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Brinkler Research Library
The Brinkler Library is open to researchers by appointment on Tuesday and Thursday. Please call 617 547-4252 to schedule your visit.
For questions about collections,
donations, and requests for reproduction from the collection, send email
to archives@cambridgehistory.org
For a specific query, send email to research@cambridgehistory.org
For direct questions about historic districts, period paint colors, appropriate windows, and other aspects of your house, please contact the Cambridge Historical Commission at 617-349-4683
Scope of the Collection:
The Brinkler Research Library's archival holdings include books, maps, newspapers, periodicals, broad sheets, published and unpublished documents, a photo archive and drawings. The library also contains published family and town histories, city directories and published town reports.
The Cambridge Historical Society acts as a living repository for Cambridge's tradition and history. It maintains any property entrusted to it and collects, preserves, and interprets items of historical and antiquarian significance.
The Historical Society encourages research and involvement in these efforts by its members and the community at large. In doing so it promotes a better understanding of history as an important factor in the everyday affairs of the City and its residents.
Collection highlights:
The Society's publications and related indexes include many articles on various aspects of Cambridge history.
The Society's corporate archives include correspondence and other materials relating to the founders, and later leaders of the Historical Society. Among these are prominent Cambridge citizens in the fields of history, education, architecture, landscape architecture, and civic improvement.
Also in the archives are records relating to the Historical Society's headquarters, the ca. 1685 Hooper-Lee-Nichols House.
Books and other published materials that relate to Cambridge history include the standard reference materials on the history of the city.