This document outlines various sources that can be used to research the history of a neighborhood in Brookline, Massachusetts. It discusses maps and atlases, building permits, deeds, photographs, census records, street directories, newspaper archives, and biographical information that provide details about the layout of the land, construction of homes and buildings, photographs of how the neighborhood appeared historically, and information about the people who lived there. Combining information from these different source types allows one to uncover and tell the story of a particular Brookline neighborhood.

1. All History is Local: Uncovering the Story of Your Brookline Neighborhood Ken Liss Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008

3. Maps and Atlases : Changes Over Time Ken Liss Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008 The Blake Estate 1888 Blake Park 1919

4. Maps and Atlases : Changes Over Time Ken Liss Blake Park, 1927 Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008

6. Streets & Houses: Building Permits Ken Liss Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008

7. Streets & Houses: Building Permits Ken Liss Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008

8. Streets & Houses: Deeds & Plot Plans Ken Liss Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008

9. Streets & Houses: Deeds & Plot Plans Ken Liss Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008

11. Streets & Houses: Photographs & Illustrations Ken Liss Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008

12. Streets & Houses: Photographs & Illustrations Ken Liss Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008

13. Streets & Houses: Photographs & Illustrations Ken Liss Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008

14. Streets & Houses: Photographs & Illustrations Ken Liss Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008

15. Streets & Houses: Photographs & Illustrations Ken Liss Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008

16. Streets & Houses: Photographs & Illustrations Ken Liss Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008

17. Streets & Houses: Photographs & Illustrations Ken Liss Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008

18. Streets & Houses: Photographs & Illustrations Ken Liss Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008

19. Streets & Houses: Photographs & Illustrations Ken Liss Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008

20. The People of the Neighborhood: The Annual Brookline Street List Ken Liss 1926 1940 1954 Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008

21. The People of the Neighborhood: United States Census Data Ken Liss Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008

22. The People of the Neighborhood: United States Census Data Ken Liss Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008

23. The People of the Neighborhood: Biographical Info: Biography Resource Center Ken Liss Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008

24. The People of the Neighborhood: Biographical Info: Biography Resource Center Ken Liss Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008

25. The People of the Neighborhood: Biographical Info: Obits Ken Liss Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008

26. The People of the Neighborhood: Biographical Info: Obits Ken Liss Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008

27. The People of the Neighborhood: Biographical Info: Obits Ken Liss Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008

28. The People of the Neighborhood: Biographical Info: Obits Ken Liss Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008

29. The People of the Neighborhood: Biographical Info: Ancestry.com Ken Liss Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008

30. The People of the Neighborhood: Biographical Info: Ancestry.com Ken Liss Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008

31. The People of the Neighborhood: Biographical Info: Ancestry.com Ken Liss Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008

32. The People of the Neighborhood: Biographical Info: Ancestry.com Ken Liss Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008

35. Newspaper Archives: Brookline Chronicle Ken Liss Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008

36. Newspaper Archives: Brookline Chronicle Ken Liss Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008

37. Newspaper Archives: Boston Globe Ken Liss 1897 1914 1921 Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008

38. Newspaper Archives: Boston Globe Ken Liss 1916 1917 Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008

39. Newspaper Archives: New York Times Ken Liss 1948 1999 Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008

41. Bringing It All Together: The Story of a Neighborhood Ken Liss http:// blakepark.muddyriver.us Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008

42. Bringing It All Together: The Story of a Neighborhood Ken Liss http:// blakepark.muddyriver.us Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008

43. Bringing It All Together: The Story of a Neighborhood Ken Liss http:// blakepark.muddyriver.us Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008

44. Bringing It All Together: The Story of a Neighborhood Ken Liss http:// blakepark.muddyriver.us Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008

45. Bringing It All Together: The Story of a Neighborhood Ken Liss http:// blakepark.muddyriver.us Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008

46. What Can You Find About Your Neighborhood? Corey Hill article, Boston Globe , 1875 Griggs Park map, 1919 Monmouth Street Residents 1900 U.S. Census Aspinwall Hill Ad, 1892 Hood’s Creamery, 277 Harvard St. (Now Starbuck’s) Chronicle , 1917

47. All History is Local: Uncovering the Story of Your Brookline Neighborhood Ken Liss [email_address] Brookline Adult & Community Education January 24, 2008 Questions?