Recovering Black History in Keene is a sub-project of the Recovering Black History in the Monadnock Region initiative, a citizen-archivist project led by the Historical Society of Cheshire County in Keene, NH, and the Monadnock Center for History and Culture in Peterborough, NH. 

With support from the New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources and the Certified Local Government Grant Program, the Keene Heritage Commission has partnered with a Northeastern University-based research team, led by Kabria Baumgartner, Ph.D., to trace the history of African American's in Keene, New Hampshire, from the 1730s to the 1930s. Their work has been supported by Jenna Carroll, the Director of Education at the Historical Society of Cheshire County. 

This collection hopes to make visible Black experiences in 19th century Keene. The repository will bring together all material located and created by archivists, volunteers, scholars, and student researchers.

  • A brief introduction to the project, the researchers, and the history can be found through the about pages.
  • To view the archival material collected, you can browse items or browse item sets
  • To learn more about the work being done by the Recovering Black History project or the methods being implemented through this site highlighted through selected items, explore the present exhibits.
  • For the "data dictionary" or explanations of the data, metadata, methods, and key vocabulary, check out the methods and data page. 
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