Primary Resources

Essex County, MA Primary Sources

This is a page designed to help direct you to local Essex County primary sources and related materials. You can access lesson plans linked to these sources and created especially for the Essex LINCs seminars on the Lesson Plans page. Primary Sources listed here were located by our museum educator, Rebecca Zimmerman. Please contact her if you have any comments or questions regarding these documents. You may also want to contact the institutions which hold the originals of these materials directly.

Primary Sources from the Spring 2008 Seminars

Primary Resources for the Introduction to Primary Sources lesson - National Archives, Northeast Region, Waltham, Mass. (February, 2008)

Primary Resources for the Why do We Have Government? lesson - Beverly Historical Society, Beverly, Mass. (March, 2008)

Primary Resources for the "I Can Make Myself Contented Most Anywhere", Changes Caused By the Industrial Revolution lesson - Lawrence Heritage State Park, Lawrence, Mass. (April, 2008)

Primary Resources for the Remember Me... (monuments) lesson - Andover Historical Society, Andover, Mass. (May, 2008)

Primary Sources from the 2008 and 2009 Summer Institute - Governing in New England and the United States

Primary Resources for the Creating a Town Meeting lesson - Rocky Hill Meetinghouse, Amesbury, Mass. (July, 2008/2009)

Primary Resources for the Declaring Independence -- How Members of Local Communities Chose to Act lesson - Marblehead Museum and Historical Society, Marblehead, Mass. (July, 2008/2009)

Primary Resources for the Seals from the National to the Local lesson - National Archives, Waltham, Mass. (July, 2008)

Primary Resources for the Geometry of Democracy lesson - Hamilton Hall, Salem, Mass. (July, 2008/2009)

Primary Resources for the Forgotten Populations: Working Towards Freedom Through Government lesson - Museum of African American History, Boston, Mass. (July, 2008/2009)

Primary Resources for the Towards Separation of Church and State lesson - Judith Sargent Murray House, Gloucester, Mass. (July, 2009)

Primary Sources from the Fall 2008 Seminars

Primary Resources for the Introduction to Primary Sources lesson - National Archives, Northeast Region, Waltham, Mass. (October, 2008) - a repeat of February, 2008 with the addition of Electoral College Ballot Counts

Primary Resources for the How Do Governments Work? lesson - Gloucester City Hall, Gloucester, Mass. (November, 2008)

Primary Resources for the "I Can Make Myself Contented Most Anywhere", Changes Caused By the Industrial Revolution lesson - Lawrence Heritage State Park, Lawrence, Mass. (Conducted in December, 2008 - a repeat of the April, 2008 workshop)

Primary Resources for the Remember Me... (gravestone) lesson - Beverly Historical Society, Beverly, Mass. (January, 2009)

Primary Sources from the Spring 2009 Seminars

Primary Resources for the Introduction to Primary Sources lesson - National Archives, Northeast Region, Waltham, Mass. (February, 2009) - a re-working of October, 2008 with the Eagle sublesson, Electoral College Ballot Counts, and the addition of the Two Friends Schooner, slavery lesson.

Primary Resources for the How Do Governments Work? lesson - Gloucester City Hall, Gloucester, Mass. (March, 2009) - new material from Haverhill & Lynn

Primary Resources for the If the Shoe Fits... lesson - Haverhill Historical Society, Haverhill, Mass. (April, 2009)

Primary Resources for the Remember Me... (gravestone) lesson - Marblehead Museum and Historical Society, Marblehead, Mass. (May, 2009) - a re-working of the January 2009 lesson

Primary Sources from the 2009 and 2010 Summer Institute - Working in New England and the United States

Primary Resources for the Fishing and Maritime Work in Essex County lesson - Gloucester Maritime Center, Gloucester, Mass. (July, 2009/2010)

Primary Resources for the To Market, To Market...Farming & Domestic Work in Essex County lesson - Spencer Peirce Little Farm, Newbury, MA. (July, 2009/2010)

Primary Resources for the Secretive Slavery in Essex County lesson - Royall House & Slave Quarters, Medford, MA (July, 2009/2010)

