Slide Shows and StoryMaps

The Cambridge Historical Commission staff is pleased to share links to CHC Slide Shows on various historical subjects. These are available as PDF files and the files will likely be quite large. Please be patient while downloading.

We will also be adding more GIS StoryMaps to this page, covering aspects of Cambridge history and historic preservation. Check out the Cambridge Lunch Carts and Diner Cars StoryMap below.

General History of Cambridge

  1. Architectural Styles in Cambridge (2015) by Sarah L. Burks
  2. Cambridge History and Housing (2016) by Charles M. Sullivan
  3. Cambridge, Who We Are and How We Got Here (2016) by Charles M. Sullivan
  4. Cambridge African American History Trail GIS StoryMap (2021) by Lukas Ruschak
  5. Geology is Destiny (2024) by Charles M. Sullivan
  6. Handsome Harry Hanson Tour GIS StoryMap (2019) by Brittany Fox, Sarah L. Burks, and Megan Schwenke
  7. Neighborhood Development and Zoning (2023) by Charles M. Sullivan
  8. Preservation in Cambridge (2025) by Charles M. Sullivan
  9. Radical Events and Bad Behavior in Cambridge (2017) by Charles M. Sullivan
  10. Remembering Cambridge, part 1 (2016) by Kathleen (Kit) Rawlins
  11. Slavery and its Aftermath in Cambridge (2021) by Charles M. Sullivan
  12. Slave Legacy History Coalition Meeting (October 12, 2022) presentation to the Coalition by Charles M. Sullivan, View it on YouTube.
  13. What's Happened to the Black Community in Cambridge? (2026) by Charles M. Sullivan
Cambridge Neighborhoods
  1. Building Old Cambridge book talk, (Nov. 17, 2016) by Charles M. Sullivan and Susan E. Maycock, as presented at the Old Cambridge Baptist Church.
  2. Cambridge Homes (2019) by Charles M. Sullivan
  3. Finding Alewife (2014) by Charles M. Sullivan
  4. Area Four / The Port (2016) by Charles M. Sullivan
  5. Harvard Square (2018) by Charles M. Sullivan to the Harvard Square Neighborhood Association
  6. Harvard Square as an Incubator of Printing, Publishing and Architectural Design, 1800-1924 (2017) by Charles M. Sullivan and Susan E. Maycock, as presented to the Cambridge Historical Society at the Harvard COOP
  7. Kendall Square (2012) by Charles M. Sullivan
  8. MIT and Cambridge 1912-2016 (2015) by Charles M. Sullivan
  9. Porter Square (2018) by Charles M. Sullivan
  10. Porter's Station View: Fantasy or Reality? (2017) by Charles M. Sullivan
  11. Reservoir Hill History (2015) by Charles M. Sullivan
Cambridge Buildings
  1. Cambridge Lunch Carts and Diner Cars GIS StoryMap (2018) by Sarah L. Burks
  2. Foundry Building (2017) by Charles M. Sullivan
  3. Harvard Square Kiosk (2017) by Charles M. Sullivan
  4. Finding One Rogers Street (2014) by Charles M. Sullivan
Preservation Technology

  1. Creative Uses of the Preservation Toolbox (2015) by Sarah L. Burks
  2. Preservation Toolbox (2013) by Sarah L. Burks
  3. Synthetics in Cambridge Historic Districts (2017/2018) by Charles M. Sullivan