Ellerton J. Brehaut Boston History Collection 1718-1983 (bulk 1880-1950) MS.2008.016 http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2008-016
Archives and Manuscripts Department John J. Burns Library Boston College 140 Commonwealth Avenue Chestnut Hill 02467 library.bc.edu/burns/contact URL: http://www.bc.edu/burns Table of Contents
Summary Information ...... 3 Administrative Information ...... 4 Biographical note ...... 5 Scope and Contents ...... 5 Arrangement ...... 5 Collection Inventory ...... 6
Ellerton J. Brehaut Boston History Collection MS.2008.016
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Creator: Brehaut, Ellerton James, 1897-1985 Title: Ellerton J. Brehaut Boston history collection ID: MS.2008.016 Date [inclusive]: 1718-1983 Date [bulk]: 1880-1950 Physical Description 21.25 Linear Feet (28 boxes) Language of the English Material: Abstract: Materials collected by twentieth-century Massachusetts lobbyist and historical collector Ellerton J. Brehaut. Consists of correspondence, manuscripts, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, account books, publications and other items relating to the history of the City of Boston. Includes records created by the Boston Police Department and other institutions, organizations, and committees. Preferred Citation
Identification of item, Box number, Folder number, Ellerton J. Brehaut Boston history collection, MS.2008.016, John J. Burns Library, Boston College.
Ellerton J. Brehaut Boston History Collection MS.2008.016
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Publication Information Processed by Sara Nitroe, 2008, and Holly Springer in 2018. This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace.
Restrictions on access Collection is open for research.
Provenance Because the current accessioning system was not used until January 1986, it is not possible to know exactly the dates of acquisition of materials received before that time.
Processing Information This collection has been minimally processed. No arrangement has been established for these materials.
Restrictions on use These materials are made available for use in research, teaching and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source. The original authors may retain copyright to the materials.
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A lobbyist and collector, Ellerton J. Brehaut was a native of North Attleborough, Massachusetts, who graduated from Harvard in 1918. From 1919 to 1959 he worked for the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, and was a member of various civic committees and organizations. Brehaut was also an avid collector of historical materials. He died in 1985.
Scope and Contents
Materials related to the history of Boston collected by Ellerton J. Brehaut. Consists of correspondence, manuscripts, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, account books, publications and other items relating to the history of the City of Boston. Includes records created by the Boston Police Department and other institutions, organizations, and committees.
Arrangement
In original order as received.
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Bugbee, James M. "The City Government of Boston", 1887 box 1 folder 1
"The City Government of Boston, 1822-1882", 1882 box 1 folder 2
"Memoir of John Phillips, the First Mayor of Boston" in Boston box 1 folder 3 Monthly Magazine, 1825 November
"Boston's Problems in the 1880s and 1890s" (bound published box 1 folder 4 documents), 1880-1899
"Report of General Meeting of Citizens", 1881 box 1 folder 5
Portraits of Boston mayors, undated box 1 folder 6
"Official Boston City documents on Minor Historical Subjects, box 1 folder 7 1890-1894" (bound published documents), 1890-1894
"Charter Revision, City of Boston" (bound published documents), box 1 folder 8 1909
