Aarons, Jules Collection (Print Department, x2280)

Photographs by Boston street photographer Jules Aarons taken in the neighborhoods of Boston, including the West End and North End, from 1947 to 1976.

Abbey Theatre Collection (Print Department, x2280; Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

The history of the Irish National Theatre from 1905-1978 described through letters (136), manuscripts, programs (705), playbills, publicity materials, drawings, and other ephemera.

Abdalian, Leon Collection (Print Department, x2280)

Glass-plate and film negatives of Boston-area historical and architectural landmarks taken by Abdalian, a Boston based freelance commercial photographer from 1913-1960.

Adams, Bertram E. Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Personal papers, monographs, and serials related to the career of magician Adams with a special focus on Harry Houdini.

Adams, John (1735-1826) Library (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

This collection reflects the second president’s wide interests, containing the earliest known documented American publisher’s cloth binding (March 1826), law books, material on diplomatic negotiations, literary classics, Greek and Latin works, volumes on the political and constitutional histories of various countries. Originally given to the Town of Quincy, the gift of approximately 3,000 volumes was transferred to the Boston Public Library in 1893 through arrangements made by Charles Francis Adams.

Adlow, Elijah Papers (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

The collection contains approximately 10,000 plus legal documents from predominently the late 18^th and early 19^th centuries relating to Suffolk County and Massachusetts. Materials include Supreme Judicial Court records, writs of attachment and execution, criminal complaints, jail construction and prisoner lists.

Adult Education Association (Special Collections, x4236)

Conference materials, programs, membership lists, minutes, newsletters, award programs, and photographs documenting the Adult Education Council of Greater Boston (1935-1945) and the Adult Education Association in Massachusetts (1961-1966).

L’Adunata dei Refrattari Collection (Research Library Stacks x2244; Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Monographs, pamphlets, and serials on anarchist and radical topics. The titles can be accessed through the Research Library On-Line Catalog.

Alioto, Kathleen Sullivan Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Alioto was chair of the Boston School Committee. The collection contains photocopies of newspaper articles on the desegregation in the Boston Schools, from 1973-1979.

Allen, Frank G. (1874-1950) Collection (Microtext Department, x2018; Special Collections, x4236)

Allen was Massachusetts Governor, 1929-1930, Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor, 1925-1928, in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1918-1919, and in the Massachusetts Senate, 1920-1924. A scrapbook of newspaper clippings has been microfilmed and is available in Microtext on call number: F71.A45A5.

Allen, Fred (1894-1956) Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432; Research Library Stacks, x2244)

The work of the Boston bred comedian and radio personality through his correspondence, scripts, records, tapes, and photographs. Allen’s personal library has been cataloged and the titles are available through the Research Library Catalog on microfiche.

American Actors and Actresses, 1860-1910 (Print Department, x2280)

A collection of 1,200 cabinet photographs (6"1/4 x 4"1/4) and carte de visite photographs (4" x 2"1/2) of actors, actresses, and theatrical scenes. Although the subjects are American, 24 of the 96 photographers represented in the collection are European. The collection contains 509 photographs by Napoleon Sarony, the leading American photographer of theatrical personalities of the period.

American Historical Prints (Print Department, x2280; Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

This 18^th and 19^th century collection includes portraits of Benjamin Franklin; scenes, portraits, and maps depicting the American Revolution; a small group of prints focused on the War of 1812; portraits of famous Americans; and a collection of caricature and graphic satire from about 1820 to the end of the century.

Americans for Democratic Action Collection
    See: Brown, Larue

Ames, Ellis (1809-1884) Papers (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

A collection of approximately 2,000 letters and documents relating to 19^th century Massachusetts legal cases, land deeds, and other documents (chiefly Norfolk, Plymouth and Bristol Counties).

Anarchists and Radical Newspapers from Il Fondo L’Adunata Collection (Microtext Department, x2018)

Over 700 anarchist newspapers and periodicals from around the world including Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, France, Germany, India, Italy, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, the United Kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela, and within the United States from Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas, Vermont, and Wisconsin. Call Numbers: HX821.A343 1989x, HX821.A434 1989x.

Anti-Slavery Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

The nucleus of this collection was presented to the Library in the late 1890’s by the family of William Lloyd Garrison and from other individuals involved in the anti-slavery movement. Artifacts, books, documents, letters, and pamphlets from Boston Reformer Wendell Phillips, 50 volumes of letters and papers of orator and abolitionist leader William Lloyd Garrison, dating from the 1830’s through the 1870’s totaling more than 16,000 items. The collection also contains daguerreotypes of several abolitionists, the papers of the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society, the Weston sisters, Lydia Maria Child, Samuel Joseph May, and John Bishop Estlin are featured. Other items include the Liberator account book; records of the American, New England, and Massachusetts Anti-Slavery societies; scrapbooks concerning Anthony Burns and John Brown; and the files of Ziba B. Oakes, a slave broker from Charleston, South Carolina.

Archives of American Art Microfilm Collection (Fine Arts Department, x2275)

This is a Smithsonian Institution Collection on deposit in the Boston Public Library which documents visual arts in the United States (artists, dealers, critics, museum personnel, collectors, etc.) through manuscript and printed materials from the 18^th century to the present. The catalog can be accessed at the Smithsonian web site: www.siris.si.edu.

Armstrong Collection
    See: Wheeler, Leeds Armstrong Collection

Art in the Boston Public Library (Fine Arts Department, x2275)

A card index by artist, subject and title to the paintings, sculptures and decorative art in the Library’s collection. Information relating to medium, size, date of execution, date of presentation, donor, and location, as well as a listing of references of other sources is provided. This file does not inventory Print Department Collections.

Barlow, Samuel L.M. (1826-1889) Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

This collection of Americana contains the first Latin edition of the Columbus Letter; the first edition of Richard Hakluyt’s Principal navigation…of the English Nation; Nicolas Bautista Monardes’ Joyfull newes out of the newfound world; Ann Bradstreet’s The tenth muse; George Mourt’s A relation…of the English Plantation; and rare works of the 15^th through the 16^th centuries in Dutch, French, and Spanish. It also includes a manuscript Copie of the Court booke of the Governor and Society of the Massachusetts Bay in New England dating from 1653 or earlier.

Barton, Thomas Pennant (1803-1869) Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Barton was a prominent and well-to-do Philadelphian, who began his book collecting in Paris where he served from 1833 to 1835 under the Ministry to France for President Jackson.

A literary collection particularly strong in English and Continental literature. The Shakespeariana material is the first in the United States to include four folios and some 45 early quarto editions. The collection also contains many translations and commentaries; Shakespeare’s 16^th and 17^th century sources; an extensive collection of portraits and illustrative material (some in proof form); many manuscripts, including the original subscription list for Boydell’s Shakespeare, with the autographs of George III and Queen Charlotte; correspondence of John Britton and Halliwell-Phillipps; many other Shakespeare autograph letters, and the notes of editors and commentators inserted in appropriate volumes; two manuscripts in the hand of David Garrick; and an early version of the music to Macbeth, now attributed to Richard Leveridge. The collection also contains volumes from the libraries of Barton’s father, naturalist Benjamin Smith Barton, and his father-in-law, Edward Livingston (a Congressman, Secretary of State, and Minister to France), sixteen volumes of DeBry’s Voyages; hundreds of pamphlets from the France of the Revolution; works on jurisprudence and criminal law; and American public documents and political pamphlets. Many of the volumes contain notes and memoranda of bibliographical value made by Barton.

Bassett, Sarah Ware (b.1872) Library (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

500 volumes collected by this Boston author of children’s books including her own works and those of her contemporaries and friends.

Beaulieu, Wilfred (1900-1979) Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Contains the papers of Wilfred Beaulieu, the founder of the Franco-American newspaper, Le Travailleur (1931-1979) including correspondence with writers and personalities in the U.S. and Canada such as Lionel Groulx, Remi Tremblay, Auguste Viatte, Ferdinand Gagnon, Felix Gatineau, Yvonne Lemaftre, and Corinne Rocheleau-Rouleau. There are more than 100 typescripts and manuscripts which were sent to Beaulieu for publication in Le Travailleur.

    See also: Franco-American Newspapers Collection Santerre, Richard Collection

Bennett, March G. Papers
    See: Brown, Larue

Benny, Jack (1894-1974) Letters and Clippings (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

141 items, 125 letters mostly written by Jack Benny to Frank Remley, the left-handed guitarist who played on the Benny radio shows. The letters are almost all comments on Ripley’s Believe It or Not! articles. Many of the clippings from Ripley’s are present with the letters. (Ms.3336)

Benois, Alexandre (1870-1960) Papers (Print Department, x2280; Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

The collection contains costume and stage designs, drawings, watercolors, portraits, correspondence, photographs, prints, post cards and clippings documenting the life and work of this stage and costume designer who was associated with Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes.

Bentley, Harry C. (1877- ) Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Bentley was the founder of Bentley College in Waltham, Massachusetts. The collection contains about 700 volumes on American accounting and bookkeeping by American authors before 1901.

Benton, Josiah (1843-1917) Collection of the Book of Common Prayer (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Benton was president of the Boston Public Library Trustees. The collection contains 1,500 different editions of the prayer book, a set of primers (from 1526 to 1557), liturgical monuments of the Churches of England, Scotland, and the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States, and other material illustrative of the development of the prayer book.

Blackall, Clarence (1857-1942) Collection (Fine Arts Department, x2275)

Sketchbooks of foreign travel and architectural details, as well as scrapbooks of articles by and about Clarence Blackall, Boston theater and commercial architect.

Bond, Edmunds E. (1871-1969) Collection (Print Department, x2280)

Bond was a commercial photographer in Orono and Rockland, Maine before joining the staff of the Boston Globe as a news photographer in 1904. Bond had a long and distinguished career with the Globe that lasted until his retirement in 1956. The collection is the remains of his personal photographic archive including negatives, lantern slides, and photographic prints. The photographs range from 1904 into the 1950’s.

Boston Architecture Reference File (Fine Arts Department, x2275)

The file is a card index of references to written descriptions, critiques, histories, illustrations, renderings, and plans of Boston buildings and their architects Most references are to published sources, although they may refer to original photographs, architectural drawings, and other unpublished materials held in the collections of the Boston Public Library and other libraries.

Boston Art Archives/New England Art Information File (Fine Arts Department, x2275)

The file was started as a vertical file of ephemera on Boston artists. Over the years it has expanded in coverage of New England artists, as well as contemporary artists across the country who are not adequately covered in reference sources. Types of materials included in this file are: exhibition announcements, calendars of events, gallery/organization newsletters, press releases, reviews of exhibitions, checklists and small exhibition catalogs, obituaries, illustrations, gallery histories, bibliographies on artists, and miscellaneous biographical information. This index also references citations to American artists found in published sources.

Boston Authors Club Library (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

A collection containing 2,000 titles by most of the 20^th century authors residing in the Boston metropolitan area as well as ephemeral material relating to the Club from its founding in 1900. The Club is still active, continuing to contribute books by its members.

Boston Browning Society Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

The collection contains monographs by and about Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning with photographs, manuscripts, first editions, and many biographical and critical works. The collection includes the Browning sketchbook, containing 29 caricatures and drawings by Robert Browning, and almost 200 by his father, proof sheets of Sordello, with corrections in the poet’s own hand, a copy of Bells and Pomegranates, and copies of some of Elizabeth Browning’s poetry in her own hand. The Society’s early records, a lock of Robert Browning’s hair, and a jewel box once belonging to Elizabeth Browning are included as well.

Boston City Club Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Contains Boston City Club records, correspondence, plans, fund records, bylaws and miscellaneous reports.

Boston City Records (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432; Research Library Stacks, x2244)

This material includes tax assessor’s records from 1789, Paul Revere’s tax bills, City Clerk files starting in 1629 and early manuscript records of Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, Hyde Park, and West Roxbury. Records before 1822 are accessed through Rare Books; records after 1822 are accessed through the Book Delivery Desk of the Research Library Stacks. The records cover the period 1896-1967 with street listings available up to 1942.

Boston Election Department Scrapbooks, 1907-1916, 1927-1948 (Microtext Department, x2018)

Newspaper clippings documenting the Department’s activities. On call number: JS617.A3.

Boston Garden Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Contains photographs, programs (for sports events, rodeos, ice shows), and miscellaneous material from Boston Garden events.

    See also: Boston Tradition in Sports

Boston Herald -Traveler Photo Morgue (Print Department, x2280)

Over 500,000 photographs by staff and contributing photographers, including the major wire services, covering the years from c.1906 to 1972. The archive has sections organized both biographically and by subject and covers local, national and international subjects.

    See also: Boston Tradition in Sports

Boston Latin School Archives (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

The Latin School, founded in 1635, is the oldest educational institution in continuous existence in the United States. There are 5,000 items including correspondence, records, documents, reports and photographs from the 19^th and early 20^th centuries. The printed material consists of works published by and for the School: yearbooks, invitations, programs, student publications, periodical articles, works by classical authors, Latin and Greek grammars, and materials donated by the Boston Latin School Alumni.

Boston Pictorial Archive (Print Department, x2280)

A collection of photographs, lithographs, engravings and other media of Boston subjects including buildings, street scenes, parks and events from the 18^th, 19^th and 20^th centuries. The bulk of the collection spans the years from 1860 to 1930.

