Resources

Boston 200 Oral Histories

The Boston 200 Corporation was formed as a non-profit agency in 1972 to plan and conduct the celebration of the Bicentennial. Boston 200 ran from 1972 through 1976. One program of the celebration was "Neighborhood and Community Programs" which explored and celebrated the histories of Boston's neighborhoods and their residents. This program area consisted of neighborhood exhibits, booklets by residents, visible projects, and local preservation programs.

In East Boston, the activities included an Oral History Project, which the City of Boston Archives digitized and made available in their digital repository: https://cityofboston.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/SO_5a4ebe0e-dfaa-4cf5-9574-0b73e1d0e462/

To learn more about the collection visit the Finding Aid https://archives.cityofboston.gov/repositories/2/resources/670

Digital Public Library of America

East-Boston related historical resources gathered by the Digital Public Library of America. In addition to the items below, thousands more can be found here.   

Bibliography

Allison, Robert J. A Short History of Boston. Carlisle, Massachusetts: Commonwealth Editions, 2015.

Boston Landmarks Commission. “East Boston: Exploring Boston’s Neighborhoods.” Exploring Boston’s Neighborhoods. Boston, Mass.: City of Boston, 1994. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.cityofboston.gov/images_documents/East_Boston_brochure_tcm3-19117.pdf.

Boston Landmarks Commission (Boston, Mass ). East Boston Immigration Station: Study Report. [Boston: Boston Redevelopment Authority], 2010. http://archive.org/details/eastbostonimmigr00bost.

Global Boston. “East Boston.” Accessed September 6, 2022. https://globalboston.bc.edu/index.php/home/immigrant-places/east-boston/.

Manheim, Michael Philip. Last House Standing: How Once We Were: Photographs of the Past. First edition. Hilo, Hawaii: Larry Czerwonka Company, LLC, 2014.

Marchi, Regina M. Legendary Locals of East Boston, Massachusetts. Legendary Locals. Charleston, South Carolina: Legendary Locals, 2015.

Ramakrishna, Saritha. “Unjust Legacy: A community seeks to reverse decades of environmental discrimination.” Orion Magazine, May 19, 2020. https://orionmagazine.org/article/unjust-legacy/.

Sammarco, Anthony Mitchell. East Boston. Images of America. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2004.

Sammarco, Anthony Mitchell, and Peter Bryant Kingman. East Boston through Time. Arcadia Publishing, 2020.

Seasholes, Nancy S. Gaining Ground: A History of Landmaking in Boston. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2018.

Vrabel, Jim. A People’s History of the New Boston. Boston: University of Massachusetts Press, 2014.