Good Government Association -- correspondence, 1911-1922 box 1 folder 9
Good Government Association -- report and city charter, 1912-1924 box 1 folder 10
Good Government Association -- "City Affairs" newsletter, box 1 folder 11 1913-1932
Good Government Association -- information booklets, 1920-1933 box 1 folder 12
Republican Party -- advertisements and correspondence, 1905-1914 box 1 folder 13
Campaign materials for Andrew J. Peters, 1906 box 1 folder 14
Political correspondence, 1909-1915 box 1 folder 15
"Why the Boston Experiment Failed" in The Independent by box 1 folder 16 Morrison Swift, 1910 February 10
Statement of the Boston Charter Association to the Joint Committee box 1 folder 17 on Metropolitan Affairs, 1914
Boston Charter Association -- publications, 1914 box 1 folder 18
Advertisement for the Boston mayoral race, 1917 box 1 folder 19
Report of the Committee on New Sources of Revenue (typescript box 1 folder 20 draft), 1922
Political advertisements (photocopies), 1924-1937 box 1 folder 21
Political advertisements, 1929-1933 box 1 folder 22
Boston School House Commission referendum, 1929 box 1 folder 23
Clem Norton political advertisements, 1931-1947 box 1 folder 24
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- Page 6 - "The Financial Problems of Boston in 1939" -- scrapbook box 1 folder 25 (newspaper clippings), 1939
"Hitherto Unrevealed Amusing and Serious Anecdotes about box 1 folder 26 Lieutenant Governor Arthur W. Coolidge", 1948
Aswell, James R. and Edward J. Michelson. "The Tightwad the box 1 folder 27 Politicians Hate", 1954
"Senate Pres. Hon. John E. Powers Deserves Your Vote for Mayor box 1 folder 28 of Boston" -- advertisement in the Boston Herald, 1959 November 1
Boston Coordinating Committee -- "The Vault", 1958-1981 box 1 folder 29
Proposed War Memorial -- newspaper clippings, 1919-1922 box 1 folder 30
Proposed War Memorial -- newspaper clippings, 1923-1926 box 1 folder 31
Proposed War Memorial -- government reports, 1921-1926 box 1 folder 32
Proposed War Memorial -- report of the Mayor's Committee, box 1 folder 33 probably 1921
Committee on State Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument -- preliminary box 1 folder 34 report, 1921 March 2
Sub-Committee on War Memorial of the Committee on Municipal box 1 folder 35 and Metropolitan Affairs -- data and consolidation report, 1922-1923
Proposed War Memorial -- photographs of plans, undated box 1 folder 36
"Boston: 150 Views", undated box 2 folder 1
"Palmer's Views of Boston: Past and Present", 1910 box 2 folder 2
"Architecture Illustrations", circa 1930s box 2 folder 3
Boston -- image albums, 1890 box 2 folder 4
"The Development of Boston, 1630-1980" -- map reproductions, box 2 folder 5 undated
"An Act to Create the Federation of Metropolitan Boston and an box 2 folder 6 Advisory Representative Thereof", undated
"Annexation of Roxbury to Boston" -- broadside, circa 1873 box 2 folder 7
Chamber of Commerce News: "Real Boston", 1911 March box 2 folder 8
"Real Boston: How Forty Municipalities could Work Together box 2 folder 9 Without Sacrificing Their Individual Independence", 1910 December
Boston campaign -- bulletins, flyers, and correspondence, box 2 folder 10 1910-1915
Boston Chamber of Commerce Taxi Drivers' meeting -- speeches, box 2 folder 11 1947 June 15
Taxi Topics -- Boston Globe newspaper clippings, 1947 June box 2 folder 12
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- Page 7 - Sales tax -- notes and proposals, 1933-1939 box 2 folder 13
Sales tax -- newspaper clippings and article, 1935-1941 box 2 folder 14
Sales tax -- correspondence by various organizations, 1934-1960 box 2 folder 15
Sales tax -- memos and publications, 1959-1967 box 2 folder 16
"The Effort for a Limited Sales Tax in Massachusetts" (bound box 2 folder 17 publications), 1956-1957