Boston Picture File (Fine Arts Department, x2275)

The file contains photographs and clippings describing Boston buildings, parks, monuments, streets, etc. Material in this file has been indexed in the Boston Architecture Reference File. A postcard collection of about 1,500 items depicting Boston buildings is also part of this pictorial archive.

Boston Police Strike Documents of 1919 (Special Collections, x4236)

Includes many letters from city residents to the Police Commissioner, and Francis Russell’s manuscript for A City in Terror: 1919, the Boston Police Strike (New York: Viking Press, 1975). This historic event prompted Governor Calvin Coolidge to call in the state troops to police the streets of Boston.

    See also: Peters, Andrew J. Collection

Boston Postcard Collection (Print Department, x2280)

Postcards donated by collector William Crane and others containing images of Boston architecture and advertisements of Boston businesses.

    See also: Postcard Collections

Boston Public Library. Special Events Collection. Celebration Series.

Grand Army Encampment. [Waltham, MA: Graphic Microfilm of New England, n.d.] (Microtext Department, x2018) A microfilm collection of newspapers, pamphlets, and other miscellaneous material. On call number: E462.1.A19G7.

Boston Public Library. Special Events Collection. Disaster Series. [Waltham, MA: Graphic Microfilm of New England, n.d.] (Microtext Department, x2018)

Newspaper clippings and whole issues which covered the disasters.

• Boston Fire. Call Number: F73.5.B74414
• Chicago Fire. Call Number: F548.42.C4
• Fire Scraps. Call Number: TH9448.F54
• Parker Hurricane Collection. Call Number: F9.P37
• Portland Maine Great Fire. Call Number: F29.P9P95
• San Francisco Earthquake. Call Number: F869.S3825

Boston Public Library. Special Events Collection. Historical Series. Civil War Papers. [Waltham, MA: Graphic Microfilm of New England, n.d.] (Microtext Department, x2018)

Newspapers and clippings documenting the events:

• Civil War Clippings. Call Number: E461.C58
• Emancipation Proclamation, January-June 1863. Call Number: E453.E4
• Secession Documents. Call Number: E458.1.S43

Boston Public Library. Special Events Collection. Presidential Assassination Series. [Waltham, MA: Graphic Microfilm of New England, n.d.] (Microtext Department, x2018)

• Garfield Papers. Call Number: E687.9.G37
• Kennedy Papers, volumes 1-141. Call Number: E842.9.J2
• Lincoln Papers. Call Number: E457.5.L69
• McKinley Papers. Call Number: E711.9.M33

Boston Public Library Architectural Drawings (Fine Arts Department, x2275)

The Library’s drawings related to its own buildings include plans for the 1850’s building and the 1880’s competition for the building in Copley Square. The primary collection for the drawings of the McKim, Mead, and White-designed building (1888-1895) is found at the New York Historical Society, New York City.

Boston Public Library in Newspaper Clippings, 1895-1934 (Microtext Department, x2018)

Call Number: Z733.B75B75.

Boston Redevelopment Authority (Special Collections, x4236)

City Planning Board material from 1903-1966.

Boston School Committee Archives (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

The collection consists of the original documents and related papers of the Committee from 1792 through 1870.

Boston Symphony Orchestra Program Scrapbooks (Music Department, x2285)

These scrapbooks, which are part of the Allen A. Brown Music Collection, represent a compilation of reviews, essays, feature articles on individual musicians--performers, composers as well as those affiliated with the Orchestra--from its inception in 1881 to 1960. The scrapbooks complement the actual programs located in the music research collection. The Boston Orchestra Programs are fairly complete from 1881 to date. In 1993, the Library collaborated with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in a preservation microfilming project, partially funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, to microfilm the Library’s Boston Symphony Orchestra scrapbooks and those of the Boston Symphony Orchestra dating from 1889 to 1973. Positive microfilm of both sets are located at both insitutions.

Boston Theatre Archives (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

A history of the performing arts in Boston from the 1850’s to the early 20^th century. Programs, playbills, clippings, reviews, photographs, production materials, play typescripts, correspondence, and tickets are some of the formats represented in this Collection. Theaters covered include: the Boston Theatre, Federal Theatre, Washington Gardens Amphitheater, Gaiety Theatre, Windsor Theatre, and Hooley’s Theatre.

Boston Tradition in Sports
    See: Boston Garden Collection Boston Herald- Traveler Photo Morgue De Mar, Clarence (1888-1958) Collection Foster’s Encyclopedia of Games Golf Scrapbook Collection Hedlund, Oscar ( 1909-1973) Collection Hirshberg, Al Collection History of the Boston Base Ball Club Jack Johnson: In the Ring and Out Kaese, Harold (1909-1975) Collection Kelley, John A. (1907- ) Collection Lewis, George Edward "Duffy" (1888-1979) Collection McGreevey, Michael T. "Nuf Ced"Collection Malaney, Jack Collection Mokray, William George "Bill" (1907-1974) Collection New England Base Ballist Rickard, George Lewis "Tex" (1871-1929) Collection Silverman, Sam (1913-1977) Collection Wood, Joe "Smoky Joe" (1889-1985) Collection

Boston 200 Archives (Print Department, x2280; Special Collections, x4236)

The Archives of the Boston 200 Commission containing correspondence, financial reports, oral histories, programs, photographs, reports, and press releases covering all aspects of the planning for the Bicentennial celebration in Boston. The Print Department has some Boston 200 material including photographs and slides

Bowditch, Nathaniel (1773-1838) Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

An astronomer and the first American theoretician to master mathematics beyond elementary calculus, Bowditch wrote The New American Frontier. The collection includes 3,000 volumes on mathematics, astronomy and navigation from his personal library. Other material includes early editions of Galileo, Newton, and LaPlace, numerous treatises on comets and sundials, long runs of scientific periodicals, and Bowditch’s personal manuscripts. The Papers of Nathaniel Bowditch in the Boston Public Library: Guide to the Microfilm Edition. Edited by James W. Montgomery and Laura V. Monti. Boston Public Library, 1983.

BOSTON'S MARITIME INDUSTRIAL HISTORY Books and manuscripts relating to ships, the sea, Boston Harbor, and the commerce thereof. Included are Account Books - Mass - Boston (for companies located on the docks, dates are dates of the records); Boston--Commerce; Boston--Wharves; Log Books (only those not cocerned with whaling and fishing; Maps--Boston Harbor (Leventhal Map Center); Merchants, American--Mass--Boston; Ships--Inspection; Shipbuilding; West Indies--Commerce--Boston; Wharves--Boston, Chelsea, Charlestown, East Boston; and printed items such as the Boston City Directories (also available on microfilm) containing maps of the city and listings of wharves and businessess located on the wharves; and Ships and the Sea: A Catalog of an Exhibition of Books and Manuscripts in Tribute to Boston's Maritime Past, July 1-September 30, 1966 in the Boston Public Library." Boston’s Maritime Industrial History contained in the Microtext and Newspaper Department include Passenger and Immigration Lists; Crew Lists; Lloyd’s publications; Commercial Newspapers; General Newspapers; Customs Lists; Naval History; Papers; Dissertations; Diplomatic Records; and Local Histories. (Please see Lane/Mead Boston Maritime Collection, below. Also, please view the Massachusetts’ Historical Society’s Boston Port & Seamen’s Aid Society Records. Researchers may contact the Boston Marine Society at www.bostonmarinesociety.org for permission to use its Boston maritime history library.)

Brew, J.O. Streetcar and Railroad Collection (Print Department, x2280)

Books, journals, pamphlets, timetables, photographs and more than 13,000 postcards of streetcar and rail transportation.

    See also: Postcard Collections

Broadsides Collection (Print Department, x2280; Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

In the Print Department are 136 broadsides advertising 19^th century theater productions which include the venue, date, time, cast members, and production titles. The collection includes broadsides for the Boston Athenaeum’s January and February 1863 productions featuring John Wilkes Booth as Othello and other characters. The 2,000 plus American historical and political broadsides (18^th and 19^th century) in Rare Books cover Boston theatre, the anti-slavery movement, fugitive slave law, and Boston imprints.

Brown, Allen A. (1835-1916) Music Collection (Music Department, x2285)

An amateur musician and avid collector, Mr. Brown donated his collection to the Boston Public Library in 1894. Clearly delineated in the terms of his gift was the fact that it was to be a non-circulating, research collection. At the time of the gift, there were approximately 6,900 volumes. By the time of his death, the collection had grown to around 16,000 volumes. The collection is particularly strong in music of the turn of the century. One of its particular strengths is in 19^th century opera, both published and manuscript scores-several of these are performance manuscripts. Part songs, chamber music, orchestral music and oratorios only represent part of the collection. It also contains pamphlets, musical polemics, biographies, monographs, and serials dating from all periods of music. A regular concert-goer, Brown amassed collections of concert programs from the Boston area and from the places he visited while on business. For certain performing groups such as the Handel & Haydn Society he approached friends and acquaintances for their files to make his more complete. Among his collection are also autographed scores dedicated to him by Boston composers whom he encouraged. Today the collection continues to grow and now contains over 40,000 volumes.

Brown, Allen A. (1835-1916) Theatre Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

A wealth of material related to drama including works related to burlesque, circus, vaudeville, modern dance, ballet, Yiddish theater, Shakespeare, and opera donated to the Library in 1909. The monographs, now numbering about 7,000 volumes in the collection are described in an annotated catalog. There are 165 scrapbooks which contain serial and newspaper clippings. Among the strong points of the Brown Collection are the 18^th and 19^th century dramatic periodicals, both English and American; the near complete files of playbills for 19^th century Boston theaters; and a collection of 20 unique broadside programs printed before 1801.

Brown, LaRue (1883-1969) Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Contains comprehensive documentation of the organizational history of the Massachusetts Chapter of Americans for Democratic Action from its founding in 1946 to 1972. It includes papers, letters, directories, memoranda, reports, and scrapbooks. Also included are the March Bennett Papers covering political topics from about 1890-1937 in correspondence and political ephemera.

Browning Collection
    See: Boston Browning Society Collection

Bulfinch, Charles (1763-1844) Architectural Collection (Fine Arts Department, x2275; Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

The collections contain specifications and original drawings, including five original drawings showing the 1805 enlargement of Faneuil Hall, legal documents with the architect’s signature, and manuscripts in Bulfinch’s hand.

Byrne, Donn (1889-1928) Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Letters and documents relating to his literary and personal life.

Canadian Photographs Collection (Print Department, x2280)

The collection contains landscape, documentary, and genre photography from the turn of the century taken by Alexander Henderson, William Notman, and his son William MacFarlane Notman.

Chamberlain, Mellen (1821-1900) Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Chamberlain was a lawyer and judge who served as Librarian of the Boston Public Library from 1878-1890. This collection forms the nucleus of the Library’s extensive manuscript holdings with 20,000 letters, documents, portraits, autographs, and engravings relating to American and European history and literature from the end of the 15^th century through the 19^th century.

Chelsea Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

The collection contains assessor’s lists (1950s-1970s), urban planning documents, clippings, and some photographic views pasted on to boards. Also included is Chelsea Rotary Club booklets from 1970-1979 and two Chelsea City Directories (1858,1860).

Citizens for Participation Politics (CPP)
    See: Grossman, Jerome Collection

City Council Debates (Special Collections, x4236)

Transcripts of debates from 1955-1962.

City Directories (Microtext Department, x2018; Research Library Stacks, x2244)

There are approximately 13,000 directories from across the country. The Boston directories, in hard copy, date from 1809 to the present; the earliest one on microfilm is dated 1789. Directories from New England cities and around the country may be available on microfilm or in hard copy.

City Plans Index (1850-1895) (Special Collections, x4236)

Sixty-nine volumes of hand drawn street plans for the City of Boston.

These plans focus on the layout, widening, and extending of various streets in Boston neighborhoods. Blueprints are not included in this index.

Civil War Collection
    See: 20^th Regiment Collection

Clark, Lotta A. Pageant Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Personal papers, production materials, photographs, correspondence, and clippings comprise the collection of pageant producer and Charlestown native Clark from 1907-1916.

Codman Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

The collection contains approximately 2,000 volumes on landscape gardening, botany, and domestic architecture with works by Humphrey Repton, John Claudius Loudon, and FrederickLaw Olmstead.

Coffin Family Papers (1830-1961) (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Extensive collection of letters, diaries, notebooks, account books, receipts, documents and photographs relating to the Coffin Family of Newton and Boston. (Ms. 3337)

Coletti, Joseph Arthur (1898-1973) Collection (Fine Arts Department, x2275)

Coletti, a noted sculptor and assistant to John Singer Sargent, created many pieces located in Massachusetts, the United States, and Europe. He created the bust of John Deferrari, a benefactor of the Boston Public Library, now located in the Boston Room of the Johnson Building. The Collection contains drawings, photographs, papers, and personal memorabilia.

Collins, John F. (1919-1995) Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

The 44^th Mayor who gave impetus to the "New Boston" a revitalization of the city through federal funding and business partnerships resulting in Government Center, the Prudential complex and including new housing, schools, and libraries. Papers relating to his two terms, 1960-1967 document his reorganization of city government, urban renewal initiatives, and his campaign for the U.S. Senate.

