Books: Andre DeGraff, "Plotted: A Literary Atlas" (2015): buff.ly/Bb1SiPj , John F. Rooney, "Atlas of American Sport" (1992): buff.ly/uY5irg9 , Dorling Kindersley Limited, "DK World History Atlas" (2005): buff.ly/drxcu2Y

The seat of war in New England, by an American volunteer : with the marches of the several corps sent by the Colonies towards Boston, with the attack on Bunkers-Hill
(1775): buff.ly/gMnxrO3
Kate Lautenbach, Boston Buildings (2025): buff.ly/NiPiAId

Maps:
District within fire limit of Tokyo - 1928 (1928): buff.ly/bi8oKj1
National Map Company, National street map of Indianapolis... (1921): buff.ly/xIcvVAN
Louis Bretez, Plan de Paris : commencé l'année 1734 (1739?): buff.ly/XZc2lJ4

At the end of their co-op term, we sat down with Artem and Kate to learn more about their interests, work at the Center, and how YouTube videos contributed to a lifelong love of geography and history.

Read their full interviews via the link in our bio.

As our GIS & Geohumanities and Visitor Service & Operations Assistants, visitors interacted with them frequently as our front desk associates, but they also contributed to research for upcoming exhibitions, programming and events, writing articles, contributing to our social media, and so much more.

Globe maker Gilman Joslin published his instructional manual on the use of his terrestrial and celestial globes in the late 19th century. His concise work describes features of his globes, and why they are useful educational tools.

A number of instructional manuals on the use of globes were written in the 19th century. Manuals were written by educators to assist children using globes in the classroom, or by globe makers themselves, to explain the functions of their product.

The book explores how Boston has been shaped by globalization and how it has also affected the processes of globalization. O’Connell teaches in the City Planning-Urban Affairs Program at Boston University. He will be in discussion with Marilynn S. Johnson (Boston College Department of History).

Amazing piece of history!

Though at first these sketches might seem like a straightforward reference guide to the regional landscape, the full set of sheets draw readers into stories of natural and human history that together make up a fully “place-based” study that is a hallmark of geography’s interdisciplinary tendencies.

John Kirtland Wright (1891–1969) was an important academic geographer and for many years served as the librarian of the American Geographical Society. He retired to New Hampshire and in 1966, he sketched this panoramic view of “The Pinnacle,” a small rocky rise also known as Acorn Hill.

The Federal Writers Projects of Massachusetts, “Winter sports map of the Berkshire Hills,” (1936) buff.ly/Rae1Bdk

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Map of Greylock Center Site: buff.ly/uLLbq0x
Greylock Mountain Postcard: buff.ly/or2c6Pl
The Appalachian Trail in Massachusetts:https://buff.ly/m0OV8ZX

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