Nan Heywood

Librarian. Archivist. Makes special collections available as 0s and 1s at MHS. Interested in intersections of history & technology; architecture & landscapes.

[Nan Heywood @hey_nan]

200 years ago JQA dined with Harrison Gray Otis in Boston and in 1823, that would have been the 3rd HGO house, current home to @ametsoc , if I am not mistaken.

[John Quincy Adams @JQAdams_MHS]

9/2/1823: V:30. Visitors. Ride with Parkman to Prince's. Dined at H. G. Otis's. Eve at Joy's, and Winthrop's.

[Nan Heywood @hey_nan]

@jaywmurdock @dog_rates I agree--i recognized the same typo!!

[Nan Heywood @hey_nan]

@dog_rates Did you misspell arfson??

[Massachusetts Historical Society @MHS1791]

#DYK that #StPatricksDay is also #EvacuationDay in #Boston? Read about the British occupation of Boston & their "Evacuation" on 3.17.1776, in the diaries of John Rowe: https://t.co/61SFyYkl3s.
Transcription project: https://t.co/cStNwbKVvF

#MHS1791

[Nan Heywood @hey_nan]

On days like today I wonder if my county or state could redesign the local "I Voted" sticker to look something like the new sticket from Ulster County, NY??

[Massachusetts Historical Society @MHS1791]

Want to know more about remote volunteer transcription, and how it really works? Read all in this Beehive blog: https://t.co/Afn8eqObYp

#MHS1791 #Transcribe #Beehive #Blog

[Nan Heywood @hey_nan]

@elizaorlins Awwwww. I lost my dog to cincer in late May and i still an grieving. Dogs are true family members.

[Nan Heywood @hey_nan]

My brain and eyes are experiencing Information and irony in #301, Reimaging Access session. As i was hearing about a great resource--Alt- Text as Poetry (website) the captions in the screen were: "All Texas Poetry"! #saa22

[Nan Heywood @hey_nan]

The session re: Community Archiving Workshops has great ex of how the hands-on approach brings people together,helps kick-start ways to inventory & identify AV materials. One participant at a workshop said, "Working together as a group is how we should always be working." #saa22

[Nan Heywood @hey_nan]

Attending an interesting session about CAW (Community Archiving Workshop) #saa2022 Thank you Amy Sloper for sharing a quote from one of the participanta in a CAW workshop about AV preservation, "Working together as a group is how we should always be working."

[Nan Heywood @hey_nan]

@2ndPOTUS Don't worry JA, we will remember to celebrate your birthday on 10/30!

[Nan Heywood @hey_nan]

While I hope many of you know that 7-11 is free slurpee day, please also remember to celebrate John Quincy Adams's birthday today! Read on for a link to a great article about his diaries, and keep following the tweets below for some quotes from his diaries!

[Sara Georgini @sarageorgini]

🍰Happy birthday to the one and only JQA! Learn more about his diary here, #twitterstorians .@SmithsonianMag
https://t.co/sMEtbvgdLn

[Nan Heywood @hey_nan]

#DCCon22 Great update from @bplboston about latest development work on (and usage of) Digital Commonwealth repository! @digicomMA Good work BPL staff, Digital Commonwealth board/volunteers and contributing institutions!

[Nan Heywood @hey_nan]

#DCCon22 Just bookmarked this well-articulated work from @SocialImpactNU on anti-oppreasive community engagement. Thanks to @gmecagni for presenting on this! https://t.co/rPTOGC7mdj

[Nan Heywood @hey_nan]

#DCCon22 interesting walking tour project from University of Southern Maine combining local history collections, oral histories to tell the story of LGBTQ bars in Portland, Maine

[Nan Heywood @hey_nan]

Exploring these projects thanks to #DCCon22 https://t.co/vRZtGHQ1yC

[Nan Heywood @hey_nan]

#DCCon22 Wow! @falpublib did so many creative projects with their collection of digitized postcards! So many great ways to engage the community

[John Quincy Adams @JQAdams_MHS]

An archivist’s work is never done! The MHS is seeking volunteers to help transcribe journals of an 1850s missionary to East Boston. Learn more and sign up at https://t.co/rTPaOEkhAd

[Nan Heywood @hey_nan]

Fun blog tour of Boston in 1846 inspired by Emily Dickinson, courtesy @MHS1791! This piece has everything--lines of poetry, historical sources, and gives us a sense of what Dickinson saw as a traveler. https://t.co/41aoDtZ9YF

[Nan Heywood @hey_nan]

@saschenkaaa And...the dog yawning is pretty good too!