[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

-Please forward to Berthe Gaines BPL Board: Finding Guides



-Please forward to Berthe' Gaines
  BPL Board c/o [ jmcglone@bpl.org ]

Mary Beth Dunhouse  Special Collections
Gunars Rutkovskis  Resources  grutkov@bpl.org
Bernie Margolis  BPL President  bmargolis@bpl.org
Regional and Massachusetts Library of Last Recourse
 City of Boston Public Library Departments

John Arnold, Massachusetts Library Commissioner
arnold@reluctant.com

Archives and Archivists list server forum
archives@listserv.muohio.edu
http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html


Reply To:
dsaklad@gnu.org



Thank you for your interest Mary Beth Dunhouse!

With respect to the guides in the BPL listing:
 "Finding Guides Available"

a. How many exemplars are there of each
    1. "General repository guide"
    2. "Guide to monographic collection"
    3. "Guides for manuscript collection"
    4. "Guides for archives' records groups"
    5. "Guide to institutional microfilm holdings"

b. How many copies are there of each?...

c. How many copies of each guide are there for
    BPL curatorial staff?...

d. How many copies are there of each guide for other
    research libraries around the country?...

e. How many copies are there of each guide for
    BPL executive officers?...

f. What are the descriptions for each guide's format
   1. including sizes,
   2. pages and
   3. type of bindings, stapled, glue, etc.?...



http://www.bpl.org/WWW/special/index.html
Special Collections Directory - Full Record Display
http://catalogues.mlin.lib.ma.us/cgi-bin/sc_search.cgi
Enter Institution
 Boston Public Library
Click on
 Search
Choose
 Research Library Office Special Collections
Click on
 Display Record

Indexes and Databases [h_inde.gif]

Massachusetts Special Collections Directory

Search Results [results.gif]  New Search [newsrch.gif]
 Help [help.gif]


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 Contacts
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 Contacts
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
Collections 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