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Allston Historical Almanac

A presentation of photos and maps tracing the changing Allston landscape through the 20th century (PDF, 2.3Mb).


Allston Oral History Center

The Brighton-Allston Historical Society, in partnership with the Brighton Branch Library and funded in part by Harvard University, has begun to collect the recollections of Allston-Brighton residents, past and present. For more information, visit the Historical Society site at www.bahistory.org


First and 100: The Stadium's Centennial

Essay by Craig Lambert, Chronology by John T. Bethell


Postcard courtesy of Warren M. "Renny" Little

Harvard Stadium, with its storied past, is football's Edifice Rex. On the occasion of Harvard Stadium's centennial, this article from Harvard Magazine, September-October 2003, celebrates its unusual birth, role in shaping modern football, gridiron highlights, and spectacles having nothing whatever to do with The Game.