Bazmashentzi Picnic at Soghomons farm Whitinsville MA circa 1932 Courtesy of Marion Mantashigian Malkasian
Bazmashentzi Picnic at Soghomon's farm, Whitinsville, Massachusetts, circa 1932; photographer unknown. Courtesy of Marion Mantashigian Malkasian MALKASIAN_Marion_9-91
Commemorating the
Whitinsville Armenian Community
Project SAVE Armenian Photograph Archives is proud to support The Armenians of Whitinsville Project, in partnership with Soorp Asdvadzadzin Church, to document the Whitinsville Armenian community.
 
The project is based on the tradition of the memory books written about the villages in Historic Armenia where our ancestors were born. Today, this living memorial intends to explore, document and celebrate the Whitinsville community through time. 
 
The Armenians of Whitinsville Project is interested in photographs of the community currently living in Whitinsville and those who have lived and worked there in the past.
 
A website dedicated to the Whitinsville Armenian community will showcase the collected photographs, recipes, letters, and stories. The aim is to bring people together over these treasures, discuss them, label them, and scan them to be available for future generations.
 
Participants can contribute their original photographs to Project SAVE Archives, which will add these original photographs to their archives for use by researchers and the general public.
 
If your family passed through Whitinsville 100 years ago or lives there still today, and you are interested in participating either by volunteering or contributing photographs, recipes, letters and other documents, stories, music and/or film or video, please email [email protected] for more information.
Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) parade float, “How to knit rugs in Armenia” on Whitinsville Cotton Mill (WCM) Farm truck Whitinsville, MA, 1919; photographer unknown. Courtesy of Michael Peter Johnson. Naomi Johnson 4-16
Project SAVE Archives is creating more access to our primary-source photographs and their stories, to ensure our vibrant and rich heritage is seen and promoted.
Be sure to visit our online collections database at projectsave.org/gallery
Our Mission
We bring to light the culture and history of Armenians by making photographs and their stories, which otherwise would be lost, destroyed, or forgotten, available for public and educational use.
 
Project SAVE Armenian Photograph Archives, Inc. collects, documents, preserves, and shares images of all subjects and time periods relating to the Armenian people and the work of Armenian photographers.
 
We are dedicated to promoting the photographic heritage of the worldwide Armenian community.
Project SAVE Armenian Photograph Archives