Primary Resources for the Let's Make A Deal... Commerce in Essex County lesson - House of Seven Gables and Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Mass. (July, 2009/2010)

Primary Resources for the Entrepreneurship In Essex County lesson - Peabody Institute Library, Peabody, MA and Lawrence Heritage Center, Lawrence, MA (July, 2009/2010)

Primary Sources from the Fall 2009 Seminars

Primary Resources for the Introduction to Primary Sources lesson - National Archives, Northeast Region, Waltham, Mass. (October, 2009) - a repeat of February, 2009 with the addition of Regional Trading Focus

Primary Resources for the Seals from the National to the Local lesson - Marblehead Museum and Historical Society, Marblehead, Mass. (November, 2009)

Primary Resources for the If the Shoe Fits... lesson - Haverhill Historical Society, Haverhill, Mass. (December, 2009)

Primary Resources for the Experiencing Essex County; First Impressions Through Word and Image lesson - Beverly Historical Society, Beverly, Mass. (January, 2010)

Primary Sources from the Spring 2010 Seminars

Primary Resources for the Introduction to Primary Sources lesson - National Archives, Northeast Region, Waltham, Mass. (February 2010) - a repeat of October, 2009

Primary Resources for the Geometry of Democracy lesson - Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, Mass. (March, 2010) - new material from Rockport, Gloucester, Ipswich, Boxford and Salem

Primary Resources for the What Can I Buy? Looking at Changes in Available Goods Caused by the Industrial Revolution lesson - Lawrence Heritage State Park, Lawrence, MA (April, 2010)

Primary Resources for the Experiencing Essex County; First Impressions Through Word and Image lesson - Andover Historical Society, Andover, Mass. (May, 2010)

Primary Sources from the 2010 Summer Institute - Peopling New England and the United States

Primary Resources for the Doing Well in the New World; Exploration of the Lives of First European Settlers of Essex County lesson - Pioneer Village, Salem, Mass. (July, 2010)

Primary Resources for the Who Was Here First… Seventeenth Century Native Peoples’ Presence in Essex County lesson - Danvers Historical Society, Danvers, Mass. (July, 2010)

Primary Resources for the Moving Around- Using Historic Maps of Essex County to Learn About Changes in 19thc Communities lesson - National Archives, Waltham, Mass. (July, 2010)

Primary Resources for the Leaving Our Mark – Migration from Essex County to Ohio and California lesson - Beverly Historical Society, Beverly, MA (July, 2010)

There was no main lesson for this day. Instead a presentation was given by Maggi and Jim Dalton on changes in music from the 17th through the 19th century. - Salem, MA (July 2010)

Primary Sources from the Fall 2010 Seminars

Primary Resources for the Introduction to Primary Sources lesson - National Archives, Northeast Region, Waltham, Mass. (October, 2010) - a repeat of February, 2010 with the addition of Immigration and Census focus

Primary Resources for the Revolutionary Essex County - Local Communities Showing National Trends lesson - Marblehead Museum and Historical Society, Marblehead, Mass. (November, 2010)

Primary Resources for the What Can I Buy? Looking at Changes in Available Goods Caused by the Industrial Revolution lesson - Lawrence Heritage State Park, Lawrence, MA (December, 2010) - repeat of April 2010

Primary Resources for the Native and First Settlers - A Comparison of Essex County Populations in the 1600s lesson - Beverly Historical Society, Beverly, Mass. (January, 2011)

Primary Sources from the Spring 2011 Seminars

Primary Resources for the Introduction to Primary Sources lesson - Ipswich Museum, Ipswich, Mass. (February, 2011) - a repeat of October, 2010

Primary Resources for the Creating a Town Meeting lesson - Rocky Hill Meetinghouse, Amesbury, Mass. (March, 2011)

Primary Resources for the Farm or Factory? Making “Work Pay” in Essex County lesson - Spencer Peirce Little Farm, Newbury, MA. (April, 2011)

Primary Resources for the Native and First Settlers - A Comparison of Essex County Populations in the 1600s lesson - Beverly Historical Society, Beverly, Mass. (May, 2011)