"Dr. Webster's Trial for Murder of Dr. George Parkman", circa 1850 box 3 folder 1
Brehault account of Sacco and Vanzetti Case (typescript), undated box 3 folder 2
The Black Flag -- book review, 1981 October 8 box 3 folder 3
The Oliver Garrett case -- newspaper clippings, 1930 box 3 folder 4
The Oliver Garrett case -- newspaper clippings, 1957 box 3 folder 5
The Brinks case -- newspaper clippings, 1960 January 18-23 box 3 folder 6
Court Street in Boston -- information and images, undated box 3 folder 7
History of the Telephone (in relation to Court Street), 1911-1947 box 3 folder 8
Boston Streets -- typescript articles, 1940-1950 box 3 folder 9
Memoranda, letters, etc. on various features, events etc. relating to box 3 folder 10 Boston and its history, 1935-1956
Newspaper and magazine articles relating to Boston, 1855-1962 box 3 folder 11
"Boston's Triple-Deckers", 1978 January box 3 folder 12
City documents -- prisons, 1839 box 3 folder 13
"The Herter Murals in the State House", 1943 January 18 box 3 folder 14
"The Changing Boston" -- series of Boston Globe newspaper box 3 folder 15 articles, 1956
"The History of Our City" -- booklets, 1930-1950 box 3 folder 16
Assassination of President Lincoln -- newspaper articles, 1865 April box 3 folder 17 14-15
History of Boston -- manuscript notes by Brehaut, undated box 3 folder 18
History of Charlestown -- newspaper clippings, 1959 January 23 box 3 folder 19
History of Boston -- photocopy of manuscript notes, undated box 3 folder 20
"The Sunbeam" -- Temperance Literature, 1867 March 2 box 3 folder 21
"No License" -- Temperance Literature, 1883 November 17 box 3 folder 22
Illegal gambling -- series of Christian Science Monitor articles, box 3 folder 23 1955 July
Horse and dog racing -- newspaper articles, 1937 box 3 folder 24
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- Page 8 - Corruption in Massachusetts -- articles and notes, 1961-1965 box 3 folder 25
Controversy over Communistic books in the Boston Public Library box 3 folder 26 -- newspaper articles, 1952
"A Partial History of Boston Censorship" -- Boston Herald, 1961 box 3 folder 27 July 31
Corruption -- newspaper articles, 1962 February box 3 folder 28
Corruption -- newspaper articles, 1951 June 22 box 3 folder 29
"How Gangland Defies Police" -- Boston Post article, 1933 July 16 box 3 folder 30
"Publick Notice: The Official Boston Jubilee 350 Medal" -- box 4 folder 1 pamphlet, 1980
Glenwood ranges, parlor stoves and furnaces -- postcard, 1887 box 4 folder 2
"A Story of Faneuil Hall", undated box 4 folder 3
Advertisements for Boston's manufacturers, undated box 4 folder 4
"Boston: The Place in which to Manufacture, To Live, To Trade, To box 4 folder 5 Visit" -- pamphlet, 1915
"Boston, 1630 to 1649" -- pamphlet, 1947 box 4 folder 6
Newspaper clippings, undated box 4 folder 7
Boston building images, undated box 4 folder 8
"The Armory at Springfield" -- article in Harper's Monthly, 1952 box 4 folder 9 July
Mastheads from Gleason's and Ballou's Pictorials, 1851-1859 box 4 folder 10
"Men of Means" -- Boston Herald, 1876 December 31 box 4 folder 11
"Boston: A Brief Review" -- typescript from the Boston Chamber of box 4 folder 12 Commerce, 1947
"Gov. Saltonstall Moves Against Graft in Massachusetts" -- St. box 4 folder 13 Louis Post-Dispatch article
Silver Jubilee of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston -- program, 1898 box 4 folder 14
"Boston, Massachusetts, 1630-1951" -- program, 1951 box 4 folder 15
Efforts of Hearst Publications to ban sale of PM and out-of-state box 4 folder 16 newspapers in Boston -- clippings, 1942
Patriots Day -- program, 1977 April 18 box 4 folder 17
Request to acquire beef for the Army (photocopy), 1781 July 8 box 4 folder 18
"Baadaker's United States: Boston" (excerpts), 1904 box 4 folder 19
