More than 700,000 items from our collections have been digitized and are freely accessible online through the Digital Library and Archives (DLA).

From immigrant records to family histories to photographs, the DLA has so much to explore. The archives are fully searchable and enable you to research from anywhere with internet access. 

To gain access to the full DLA website, create a free guest account by filling out this form and selecting the box at the bottom that reads "I want JHC DLA access, please". Then return to the Digital Library and Archives and login with your newly created account credentials. 

The following collections are open access and do not require a free guest user account:

• Abraham C. Ratshesky Papers (P-586) 
• Abraham Strauss Papers (P-648)
• Adolphus Strassman Papers (P-939)
• Louisa May Alcott Club Records (I-210)
• United Hebrew Benevolent Association (Boston, Mass.) Records (I-223)
• Mary Antin Correspondence to Alfred Seelye Roe (JHCP-012) 
• Leopold Morse Papers (JHCP-013)
• The Jewish Times, Boston, MA
• Jewish Neighborhood Voices Oral History Project