Connick, Charles J. and Associates Archives (Fine Arts Department, x2275)

The Connick Studios (1913-1986) specialized in stained glass with pieces in St. Patrick’s Cathedral and St. John the Divine in New York City, the American Church in Paris, and Marsh Chapel at Boston University. The collection includes records and descriptions of almost all of the firm’s commissions, the studio’s library on stained glass and medieval symbolism, and most of the preparatory drawings and photographs for the windows.

Connolly, James Brendan (1868-1957) Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

A collection of first editions brought together by a South Boston author.

Copley Square Collection (Fine Arts Department, x2275)

Renderings of late 19^th century/early 20^th century schemes for Copley Square, Boston and design boards for 1980’s national competition to re-design this public space.

Council for a Livable World
    See: Grossman, Jerome Collection

Cram, Ralph Adams (1863-1942) Collection (Fine Arts Department, x2275)

Cram was the leading American ecclesiastical architect of the 20^th century. The Cram Collection includes correspondence, watercolors, sketches, journals, scrapbooks, photographs, manuscripts, and a genealogy.

    See also: Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor

Cram, Goodhue and Ferguson/Cram and Ferguson Collections (Fine Arts Department, x2275)

Original drawings, office files, photographs of this Boston-based architectural firm (1890’s-1950’s), given by its successor firm of Hoyle, Doran and Berry. Due to terms of the gift, use of this collection is restricted to academic and scholarly research; any other usage (i.e., architectural design, renovation and alterations of existing Cram structures) requires permission of the donor.

Crosett Collection (Print Department, x2280)

The collection contains photographs, drawings, etchings, clippings, and photographs related to the performing career of Teresa Cerutti-Simmons a turn of the century interpretive dancer famous in the United States and Europe. The etchings by Cerutti-Simmons depict women performing both popular dance and traditional and folk dance from several different cultures.

Curley, James Michael (1874-1958) Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432; Special Collections, x4236)

Curley was a four term Mayor of Boston (1914-1917, 1922-1925, 1930-1933, 1946-1949), a member of the Boston Common Council (1900-1901), a member of the state House of Representatives (1902-1903), the Boston Board of Aldermen (1904-1909), Boston City Council (1910-1911), a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1911-1914,1943-1946), and Massachusetts Governor (1935-1936). Curley eliminated the ward boss system, initiated reconstruction projects, worked on the City’s health care system, and revitalized Boston’s beaches. The collection contains speeches, newsclippings, correspondence, and memorabilia.

Currier, Thomas Florian (1837- ) Papers (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Chiefly letters to Currier relating to the political interests, personal lives and professional careers of Currier and his family and friends of Amesbury, Massachusetts. (Ms.2966)

Cushman, Charlotte S. (1816-1876) Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

The collection includes correspondence, playbills, clippings, and monographs of the noted Boston actress along with guest registers from the Boston chapter of the Charlotte Cushman Club.

Cutler Collection (Print Department, x2280)

A collection of glass and film copy negatives of old views of Charlestown.

Cutler, John Henry (1910- ) Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Author and editor Cutler’s notes and galleys for Honey Fitz, Three Steps to the White House: the Life and Times of John F. (Honey Fitz) Fitzgerald (1962) and Cardinal Cushing of Boston (1970).

Cutler, Leslie B. (1890-1971) Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Cutler was the first woman elected to the Massachusetts Senate serving from 1948-1968. She had also been a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1938 until her election to the Senate. The collection includes notebooks from the period 1939-1967 covering various issues such as civil service, election laws, and public health. Correspondence, clippings, and campaign records complete the collection.

Dana, Edward (1886-1981) Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Dana was General Manager of the Boston Elevated Railway Company (1919-1937) and later the Metropolitan Transit Authority (1947-1959). An advocate of rapid transit his collection includes clippings, brochures, reports, articles, annual reports for the Boston Elevated from 1913-1970.

Daumier, Honore Collection (Print Department, x2280)

In 1948 the Library acquired the Maroni Collection of lithographs by Honore Daumier. The collection consists of a total of 4,108 prints, with many images represented by more than one state. Included as well are fifty-seven proof prints with notes by the artist and five albums. Daumier was a political and social satirist whose images provide biting commentary on government, the legal system, medicine, the visual and performing arts, and the growing middle class. The lithographs date from 1830 to 1872 and reflect mid-19^th century Parisian society.

Delano, Benjamin (1807-1882) Papers (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Correspondence and documents relating to Benjamin Delano and his son Joshua, shipowners and merchants of Kingston, Massachusetts; documents of the ships Cordova, King Philip, Navarro, Monte Christo, White Wing, and the fishing trade at Grand Banks.

Delatre Collection (Print Department, x2280)

Consists of many prints and a number of documents and memorabilia which were in the famous Paris print workshop of Auguste Delatre and his son Eugene when it closed after World War II. The workshop served artists and set standards for artistic printing of etchings in black and white, and color. Charles Meryon, James McNeil Whistler, Sir Francis Seymour Haden, Theophile Alexandre Steinlen, Jacques Villon, Mary Cassatt, and many other artists came to the studio to seek the help of the Delatres, father and son. Many prints by Auguste and Eugene Delatre are a part of the Delatre Collection; many prints which they printed for other artists are found in the Wiggin Collection and other Print Department collections. The collection is significant for the study of printmaking in Paris beginning in the 1840s.

De Mar, Clarence (1888-1958) Collection (Microtext Department, x2018)

A scrapbook on the Boston Marathoner on call number: GV1065.D4.

    See also: Boston Tradition in Sports

Dennis, Clara (1877-1963) Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

A group of 375 dolls created in the 1940’s and 1950’s by a retired teacher. The dolls are based on characters from children’s literature, novels, stage and screen personalities, and contemporary political figures.

DePol, John Collection (Print Department, x2280)

Includes lithographs, etchings, wood engravings, original prints used as illustrations, as well as ephemera illustrating the work of the artist &endash; Christmas cards, broadsides, and notices &endash; many combining type and wood engravings. Born in New York City in 1913, DePol developed his artistic talent outside of normal schooling. World War II brought the opportunity to study lithography at the School of Technology in Belfast and the experience of service in the European theater. Many of his wartime sketches were turned into etchings at the Art Students League in New York when he returned from the war.

DeVoto, Mark Collection (MusicDepartment, x2285)

Various manuscripts of Walter Piston’s textbook Harmony, including the complete typescript with musical examples and excerpts of the fourth edition revised and expanded by Mr. DeVoto. There are photocopies of harmonic/music theory exercises.

Dolan, Chester A., Jr. (1906-1994) Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Dolan was in the Massachusetts Senate from 1939-1950 and was president in 1949. He was clerk of the Suffolk County division of the state Supreme Judicial Court from 1950-1964. The collection includes photographs, memorabilia, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, books, and pamphlets related to the public career and military service of the former state senator.

Drawings for Children’s Books (Print Department, x2280)

A growing collection of original drawings for children’s books, including a drawing by Arthur Rackham; thirteen drawings by Kate Greenaway; Robert McCloskey’s sketchbooks for Make Way for Ducklings; and several drawings by C.W. Anderson, Judith Gwyn Brown, Barbara Cooney, Doris and George Hauman, Fritz Kredel, Elizabeth MacKinsty, Katherine Milhous, Henry C. Pitz, and others.

Dselskaley, Eugene Collection
    See: Picture Research Collection

Dwiggins, William Addison (1901-1986) Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Dwiggins was a type designer, calligrapher, typographer, illustrator, marionette designer and performer, and writer from Hingham Massachusetts. The collection includes holograph manuscripts, type designs, correspondence, photographs, paintings, woodcuts, stencil prints, woodcarvings, architectural sketches and diagrams, and layouts and correspondence relating to his book and type designs as well as marionettes, a marionette theater and related material.

East Boston Community News (Special Collections, x4236)

Files related to issues covered in the East Boston Community News including Logan Airport, land use, schools, Massport, and other neighborhood issues and events from the 1970’s and 1980’s.

Easter Rebellion Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Books, pamphlets, and posters relating to the Irish Republican Rebellion that began on Easter Monday, 1916.

Ehrlich, Richard (1901-1981) and Virginia Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

A collection of 900 manuscript notes, letters and autographs of famous American and European personages of the late 18^th through the early 20^th centuries along with family scrapbooks on performing art subjects from the 1930’s-1950’s.

Ely, Joseph B. (1881-1956) Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

The records of the Massachusetts Governor, 1931-1934 containing correspondence, copies of House and Senate resolutions, bills with his comments, and subject files.

Erskine School Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Alumni material from a now closed school, formerly located on Beacon Street.

Evans, John and Company Collection (Fine Arts Department, x2275)

Provides a multifold example of the works of Evans and his firm in architectural sculpture. The collection includes photographs, correspondence and sketchbooks of architectural details and of headstones.

Everett, Louella (1883-1967) Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Contains monographs, periodicals, and archival material. Everett was an associate editor at Little, Brown and Company publishers who worked on revised editions of Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations and was primarily interested in poetry.

She collected poetry books, anthologies, and clippings which she used as a reference collection to identify and supply wanted poems. She also corresponded with many poets and compilers of poetry anthologies. The books contain clippings, correspondence, photographs, or other memorabilia. The clippings may be reviews, poems, obituaries, or biographical information. Many of the books contain a first-line index compiled by Everett.

Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) (Print Department, x2280)

There are 376 lithographs dating between 1865 and 1900 on performing art subjects with many related to opera and music.

Federal Street Theatre Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Financial and administrative records from a Boston theater for the period 1776-1852.

Feer, Robert Collection
    See: World’s Fair Collection

Felicani, Aldino (1891-1967) Sacco-Vanzetti Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

The Felicani Collection (1913-1967) contains manuscripts, documents, pamphlets, and books on Nicola Sacco (1891-1927) and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (1888-1927). Major elements of the collection include some of the original letters of Sacco and Vanzetti along with transcripts and translations of Sacco and Vanzetti correspondence, the papers of the Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee, publications of the Committee, papers of defense attorney Fred H. Moore, publicity scrapbooks, papers of the New Trial League, and a varied group of radical pamphlets. Also important are the post-1927 materials collected by Mr. Felicani, including publicity of the 1959 State House hearing. Photographs, the death masks, placards, armbands, and other artifacts complete the collection.

Fetridge, Arthur E. (1905-1970) Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

The Boston Herald Traveler editor’s columns from 1956-1966.

Fiedler, Arthur (1894-1979) (Music Department, x2285; AVAILABLE ONLY BY APPOINTMENT)

The collection includes scrapbooks, photographs, periodicals, catalogues, programs, correspondence, and memorabilia from 1898-1980.

Field, Kate (1839-1896) Papers (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Consists of approximately 1,500 letters pertaining to English and American literature collected by this St. Louis-born journalist, actress, and author. As a young woman, Field traveled to Europe where she formed enduring friendships with the Brownings, the Trollops, George Eliot, Charlotte Cushman, and other distinguished people of her time.

Filene’s Marketing Archives (Special Collections, x4236)

Founded in 1849, Filene’s presence as a major retailer in the New England area is chronicled through promotional materials for marketing campaigns, charity events, store openings, and celebrity appearances. Photographs, press clippings, and videos are among the formats included.

Folsom, Charles Correspondence (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Includes about 2,000 pieces of correspondence between editor and librarian Charles Folsom and major literary figures of 19^th century New England.

Forbes, Crosby Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Contains material relating to the "Hughes for Senate" Committee in 1962. H. Stuart Hughes ran as an independent on a nuclear disarmament platform for the U.S. Senate against Edward M. Kennedy. The Hughes Campaign marked the beginning of the Massachusetts Political Action for Peace. It contains fund raising correspondence, lists of contributors, campaign memoranda, newsletters, position statements, and other organizational material. Crosby Forbes was the Committee Treasurer.

    See also: Grossman, Jerome Collection

Ford Hall Forum Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

The Ford Hall Forum is a Boston based, non-partisan public lecture series which explores current social, political, cultural, and intellectual issues. The Ford Hall Forum Archives contain correspondence, reports, programs, subject files, photographs, and program tapes documenting the organization from its inception in 1908 to the early 1980’s.

Foster, R.F. Foster’s Encyclopedia of Games. 8^th ed. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., c1897. (Microtext Department, x2018)

Call Number: GV1243.F78 1897x.

    See also: Boston Tradition in Sports

Franciscan Collection
    See: Sabatier, Paul/Franciscan Collection

Franco-American Collections
    See: Beaulieu, Wilfred Collection Franco-American Newspapers Collection Santerre, Richard Collection
 

Franco-American Newspapers Collection (Microtext Department, x2018)

There are 63 Franco-American newspapers published in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island with an additional 6 titles published in Illinois, Michigan, and New York.

    See also: Beaulieu, Wilfred Collection Santerre, Richard Collection
 

Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790) Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Consists of 1,200 books and pamphlets by, about or printed by Benjamin Franklin, together with engravings illustrating his life. The first gift came from Dr. Samuel Green in 1880, and consisted of 135 books and 87 portraits and engravings, all of which related in some way to Franklin. This was supplemented by consequent gifts from various sources. Many Benjamin Franklin portraits are also held in the Print Department’s collection of American Historical Prints.

