henry; Colonial Society of Massachusetts (1918). Captain Thomas Pound (Digitized Jan 9, 2008 ed.). J. Wilson and son. p. 24.
- ^ "About Us". colonialsociety.org. Archived from the original on 2009-03-16. Retrieved 2009-10-18.
Further reading
- Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Boston, 1895
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