"If Germany Wins This War What Will It Mean for You?" by box 4 folder 20 Edward F. McSweeney -- pamphlet, 1917
"Mount St. James, Worcester, Mass." -- pamphlet, undated box 4 folder 21
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- Page 9 - "Great Men and the Greatest Day" -- program, 1927 box 4 folder 22
"Recital by Walter McNally" -- souvenir program, 1890 box 4 folder 23
Form letter to Democrats of Ward 11 (photocopy), undated box 4 folder 24
Card for Patrick Hart, contractor, undated box 4 folder 25
Materials on Boston, undated box 4 folder 26
"History of the Title of the George Henry Wightman Estate in box 4 folder 27 Brookline, MA" (typescript), 1920
"A Discourse Delivered Before the Boston Mercantile Association" box 4 folder 28 by William Sullivan, 1832
"De-Americanizing Young America: Poisoning the Sources of Our box 4 folder 29 National History and Traditions" by Edward F. McSweeney, 1920 April
"Jubilee Salutes" -- series from the Boston Post, 1950 May box 4 folder 30
"Boston Jubilee" -- Boston Sunday Globe pictorial, 1950 May 14 box 4 folder 31
"Boston Jubilee" -- newspaper clippings, 1950 box 4 folder 32
"Boston Jubilee" -- Boston Sunday Post, 1950 May 14-21 box 4 folder 33
"Boston Jubilee" -- Back Bay Ledger, 1950 May 18 box 4 folder 34
"Boston Jubilee" -- Boston Sunday Herald, 1950 May 14 box 4 folder 35
"Boston Jubilee" -- Christian Science Monitor, 1950 May 15 box 4 folder 36
"William Blaxton or William Blackstone: Boston's First Inhabitant, box 5 folder 1 1595-1675" -- a collection of pamphlets and clippings related to him, undated
"William Dean Howells and Boston" -- a collection of magazine box 5 folder 2 articles and newspaper clippings, undated
"Governor David I. Walsh" by George F. Babbit, and photograph, box 5 folder 3 undated
Jesse Pomeroy -- newspaper clippings, 1932-1953 box 5 folder 4
Jesse Pomeroy -- Boston Times newspaper clippings, 1875 July box 5 folder 5
"Report on the Chief of Engineers on Preliminary Examination and box 5 folder 6 Survey of Boston Harbor, Mass.", 1932
Port of Boston -- articles from the Christian Science Monitor, box 5 folder 7 1947-1948
Railroads and transportation -- scrapbook of articles, 1851-1883 box 5 folder 8
"Mayor's Message Calling Attention to Proposed Legislation box 5 folder 9 Relating to Rapid Transit", 1894
"A Chronicle of the Boston Transit System, 1856-1979" (typescript), box 5 folder 10 undated
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- Page 10 - "Boston Logan Airport: Then and Now", 1973 box 5 folder 11
Ellerton J. Brehaut's account of Logan Airport (typescript), undated box 5 folder 12
First National Bank in Boston -- Monthly Blotter, 1935 box 5 folder 13
"Arrival in Boston" (Print), undated box 5 folder 14
Excerpt from the Massachusetts Magazine, 1970 box 5 folder 15
Old Time New England: The Bulletin of the Society for the box 5 folder 16 Preservation of New England Antiques, 1933, 1937
"Harvard University in 1890" by Charles Eliot Norton -- from box 5 folder 17 Harper's Monthly, 1890 September
Boston issue of the Harvard Lampoon, 1926 December 1 box 6 folder 1
Hasty Pudding Institute -- newspaper clipping, 1947 November 30 box 6 folder 2
"Harvard, Two Centuries and a Half Old. Celebrating Her Birthday" box 6 folder 3 -- newspaper clipping from the Boston Globe, 1886 November 7
Wellesley News, 1945 March 1 box 6 folder 4
"Welcome to the States: Boston Port of Embarkation", undated box 6 folder 5
Yankee Doings magazine, 1931 March box 6 folder 6
Atlantic Daily, 1896 July 28 box 6 folder 7
Manuscript "History of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery box 6 folder 8 Company" by Benjamin Perley Poore, undated
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company -- bills of fare for box 6 folder 9 dinners, 1857-1877