Freiligrath Collection
    See: Montgomery Sears/Freiligrath Collection

Furcolo, Foster J. (1911-1995) Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Furcolo was Massachusetts Governor, 1957-1961, Massachusetts State Treasurer, 1952, and in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1948-1952. The material is from his term as Governor with documents related to the budget, civil rights, education, labor, taxation, and unemployment.

Galatea Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

A collection devoted to the history of women and particularly strong in 19^th century books by and about women, presented to the Library by Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1823-1911) of Cambridge in 1896. As there was no similar collection in any library, Higginson desired this to be the nucleus of a collection on the history of women. Since 1900, $100 a year was received from Andrew Carnegie up to Colonel Higginson’s death in 1911 for additions to the collection, which now has more than 4,000 volumes. The collection also contains manuscript material featuring the work of Emily Dickinson.

Gallini, Natale Italian Libretto Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

A collection of 3,856 libretti documenting the history of melodrama in Italy from the 17^th-20^th centuries.

Garrison, William Lloyd Collection
    See: Anti-Slavery Collection

Gavarni, Guillaume (1804-1866) Collection (Print Department, x2280)

Over 400 lithographs produced between 1839-1866 containing images related to actors, costumes, dancers, musicians, opera, masked-ball scenes, and sheet music cover illustrations.

Geiringer, Karl Collection (Print Department, x2280)

A collection of over 600 glass negatives from about 1830-1910 containing portraits of European composers including Beethoven, Berlioz, Bertoldi, Brahms, Gluck, Handel, Haydn, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Padereweski, Paganini, Rossini, Salieri, Schubert, Schumann, Strauss, Stravinsky, Verdi, Vivaldi, and Wagner.

Genealogy and Family History Collections (Microtext Department, x2018; Social Sciences Department, x2261)

The Social Sciences Department maintains a separate catalog of family genealogies which includes analytics and vertical file material not in the main Research Library Catalog, and a unique index of family coats of arms, chiefly from the British Isles with over 20,000 entries. Resources on immigration include transcribed passenger lists and related indexes, in addition to microform copies of official lists and indexes, primarily for New England, but also including New York and selected Gulf and Atlantic ports; and indexes to naturalization petitions for the New England states. Census records for the New England states, Massachusetts vital records, newspapers, and military records for the Revolutionary and Civil Wars are among the resources available.

Gest, Morris (1881-1942) Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Actor Gest was the son-in-law of the dramatist-actor-manager David Belasco (1859-1931). The collection consists of 22 silver print photographs and William Winter’s 1920 two-volume biography of Belasco.

Gilbert, John Gibbs (1810-1889) Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

About 470 monographs on performing arts subjects and plays collected by Boston actor-manager Gilbert.

Goldstein, Fanny (1888-1961) Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Founder of Jewish Book Week (later to become Jewish Book Month), the West End Branch’s librarian Fanny Goldstein created files containing reviews, correspondence, clippings, photographs, pamphlets, articles, and publisher lists related to Judaica topics.

Golf Scrapbook Collection (Microtext Department, x2018)

A scrapbook of newspaper clippings from Boston papers, covering 1917-1923, is available on call number: GV982.M4G6.

    See also: Boston Tradition in Sports

Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor (1869-1924) Collection (Fine Arts Department, x2275)

Goodhue, a virtuoso draftsman and designer, designed many notable buildings around the country. The Goodhue Collection includes designs, drawings, and drawings given by John and Carol Rivers.

    See also: Cram, Ralph Adams

Gould, Elizabeth Porter (1848-1906) Library (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Contains books and correspondence by major authors of the late 19^th century from the collection of this Boston author.

Goya Collection (Print Department, x2280)

Goya’s La Tauromaquia, a series of 33 prints (Delti Catalogue numbers 224-256) depicting bullfighting scenes, many of which were based on actual events.

Graphics Collection of Private Presses (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Includes works by John Baskerville; Dove Press; and incunabula, fine printing, and binding from the 16^th century to the present.

Griswold, Rufus (1815-1857) Papers (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Includes 1,200 letters from major American literary figures to this American editor and literary executor of Edgar Allan Poe.

Grossman, Jerome Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Contains the papers of Jerome Grossman, peace activist and principal of the Vietnam Moratorium movements of 1969 and past president of the Council for a Livable World. The collection includes the archives of the Council for a Livable World, an arms control organization founded in 1962 and papers of the Massachusetts Political Action for Peace (Mass Pax) and Citizens for Participation Politics (CPP). Material from Mass Pax and CPP covers the period from 1962 to 1973. In addition there is material reflecting the activities of about thirty organizations supporting the peace movement, civil rights, and social justice from the 1960’s and 1970’s.

Grossman, Maxwell (1897-1963) Collection (Special Collections,  x4236)

Grossman was on the Massachusetts Penal Institutions Investigations Recess Commission, 1936, Boston and Suffolk County. Penal Institutions Commissioner, 1946, U.S. representative to the International Penal and Penitentiary Congress 1950, Massachusetts Commissioner of Corrections, 1952, Commissioner of the Boston Port Authority, 1936-1944, member of the Governor’s Highway Safety Commission, 1936-1944, member of the Massachusetts Industrial Development Commission, 1938-1944, member of the Boston Finance Commission, 1958-1963. The collection includes correspondence, scrapbooks, and memorabilia.

Gulesian, Grace Warner (1884-1984) Collection (Music Department, x2285; AVAILABLE ONLY BY APPOINTMENT)

Music manuscripts spanning 1911-1967 by a Boston-area composer, pianist, and playwright.

Hale, Edward Everett (1822-1909) Papers (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

About 230 letters by Hale to various individuals on diverse topics; along with autograph cards, notes, and six portraits. (Ms.3339)

Hale, Philip (1854-1934) Collection (Music Department, x2285)

Music critic Philip Hale was known for his program notes for the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Through newspaper clippings, photographs, and scrapbooks musical events, performers, performance styles, and popular tastes of the late 19^th century and early 20^th centuries are documented.

Handel & Haydn Society Archives (1770-1964) (Music Department, x2285; Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

The Handel & Haydn Society donated its archives to the Library in 1978. Included in the collection are over 600 printed items, many of which are Society publications, scrapbooks, programs, business and legal records including the first constitution and secretary reports; other monographs, musical scores both published and manuscript, musical collections and anthologies, and serials. In 1989 with partial funding from the Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities, the Library collaborated with the Society to preserve on microfilm the Society’s programs and scrapbooks held in the Society’s collection and those in the Library’s Allen A. Brown Music Collection and the Society’s archives housed in the Library’s Rare Books & Manuscripts Department. Both the Society and the Library have positive microfilms of the programs and scrapbooks.

Hanlon Family Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

A comedy and acrobatic troupe from England which performed around the world. The material which spans 1870-1930’s includes correspondence, production materials, scripts, clippings, and photographs.

Harris, Charlotte Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Along with a substantial fund to purchase books published prior to 1850, this collection was originally bequeathed to the Charlestown Branch. The nucleus of 1,118 books was transferred to the Central Library in 1900 and has grown to more than 5,000 volumes.

Haven and Hoyt Collection (Fine Arts Department, x2275)

Original drawings, office files, and photographs of the Boston-based firm’s practice (ca. 1900-1930). The collection includes renderings and photographs of the Boston architect, Edmund March Wheelwright.

Heaney, Seamus Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432; Special Collections, x4236)

Over 500 items related to the Nobel Laureate’s work in books, limited editions, pamphlets, journal articles, critical writing reviews, and ephemera.

Heckel, Albert A. Print Collections (Print Department, x2280)

Contain prints dating from the 17^th to the 20^th century. Most strongly represented are prints from England and France of the 19^th century, notably a group of landscape etchings by English artist Seymour Haden and prints by French printmaker Charles Meryon. The collection also contains prints by Henri Fantin-Latour, Jean Francois Rafaelli, Edgar Degas, Maxime Lalanne, and Charles-Francois Daubigny.

Hedlund, Oscar Collection (Microtext Department, x2018)

Scrapbooks of clippings on the track star and track events from 1908-1946. Call Number: GV1061.H4.

    See also: Boston Tradition in Sports

Heins, Paul (1909-1996) and Ethel L. (1918-1997) Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

This collection contains 4500 children’s books used by the former Horn Book Magazine editors in their work as critics, teachers, and reviewers of children’s literature. Picture book, folk and fairy tale collections, classics, fiction, biography, and moveable books are represented. Also included are reference works, bibliographies, conference programs, artwork, memorabilia, periodicals, and sound recordings. A collection within the Alice M. Jordan Collection.

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth (1823-1911) Galatea Collection
    See: Galatea Collection

Hine, Lewis Collection (Print Department, x2280)

Collection of photographic prints from the early 20^th century taken by photographer and social activist Lewis Hine, most in connection with documenting child labor in Massachusetts and New England.

Hirshberg, Al (1909-1973) Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Brookline’s Al Hirshberg wrote on sports for newspapers, magazines and radio from the mid 1940’s through the 1970’s. A prolific writer Hirshberg also authored some 40-50 monographs. The bulk of his free lance work was done for mass circulation magazines such as Look and The Saturday Evening Post. For a time, Hirshberg was an editor for Sportand widely published in that magazine. Locally, Hirshberg was a frequent contributor to the local press, particularly the old Herald Traveler Sunday magazine. Most of his books were biographies of Boston-area athletes and teams. The collection is primarily monographs and serials but also contains clippings of over 400 articles under his byline that cover magazine, newspaper, and some radio scripts.

    See also: Boston Tradition in Sports

A History of the Boston Base Ball Club. Compiled by George V. Tuohey. Boston: M.F. Quinn & Co., c1897. (Microtext Department, x2018)

Call Number: GV875.B64T3 1897a.

    See also: Boston Tradition in Sports

History of the Boston Street and Elevated Railways (Microtext Department, x2018)

Newspaper clippings document the subway, West End Street Railway, and Boston Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad. On call number: HE491.B78B7.

Hobbs, Rebekah (1902-1982) Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Hobbs was one of the founders of the Theater-Guild-American Theater Society. The collection contains 13 volumes of scrapbooks related to theater topics from 1930-1939. There are newspaper clippings, playbills, programs, and some correspondence.

Hollywood in Pictures (Print Department, x2280)

The collection contains about 500 black and white photographs of performers from the 1930’s and 1940’s. The photographs include movie stills, portraits, and posed fashion shots.

Holt Collection (Print Department, x2280)

The Holt Collection, though predominantly concerned with the European vision of the Islamic world, includes prints in other areas of subject matter. In relation to the performing arts, the collection includes: ten Italian watercolor drawings of theatrical caricature, c.1830; three Italian theatrical costume designs executed as watercolor drawings, c.1830, four French and English hand-colored lithographs of costume design; and one hand colored lithograph by Ajello and Doyen titled, Quadrilles des Quatre Saisons (Paris, 1834). An important element of the collection is a series of twelve hand-colored etchings, Coleccion de las Principales Suertes de una Corrida de Toros by Antonio Carnicero (Madrid, 1790), which were an influential predecessor for Goya’s Tauromaquia.

Houghton Mifflin Trade Reference Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

The collection represents the adult and juvenile trade publications of the Company from 1832 to the present.

Howard, Charles P. (1887-1966) Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Howard was Massachusetts Commissioner of Banks, 1955-1957, a member of the Massachusetts Public Buildings Commission, 1947-1951, a member of the Massachusetts Commission of Administration and Finance, 1925-1938, a member of the Massachusetts State Senate, 1922-1925, a representative to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1917, and President of the Neighborhood Association of Back Bay. The collection includes correspondence, newsclippings, documents, photographs and reports related to his extensive public career.

Humphrey, Robert Laning (1896-1988) Journalistic Archives (Music Department, x2285; AVAILABLE ONLY BY APPOINTMENT)

Journalist and publicist, Laning Humphrey assisted an unknown violist by the name of Arthur Fiedler to advertise and raise funds to sponsor free concerts on the Esplanade in 1929. By 1935, he was the full time publicist for Symphony Hall, a position he maintained until around 1969. During his years as publicist, journalist, and Keeper of the Casadesus Musical Instrument Collection at Symphony Hall, he amassed an enormous collection of newspaper reviews and articles, photographs of the Hall, musicians, conductors, soloists, covering both the Boston Symphony and the Boston Pops and Tanglewood and the Esplanade. Materials include press releases, correspondence, and serials.

Hunt, Benjamin P. (1808-1877)/ West Indies Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Consists of 8,000 books and manuscripts relating to the discovery and history of the West Indies, with special emphasis on Haiti and Barbados. A one-time resident of Chelmsford who died in 1877, Hunt bequeathed to the Library his collection of books, pamphlets, manuscripts, maps, charts, and engravings on the West Indies, together with his manuscripts, and notes. Hunt was long engaged with commerce in Haiti and the West Indies. A careful student of manners and customs, he brought together at an early date a unique collection of books relating to the islands. Printed material ranges from the 16^th to 20^th century, including rare Haitian imprints from the imperial press, nearly 200 French documents concerning the colonies, numerous pilot guides, legal codes, and works on history, politics, and natural science. Manuscripts include Henry Howard’s three volume Journal, written while an officer in the British army occupying Santo Domingo, Hunt’s own extensive unpublished notes on Haiti, and others related to the French occupation.

Hurley, Charles F. (1893-1946) Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Massachusetts Governor, 1937-1939. The collection includes subject files and scrapbooks 1931-1946.

