Revere History
Do Now Day 2
Use EBSCO from the RPL to search your keywords. Record those findings on your organizer. Login using your Revere Public Library Card.
Use the U.S. History database from RHS to search your keywords. Record those findings on your organizer.
Use the Boston Globe or News Onefile database to search your keywords. Record those findings on your organizer.
Use Heritage Quest to search your keywords. Record those findings on your organizer.
Do Now Day 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.
Search your keywords in the Revere Journal. Record your findings on the organizer. https://revere.advantage-preservation.com/
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.
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 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
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Sources under Format: Magazines & Journals; Newspapers; Images