Our digitization efforts are ongoing. We will continue to add new items and collections over time. 

Broadsides Collection

Spectacular! Astounding! Three centuries of broadsides from Essex County, Massachusetts!

Chamberlain Family Papers

1895-1989

Personal and business papers of Sam and Narcissa Chamberlain as well as a large amount of research material on France and England, photographs, and ephemera

Correspondence of Rev. Joseph Noyes

1706-1757

Related to the Yale tutor and minister of First Church in New Haven, Connecticut

Edward S. Morse Collection

A variety of published and manuscript materials concerning Edward Sylvester Morse.

Emmerton, Foster, & Putnam

1847-1874

Architectural drawings and project specifications by William H. Emmerton, Joseph C. Foster, and Charles Appleton Putnam, in Salem, Massachusetts

Let None Be Excluded: The Origins of Equal School Rights in Salem

Documents and materials from the 2022-2023 exhibition at the Peabody Essex Museum

Pingree Family Papers

Ships' papers, maps, photographs and other records from the Pingree family papers

Remond Family Papers

1823-1869, undated

Papers of a prominent African-American family of Salem, Massachusetts

Salem Fire Images

Photo collection of the Great Salem Fire of 1914

The Salem Witch Trials

Several types of content make up this collection: original documents from 1692, items related to PEM exhibtions about the witch trials, and more.

Winthrop Family Papers

1633-1700, 1899

Documents related to Ipswich, Massachusetts, most written to or from John Winthrop, Jr.