Hynes, John B. (1898-1970) Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Boston Mayor, 1950-1959. Contains correspondence, personal writings, certificates, newspaper clippings, and other material related to the Mayor who developed the Prudential Center in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood. As City Clerk, John Hynes served as "temporary mayor" for five months in 1947. The Hynes Convention Center is named in his honor.

Immigration Restriction League (Microtext Department, x2018; Special Collections, x4236)

Founded by Robert DeCourcy Ward (1867-1931), the collection contains scrapbooks from 1895-1957, a notebook for the period 1927-1938, press releases, circulars, reports, clippings, and correspondence. There are also numerous hearings before Congress as they relate to immigration through the 1920’s-1940’s. The scrapbooks have been microfilmed and are on call number: JV6403.I6A4.

Impressions Workshop Collection (Print Department, x2280)

Partly acquired by purchase beginning in 1963, but chiefly the gift of Stephen Andrus, owner of the workshop from 1967 to 1984. An important printmaking workshop serving artists, Impressions Workshop was founded by George Lockwood in Boston in 1959. The collection consists of thousands of lithographic proofs and etchings by many different artists and includes some woodcuts and silk screen prints. Also included are business records, books from the Impressions Workshop library, and extensive photographic documentation by Steven Trefonides of the workshop, its staff, and visiting artists.

Innes, Charles H. (1870-1939) Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Innes was a member of the Boston Common Council, 1896, the Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1897-1898, and the Massachusetts Senate, 1899-1900. The collection contains scrapbooks, newsclippings, and some memorabilia.

Innes, Charles J. (1901-1971) Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Innes served as assistant corporation counsel for the City of Boston, a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1933-1941, a member of the Massachusetts Senate, 1942-1956, and from 1956 as legal counsel to the Massachusetts Senate. Subject files include election campaigns, political correspondence, legislation, and the Metropolitan Transit Authority.

Ireland: Union to Free State Collection (The majority of holdings are in the Research Library Stacks, x2244. Please check the Research Library Catalogs;   Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432.)

19^th and early 20^th century Irish material consisting of over 3,000 pamphlets, posters, photographs, scrapbooks and several thousand press cuttings that relate to the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922, including Home Rule, the Easter Rebellion, and the Irish Volunteers.

Irish Legal History Collection (Entries are in the Research Library On-Line Catalog; Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Close to 1,000 items dating from 1615-1880. Includes Statutes of the Irish Parliament to 1801, reports of trials and legal proceedings, practitioner’s books, rare Irish editions of classic legal texts and pamphlets on a variety of legal and constitutional controversies.

Italian Libretti and Ballet Collections (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

This famous collection of Maestro N.G. of Milan was acquired by the Boston Public Library in 1967. Of the libretti from the 17^th through 19^th centuries that make up this extensive collection on Italian operatic production, two-thirds are from the 1800’s. Lists of performers, composers, writers, set designers, and theaters create a marvelously well-rounded history of Italian lyrical drama. Because many of the libretti also contain descriptions of the dances that either preceded or followed the opera, much historical information on the ballet can be culled from this collection. In 1967 the Boston Public Library also acquired 1,112 Italian ballet synopses dated from 1769 to 1900, which complement the libretti group.

Jack Johnson: In the Ring and Out, by Jack Johnson. Chicago: National Sports Publishing Co., 1927. (Microtext Department, x2018)

Call Number: GV1132.J7A18.

    See also: Boston Tradition in Sports

Jackson, William B., Jr. (1894-1977) Theater Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

A fan of local theater and a business agent for the B-4 International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees he collected programs, playbills, and clippings for virtually every theater in Boston operating from the 1920’s to the 1950’s.

Japan Paper Company Collection (Print Department, x2280)

Contains remarkable samples of handmade papers with advertising messages presented in distinguished illustrations and typography by leading American designers from 1915 through 1935. An importer of handmade papers from all over the world, the Japan Paper Company became a part of Stevens, Nelson Co. which later was absorbed into Andrews, Nelson, Whitehead. The Boston office of the Japan Paper Company was established in 1916 under the direction of Herbert Farrier, from whose estate the collection came to the Boston Public Library.

Joan of Arc Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Joan of Arc as a historic figure, religious icon, and female warrior is represented in about 7,000 monographs and 3,000 artifacts related to her life. The material includes early Latin and French texts, histories, biographies, plays, novels, poetry, scores, and children’s books. Joan, as various artists have interpreted her, can be examined in statuary, etchings, medals, ceramic tiles, jewelry, and porcelain. The finding aid for this collection can be found at http://www.editthis.info/bpljoanofarc/.

Jones, Leslie Collection (Print Department, x2280)

A collection of approximately 40,000 glass and film negatives along with several thousand photographic prints taken by Boston Herald-Traveler photographer Leslie Jones, from his personal collection. Jones was a photographer for the Herald-Traveler from 1917 to 1956 and took photographs documenting aviation, crime, sports, Boston scenes, fires, maritime subjects, celebrities and other newsworthy events.

Jordan, Alice M. (1870-1960) Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Alice Jordan was the first Supervisor of Children’s Services in the Boston Public Library. Historic, contemporary, and international titles are included with the complete works of authors and illustrators represented as well as various editions of fairy tales and old and new classics. The collection contains picture books, fiction, non-fiction, toy and moveable books from the infant to the young adult level from the 19^th century to the present day. Foreign language material from 80 countries is represented as well.

    See also: Heins, Paul and Ethel L. Heins Collection Kneeland, Eileen Collection National Council of Teachers of English/NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children Collection New England Round Table of Children’s Librarians Archives
 

Juvenile Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Includes two "Donatus leaves" from the popular Latin schoolboy grammar, originating in Holland in the middle of the fifteenth century. Among the various American collections one may find nearly 100 versions of the New England Primer and its competitors, some fifteen miniature or "Thumb" Bibles, and such rarities as Janeway’s A Token for Children (Boston, 1728) and Perrault’s Tales of Passed Times by Mother Goose (New York, 1795).

Kaese, Harold (1909-1975) Collection (Microtext Department, x2018; Special Collections, x4236)

A reporter for the Boston Transcript and Boston Globe, Kaese wrote more than 7,000 daily columns which have been microfilmed and are available on call number: GV742.K343A2. In addition there is correspondence, clippings, notebooks, manuscripts, press guides, programs, rule books, photographs, and other sports related material in the collection. While his primary interest was baseball the files cover local college football, golf, track and field, squash, handball, boxing, and tennis.

    See also: Boston Tradition in Sports

Kattenberg, Burns Collection (Print Department, x2280)

Approximately 19,000 postcards depicting Boston architecture and New England views.

    See also: Postcard Collections

Kavanagh Family Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Covering 1922-1957, the Collection includes correspondence, scripts, photographs, clippings, financial records, playbills, and theatrical periodicals accumulated by a couple with connections to film and stage producers of the period.

Kelley, John A. (1907- ) Collection (Microtext Department, x2018)

Scrapbooks of items on the Boston Marathoner who has competed since 1928. Call Number: GV1065.K4.

    See also: Boston Tradition in Sports

Kessler, Minuetta Collection (Music Department, x2285)

Manuscripts, clippings, and correspondence of the Boston-area pianist, teacher and composer Minuetta Kessler. Materials date from1919-1989.

Kleist, Herbert (1902-1986) Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Kleist was a librarian and book collector with a particular interest in the art of book design and illustration. The Kleist Collection contains about 5,000 volumes of miniatures, pulp fiction, children’s books, Christmas books, late 19th century, and early 20th century imprints. The collector’s focus on decorative covers, dust jackets, and illustration is the overriding theme of the collection which documents the work of well-known, obscure, and forgotten designers and illustrators.

Kneeland, Eileen Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

More than 200 titles and storytelling videotapes comprise this collection which represents the pioneering efforts of the "Lady of the Bookshelf." Airing on WBZ-TV from 1951-1956, Miss Kneeland brought children and books together through her dramatizations of classic and new titles. A collection within the Alice M. Jordan Collection.

Kotsilibas-Davis, James Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

A collection of film clippings and television show scrapbooks covering the period 1907-1970. Kotsilibas-Davis is the author of Great Times, Good Times: the Odyssey of Maurice Barrymore (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1977); Myrna Loy: Being and Becoming (New York: Knopf, c1987); and The Barrymores: the Royal Family in Hollywood (New York: Crown Publishers, c1981).

Koudelka, Joseph (1773-1850) Collection (Music Department, x2285)

Contains some rare musical scores from the 15^th to 18^th centuries, as well as contemporary imprints and reference materials. The collection is especially strong in sacred music and musical treatises. The Boston Public Library acquired this collection at a Berlin auction of the Koudelka estate in 1859 with funds provided by Weymouth-born merchant Joshua Bates and his friends.

Koussevitzky, Serge (1875-1951) Collection (Music Department, x2285)

Koussevitzky was director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1924-1949.

Mrs. Olga Koussevitzky donated her husband’s collection from their summer home, Seranak, located in the Berkshires to the Library in 1974. The collection includes 1,644 scores-both published and manuscript-several of them signed by the composers; monographs, sound recordings, photographs, scrapbooks, concert programs and several framed items including his honorary degrees.

Lambert, Michael Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Documents the efforts of Lambert, a community activist, to prevent the construction of Medical Area Total Energy Plant (MATEP), a power stack in the Harvard Medical area near the Mission Hill neighborhood.

LANE/MEAD BOSTON MARITIME COLLECTION.This collection contains many items that capture and reflect the industrial development and history of the Port of Boston, including 1 Vessel Log of  Peabody & Lane; 3 volumes of the Peabody & Lane Corporate Record books; 1 Vessels Log of Patterson, Wylde & Co.; 46 day books of the P&O Co.; 5 volumes of the Port of Boston Handbook; 2 volumes of the International Longshoremen’s Association Scrapbooks, 1 box of the correspondence of Athur Lane, 2 boxes of correspondence and material donated by the Boston Shipping Association, and more. (Please see Boston’s Maritime Industrial History, above. Also, please view the Massachusetts’ Historical Society’s Boston Port & Seamen’s Aid Society Records. Researchers may contact the Boston Marine Society at www.bostonmarinesociety.org for permission to use its Boston maritime history library.)

Lang, Benjamin J. (1837-1909) Scrapbooks (Music Department, x2285)

Concert programs and clippings from 1861-1906 document the musical life of a Massachusetts native who performed as pianist and organist and served as conductor of the Apollo Club, Cecilia Society, and Handel & Haydn Society.

Lang, Frances M. Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Diaries of Benjamin Lang’s wife describing their life, activities, and correspondence for the period 1876, 1891-92, and 1901-20.

Lang, Margaret Ruthven (1867-1972) (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

The daughter of Benjamin and Frances, Lang was a noted Boston-area composer of about 200 songs and other works including three overtures, three solos with orchestra, an a capella chorus, six piano works, chamber music, and the choral work In Praesepio, the Christmas cantata Heavenly Noel, and the Dramatic Overture. The collection also includes diaries, photographs, and related material.

Leno, Harry W. Personal Papers Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Correspondence, documents, and newsclippings related to the work of Massachusetts activist Harry W. Leno. Included are the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant controversy (1971-1994); Animal Welfare (1979-1994); Aids Coalition to Unleash Power (Act-Up) (1988-1994); Needle Exchange Program (1988-1995); Ipswich related issues such as the Miles River Sand and Gravel Company controversy and the Parker River Wildlife Refuge Development (1977-1994).

Lewis, George Edward "Duffy" (1888-1979) Collection (Microtext Department, x2018)

A scrapbook of items on Red Sox left fielder Lewis. Call Number: GV865.L43A3.

    See also: Boston Tradition in Sports

Lewis, John A. Library of Americana (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Rare books relating to American history collected by Lewis, a Barnstable native and at various times a newspaper and railroad man, presented to the Library by his widow in 1890. There are several works by William Penn, the Mathers (Increase Mather’s The Wicked Man’s Portion &endash; the first work printed in Boston), and William Cooper. The collection also contains such rarities as William Hubbard’s Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians, with the "White Hills" map (1677); John Underhill’s Newes from America 1638); and the Massachusetts Psalter (1709). Several of the issues from Benjamin Franklin’s press, including copies of the Poor Richard Almanack, are represented.

Lewisson, Walter Updike Collection of Washingtoniana (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Covers the life and times of George Washington, with 6,000 volumes, many of which were printed before 1800. By bequest from Walter Updike Lewisson, the Library received in October 1930 this major collection that includes books, pamphlets, broadsides, and newspapers. Among the rarer items are a dozen editions of Washington's Farewell Address printed in 1796, and about 220 of the eulogies and funeral orations delivered during the official period of mourning between December 1799 and February 1800. This last group is representative not only of contemporary American oratory, but of local printing in small towns as well as in major centers.

Libretti Collection (Music Department, x2285)

A growing collection of uncataloged opera librettos dating from 1848. The collection has a representative selection of both the well known and lesser known composers.

Literary Dublin Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

A record of the second literary revival of the 1950’s through the works of such authors as Brendan Behan, Patrick Kavanagh, and Flann O’Brien.

Loeffler, Herman (1896-1968) Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Mr. Loeffler was involved with the Boston Municipal Research Bureau from 1933-1941 and the Massachusetts Legislative Research Bureau in 1955. The collection contains his correspondence, personal diaries, documents, and other material related to his long career in public service from the 1920’s to the 1960’s.

Longarini, Graziano N. (1895-1985) Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Longarini was the editor and publisher of La Notizia an Italian language newspaper published in Boston from 1911-1972. As editor, Longarini corresponded with such Massachusetts politicians as Henry Cabot Lodge, Christian Herter, Foster Furcolo, John A. Volpe, and John F. Kennedy. He also published The Boston Free Press from 1960-1967. The collection contains correspondence, notes about Italian Americans, and family material.

Longfellow Memorial Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

A 25,000 volume library of works by major British and American authors, including rare editions. In 1896, Miss Victorine Artz of Chicago gave the sum of $10,000 for the purchase of valuable rare editions of the writings, either in verse or in prose, of American and foreign authors. Other gifts and purchases of literary works have been incorporated, including nearly 900 volumes from the estate of Louis Chandler Moulton, and more than 300 others form the library of Elizabeth Porter Gould. The former were often inscribed presentation copies, and most of the latter have autograph letters inserted. Among first editions to be found in the collection are such classics as Through the Looking Glass, Treasure Island, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Gulliver’s Travels, Moby Dick, and The Scarlet Letter. The collection also includes various editions of Aesop’s Fables, long runs of such diverse authors as Samuel Beckett, James Brendan Connolly, Francis Marion Crawford, Charles Dickens, Eugene Field, John Galsworthy, William Dean Howells, J.R. Lowell, John Masefield, Sean O’Faolain, William Gilmore Simms, James Stephens, W.M. Thackeray, G. Whittier, Edmund Wilson, and Humbert Wolfe, as well as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Lyman, Arthur T. Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Massachusetts Commissioner of Corrections, 1934-1941. The collection contains correspondence, reports, scrapbooks, and memorabilia.

McCarthy, Denis A. (1870-1931) Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Works of poetry, collected pamphlets, and memorabilia by a writer active in Boston Irish organizations.

McClosky, David Blair (1902-1988) Collection (Music Department, x2285)

The large working collection of teacher, vocal coach and singer David Blair McClosky contains vocal classical works from all periods of music.

McCord, David (1897-1997) Collection (Print Department, x2280; Special Collections, x4236)

Monographs, periodical articles, reviews, and memorabilia held by the noted poet, essayist, anthologist, and artist. The Alice M. Jordan Collection and the National Council of Teachers of English/NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children Collection contain McCord titles. McCord was the first recipient of the NCTE Award in 1977.

McGreevey, Michael T. "Nuf Ced" Collection (Microtext Department, x2018; Print Department, x2280)

Donated by this owner of a Columbus Avenue saloon, this collection consists of more than 170 photographs of professional baseball in Boston and personal scrapbooks from the 1890’s to 1912. Originally displayed at McGreevey's tavern, Third Base, the photographs form the largest collection of its kind. The scrapbooks have been microfilmed and are on call number: GV865.M29A3.

    See also: Boston Tradition in Sports

McKinley, William Thomas (1938- ) Collection (Music Department, x2285)

Over three hundred works of living composer, jazz pianist and educator William Thomas McKinley were donated to the Library in 1996. The compositions represent all of the different periods of Mr. McKinley’s compositional development. Although the works are in the process of being cataloged, Jeffrey Sposato’s book, William Thomas McKinley: A Bio-Bibliography serves as finding aid to the collection at this Library as well as those maintained at Mr. McKinley’s residence. Besides being a record of Mr. McKinley’s prodigious compositional output, the book includes bibliographical notes and performance history.

Maginnis and Walsh Collection (Fine Arts Department, x2275)

The Maginnis and Walsh Collection contains the work of this architectural firm from 1913 to 1952. Charles D. Maginnis (1867-1955) and Timothy F. Walsh (1868-1934) were the leading architects in the American Roman Catholic tradition from 1900 to World War II. Two hundred and sixteen individual commissions are represented in the collection. Included in the collection are the plans of 62 churches and several convents and monasteries.

Malaney, Jack Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Malaney first worked for the Boston Post and was later employed by the Red Sox as a publicist. The collection contains photographs, artifacts, guidebooks, and scrapbooks.

    See also: Boston Tradition in Sports

Mansfield, Frederick W. (1877-1958) Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Boston Mayor, 1934-1937. Scrapbooks documenting Mansfield’s administration from 1933-1937 including memorabilia.

Manuscript Club of Boston (Special Collections, x4236)

Clippings, financial records, scrapbooks, and yearbooks covering Club activities from 1911-1992.

Maps and Atlases (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

This collection spans the 16^th-20^th centuries with rare and early maps and atlases of Europe, the Americas, and the world. Researchers can consult European and world maps up to the mid-18^th century and American, particularly New England, Massachusetts, and Boston maps, including Bromley Street plans, and waterfront maps. Early editions of the work of the greatest names in the field of cartography can be found: Ptolemy, Ortelius, Mercator, Jansson, Visscher, W.J. and J. Blaeu, Hondius, J. Speed, and van de Aa. The 1536 Rudimentum novitiorum containing the earliest non-Ptolemaic maps, copies of Des Barre’s Atlantic Neptune, the English Pilot, John Seller’s A Mappe of New England, and Bonner’s The Town of Boston in New England are among the great works which trace the geography of the world both old and new. Other names of importance to local historians, genealogists, and real estate owners are Abel Bowen, Daniel Sanborn, George Bromley, Frederick Beers, and Griffith Morgan Hopkins. A fine collection of the O.H. Bailey and Company’s bird’s eye view maps of the 19^th century give marvelously detailed descriptions of towns all over America. To complete the survey of cartographic treasures in this collection there are the following manuscript maps: a 17^th century Portolano by Roussin covers the Americas and Africa; a large group of 18^th and 19^th century plans and drawings depicts American lands and towns; five original maps by surveyor William Taylor focus on local places such as the Mill Dam, Jamaica Pond, and Deer Island. For local interest there are also William Bowditch’s copies of plans of various parts of Brookline and Roxbury. The collection also includes a fine chart in color of Boston Harbor by Phillip Wells from ca. 1688.

Marchard Orchestra Collection (Music Department, x2285; AVAILABLE ONLY BY APPOINTMENT)

Founded by Jack and Harry Marchard in 1932, the Boston-based orchestra played the "Champagne Circuit" of society balls, debutante parties, country club dances and college and prep school functions throughout the eastern and midwestern United States. There are 130 songbooks and over 1,500 musical scores and parts both published and in manuscript. Also included are publicity materials, reviews, and clippings.

Massachusetts Library Association Archives (Special Collections, x4236)

The collection contains administrative records which describe the development of the organization from 1890 onward including annual reports, minutes, correspondence, financial records and committee reports. A complete run of The Massachusetts Library Club Bulletin (1911-1955) and the Bay State Librarian (1956-) the official publications of the MLA are included as well.

Massachusetts Newspapers (Microtext Department, x2018; Newspaper Room, x2230; Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)
There are holdings for over 10,000 newspaper titles published in the Commonwealth from 1690 to the present. The originals of Massachusetts colonial newspapers are in Rare Books. Researchers are requested to use the microfilm copies due to the fragility of the original papers.

Massachusetts Peace Movement Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Newsletters and periodicals documenting the 1960’s peace movement including the Viet Report and Massachusetts Political Action for Peace as well as numbers of the New Republic, New Yorker, and other mainstream periodicals.

Massachusetts Political Action for Peace (Mass Pax)
    See: Grossman, Jerome Collection

Massachusetts Political Archive (Print Department, x2280)

Photographs, scrapbooks and other material related to Boston and Massachusetts State politics. Includes the Curley Collection of photographs and memorabilia related to Mayor and Governor James M. Curley, photographs of all the 20^th century Boston mayors and photographs and prints of many 19^th century Boston mayors. Also includes material related to the Kennedy and Fitzgerald families including photographs of JFK’s political career from his first term in congress to his presidency.

Massachusetts 20th Regiment Association Collection
    See: 20^th Regiment Collection

Medieval Manuscripts (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Dating from the 10th to 16th centuries, covering a wide range of subjects, representing a wide variety of schools of both script and illumination in France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, and England. From a nucleus of twenty items acquired in 1901 at the sale of the library of the Earl of Ashburton, this collection has grown to encompass well over 200 volumes and single leaves. Most of the items are described in DeRicci's Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in North America, and in the 1962 Supplement by William Bond, and some have been extensively studied in articles in More Books and elsewhere. Treasures include: the 10th century lectionary from the Abbey of St. Illidius; the 13th century Flemish Psalter with its eight full-page miniatures glowing with burnished gold; the early 15th century Grandes Heures from the Quebriac family; the 14th century German pictorial life of St. Augustine; and the set of miniatures from an early 16th century Spanish Book of Hours. Non-European manuscripts include several Armenian examples, three Hebrew scrolls, a 15th century Persian copy of Nizami's Khamsah illustrated by Ali Mahmud, and three palm leaf Pali manuscripts.

Merrill, Richard Collection (Print Department, x2280)

Collection of approximately 10,000 film negatives by photographer Richard Merrill who contributed photographs to the Boston Herald-Traveler and other publications. Photographs were taken in the late 1930’s and 1940’s with a concentration on local radio history and the war effort during World War II on the Boston home-front.

Modern Irish History Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Over 1500 books, pamphlets, broadsides, leaflets, typed documents and letters, holograph letters, and ephemera covering the Fenian period to the early days of the Irish Free State, Fenian and post-Fenian organizations at home and overseas, land disturbances, Parnell, Home Rule, the rise of the Labour party, the Easter Rising, the War of Independence, the Treaty, the Civil War, and the beginnings of the Free State.

Mokray, William George "Bill" (1907-1974) Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Mokray was a statistician and publicist employed by the Boston Garden and the Boston Celtics. The collection contains pre-1956 Celtics yearbooks and bound editions of the Boston Garden News.

    See also: Boston Tradition in Sports

Moloney, Francis X. (1911-1979) Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Moloney was an Assistant Director in the Boston Public Library and at one time the executive secretary of the Boston Municipal Research Bureau. The collection contains material on the Irish poet, Denis A. McCarthy, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, newsclippings, photographs, and other materials related to his work in the Library.

Montgomery Sears / Freiligrath Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

A collection of German literature, primarily poetry &endash; epic and dramatic as well and lyric &endash; of the late 18th and the 19th centuries, once the library of the Romantic poet Ferdinand Freiligrath. Besides the valuable folk song collection and the early almanacs, the collection includes first editions by important German authors and some thirty presentation copies with autograph inscriptions by the authors. The collection has 2,000 volumes.

Munn, James Buell Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432; Research Library Catalogs)

A scholarly gathering of 25,000 volumes collected by this eminent Professor of English at Harvard University. This collection has strong holdings in Biblical literature, poetry, 18th- and 19th-century French literature, and 20th-century first editions, such as Ernest Hemingway and T. S. Eliot. Much of the collection has been dispersed in the Library stacks and can be found in the Research Library Catalogs, with the first editions and rare items (2,200 volumes) housed in the Rare Books Department.

Munsterberg, Hugo Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Contains 3,000 letters by statesmen, authors, educators, and other major figures from the late 19th- and early 20th-century. Born in Prussia in 1863, Munsterberg was an important research pioneer in experimental psychology and taught at Harvard for many years.

Murphy, John R. (1856-1932) Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Murphy was a member of the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives as well as serving as Fire, Water, and Finance Commissioners.

He ran twice for the office of Boston Mayor, in 1898 against Mayor Patrick A. Collins and in 1921 against Mayor James Michael Curley. The collection contains clippings, photographs, several memorial books, two certificates, and a copy of his oration on July 4, 1892.

Murphy, Robert F. (1900-1976) Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Murphy was Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor (1956-1960) under Governor Foster Furcolo and also served as Metropolitan District Commissioner (1960-1965). The collection contains speeches, photographs, memorabilia, and newsclippings.

Museum of Fine Arts Picture Collection (Fine Arts Department, x2275)

Mounted original and commercial photographs and reproductions of international architecture, decorative arts, painting and sculpture, given to the Boston Public Library by the Museum’s Education Department. The MFA retained any plates regarding classical and Asian Art.

Music Program Collection (Music Department, x2285; AVAILABLE ONLY BY APPOINTMENT)

1700 concert and theater programs from Boston-area concerts, New York, and other American venues held from 1818 to date. The oldest materials are from London theaters; many of these programs represent theaters or organizations no longer extant. The Boston organizations represented include the Faelten Pianoforte School, the Boston Opera House, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and the Handel & Haydn Society.

National Council of Teachers of English/NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

This prestigious award, honoring a poet’s existing body of work in terms of its contribution to children’s literature, was given annually from 1977-1982 and triennially for the succeeding years. The collection contains copies of each winning poet’s titles with the Award book plates and seals and in some cases an autograph. The collection currently contains 106 titles. A collection within the Alice M. Jordan Collection

Nazarro, Tommaso (1895-1977) Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Nazarro was a producer of Italian opera and film series in the Boston area from the 1920’s to the 1950’s. This collection contains programs, playbills, and newspaper clippings related to operas, variety shows, concerts, mime performances, and Italian films. In addition there are publicity stills of Italian opera and film stars.

NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children
    See: National Council of Teachers of English

Nelson, J. Robert Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

A history of the Ecumenical Movement (1910-1980’s) through documents of the principal organizations: the World Council of Churches, the Commission on Faith and Order, the National Council of the Churches of Christ, and the Consultation on Church Union. The collection consists of reports, pamphlets, brochures, working papers, memoranda, correspondence, articles, newsclippings, and press releases.

New England Art Information File
    See: Boston Art Archives/New England Art Information File

New England Base Ballist: a Weekly Journal, an Advocate of the National Game, Field Sports and the Drama. August 6, 1868-December 31, 1868. (Microtext Department, x2018)

Call Number: GV1033.N36x.

    See also: Boston Tradition in Sports

New England Round Table of Children’s Librarians Archives (Special Collections, x4236)

First organized by Alice Jordan at the Boston Public Library in 1906, this professional organization was one of the first of its kind in the country. Materials collected include: correspondence, membership rosters, program flyers, bibliographies, oral histories, videotapes, memorabilia, and photographs. A collection within the Alice M. Jordan Collection

Nichols, Malcolm E. (1876-1951) Collection (Microtext Department, x2018)

Boston Mayor, 1926-1929; he also served on the Boston City Council and in the legislature as a senator and representative. Nichols promoted a census proposal for Greater Boston, saw work start on the East Boston tunnel, and established the Boston Traffic Commission and Boston Port Authority. The collection contains 23 scrapbooks of newspaper clippings documenting his administration which have been microfilmed and are on call number: F73.54.N52A5 1986x.

Northern Ireland Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Several hundred contemporary pamphlets related to political parties and organizations active during the period 1960-1970. It includes runs of Peace by Peace and Visor.

Norton, Clement (1894-1979) Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Norton served as a member of the Boston School Committee and the City Council. Norton was a friend of the writer Edwin O’Connor and an intimate of politicians such as James Michael Curley, John (Honey Fitz) Fitzgerald, Martin Lomasney, and John F. Kennedy. For forty years Mr. Norton frequented the Boston Public Library using the Library’s old Patent Room as his research base.

The collection consists of hand-written and typed notebooks and files on a variety of subjects including Sacco and Vanzetti and James Michael Curley.

Norton, Eliot (1903- ) Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432; Special Collections, x4236)

The collection in Rare Books (Ms.Am. 2390) contains a typescript of his lectures with the original, corrected, and final copy along with some correspondence. The material in Special Collections contains the noted drama critic’s reviews from the Boston Post, Dec. 16, 1934-Sept. 30, 1956 and the Boston Daily Record, Sunday Advertiser, Record-American, Oct. 9, 1956-Dec. 29, 1971.

O’Connor, Edwin (1918-1968) Papers (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Over 400 items, containing manuscripts, correspondence, and articles by the author of The Last Hurrah. Call Number: Ms.Am. 1600.

O’Meara, Stephen (1854-1918) Papers (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Covering the period 1880-1918, from his years as manager and publisher of the Boston Journal through his two terms as Police Commissioner (1906-1918) of Boston, this manuscript collection provides a vivid picture of Boston and Massachusetts through correspondence, business papers, and memorabilia. Call Number: Ms.Am. 2432.

Opera and Ballet Collections (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Approximately 2,800 watercolor and pen and ink drawings for the opera and ballet, primarily Italian and German, from the second half of the 19^th to the early 20th centuries. The two greatest 19^th-century designers for the stage, Luigi Bartezago (1820-1905) and Alfred Edel (1859-1912) are well represented. The majority of the designs are associated with productions at La Scala in Milan, while others relate to opera and ballet in Genoa, Naples, Perugia, Rimini, Rome, Trieste, Turin, Venice, and Paris.

O’Reilly, John Boyle (1844-1890) Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

This collection contains correspondence from and to the editor of the Boston Pilot (1876-1890).

O’Reilly, Mary Boyle (1873-1939) Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Correspondence focusing on the literary work of John Boyle O’Reilly’s daughter who was an active social worker and humanitarian.

Parker, Theodore (1810-1860) Library (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Approximately 20,000 volumes and manuscripts, including grammars, dictionaries of foreign languages, encyclopedias, Latin and Greek classics, literary histories, and books on jurisprudence, German theology, and material on the anti-slavery controversy. Rarities include the Speculum quadraplex of Vincent de Beauvais, published between 1473 and 1474. A leading American intellectual born in Lexington (1810), Theodore Parker became a great reader and later taught school. In 1836 he was ordained a Unitarian minister and became involved in the anti-slavery movement. He bequeathed his books to the Boston Public Library in 1860. Among Parker's devoted friends were Matilda Goddard and Caroline Coddington Thayer, each of whom presented the Library with the complete writings of Parker, including magazine articles and newspaper clippings. The Library is a major repository of Parker manuscripts, brought together from a number of sources with a typed checklist. Besides correspondence, it includes an autograph notebook with a complete list of Parker's 1,000-page draft of his letter to the Twenty-Eighth Congregational Society when he left Boston on his last journey.

Parkman, Henry (1894-1958) Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Parkman was active in city and state politics serving in the City Council from 1926-1929 and in the Massachusetts Senate from 1929-1936. He was part of the first Tobin administration as Corporation Counsel and as one of the Mayor’s advisors. The collection contains personal papers, scrapbooks, and memorabilia.

Peabody and Stearns Collection of Architectural Drawings (1870-1917) (Fine Arts, x2275)

Includes architectural plans, presentation sketches and blueprints (totaling more than 1,400 rolls and representing 571 projects), as well as the firm's office project file.

Peron Era Political Pamphlets and Monographs Collection (Microtext Department, x2018)

A unique library of pamphlets and monographs relating to General Juan Domingo Peron and the political life of Argentina from the end of World War I to 1958. In Microtext on call number: F2849.P312 1988x.

Peterfield-Trent , William/Defoe, Daniel Collection
    See: Trent/Defoe Collection

Peters, Andrew J. (1872-1938) Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Peters was Boston Mayor, 1918-1921 and in addition served in the Massachusetts Senate (1904-1905), the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1902), and in the U.S. House of Representatives (1906-1914). Peters was Mayor during the Boston Police Strike of 1919. A scrapbook containing correspondence, telegrams, political memorabilia, invitations, programs, certificates, and newspaper clippings describes his public life.

    See also: Boston Police Strike Documents of 1919

Photographs of the American West (Print Department, x2280)

Includes Carleton Watkins photographs of Yosemite Valley, Eadward Muybridge’s nine panel panorama of San Francisco from California Hill, 1877, Alexander Gardner’s photographs from Across the Continent on the Kansas Pacific Railroad, Timothy O’Sullivan’s and William Bell’s photographs for the War Department’s Wheeler Survey from 1871 to 1874, A.J. Russell’s The Great West Illustrated, photographs by W.H. Jackson and John K. Hillers, photographs of Indians by Rinehart and others.

Photographs of India (Print Department, x2280)

Includes 1,990 19th century photos of Ahmedabad, Bombay, the imperial assemblage at Delhi, Gujarat, and Rajputana.

Photographs of the Near East (Print Department, x2280)

Includes 19th century photographs of Thebes, Jerusalem, Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Greece, and of the land and people of the upper Nile.

Picture Research Collection (Print Department, x2280)

Received by the Library in 1983 as a gift from John H. Livens in honor of Boston collector Eugene Dselskaley, this is a vast and unusual collection of 19th and 20th century pictorial materials, containing nearly 200,000 items. These include prints, engravings, and chromolithographs covering a diversity of subjects, including portraits, political cartoons, fashion plates, views of the country, exotic people and animals, business and advertising images, allegorical pictures, old Russian prints, scenes of Boston and New England, and illustrations from literature.

Piston, Walter (1894-1976) Collection (Music Department, x2285; Rare Books & Manuscripts, x 432)

Approximately 2,275 items that belonged to the two-time Pulitzer Prize winning composer and Professor emeritus of Harvard University. The collection includes 25 music manuscripts or holographs, composed between 1933 and 1976, plus about 400 monographs on various subjects, 243 sound recordings, photographs, bound scores by other composers, antique instruments, and personal effects. The third floor of the McKim Building houses a replica of Piston’s Belmont home study.

Postcard Collections (Fine Arts Department, x2275; Print Department, x2280)

   See: Boston Postcard Collection Brew, J.O. Streetcard and Railroad Collection Kattenberg, Burns Postcard Collection Tichnor Brothers Inc. Postcard Collection United States Postcard Collection
 

The Fine Arts Department has 1,500 postcards of Boston buildings and street scenes.
 

Prang, Louis & Company Collection (Print Department, x2280)

Consists of an estimated 15,000 chromolithographs including landscape reproductions based on paintings by nineteenth century American artists and many scrapbooks of greeting cards. With the Hallmark Historical Collection in Kansas City, Missouri, the Prang & Company Collection is one of the two major sources of information on Prang's lithographs.

Preston, William G. (1842-1910) Collection (Fine Arts Department, x2275)

This collection of architectural drawings is one of the most complete records of the works of a 19th century American architect with more than 10,000 designs, encompassing more than 600 civic, commercial, and residential projects. Preston designed buildings in Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, and Georgia. The Library also received Preston's clipping collections.

Prince, Thomas Library of the Old South Church (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Contains approximately 2,000 volumes from one of this country's first book collectors and includes additional books and manuscripts of the Mathers and their associates. The collection is rich in early New England history, literature, and theological works of the 17th and 18th centuries, including the first fruits of the American press: two copies of the Bay Psalm Book (1640), the famous verse translation of the Psalms by John Cotton and other divines of the Massachusetts Bay Colony; John Eliot's Indian Bible (1661); and other works considered indispensable for the library of the 17th century scholar and clergyman.

Print Department’s Collection of Irish Material (Print Department, x2280)

19^th and 20^th century works of art on paper commemorating events in Irish history, the beauty of the Irish landscape, and the creativity of Irish artists and writers. Included are vintage photographs, and post cards, 19^th century lithographs, a series of 19^th century watercolors of Irish Round Towers by Gordon MacDonald Hills, illustrated broadsides published by the Cuala Press, and prints and photographs by contemporary Irish artists including Margaret Irwin, David Goldberg, and Fergus Bourke.

Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston Archive (Music Department, x2285)

Archives of a unique chamber orchestra-one of five cooperative orchestras in the United States. Founded in 1978 by Larry Hill, the orchestra is dedicated to performing music written for small forces, usually 20-35 players. The decisions for progamming, hiring of conductors and guest artists are governed by board consisting of members of the Orchestra. The archives hold programs, advertisements, secretarial and business records of the Orchestra from its inception to the present.

Reilly, William A. (1903-1969) Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Reilly was director of administrative services under Mayor John B. Collins. He was Fire Commissioner in 1942 when the Coconut Grove disaster occurred, killing 500 people. He ran for mayor in 1945 and was defeated by James Michael Curley. He served as deputy mayor in 1958-59. Subject files in the collection cover Administrative Services, Back Bay Historic District Commission, Boston Fire Department, and the Traffic Commission. There are also monographs, pamphlets, and newsclippings.

Rendell, Kenneth / White Mountain Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Contains 500 19th- and early 20th century books relating to conservation of and recreation in New Hampshire's White Mountains.

Rickard, George Lewis "Tex" (1871-1929) Collection (Microtext Department, x2018)

A scrapbook on the boxing and sport promoter. Call Number: GV165.R5A3.

    See also: Boston Tradition in Sports

Rines, Joseph (1902-1986) Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Rines was a composer, arranger, radio music director, and producer. The collection consists of song lyrics, song and dance band music, radio scripts, and newspaper clippings, as well as scrapbooks, correspondence and photographs from about 1925-1954.

Sabatier, Paul (1858-1928)/ Franciscan Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

The collection contains about 4,000 volumes on the life of St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) and the Franciscan order.

Sacco-Vanzetti Collection
    See: Felicani, Aldino Sacco-Vanzetti Collection

Sanromá, John B. (1900-1997) Collection (Music Department, x2285; AVAILABLE ONLY BY APPOINTMENT; Print Department, x2280)

Close to 5,000 photographs, some with negatives, taken by John B. Sanromá. Mr. Sanromá was staff photographer for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Parks and Recreation Department and the first "candid" camera photographer for the Boston Herald. Also included are samples of his work as a portrait photographer. Subjects include Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops and other area orchestras, musicians, celebrities including his brother pianist Jesus Maria Sanromá, politicians, park events, and weddings, all dating from the 1930’s. The Print Department has Sanromá photographs for non-music related subjects.

Santerre, Richard Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Franco-American history and life as documented through monographs, serials, pamphlets, parish histories, scores, newspapers, prints, and photographs from the 19^th and 20^th centuries. There are 2,000 monographs, pamphlets, and serials in the collection.

See also: Beaulieu, Wilfred Collection Franco-American Newspapers Collection
 

Schlesinger, Leonard and Charlotte Travel Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Travel books, guidebooks, and maps used by the Schlesingers on their extensive trips around the world and throughout the United States, dating from the 1950’s-1980’s.

SEPAC
See: South End Project Area Committee

1798 Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

The collection, which includes both primary and secondary resource material, spans a twenty-eight year period of Irish history from 1775-1803, concentrating on the Rebellion of 1798. This particular period of Irish history marks the beginning of the Irish republican movement which has dominated Irish politics to this day. The Collection includes significant material pertaining to the impact of the American War of Independence on Ireland, the rise influence and decline of the Irish Volunteers, the influence of the French Revolution on Irish radical thought, the social and economic consequences of the age of Enlightenment, the insurrection of 1803 and the other related topics. It contains close to 2,000 monographs, serials, newspapers, pamphlets, broadsides and manuscripts.

