About Our Collections
The History Project maintains one of the largest independent LGBTQ+ archives in the nation. We steward more than 200 collections documenting the history of New England’s LGBTQ communities, from pre-Stonewall times to the present day.
The History Project is excited to welcome the public to the archives for research and browsing by appointment. If you're interested in viewing our collections for your research or personal interest, please reach out to us at info@historyproject.org. Let us know your research area or specific collections you'd like to work with, and we will do our best to connect you with relevant materials in our collections!
Click Collection Guides to browse the online guides to all of our collections, including our physical (non-digitized) collections.
Featured Item
Volunteers providing Free Vegan Empanadas at Trans Resistance March
Photo taken during the June 13, 2020 Trans Resistance March, Franklin Park, Boston, Massachusetts by Jo Trigilio.
Featured Collection
#QueerArchivesAtHome
#QueerArchivesAtHome is a crowdsourced digital archives of pictures, videos, and stories; a space where we in the LGBTQ community can come…
Featured Exhibit
Visualizing Gay Community News
Visualizing Gay Community News shares a visual history of Gay Community News (GCN) through digitzed photographs stewarded by The History Project....
Recently Added Items
Coll. 077: John Mitzel Journals
John Mitzel (1948 – 2013) was a Boston based writer, activist, publisher, and bookstore owner. Mitzel was one of the organizers of Boston's first gay…
Gay Community News Collection
Gay Community News (GCN) was a weekly journal published in Boston from 1973 to 1999 by the Bromfield Street Educational Foundation. One of the most…
Coll. 038: Community Guides and Yellow Pages Collection
Since 1974, various groups have published guides for Boston and New England’s queer communities. These guides include information about area…