Cambridge, United States (Local)
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Beth Folsom's coverage predominantly centers around local cultural and historical events in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She often focuses on community initiatives, local history, and heritage preservation. Given this focus, pitches to Beth should highlight unique stories related to Cambridge's rich history or ongoing community events. Sources with specialized knowledge of the area’s culture and heritage would be particularly relevant for her articles.
As a journalist focusing on the local scene within Cambridge, Massachusetts, she seems receptive to covering announcements about upcoming events or new initiatives that contribute to the area’s cultural landscape. Additionally, experts who can provide insightful commentary on topics relating to local heritage and activism within Cambridge are likely to capture her attention.
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By: Beth Folsom
Book publishing, particularly textbooks, was already well represented in Cambridge by the end of the 19th century, largely because of the city’s universities. Then came Ginn & Co., led by a Universalist on a mission.
By: Beth Folsom
As the nation prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 2026, History Cambridge co-hosts “Washington in American Memory,” a seven-part speaker series running through April.
By: Beth Folsom
by | Nov 10, 2025 | Community Did You Know? | Tour gives a view of East Cambridge through the eyes of longtime residents Monday, November 10, 2025
A man was murdered in Cambridge in 1849, his body dismembered and dumped in the furnace of a college laboratory. The trial that followed scandalized the public not only because of its gruesome details, but because the victim and the accused belonged to Cambridge’s elite.
By: Beth Folsom
To close out its Year of East Cambridge, History Cambridge plans a series of events to highlight the long and diverse history of the neighborhood at pop-up space at 625 Cambridge St. We welcome residents to contribute one or more items to a community exhibition featured in the space in December and early January. Do […]
By: Beth Folsom
Dorothea Dix was nearly 40 when she first stepped foot inside the East Cambridge Jail in 1841 to teach Sunday school to women incarcerated there. Dix was born in 1802 in Hampden, Maine, which was then part of Massachusetts. When she was a child, her family moved to Worcester, where her struggling parents could get […]
East Cambridge’s several Catholic parishes were a driving force in creating the neighborhood we know today. Here’s how they grew.
German immigrant and Harvard professor Charles Follen is credited with introducing the German tradition of the Christmas tree to Massachusetts in 1832. Born Karl Theodor Christian Friedrich Follen in 1796 in the town of Romrod (part of what would later become the nation of Germany), Follen attended theology school before enlisting in the army during the Napoleonic Wars in 1814. A severe case of typhoid fever led to his discharge after only a few weeks of service and, after recovering, Follen returned to university to study law.
History Cambridge closes its year of looking at the culture and community in the eastern part of the city. Next year: a focus on West Cambridge.
West Cambridge will be the focal point of History Cambridge in 2026, in part because of the neighborhood's role in the 250th anniversary of declaring independence from Great Britain.
