Professor of History Dan Mandell has been elected to the membership of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, founded 1892, “a non-profit educational foundation designed to promote the study of Massachusetts history from earliest settlement through the first decades of the nineteenth century.” The society publishes documents (through the University of Virginia Press) and organizes conferences related to that period. Before 1950, membership was limited to descendants of Massachusetts Bay or Plymouth colonists.
Dr. Mandell has also been elected a Fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society, “an independent research library that collects, preserves, makes accessible, and communicates manuscripts and other materials that promote the study of the history of Massachusetts and the nation.” Founded in 1791, it is the first such organization in the United States. It is an outstanding research place, and their web site features a large number of digitized pamphlets and broadsides from the Revolution, a huge number of the Adams Papers (original mss and transcription), and many other items.