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company -- invitation to box 6 folder 10 anniversary celebration, 1890 May 20
"American Irish Progress in Boston" by Charles J. O'Malley, 1924 box 6 folder 11
Censure controversy over Irish Democrats in Boston -- clippings, box 6 folder 12 1961 March
"Irish Need Not Apply" -- flyer, circa 1968 box 6 folder 13
Ireland -- newspaper clipping, undated box 6 folder 14
"Statement of Hon. Daniel F. Cohalan… Hearings before the box 6 folder 15 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives", 1919 December 12-13
"The Folklore of Ireland" by James H. Delargy -- lecture, 1939 box 6 folder 16 February 15
"And so Began the Irish Nation" by Seamus MacCall -- box 6 folder 17 advertisement, 1931
"The Feast of the Gael" by John Boyle O'Reilly -- poem, undated box 6 folder 18
Irish poetry -- broadsheets, undated box 6 folder 19
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- Page 11 - "Ruins of the Great Boston Fire, November 9, 1872" -- from box 6 folder 20 proceedings of the Bostonian Society, 1923
Great Boston Fire of 1872 -- scrapbook, undated box 6 folder 21
"The Great Boston Fire" by Carleton -- pospectus, undated box 6 folder 22
"Boston on Fire" -- The Illustrated Police News, Law-Courts and box 6 folder 23 Weekly Record, 1872 November 21
"The Burning of Boston: A Sermon Preached in Winthrop Church" box 6 folder 24 by Rev. A.S. Twombly -- manuscript, 1872 November 17
"Boston's Biggest Story Came in Globe's First Year" -- Boston box 6 folder 25 Globe article, 1953 March 4
Coconut Grove Fire -- notes and clippings, 1981 box 6 folder 26
"Valedictory Address of Andrew J. Peters Mayor of Boston to the box 6 folder 27 City Council" -- published copy, 1922 February 1
"Address of His Excellency Calvin Coolidge to the Massachusetts box 7 folder 1 Legislature" -- published copy, 1920 January 8
Boston Police Strike and Boston Police -- scrapbook, 1905-1954 box 7 folder 2
"Anarchy in Boston" -- Sunday Boston Herald Traveler Magazine, box 7 folder 3 1970 October 18
"The Old Town-House of Boston" -- pamphlet, 1887 box 7 folder 4
"The First Boston Town House, 1658-1711" by Alexander Corbett -- box 7 folder 5 published copy, 1929 November 19
"The First Market and Town House of Boston" -- image, undated box 7 folder 6
"The Old State House, and Its Predecessor the First Town House" by box 7 folder 7 Charles F. Read -- published copy, 1907 December 10
Old State House and Boston Massacre -- images, undated box 7 folder 8
"About the First" -- monthly magazine published by The First box 7 folder 9 National Bank of Boston, 1952 February
Historic Personages Associated with the Old State House -- images, box 7 folder 10 undated
Old State House -- clippings, 1803-1860 box 7 folder 11
"The Massachusetts Register", 1831 box 7 folder 12
"The Old State House" by H.G. Otis -- Chapter from The Boston box 7 folder 13 Book, 1836
"Old State House" -- article from Harper's Monthly Magazine, 1867 box 7 folder 14 January
Board of Alderman of Boston -- meeting reports, 1876-1884 box 7 folder 15
"Proposed Restoration of Old State House" -- majority and minority box 7 folder 16 reports, 1881
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- Page 12 - "The Old State House" -- article from the Bostonian, 1895 April box 7 folder 17
"Ballads of Old Boston" by M.A. DeWolfe Howe -- New England box 7 folder 18 Magazine, 1906 November
"The Old State House" by Hubert G. Ripley, 1925 December box 7 folder 19
"Pictures in the Old State House, The Men Who Made Them, and box 7 folder 20 Their Subjects" by Anthony J. Philpott, 1932
Information on construction of the East Boston Tunnel and Old box 7 folder 21 State House Station, 1902-1903
Government Acts regarding the Old State House -- clippings, 1907, box 7 folder 22 1957-1959 (1957-1959)
Old State House -- Bostonian Society clippings, 1907-1959 box 7 folder 23
