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Give a Gift to World

This November AAS experimented with a new year-end fundraiser.  We called it “Give a Gift to AAS Give a Gift to the World.”  Thirty objects were selected from across the entire spectrum of the Society’s collections with several criteria in mind.  Items had to be significant sources of research, fragile or rare, and under about … Continue reading Get the perfect gift for the antiquarian in your life, and help AAS and the world!

The Acquisitions Table: Calico Dress Ball!

Calico Dress Ball! There Will be a Social Dance at Lyceum Hall, West Acton. Boston: Searle Printing, 1870. This large (42” x 28 ½”) broadside was one of a group of five sheets purchased together, all of which relate to activities in Acton and West Acton, Massachusetts, between 1865 and 1875. Printed in Boston by … Continue reading The Acquisitions Table: Calico Dress Ball!

Tracking down a Big Thing on Ice

Here in Central Massachusetts in July, readers and staff at AAS are experiencing our third heat wave of the summer.  Mind you, heat waves here in New England cannot compete with those that build in the American Southwest, Texas, or the Deep South, but we suffer all the same.  To counter the heat, I decided … Continue reading Tracking down a Big Thing on Ice

AAS in the news

The Society has received a lot of great press lately. Two weeks ago Worcester Magazine featured AAS as “Worcester’s hidden gem” in an article by Matthew Stepanski and last week AAS member and Telegram and Gazette columnist Al Southwick called the Society “far more than a collection of books and newspapers. The AAS has become … Continue reading AAS in the news

Exhibit: American Heart Month à la 19th Century

Luckily, the American Antiquarian Society does not collect in all areas of human condition and experience. An example of such an area? Internal organs. What we do have, however, is a rich collection around this object of study. And whereas February was American Heart Month, an opportunity in the calendar year to focus on the … Continue reading Exhibit: American Heart Month à la 19th Century