Category: Collections

After the Great Baltimore Fire

A blog post by Director of Collections and Exhibits Joanna Church. To read more posts by Joanna click HERE. On the morning of Sunday, February 7, 1904, a building near the

Traveling With Grace: En Route to Sweden, 1950

This week we embark on a new journey with Grace Hecht. This particular 1950 trip takes us across the Atlantic! Special thanks go to JMM volunteer Harold Toppall for his transcriptions

A Dive Into Our Collections for Mother’s Day

Our Director of Collections and Exhibits, Joanna, kindly offered to pull together a selection of photos from our collections to help us celebrate Mother’s Day (which is this coming Sunday,

Traveling with Grace: Home Again

This week’s entry for our #TravelTuesday series: Traveling with Grace is short and sweet, detailing her final two days on the road in 1947. To read more of Grace’s travels, click

Class Pictures

Blog post by JMM archivist Lorie Rombro. You can read more posts by Lorie HERE. I don’t know about you, but my house is boring me a bit. Seeing the same

Traveling with Grace: Heading East

In this week’s entry for our #TravelTuesday series: Traveling with Grace, the party continues eastward towards home, enjoying some time in Indiana, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. To read more of

Collections Highlights: Passover

A blog post by Director of Collections and Exhibits Joanna Church. To read more posts by Joanna click HERE. For this week’s Insights, the team asked me to highlight some Passover-related

Traveling with Grace: Onward Towards Home

In this week’s entry for our #TravelTuesday series: Traveling with Grace, the party begins the long journey towards home. To read more of Grace’s travels, click here.  Beloit, Kansas Weather: Sunny

Traveling with Grace: Exploring Colorado Springs

This week’s entry for our #TravelTuesday series: Traveling with Grace explores Colorado Springs, a place Grace and her traveling companions were “sorry to leave.” To read more of Grace’s travels, click

Traveling With Grace: The Cities of Colorado

This week’s entry for our #TravelTuesday series: Traveling with Grace continues her visit through Colorado. As mentioned in earlier posts, the language and prejudices used in Grace’s writing are very