Most Recent Articles from Historical Journal of Massachusetts

• Massachusetts Folk Art: New Immigrants Redefine Tradition 

  HJM is pleased to present "Editor's Choice " - a new feature appearing in each issue where we highlight selections from recent works on...

  04/01/09 by Holtzberg, Maggie · More from publication

• "Take Me Out to the Brawl Game": Sports and Workers in Gilded Age Massachusetts 

  Editor's Choice: This essay originally appeared in Sports in Massachusetts: Historical Essays, a 1991 publication of HJM's institute for...

  04/01/09 by Weir, Robert · More from publication

• Mrs. Elizabeth Towne: Pioneering Woman in Publishing and Politics (1865 - 1960) 

  Editor's Introduction: This fascinating article explores the life of editor, writer, and "New Thought" leader Elizabeth Towne and her unsuccessful...

  04/01/09 by Gover, Tzivia · More from publication

• Don't Smile for the Camera: Expression in Early Photography 

  Editor's Introduction: In our effort to expand HJM's focus to include artistic and material culture, we are initiating a new "Photo Essay" feature...

  04/01/09 by Flynt, Suzanne L · More from publication

• Black and Irish Relations in Nineteenth Century Boston: The Interesting Case of Lawyer Robert Morris 

  Abstract: This article examines the life of Robert Morris (1823-82), Boston's first African American lawyer and a noted abolitionist. In the 1850s...

  04/01/09 by Leonard, William · More from publication

• Gentlemen and Scholars: Harvard's History Department and the Path to Professionalism, 1920-1950 

  Abstract: Before World War II most history departments were largely gentleman's clubs with few or no Jews, Catholics, women, or African Americans...

  04/01/09 by Palmer, William · More from publication

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