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Northeastern University's Archives & Special Collections preserves and provides access to records of Boston's neighborhood social justice organizing and infrastructure history and Northeastern's history.
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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.
Leveraging Media History to Improve Modern Journalism Wednesday, November 12 2 - 4 p.m. Centers for Digital Scholarship Snell Library 360 Leveraging Digitized Materials from Northeastern University's Archives & Special Collections Thursday, November 13 12 - 1 p.m. Centers for Digital Scholarship Snell Library 360
November 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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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...
Two people stand at a table looking at a large blue and white unfolded document A close-up of a person's hands opening and unfolding an illustrated book A close-up of two hands unfolding a small green paper box, revealing the phrase "Where is your family from?" Artistically folded colored paper surround it A person takes a photo of materials with an iPad while another looks on
October 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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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
"Fall" in Love with the Archives Drop into the Archives to browse some collection highlights Thursday, Nov. 6 1 a.m. - 1 p.m. Snell Library 077
October 31, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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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.
Black and white image of a group of protestors standing in a street. They are holding signs in English and Chinese, with English signs reading "Stop destroying Chinatown" and "Chinatown needs land."
November 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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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.
Two people sit at a table and look at a bound copy of a newspaper A person sits at a table looking at a bound copy of a newspaper A bound newspaper titled "The Northeastern News" and dated Wednesday, Feb. 24, 1926 Spools of microfilm depicting pages of newspapers run through a scanning device
October 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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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.
October 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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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!
October 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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In 1985, Matthews Arena hosted a professional wrestling event that raised money for @mda.org

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Black and white image of a professional wrestling ring. A man with his back to the camera squats and holds the legs of another man laying on the mat. "Northeastern University" is visible on a wall in the background.
October 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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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.
Brick archway in front of a blue sky with an American flag blowing on a pole above it. "Northeastern University" is lettered above it.
October 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Future NHL player Dan McGillis played 4 seasons for @gonumhockey.bsky.social in Matthews Arena.

Photo: Joshua Levine/Northeastern University
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A men's hockey player wearing a white Northeastern University jersey skates on ice in front of a white board.
October 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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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
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October 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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The men's basketball team takes on Duke in a packed Matthews Arena in 1995.

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Panoramic view of a basketball court. A game is being played in front of a full crowd.
October 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Graduates of @nusl.bsky.social watch the ceremonies in Matthews Arena in 2003.

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A crowd of students in graduation regalia with purple hoods sit in chairs
October 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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A processional of faculty members enter Matthews Arena for freshman convocation in September 1988.

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Black and white image of faculty members in graduation regalia walking in line
October 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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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.
black and white photograph of three pumpkins in the foreground and two individuals backlit by a bright cloudy sky. one individual is standing next to a truck tossing a pumpkin to another individual who is standing on the truckbed waiting to catch it. The pumpkin is suspended mid-air.
September 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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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
Black and white image of a woman wearing a dress with her hair in a bun, watching three dancers in a dance studio. The dancers are visible in a mirror behind the woman.
September 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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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
Black and white image of a man playing guitar and singing into a microphone with other men playing instruments behind him Sepia-toned image of three women sitting on towels at a beach, smiling at the camera. Other people are lounging around them
September 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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🎈 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
Black woman looks up the the left and smiles, in slight profile. She is wearing a tie-dye dress and is seated at a piano in a baby blue room.
September 15, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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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
Black and white image of a college student and a young child at a table. The child is wearing headphones and holding something and the student is smiling at them. A device sits on the table in front of them Black and white image of two women with equipment. One is seated, holding a paper and turning a dial, and the other is standing behind her.
September 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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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.
September 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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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.
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August 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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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
Black and white image of a woman wearing a plaid skirt and white top standing in front of a blackboard holding a book titled "c'est la vie" Black and white image of a classroom of men bent over desks, working with notebooks, rulers, books, and other materials. The windows behind them show views of the city Black and white image of three women working on a machine in a lab Black and white image of a teacher writing on a blackboard while a class looks on.
September 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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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.
Folded papers are suspended within red threads hanging from the ceiling. Two wooden chairs also sit within the threads.
August 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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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.
August 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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“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

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Gathering the Red Record: Burnham-Nobles Digital Archive Updates, National Anti-Black Violence Database Discussed | The Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project
CRRJ hosted a first-of-its-kind, two-day conference, July 24-25, at Northeastern University's Snell Library, to unveil updates to the Burnham-Nobles Digital Archive, and discuss pathways to creating a...
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August 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM