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How to find information about Regional and Massachusetts Library of Last Recourse Boston Public Library collections finding guides.
- Subject: How to find information about Regional and Massachusetts Library of Last Recourse Boston Public Library collections finding guides.
- From: Don Saklad <dsaklad@GNU.ORG>
- Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 06:32:07 -0400
- Organization: http://GuideToProblematicalLibraryUse.WebLogs.com/stories
- Reply-to: Don Saklad <dsaklad@GNU.ORG>
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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.
Back to the Top
Indexes & Databases
http://catalogues.mlin.lib.ma.us/databases/special/spec_coll_index.shtml
Enter:
Boston Public Library
Select:
Research Library Office Special Collections
Kind regards,
oo__ dWs
Guide to Problematical Regional and Massachusetts
Library of Last Recourse Boston Public Library Use
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Don Warner Saklad
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Cambridge MA 02139
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email:
dsaklad@gnu.org
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