[MassHistPres] Massachusetts Bay Colony- Tercentenary Marker Website

[Russell Bixby]

Dear MassHistPres,

I have been engaged since 2010 in an effort to document historic markers
erected by the Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission in 1930.
Shown below is my journal post to The Massachusetts Studies Network
(http://mastudies.ning.com/ ) on April 3rd, regarding an active website
documentation initiative.


	
	


Most Massachusetts Studies Network members are familiar with The
Massachusetts Tercentenary Markers located along major highways and local
roadways in the Commonwealth. The markers were commissioned by the
legislature in 1930 to commemorate the 300th anniversary of The
Massachusetts Bay Colony. During January 2010 I posted an appeal for
Massachusetts Studies Network members to assist in the documentation of the
markers.  

This effort is supported by HMdb (http://www.hmdb.org/), a nationally known
organization dedicated to the documentation of historical markers; through a
separate marker series, under the title Massachusetts Bay Colony -
Tercentenary Commission Markers. The web URL is
http://www.hmdb.org/results.asp?SeriesID=100.

Some progress was made last year, with some 23 markers now recorded in the
data base. I would encourage all Massachusetts Studies Network members to
get out their cameras and join in the effort to document the remaining
markers in their area. HMbd has provided a second page at
http://www.localhistoryarchives.org/rbixby/mtccatalog.html, which contains a
link to the original 1930 Tercentenary Commission marker publication.

Most states which have similar types of publically funded markers sponsor a
website to highlight these important events in their history. Readers are
encouraged to visit the North Carolina marker website at
http://www.ncmarkers.com/Home.aspx, for an illustration of such sites.
Interestingly enough the Commonwealth does not maintain such a website for
the Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Markers.

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Is it possible to place a similar message in a MassHistPres email
distribution? If so perhaps the below could be inserted into an email
distribution:

 


	
	


Most MassHistPres email recipients are familiar with The Massachusetts
Tercentenary Markers located along major highways and local roadways in the
Commonwealth. The markers were commissioned by the legislature in 1930 to
commemorate the 300th anniversary of The Massachusetts Bay Colony. Your
assistance is requested in a current website documentation initiative for
these markers. Specifically, MassHistPres participants and others in their
community are encouraged to submit digital photographs with detail of
markers in their region, using the website tool explained below.  

This effort is supported by HMdb (http://www.hmdb.org/), a nationally known
organization dedicated to the documentation of historical markers; through a
separate marker series, under the title Massachusetts Bay Colony -
Tercentenary Commission Markers. The web URL is
http://www.hmdb.org/results.asp?SeriesID=100.

Markers in your area can be found in a reference titled, Historical Markers
Erected by Massachusetts Bay Colony Commission (1930), available at:
http://www.archive.org/details/historicalmarker00mass. 

Most states which have similar types of publically funded markers sponsor a
website to highlight these important events in their history. Readers are
encouraged to visit the North Carolina marker website at
http://www.ncmarkers.com/Home.aspx, for an illustration of such sites.
Interestingly enough the Commonwealth does not maintain such a website for
the Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Markers.

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Chris Skelley at MHC is aware of my continuing interest in Tercentenary
marker preservation.

 

 

Regards,

 

Russell C. Bixby

413-648-9735 (Home)

413-834-2290 (Cell)

www.rrustybixby.com

 

 

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