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How to find information about Regional and Massachusetts Library of Last Recourse Boston Public Library collections finding guides.



Mary Beth Dunhouse  Coordinator
Special Projects and Collections  Boston Public Library
Massachusetts Library of Last Recourse
mbdunhouse@bpl.org

John Arnold  Massachusetts Library Commissioner
arnold@reluctant.com


Reply To:
dsaklad@gnu.org

Dear Mary Beth Dunhouse,



Via email, please send further details and descriptive
information about about

 1. Finding Guides Available:
 2. General repository guide
 3. Guide to monographic collection
 4. Guides for manuscript collection
 5. Guides for archives' records groups
 6. Guide to institutional microfilm holdings
 7. Other guides

Or arrange for access to the guides via BPL or
Massachusetts Library Commissioners web links
http://www.bpl.org
http://mlin.lib.ma.us




Reference
http://catalogues.mlin.lib.ma.us/databases/special/spec_coll_index.shtml
Enter:
Boston Public Library

Select:
Research Library Office Special Collections


Massachusetts Special Collections Directory

Boston Public Library
Research Library Office
666 Boylston Street
Boston MA 02117

Phone:
 617.536.5400

TTY/TDD:
 617.266.9320

FAX:
 617.536.7758

WWW Page:
http://www.bpl.org

Institution Contact(s):
 Mary Beth Dunhouse
 Coordinator Special Projects and Collections
 617.536.5400 ext. 236
 mbdunhouse@bpl.org

Hours:
 M-Th 9AM-9PM
 F,Sa 9AM-5PM

Seasonal Hours:
 October-May:
 Su 1PM-5PM

Closings:
 Closed on March 17 (Evacuation Day)
 June 17 (Bunker Hill Day)

Online Catalog:
Web:
http://www.bpl.org
http://mbln.lib.ma.us/
 circulating catalog

Telnet:
telnet://bpl.org
 (username "bpl")

Services for the Disabled:
 TTY/TDD
 Americans with Disabilities Act accessible
 Assistive devices available
 Handicapped parking
 Special access services

Bibliographic Utility:
 OCLC/NELINET
 RLIN

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
Name:
 Special Collections

Special Collection Contact(s):
 Mary Beth Dunhouse
 Coordinator of Special Projects and Collections
 617.536.5400 ext. 236
 mbdunhouse@bpl.org

FAX:
 617.536.7758

Hours:
 M-F 9AM-5PM

Collections:
 49

Formats:
 manuscripts
 192,665 volumes of archives
 3,539 linear feet of archives
 monographs
 microforms
 3,000 realia/artifacts

Collection Description:
 Alioto Archives (related to Boston schools)
 Boston 200 Commission Archives
 New Boston Garden Archives
 Boston Municipal Research Bureau Archives
 Boston Police Strike Archives
 Boston, Early City Plans
 Brown & LaRue Collection (Americans for Democratic
  Action)
 City Directories (Boston)
 John Collins Archive
 James Michael Curley Collection
 Leslie Cutler Collection
 Edward Dana Archives (related to MTA)
 Joseph Buell Ely Archives
 Louella Everett Poetry Reference Collection
 Ford Hall Forum Collection
 Foster J. Furcolo Archives
 Jerome Grossman Collection (Council for a Livable World;
  Peace Now Movement 1960's)
 Maxwell Grossman Archives
 Seamus Heaney Collection
 Al Hirshber Collection
 Hobbs Collection
 Houghton Mifflin Trade Publications Archives (Adult
  titles, Children's titles, Multimedia titles)
 Charles F. Hurley Archives
 Immigration Restriction League Collection
 Charles Hiller Innes Collection
 Jackson Theater Collection
 Joan of Arc Collection
 Alice M. Jordan Children's Literature Collection
 Judaica Collection (including Fanny Goldstein Archives)
 Harold Kaese Sports Collection
 Kerr Collection (relating to Boston)
 L'Adunata Collection on Anarchism
 Michael Lambert Collection (Mission Hill Neighborhood
  Archives)
 League of Women Voters Archives
 Milton Lord Archives
 Arthur T. Lyman Collection
 Jack Malaney Sports Collection
 Frederick W. Mansfield Collection
 Massachusetts Library Association Archives
 Msgr. Edward G. Murray Ecumenical Collection
 New England Roundtable of Children's Librarians
 Archives
 Northern Ireland Pamphlet Collection
 Richard Santerre Franco-American Collection
 Sam Silverman Boxing Collection
 South End (Boston) Project Action Committee
 Maurice J. Tobin Archives
 Triangle Theatre Archives
 WHDH Film Archive

Access:
 Collection(s) are available by appointment only
 Photo ID required
 Access only in reading room, supervised
 Laptop computers and tape recorders allowed
 with staff approval

Copying:
 Photocopying permitted at discretion of staff
 Self-service copying (change needed)
 Restrictions on scanners
 Restrictions on cameras
 Restrictions on tape recorders

Loans:
 Loans for exhibits only
Loans permitted for research only

Finding Guides Available:
 General repository guide
 Guide to monographic collection
 Guides for manuscript collection
 Guides for archives' records groups
 Guide to institutional microfilm holdings

Directions:

FROM I-93 NORTH OR SOUTH:
Take the Storrow Drive exit.
Take the Copley Square exit off of Storrow Drive.
The exit deadends at a signal light;
 turn right onto Beacon Street.
While on Beacon Street, you will cross Berkeley,
 Clarendon, and Dartmouth Streets.
Take a left onto the next street, Exeter (a one-way
 street).
While on Exeter, you will cross Marlborough Street,
 Commonwealth Ave. and Newbury Street.
The next cross street is Boylston.
The library is on the
 corner of Exeter and Boylston Streets.

FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE (I-90):
Come all of the way into the city on I-90
 (Massachusetts Turnpike).
Take the Prudential Center / Copley Square exit.
The exit road will split; follow to Copley Square
 (right lane).
You will exit the tunnel onto the right hand side of
 Stuart Street -- Move to the lane on the far left.
Take the left at the next light onto Dartmouth Street
 (approximately 500 feet from the tunnel exit).
The Library is on the left of Dartmouth Street, after
 the next light (approximately 500 ft.).

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION (MBTA):
Green Line to Copley Station.
Exits come up near the library.
Orange Line to Back Bay / South End Station.
Walk down Dartmouth Street to Copley Square.

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