Old State House -- newspaper clippings, 1910-1983 box 7 folder 24
Old State House rededication -- clippings, undated box 7 folder 25
Old State House restoration -- newspaper clippings, 1958-1962 box 7 folder 26
"A Brief Survey of the Architectural History of the Old State House, box 7 folder 27 Boston, Massachusetts" by Sara B. Chase, 1978
"The Old State House" -- The Bostonian Society, undated box 7 folder 28
Old State House -- notes and articles, undated box 7 folder 29
Old State House -- featured in advertisements, 1948-1950 box 7 folder 30
Old State House -- miscellaneous clippings, undated box 7 folder 31
Examination of the Accounts of the Old State House -- report, 1956 box 8 folder 1 October 9
Old State House repairs -- clippings, 1900 box 8 folder 2
Old State House -- images, before 1880 box 8 folder 3
Old State House -- images, after 1880 box 8 folder 4
Old State House -- images, undated box 8 folder 5
Old State House -- images, undated box 8 folder 6
Christ Church -- scrapbook pages (pictures, pamphlets, clippings), box 8 folder 7 undated
Christ Church -- Boston Almanac cover image, 1843 box 8 folder 8
Old North Church -- newspaper clipping, 1937 box 8 folder 9
Old North Church and John Childs -- newspaper clippings, box 8 folder 10 1939-1962
Old North Church -- newspaper clippings, circa 1950s box 8 folder 11
"Early Boston Churches" by Park Pressey, 1951 January-March box 8 folder 12
Boston Churches -- services programs, 1955 Ellerton J. Brehaut Boston History Collection MS.2008.016
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Old North Church new church steeple -- newspaper clippings, 1955 box 8 folder 14
"Paul Revere's Horse Did Have a Name!" by Millicent D. Stow -- box 8 folder 15 Yankee Magazine, 1957 April
Old North Church lantern display invitations, 1957-1959 box 8 folder 16
"The Old North Church Steeple", 1958 Summer box 8 folder 17
Old North Church -- clippings, circa 1960s box 8 folder 18
Old North Church and Paul Revere -- newspaper clippings, box 8 folder 19 1960-1963
Old North Church restoration -- published Account, undated box 8 folder 20
Christ Church -- pamphlet, undated box 8 folder 21
Old North Church -- featured in advertisements, undated box 8 folder 22
Old North Church -- images, undated box 8 folder 23
Old North Church -- scrapbook, undated box 8 folder 24
Old South Meeting House -- pamphlet, undated box 8 folder 25
"The Old Tremont House" by Huber G. Ripley, 1926 May box 8 folder 26
The Old Tremont House -- images, undated box 8 folder 27
James Michael Curley -- scrapbook, undated box 9 folder 1
James Michael Curley -- newspaper clippings, 1921-1924 box 9 folder 2
James Michael Curley indictment, appeals, etc. -- newspaper box 9 folder 3 clippings, 1945-1947
James Michael Curley incarceration -- newspaper clippings, 1947 box 9 folder 4
James Michael Curley release from jail -- newspaper clippings, 1947 box 9 folder 5
James Michael Curley -- newspaper clippings, 1949-1950 box 9 folder 6
James Michael Curley legal issues -- miscellaneous material, box 9 folder 7 1947-1948
"The Story of James Michael Curley" -- campaign publicity, undated box 9 folder 8
The Purple Shamrock -- advertisements and reviews of James box 9 folder 9 Michael Curley Biography, 1949
James Michael Curley death -- newspaper clippings, 1956-1962 box 9 folder 10
I'd Do It Again (Curley autobiography) -- Boston Globe serial box 9 folder 11 publication, 1957 May-June
James Michael Curley -- scrapbook, undated box 9 folder 12
Hancock House and Other Structures Related to J. Hancock Family box 10 folder 1 (Part I) -- newspaper clippings, undated
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- Page 14 - Hancock House Construction and Appearance -- newspaper box 10 folder 2 clippings (Part II), undated
