The History Project is a Boston-based community archives focused on telling and preserving the history of New England LGBTQ people.[1][2][3][4] It is one of the largest independent LGBTQ archives in the United States.[5] They continue to offer programs and collect materials related to the LGBTQ history of New England.[2]

History

The History Project was founded in 1980 when several prominent LGBTQ Boston activists and community members, including Libby Bouvier, received a $300 grant from the City of Boston to document Boston LGBTQ history.[6] A number of the original founders were involved with Boston area publication Gay Community News. [7]

In addition to their work collecting archival materials, the History Project has launched several major public history exhibits. In1996, the History Project curated an exhibit at the Boston Public Library entitled 'Public Faces/Private Lives,' which detailed the lives of LGBTQ Bostonians. [8]The exhibit drew over 50,000 visitors. The contents of this exhibit were later published in 1998 into the book Improper Bostonians. [3][9]

In 2019, as part of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, the History Project, in collaboration with Boston Pride, launched a public history project entitled 'Stonewall 50' to map and commemorate fifty locations connected to Boston's LGBTQ history. These locations, some extant and others since closed, were commemorated in person with banners or posters and virtually on a digital map that included information about each location and photographs from the History Project's archives. [10] Locations featured in this project included Jacques Cabaret, Fenway Health's main building[11], Boston City Hall and the Old West Church.[12] The History Project by the Boston Preservation Alliance for this project in 2021.[13] [12]

HistoryMaker Award

Each year, The History Project honors chosen community members and organizations with the HistoryMaker award to recognize their impact.[14] The award was first given in 2009. Honorees include:

References

  1. ^ MacQuarrie, Brian (2025-03-03). "National Parks in Massachusetts are Reeling After Job Cuts". The Boston Globe.
  2. ^ a b Pray, Adri (2024-03-07). "Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon in Jamaica Plain Will Amplify Queer Women's History: The History Project Will Edit More than a Dozen Articles Honoring Influential Queer Women with Massachusetts Ties". The Boston Globe.
  3. ^ a b "The History Project: Improper Bostonians". BiblioEvents. 2024-03-30. Retrieved 2025-03-08.
  4. ^ "Boston's LGBTQ Past". Boston By Foot. Retrieved 2025-03-08.
  5. ^ Pennington, Juliet. "Joan Ilacqua Likes to Mix History and Cocktails (and Mouse Ears) on Vacation: The 32-Year-Old Plymouth Native is the First Executive Director of the History Project, a Boston-Based Nonprofit that Maintains One of the Largest Independent LGBTQ Archives in the Nation. We Caught Up with Her to Talk about all Things Travel". The Boston Globe.
  6. ^ Allis, Sam (2010-04-13). "LOOKING BACK". The Boston Globe. pp. G.12.
  7. ^ "Gay Community News at 50: The queer outlet that went from Boston to the world". www.wbur.org. 2023-10-24. Retrieved 2025-03-08.
  8. ^ "Public Faces / Private Lives | The History Project". www.historyproject.org. Retrieved 2025-03-08.
  9. ^ "Experiencing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Boston – AHA". American Historical Association. Retrieved 2025-03-08.
  10. ^ "Boston & Stonewall 50 | The History Project". www.historyproject.org. Retrieved 2025-03-19.
  11. ^ Health, Fenway (2019-06-04). "The History Project Names 1340 Boylston A Stonewall 50 Historic Site - Fenway Health". fenwayhealth.org. Retrieved 2025-03-19.
  12. ^ a b "CFA Assistant Director's Stonewall 50 Project Receives the 2021 Boston Preservation Alliance Award | College of Fine Arts". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 2025-03-19.
  13. ^ "The History Project–Stonewall 50 | Boston Preservation Alliance". bostonpreservation.org. 2022-06-07. Retrieved 2025-03-19.
  14. ^ a b Fox, Jeremy (2024-11-15). "Transgender Community Looks Back -- and Ahead". The Boston Globe.
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