Shattuck, Winfred A. (1892-1986) Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Diaries and reminiscences by a descendent of a family with roots in the Commonwealth since 1632.

Shaw, Mary (1854-1929) Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Shaw was a Boston actress and suffragist who also appeared in New York in works by Shakespeare and Ibsen. The Collection includes correspondence, calling cards, photographs, and promotional and production materials from 1899-1914. (Ms. 2863)

Silverman, Sam (1913-1977) Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

A promoter of boxing in Boston and New England from 1945-1977, the Silverman collection contains contracts, licenses, and financial statements relating to events he promoted. There are some photos, glass negatives, ticket stubs, clippings, and items related to his funeral.

    See also: Boston Tradition in Sports

Snyder, Leo (1918-1984) Collection (Music Department, x2285)

Boston born and educated, Leo Snyder earned his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music from New England Conservatory. He was on the faculties of New England Conservatory of Music, Boston University and Northeastern University. In addition to teaching, he also wrote program notes and guides for the Boston Opera Company and the Brockton Symphony. He contributed to Listen magazine and worked as critic-at-large for NPR radio station WBUR. Among the works in this collection are his secular cantata The Book of Americans, his opera, The Princess Marries the Page, Love is a Language, The Christmas Tale, and The End is Coming. The collection includes completed scores and sketches.

Society of Arts and Crafts Boston Archives (Fine Arts Department, x2275)

The collection includes organization and financial records dating from 1897, exhibition files, publicity material, files of craftsmen’s correspondence, price lists, photographs and drawings of early exhibitions and craftsmen. This collection was microfilmed by the Archives of American Art.

South End Project Area Committee (SEPAC) (Microtext Department, x2018; Special Collections, x4236)

Minutes, reports, clippings, and documents from the 1970’s-1989’s. The SEPAC Newsletter (1970-1981) is available in Microtext on call number: HT177.B6S473x.

Spanish and Portuguese Literature Collection
    See: Ticknor, George Library of Spanish and Portuguese Literature

Strickland, Charles and Strickland, Brigham, and Eldredge Collections (Fine Arts Department, x2275)

Original drawings, office/project files, and photographs of these Boston-based firms (early 1900’s-1970’s).

Thayer, Eliza Library (d. 1876) (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Relates to history and biography, including a large number of costly illustrated works containing many historical portraits. The nucleus of this collection consisted of 890 volumes given to the Library in 1877 under the bequest of Miss Eliza Thayer of Roxbury. From time to time, her sisters gave from their own libraries many valuable illustrated books and memorials of Theodore Parker. The entire collection now numbers 5,398 volumes. A printed index for printed material and an index for the portrait collection are both available in Rare Books.

Thompson, Benjamin and Jane Collection of Bostoniana (Print Department, x2280)

19^th century billheads, and advertisements of Boston businesses; engravings of 19^th century life in Boston; books on Early American life; Boston advertising tins and souvenirs.

Tichnor Brothers Inc. Postcard Collection (Print Department, x2280)

Approximately 25,000 office proofs of postcards of the United States published by the Boston firm Tichnor Brothers Inc.

    See also: Postcard Collections

Ticknor, George (1791-1871) Library of Spanish and Portuguese Literature (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

This collection was bequeathed to the Library in 1871. A Harvard professor of Spanish and French and a founder of the Boston Public Library, George Ticknor developed this collection while traveling through Spain and Portugal in 1818. He decided to purchase Spanish books because they were so rare in the great bookmarts. The destruction of books during the Inquisition had been very great, and but few copies remained of many fine works. Ticknor also left a bequest for $4,000 for a trust fund, the income of which is devoted to maintaining the integrity of the collection. The collection has grown from the original bequest of 3,907 books to 10,000 volumes today. It covers many aspects of Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American literature and history, including books on art, science, law, and theology. It is especially rich in every phase of Spanish literature from early editions of Don Quixote (1605) to the manuscript of Lope de Vega's El Castigo sin Venganza; from the earliest edition of Celestina (Seville, 1502) to the Obras of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, the 17th century Mexican poetess. The collection is an important source for major collections of authors such as Pedro Calderon de la Barca, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Benito Geronimo Feyjoo y Montenegro, Luiz de Camoens, Luiz Velez de Guevara, and Fernan Caballero. Among the rare historical and political works can be found the Constituciones de Catalunya. Circo tra tados (1493) by Alonso Ortiz which contain the earliest reference to the discoveries of Columbus. A published catalog by G.K. Hall is available.

Tobin, Maurice J. (1901-1953) Collection (Microtext Department, x2018; Special Collections, x4236)

Boston Mayor, 1938-1944, Massachusetts Governor, 1945-1947, U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1948-1953, Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1926, Boston School Committee, 1931-1934, 1935-1937. Scrapbooks from 1937-1944, 1948-1953 have been microfilmed and are on call number F73.5.T6A3. The Tobin files as Secretary of Labor are in Microtext on call number: HD4835.U4T6.

Tosti, Cardinal Antonio Collection of Engravings (Print Department, x2280)

Contains 5,100 early rare plates and engravings in 129 volumes and portfolios. Given to the Library in 1869 by Thomas Gold Appleton, the collection was brought together by Cardinal Antonio Tosti of Rome, at one time treasurer of the Pontifical Government.

Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Collection (Print Department, x2280)

Lithographs, prints, and posters from 1890-1901 provide a glimpse into the world of fin-de-siecle Paris with images of authors, musicians, cafÈ singers, dancers, and popular performers.

Tree, Sir Herbert Beerbohm (1853-1917) Theater Music Collection (Music Department, x2285; AVAILABLE ONLY BY APPOINTMENT)

This collection consists primarily of manuscripts and published scores of incidental music for over 60 plays produced by Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, manager of London’s Haymarket Theatre from1887, and later of Her Majesty’s Theater, from1897 until 1916. Materials include full-scores, orchestral parts, stage band music, typescripts or books, song lyrics, printed editions of plays, correspondence, and production items. Items within the Collection include the unpublished full scores by Mascagni (The Eternal City, 1902) and several autograph full scores by the composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, including four of his five known sets of incidental music and six short pieces that he wrote for Israel Zangwill’s The God of War.

Tremont Theatre Archives (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Spanning the period 1839-1843, the administrative and financial records for a Boston theater.

Trent/Defoe Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

A library of 5,000 volumes brought together by William Peterfield-Trent. Trent worked on the life and writings of Daniel Defoe (1661?-1731) for decades. Besides multiple editions, issues, and states of the major works, and hundreds of pamphlets ascribed to Defoe, Trent gathered thousands of pamphlets by the contemporaries of William and Mary, Queen Anne, and George the First. Many of the monographs have Trent’s notes concerning authorship and scarcity on the title page and wrappers. The collection also includes works by John Dunton, Jonathan Swift, John Oldmixon, and John Toland; numerous tracts dealing with the Heauly and Sacheverell controversies; and a long run of pamphlets concerning the Dissenters or Nonconformists.

Triangle Collection (Entries are under "Ireland" and "Irish" in the Research Library Catalog on microfiche)

Irish pamphlets related to biography, economics, history, literature, and politics from the late 19^th to the early 20^th centuries.

Triangle Theater Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

The Triangle Theater is a Boston gay and lesbian theater company which was founded in 1980 by David M. Hough. The bulk of the collection consists of publicity and promotional materials, programs, playbills, press releases, flyers, letters, and invitations from 1980-1988.

Tupper Scrapbook Collection (Print Department, x2280)

This collection of 1,993 photographs from the 1880’s and 1890’s records one family's travels to England, Scotland, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Spain, Algeria, Italy, Greece, and Egypt. Most of the photographs appear to have been purchased by the travelers at major stopping-places and sites. They reveal the business that local photographers did with well-to-do travelers making a grand tour.

20^th Regiment Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Contains books relating to military affairs, specializing in the Civil War and Massachusetts. The money by which this collection was established was derived from the residue of a fund contributed by the 20th Regiment Association of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, for the erection of one of the Louis Saint-Gaudens lions on the landing of the Boston Public Library's grand staircase. Strong in regimental histories with a near complete run of the General Orders of the various Departments of the Union Army, and in contemporary sheet music (southern as well as northern), the collection also includes 10 scrapbooks of patriotic envelopes and 9 portfolios of the battle and camp photographs by Mathew Brady and Alexander Gardner. As part of their original gift, members of the 20th Regiment Association donated copies of their own diaries, reports, and letters. To these have been added other manuscript material pertaining to both North and South. While works concerning other wars and military engagements are not as extensive, there are interesting items from the War of 1812 and the Mexican War, and the monumental sets of official records of the 1st and 2nd Divisions of the American Expeditionary Force. Also there are 345 volumes of personal narratives and other works on World War I, the gift of Mary Boyle O'Reilly. The collection continues to grow, now also adding materials focusing on Massachusetts participation in World Wars I and II.

United States Postcard Collection (Print Department, x2280)

Approximately 65,000 postcards of views of the United States.

    See also: Postcard Collections

Ward, Robert DeCourcy Collection
    See: Immigration Restriction League Collection

Washingtoniana Collection
    See: Lewisson, Walter Updike Collection of Washingtoniana

Welch, Joseph Nye (1890-1960) Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432; Special Collections, x4236)

Material related to the 1954 Army-McCarthy Senate Hearings. Joseph Welch was counsel for the Secretary of Defense in these Hearings.

West Indies Collection
    See: Hunt , Benjamin P./West Indies Collection

WHDH Film Collection (Special Collections, x4236)

Film footage shot by the station from the mid-1960’s to about the mid 1970’s. Footage documents local politicians, protests, and other events in this period.

Wheeler, Leeds Armstrong Collection (Print Department, x2280)

Formed by Wheeler and given by his family in his memory, this collection includes many black and white lithographs and chromolithography from the Boston firm of Armstrong and Company, active from about 1870 to 1900. Included are photographs and memorabilia of Armstrong, and pictures, documents, and notes relating to the Armstrong business, which for a time was the Lithographic Department of the Riverside Press, Cambridge, part of Houghton Mifflin & Co.

White Mountain Collection
    See: Rendell, Kenneth/White Mountain Collection

Whiting, Harriet S. Collection (Print Department, x2280)

Photographs, postcards, programs, playbills, and correspondence related to early 20^th century opera.

Whitman, Walt (1819-1892) Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Contains more than 300 volumes relating to and by Walt Whitman. The collection was founded by Whitman's earliest biographer, Dr. Richard M. Bucke. In 1896, four years after the poet's death, Bucke gave to the Library a large group of Whitman's material, much of which he had received as one of Whitman's literary executors. Included with the collection were 17 photographs and 20 manuscripts (letters and rough drafts of poems). Additions to the original gift include the collections of two other executors, gifts from several of Whitman's publishers, and another group of volumes from the biographer.

Wiggin, Albert H. Collection (Print Department, x2280)

A treasure house of prints, drawings, watercolors, and books brought together by Wiggin, who grew up in Boston and began his banking career here before becoming president of the Chase Bank of New York, a post which he held from 1911 to about 1930. Presented to the Library in 1941, the collection includes important Old Master prints, a small collection of Old Master drawings, and is rich in nineteenth century and early twentieth century French, British, and American works of art on paper. Major holdings include notable drawings and prints by English landscape artist Thomas Rowlandson, and major collections of prints by Goya, Honore Daumier, Alphonse Legros, Henri Fantin-Latour, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Jean-Louis Forain, George Bellows, and many others.

Wood, Joe "Smoky Joe" (1889-1985) Collection (Microtext Department, x2018)

Scrapbooks of material on early Red Sox pitcher Wood. Call Number: GV865.W6A3.

    See also: Boston Tradition in Sports

Works Progress Administration.
Card Index to the Genealogical Columns of the Boston Evening Transcript, 1915-1935 (Microtext Department, x2018)

Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project Collection (Print Department, x2280)

Contains photographs of work by artists participating in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project for Massachusetts. The different works of arts and crafts recorded in this collection number over 1,000 and include oils, watercolors, drawings, prints, tempera, metal work, murals, and masks.

Worlds Fairs Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

Brought together by historian Robert Feer, this collection contains well over 3,000 items including manuscripts, official printed records of the fairs, ephemera, photographs and souvenirs. Originally limited to material relating to World's Fairs of North America, this collection has been expanded to incorporate other fairs and expositions including those abroad.

Wyman, Lilla Viles Collection (Rare Books & Manuscripts, x4432)

A collection of 183 dance books covering such topics as Swedish folk dances, Buddhist ceremonial dances, ballroom dancing, classical ballet, and the history of the polka.

Young, Victor (1900-1956) Collection (Music Department, x2285; AVAILABLE ONLY BY APPOINTMENT)

The collection contains 1400 items, primarily conductor’s scores, vocal/piano scores, lead sheets, and instrumental parts, once used by film composer, arranger, and conductor Victor Young. Best known for his Academy Award winning score for Around the World in 80 Days (1956), Young also composed the music for more than 300 films, two Broadway shows, and numerous hit songs and commercials.