Hancock House Construction and Appearance -- newspaper box 10 folder 3 clippings (Part III), undated
Hancock House Construction and Appearance -- newspaper box 10 folder 4 clippings, undated
Boston tourism -- brochures, 1940-1955 box 11 folder 1
Boston tourism -- brochures, 1890-1950 box 11 folder 2
Boston tourism -- planning maps, undated box 11 folder 3
New England -- maps, 1900-1950 box 11 folder 4
Boston -- planning board maps, undated box 11 folder 5
Boston hotels -- brochures and information, undated box 11 folder 6
Boston hotels -- scrapbook (newspaper ads, cards, pictures, and box 12 folder 1 menus), undated
Boston restaurants -- brochures, 1940-1949 box 12 folder 2
Julien's Restorator -- scrapbook, undated box 12 folder 3
Documents related to Jesuits from Massachusetts (photocopy), box 12 folder 4 undated
Extracts from English magazines, 1741-1779 box 12 folder 5
Boston Museum Catalogue, 1847 box 12 folder 6
"History of the Boston Museum with a Description of the box 12 folder 7 Alterations and Improvements", 1873-1874
Boston Museum souvenir program, 1903 box 12 folder 8
"This Week in Boston", undated box 12 folder 9
"Souvenir of Boston and Vicinity", circa 1900 box 12 folder 10
"The Genuine Gospel Minister's Experience", undated box 12 folder 11
Music Hall Promenade concerts, 1891-1895 box 12 folder 12
Patriotic brochures by John Hancock Insurance Co., 1923-1945 box 13 folder 1
Deed of Town Lots in Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1820, undated box 13 folder 2
Charlestown, Massachusetts documents, 1735-1867 box 13 folder 3
Charlestown, Massachusetts documents, 1741-1821 box 13 folder 4
Charlestown and Dorchester, Massachusetts election returns, box 13 folder 5 1791-1834
Board of Trustees for Charlestown, Massachusetts School box 13 folder 6 document, 1816
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- Page 15 - Agreement between Jabez Whittemore and Board of Trustees for box 13 folder 7 Charlestown, Massachusetts Schools, 1762
Executor's Account of the Estate of John Dobel -- copy, 1773 box 13 folder 8
Correspondence from Samuel G. Drake to Mr. Erving, 1868 box 13 folder 9
Correspondence from John Phillips regarding 1808 election, 1808 box 13 folder 10
Attempt by David Stoddard to remove widow Capron from her box 13 folder 11 property, 1722
Massachusetts State Lottery Tickets -- photocopy, 1790 box 13 folder 12
Notice regarding suppression of drunkenness, 1710 box 13 folder 13
Note by Otis Harrison Gray, undated box 13 folder 14
Correspondence from Otis Harrison Gray to "Dear Sir", 1795 box 13 folder 15
Letter and account received from John Scollay, 1764 box 13 folder 16
Transaction receipt for Jonathan Turner, 1747 box 13 folder 17
List of expenses for John Biddle, 1755 box 13 folder 18
Command to attach the goods of the estate of Thomas Pincon, 1720 box 13 folder 19
Command to attach the goods of the estate of James Gordon, 1723 box 13 folder 20
Command to attach the goods of the estate of Alexander Todd, 1723 box 13 folder 21
Command to attach the goods of the estate of Samuel Gore, 1718 box 13 folder 22
Plymouth County Inquest, 1783 box 13 folder 23
Essex County Declaration, 1783 box 13 folder 24
Receipt for the Sale of Patience, 1769 box 13 folder 25
Correspondence from Josiah Quincy, 1806-1862 box 13 folder 26
Correspondence from Josiah Quincy on the Western Railroad box 13 folder 27 Company, 1841 November 11
Old South Meeting House, undated box 13 folder 28
The Barton Library Information -- typescript, 1872 box 13 folder 29
Massachusetts' Governor's Proclamation -- typescript, 1941 box 13 folder 30
Warren Bridge Corporation Agreement, 1828 box 13 folder 31
Deed for Thomas Pons, 1791 box 13 folder 32
Documents by Harrison Gray Otis, 1791-1844 box 13 folder 33
250th Anniversary of the Settlement of Boston -- program, 1880 box 13 folder 34
