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.


  1. Kendall Square (2012) by Charles M. Sullivan
  2. Preservation Toolbox (2013) by Sarah L. Burks
  3. Finding Alewife (2014) by Charles M. Sullivan
  4. Finding One Rogers Street (2014) by Charles M. Sullivan
  5. MIT and Cambridge 1912-2016 (2015) by Charles M. Sullivan
  6. Creative Uses of the Preservation Toolbox (2015) by Sarah L. Burks
  7. Architectural Styles in Cambridge (2015) by Sarah L. Burks
  8. Reservoir Hill History (2015) by Charles M. Sullivan
  9. Area Four / The Port (2016) by Charles M. Sullivan
  10. Cambridge History and Housing (2016) by Charles M. Sullivan
  11. Remembering Cambridge, part 1 (2016) by Kathleen (Kit) Rawlins
  12. Cambridge, Who We Are and How We Got Here (2016) by Charles M. Sullivan
  13. Harvard Square Kiosk (2017) by Charles M. Sullivan
  14. 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
  15. Link to CCTV taping of book talk for release of publication, Building Old Cambridge, (Nov. 17, 2016) by Charles M. Sullivan and Susan E. Maycock, as presented at the Old Cambridge Baptist Church.
  16. Porter's Station View: Fantasy or Reality? (2017) by Charles M. Sullivan
  17. Foundry Building (2017) by Charles M. Sullivan
  18. Radical Events and Bad Behavior in Cambridge (2017) by Charles M. Sullivan
  19. Cambridge Lunch Carts and Diner Cars GIS StoryMap (2018) by Sarah L. Burks
  20. Porter Square (2018) by Charles M. Sullivan
  21. Harvard Square (2018) by Charles M. Sullivan to the Harvard Square Neighborhood Association
  22. Cambridge Homes (2019) by Charles M. Sullivan