Historic New England partners with communities and organizations throughout the region to collect and share these stories. Is there an aspect of life in New England you think should be preserved and shared with future generations? Tell us about it.
This exhibition features oral-history interviews combined with portraits by Markham Starr that chronicle changes to the Acre and Mt. Washington neighborhoods in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Learn More
This exhibition features oral-history interviews combined with portraits by Markham Starr that chronicle changes to the Acre and Mt. Washington neighborhoods in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Learn More
Discover the stories of the diverse array of shoppers and vendors at Boston's centuries-old open-air market. Learn More
Go inside the Grange, the national farmers’ fraternal order that has worked to strengthen and preserve rural Vermont's close-knit communities since 1867. Learn More
Back to School: Lessons from Norwich's One-Room Schoolhouses chronicles a Vermont town's fight to preserve its beloved historic schoolhouses. Learn More
A mobile audio tour allows you to follow the Bradford Rail Trail in Haverhill, Massachusetts, while discovering the city's history and looking at public art. Learn More
This online exhibition focuses on the African American tourist destinations of New England in the twentieth century. Learn More
Woolworth's: Remembering Haverhill's Shopping District preserves memories, stories, and images of Woolworth's and other downtown shops now long gone. Learn More
Find out how the former H.W. Carter and Sons factory in Lebanon, New Hampshire, transformed into the thriving AVA Gallery and Art Center. Learn More
Hear the story of how fried clams became the signature delicacy of Massachusetts' North Shore. Learn More
Historic New England’s Everyone’s History series is the result of work that began in our centennial year of 2010. We launched an initiative called 100 Years, 100 Communities, with the goal of partnering with 100 different communities in all parts of the region to tell diverse stories of life in New England from the twentieth century and beyond. We believe in capturing history as it happens to share with future generations.
In 2012 Historic New England declared success, and 100 Years, 100 Communities became Everyone’s History. These partnerships resulted in award-winning documentary films, exhibitions, books, and public programs. We also offer Remembering Home, a workshop for older adults designed to help capture and record more twentieth-stories. If you would like to partner with Historic New England on an Everyone’s History project, please email us.
| Communities | Project Topic | Partners |
|---|---|---|
| Newburyport, Mass. | Plum Island Aviation | Plum Island Aerodrome |
| Boston, Mass. | 20th c. Beacon Hill | Vilna Shul |
| Berlin and Plaistow, N.H. | At the River's Edge | Berlin Historical Society |
| Newburyport and Newbury, Mass. | Beyond Farms & Factories | Newburyport Pres. Trust |
| Boston, Mass. | BPS Photo Project | Boston Public Schools |
| Lincoln, Mass. | Brown's Wood | FOMA - Lincoln |
| Boston, Mass. | Drawing Toward Home | Boston University |
| Jamestown, R.I. | Farming in Southern R.I. | Watson Farm |
| Essex, Mass. | North Shore Clams | Woodman's of Essex |
| Waterbury, Vt. | Green Mountain Club | Green Mountain Club |
| Gloucester, Lincoln, Mass. | LGBTQ History | The History Project |
| Narragansett, R.I. | R.I. Trap Fishermen | Markham Starr |
| Boothbay Harbor, Maine | Land of Tourists | Boothbay Region Historical Society |
| Woodstock, Conn. | Modern Dairy Farming | The Farmer's Cow |
| New Hampshire | N.H. Preservation | N.H. Pres. Alliance |
| Boston, Mass. | N. Bennet St. School | N. Bennet St. School |
| Portsmouth, N.H. | Commercial Fishing | N.H. Fisherman's Assoc. |
| Every New England state | Preservation Movement | Museums across the region |
| Gloucester, Mass. | Historic Paint Factory | Ocean Alliance |
| Salem, Mass. | Salem Now and Then | Salem Athenaeum |
| Kittery, Maine | Kittery Oral Histories | Kittery Estates |
| Salem, Mass. | Settlement House | Settlement House |
| Middlebury, Vt. | Addison County Fair | Henry Sheldon Museum |
| Old Orchard, Maine | African American Tourism | Ports. Black Heritage Trail |
| Throughout New England | The Way We Worked | Museum on Main Street |
| Lebanon, N.H. | Connecting the Threads | AVA Gallery, CATV |
| Quincy, Mass. | Quincy Yacht Club | Quincy Yacht Club |
| Haverhill, Mass. | Woolworth's | Buttonwoods Museum |
| Norwich, Vt. | One-Room Schoolhouses | Norwich Hist. Society |
| Boston, Mass. | Haymarket | Haymarket Pushcart Assoc |
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