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Do Now Day 2

1. Use EBSCO from the RPL to search your keywords. Record those findings on your organizer. Login using your Revere Public Library Card.

2. Use the U.S. History database from RHS to search your keywords. Record those findings on your organizer.

3. Use the Boston Globe or News Onefile database to search your keywords. Record those findings on your organizer.

4. Use Heritage Quest to search your keywords. Record those findings on your organizer.

Do Now Day 1

1. Use the Revere History page on Wikipedia to identify keywords. Record those words on your keyword organizer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revere,_Massachusetts#:~:text=Founded%20as%20North%20Chelsea%20in,a%20population%20of%2062%2C186%20inhabitants.

2. Search your keywords in the Revere Journal. Record your findings on the organizer. https://revere.advantage-preservation.com/

3. Search your keywords at the Essex Institute https://archive.org/search.php?query=Essex+Institute+Historical+Collections&page=17 . Record your findings on your organizer.

4. Search your keywords on the Library of Congree site. Record your findings on the organizer. https://www.loc.gov/

Primary Sources

• Revere History Museum Exhibits

• Essex Institute Historical Collections available at The Internet Archive https://archive.org/search.php?query=Essex+Institute+Historical+Collections&page=17

  • I encourage you to create an account at the internet archive because some of the books require an account for full access. Accounts are free. Just remember to keep track of your password.

• Atlases

  • Suffolk County: The museum has a couple of original volumes)

  • Digitized versions can be searched for free at: archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/127850

• Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/ has photos of revere beach, and documents about Paul Revere

  • Personal Narrative of World War II Vet Bessie Marie Shea https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.52358/

  • Historical Data (marks the time when Revere was incorporated): https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/public/gdcmassbookdig/historicaldatare00mass/historicaldatare00mass.pdf

  • Revere Beach https://www.loc.gov/search/?in=&q=%22revere+beach%22&new=true

  • Map from 1780 https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3760.ar088100/?r=0.043,0.1,1.383,0.764,0

Secondary Print Sources

• Revere History Museum Reference Library

• RHS Learning Commons

  • Revere Beach Chips by Peter McCauley includes illustrations and researched bits of information about the following topics:

    • Miss Revere Beach 1927

    • Pavilion Hotel - Robinson Crusoe House

    • Entrance to the Point of Pines

    • First Electric Street Car at Revere Beach

    • World Champion Boxing at Revere Beach

    • Oak Island Grove and Point of Pines Advertisements

    • The Great Ocean Pier (1881)

    • Holt's Pier and Bathhouse

    • Point of Pines Advertisements

    • Narrow Gauge Railroad - Boston, MA, Revere Beach, and Lynn Railroad Ads

    • Nautical Garden and the Pit

    • Ocean Pier Baths

    • Wonderland (1906-1911)

    • Mountain Scenic Highway

    • John Hurley's Revere Theatre

    • The Musical Railway

    • Roller Coasters- Dragon Gorge, Musical Railway, Our Famous Swimmer, Ann Morecroft

    • M.D.C. Bathing Permit

    • Rough Rider Merry Go Round

    • Condit - Spanish Gables - Oceanview Dance Pavilion

    • Herbert Ridgway Tribute

    • The Pit - Funhouse

    • Nautical Garden

    • The Whirlpool - The Thunderbolt Roller Coaster

    • Narrow Gauge Railroad, Ferry, Station and Coaches

    • Revere Beach's Merry Go Rounds

    • Paul Roger House

    • Charlie Freeman with Gloria Swanson and Liberace Marathon Dance at Revere Beach in 1931

    • A Tribute to Fred Hurley and Family

    • Hurley's Tilt-A-Wheel, Bubble Bounce, 13 Spook Street

    • Nickel Day at Hurley's

    • Hurley Photo Studio

    • Bicycle Racing at Revere

    • Closing of the Narrow Gauge Railroad

    • Narrow Gauge Coaches in Use- Pennsylvania

  • Images of America: Revere by William J Craig with the Revere Society for Cultural and Historic Preservation

    • The Birth of a City

    • Transportation

    • Schools

    • Businesses

    • Recreation

    • Dining Out

    • Houses of Worship

    • A Final Look

  • Revere School Days: A Pictorial History of Revere Schools By Peter E McCauley

  • 1896-1996 Centennial Edition America's First Public Beach Postcard Collection by Peter McCauley and the Revere Society for Cultural and Historical Preservation, Inc.

  • Images of America: Revere Beach by Leah A Schmidt

    • Revere Beach Reservation

    • The Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad

    • Wonderland Amusement Park

    • Beach Scenes

    • Rides and Attractions

    • Along the Boulevard

    • Entertainment and Lodging

    • Destructive Forces of Nature

  • Memories of Revere Beach: Hippodrome Carousel - 1973 by Peter McCauley

  • Revere City Hall 1899-1999 Centennial Re-Dedication Book by the Revere Historical and Cultural Commission

  • Early Historical Facts about Revere, MA by Belle Shaw

    • The Evolution of Revere from Settlement in 1625 to the incorporation as a Town in 1846

      • Samuel Maverick

      • Samuel Amias Maverick

      • Sir Harry Vane

      • The Old Burying Ground

      • The Newgate Indian Deed

      • Rumney Marsh in 1700

      • The Yeamnans House

      • The Green House

      • The Old Church

      • Captain Robert Keayne

      • Anna Keayne

      • The Sales Farm

      • Richard Bellingham

      • The Deeds of Fighting Parson Payson

      • The Town in 1772

      • The Battle of Chelsea Creek

      • The Revolutionary Period

      • Rumney Marsh in 1845-1846

      • Transportation in Early Days

      • Veterans Buried in Rumney Marsh Cemetery

  • The Architecture of Americanism: The Revere Town Hall by Robert Forrey

Revere Journal

• Print Version - Museum has many years of bound originals

• Digitized version - available free at https://revere.advantage-preservation.com/ (This only covers 1881-1973 and several years are either missing or incomplete)

• Microfilm Version at Revere Public Library

Revere Public Library

Sign up for a library card if you do not already have one!

• Check their card catalog for books/other information related to Revere's history

  • Shurtleff's History of the City of Revere (1938)

  • McCauley's Revere Beach Chips

  • Revere (Images of America)

  • Revere Beach (Images of America)

  • Lost Wonderland by Steve Wilk

Electronic Resources

• American Indian https://americanindiancoc.org/native-american-tribes-the-indian-history-in-revere-massachusetts/

• Digital Commonwealth can be searched for free at: digitalcommonwealth.org

• EBSCO at RPL

• Gale OneFile: High School Edition at RHS

• Gale One File: News at RHS

• Ancestry (Library edition) at RPL

• Fold3 at RPL

• Heritage Quest at RHS

• Gale OneFile US History at RHS

• Gale OneFile: Boston Globe at RHS

• Newspaper Archives at RPL

• eLibrary at RPL

• Infotrac at RPL

• Revere on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revere,_Massachusetts

Boston Public Library

• Sources under Books & More/Online Resources, History and Political Science

• Sources under Format: Magazines & Journals; Newspapers; Images