Agreement for the Fitchburg Railroad Company, 1847 box 13 folder 35
Correspondence from Jedidiah Morse Als, 1811 box 13 folder 36
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- Page 16 - Payment receipts, 1814-1825 box 13 folder 37
Material on Robert Stephen Hawker, 1803-1875 box 13 folder 38
Maps, 1851 box 13 folder 39
Boston scrapbook, undated box 14 folder 1
Boston Board of Public Welfare memos (typescript), 1931-1934 box 14 folder 2
The Worcester Group -- information bulletins, meeting notices, and box 14 folder 3 programs, 1963-1965
"The Strange Political Career of Dr. Arthur Charles Hawkins, Mayor box 14 folder 4 of Halifax, 1918-1919" (typescript), 1982
"Organization and Operation of the Legislative Department of the box 14 folder 5 Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce" -- collection of documents, 1955
Gleason's Pictorial, 1852-1854 box 14 folder 6
"Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion", 1955 box 14 folder 7
"The Livable City?: Surging Growth Confronts Boston's Legacy" -- box 14 folder 8 article from the Boston Globe, 1948 November 11
New State House on Beacon Hill -- newspaper articles, undated box 14 folder 9
Postwar public controversies in Boston, 1942-1961 box 14 folder 10
Park Street Church steeple repair -- Gleason's Pictorial, 1851 July box 14 folder 11 19
Good Government Association -- pamphlets, 1906-1928 box 14 folder 12
Eight mural paintings depicting event in the early history of New box 14 folder 13 England by Charles Hoffbauer, 1943
Correspondence from Captain Thomas Hoyt (bound), 1863-1867 box 15
Boston politics -- scrapbook, 1894 box 15
West End Street Railway Company -- scrapbook (vol. I), 1886-1887 box 15
West End Street Railway Company -- scrapbook (Vol. II), box 15 1887-1888
History of Business Organizations in Boston -- scrapbook (Vol. I), box 16 undated
History of Business Organizations in Boston -- scrapbook (Vol. II), box 15 1839-1952
Boston -- scrapbook, 1950-1951 box 16
Boston -- scrapbook, 1953 box 16
Boston -- scrapbook, 1874-1910 box 16
Boston -- scrapbook, 1826-1946 box 16
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- Page 17 - Bostonia -- scrapbook (Vol. II), undated, 1910-1947 box 16
King's Boston Views, 1895 box 17 folder 1
"Boston" -- article in Holiday, 1953 November box 17 folder 2
One Hundred Fiftieth Anniversary of the Archdiocese of Boston -- box 17 folder 3 newspaper articles, 1958-1965
Thomas Dennie Ledger of Accounts, 1832-1845 box 18
Boston wealth and philanthropy -- newspaper articles, undated box 19
Closing of Boston Museum -- newspaper articles, 1903 box 19
American House (Boston Hotel) Ledger, 1847-1848 box 19
"Boston Pulpit" (series of articles on Boston's churches and their box 19 pastors) -- From Gleason's Pictorial, 1853
Scrapbook of James N. Snapple, 1814 box 19
Log book for the Schooner Anna E. Kranz kept by Jorgen Krogh, box 20 1879
Account of Voyage from San Francisco to Lima aboard the Swallow box 20 (Ledger Book), 1861-1866
Newspaper clipping scrapbook, 1839-1901 box 21
Bostoniana scrapbook, 1772-1947 box 22
Brook Farm manuscript, 1871-1948 box 23
The Great Boston Fire of 1872 manuscript, circa 1959 box 23
Boston Common scrapbook, 1896-1948 box 24
Lenual Crosby account book, 1844 June-1845 February box 25
Boston newspaper articles highlighting local events, people, and box 26 buildings, 1775-1982
Address of Ministers of Boston, 1848 box 27 folder 1
Broadsides for Boston area attractions, 1845-1888 box 27 folder 2-3
Broadside with proclamations, 1919 box 27 folder 4
Deeds, account receipts (manuscripts), 1789-1850 box 27 folder 5
Floor plan of the Sheraton Boston ballroom, undated box 27 folder 6
Boston newspapers, 1789-1936 box 27 folder 7-10
"Boston After the Great Fire" -- supplement to Harper's Weekly, box 28 1872 December 14
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