Articles

November 3, 2021
Ian Spangler & Garrett Dash Nelson

An interview with Ian Spangler

Welcome to our new Assistant Curator for Digital and Participatory Geography!

October 26, 2021
Michelle LeBlanc

Beyond the Map: Engaging Audiences with GIS at the Leventhal Map & Education Center

Leventhal Center staff recently published an article in the Journal of Map & Geography Libraries that highlights the Center’s geospatial data work, including use of our public data portal and our Maptivists initiative with Boston high schools.

October 1, 2021
Rachel Sharer

A Refuge from the Roar: Yosemite National Park

Examining the history and future of America's third national park on the anniversary of its founding

September 19, 2021
Michelle LeBlanc

“X” Marks the Spot: Searching for Pirate Treasure on Cape Cod

For international “Talk like a Pirate Day,” we use maps in our collection to examine the story of Captain Southack and his mandate to recover the wreck of the pirate ship Whydah off the coast of Cape Cod in 1717.

September 17, 2021
Elizabeth Borneman, Lily Xie, and Hua Xi

“We Never Wanted Him Here”

A brief history of protests, takedowns and counter-proposals to the commemoration of Christopher Columbus in the United States

August 31, 2021
Emily Bowe and Garrett Dash Nelson

An interview with Emily Bowe

Welcome to the newest member of the LMEC team!

August 30, 2021
Courtney Humphries

Negotiating the Shoreline

An interactive tour of one of the most important maps in the history of Boston Harbor's environmental management

August 20, 2021
Nyssa Patten

Unlearning and Relearning the Colonization of New England

A participant in our summer NEH workshop for teachers discusses the new ways she looks at maps, the erasure of Native people, and how she’ll be teaching this fall.