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Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections | |
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42°20′18″N 71°05′17″W / 42.338272829674786°N 71.08799620025587°W | |
Location | 360 Huntington Ave., Boston, Massachusetts, 02115 |
Collection | |
Items collected | Archives and Manuscript collections |
Parent organization | Northeastern University |
The Archives and Special Collections department in the Northeastern University Libraries is an internationally recognized repository of manuscripts, photographs, and other primary sources that illuminate the history of under-represented communities in Boston, Massachusetts and the history of Northeastern University.[1]
Subject stregnths include the History of African Americans in Boston, Chinese Americans in Boston, Hispanic and Latino Americans in Boston[2], and LGBT culture in Boston. Other subjects include Urban Planning[3] and Boston's Central Artery/Tunnel project (the "Big Dig"), the history of Boston's neighborhoods, and the Civil rights movement in Boston.
The Archives are free and open to the public.
History
[edit]The Northeastern University Archives were established in the Northeastern University Library in 1994. [4] In 1998, the Library added a special collecting focus, to "plan for the long-term, systematic preservation of records documenting the African American, Chinese, Latino, and gay and lesbian communities in Boston." [5]
The collecting focus grew in the subsequent years to include a "diverse and growing collection of historical records relating to Boston’s fight for social justice[6]," as well as "Boston’s public infrastructure, neighborhoods, and natural environments.[6]"
Collections
[edit]The Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections houses over 500 archival and manuscript collections, including personal papers, organizational records, and the archives of Northeastern University. Collections include:
Personal Papers
- Elma Lewis[7]
- Charles T. Main[8]
- Melnea Cass[9]
- Nelson Merced
- Carmen Pola[10]
- Muriel S. Snowden[11]
- Glen Gray
- Michael Dukakis
- Jean McGuire
- Roderick L. Ireland[12]
- Frederick P. Salvucci
- Maria Lopez
- Paul Parks
- Frieda Garcia
Organizational Records
- National Center of Afro-American Artists
- AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts
- United South End Settlements
- Gay Community News (Boston)[13]
- Travelers Aid Family Services of Boston
- Bisexual Resource Center
- Community Resources for Justice
- Citywide Educational Coalition
- Fenway Health
- The Theater Offensive
- The Boston Foundation
- ACT UP/Boston[14]
- Freedom House (Roxbury, Massachusetts)
- METCO[15]
- Alternatives for Community and Environment
- Chinese Progressive Association (Boston)[16]
- Hispanic Office of Planning and Evaluation
- La Alianza Hispana
- Mary Ellen Welch Greenway
- The Phoenix (newspaper)[17]
- Asian American Resource Workshop
- Stull & Lee
Northeastern History collections
- Northeastern University School of Pharmacy
- Frank Palmer Speare
- William M. Fowler
- Lowell Institute
- Asa S. Knowles
- Rexall
- Ford Hall Forum
The collections are cited in the following Wikipedia entries:
- Boston Elevated Railway
- Bob Markell
- Lager Borkum
- Louise Hall Tharp
- Boston Public Schools
- Charles F. Schweinfurth
- Worcester State Hospital
- Watch and Ward Society
- NYPD (TV series)
- Benjamin LaGuer
- Desegregation busing
- John Salvi
- Political positions of Ted Kennedy
- Horace Mann
- List of people from Boston
- Women Against Pornography
- Edward Bernays
- Florence Louise Pettitt
- Bernard "Bunny" Solomon
References
[edit]- ^ "Northeastern University Library Archives & Special Collections". Northeastern University. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
- ^ Staff, Omar Vega Globe, Updated September 15, 2022, and 3:00 a m Share on Facebook Share on TwitterView Comments24. “Rarely Seen Snapshots of Latino Boston - The Boston Globe.” BostonGlobe.com. Accessed July 30, 2024. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/09/15/opinion/rarely-seen-snapshots-latino-boston/.
- ^ Hibbert, Cynthia McCormick. “New Ruggles Station Exhibit Features Work of Pioneering Black Architects Who Helped Shape Northeastern’s Footprint.” Northeastern Global News (blog), April 6, 2023. https://news.northeastern.edu/2023/04/06/ruggles-station-exhibit/.
- ^ Krizack, “Preserving the History of Boston’s Diversity: One University’s Efforts to Make Boston’s History More Inclusive.” https://doi.org/10.5860/rbm.8.2.286
- ^ Richard, Nancy and Krizack, Joan D., "Preserving the History of Boston's Diversity," Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists 17 no. 1 (1999) https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/provenance/vol17/iss1/3.
- ^ a b "Northeastern University Library, "About the Special Collections"".
- ^ "Black History Boston: Elma Lewis | Boston.gov". www.boston.gov. January 14, 2020.
- ^ https://archivesspace.library.northeastern.edu/repositories/2/resources/918
- ^ “Who Was ‘First Lady of Roxbury’ Melnea Cass?,” February 5, 2024. https://www.wbur.org/news/2018/05/22/melnea-cass-boston-legacy.
- ^ Buell, Spencer. “Northeastern Wants to Unlock the Secrets of Boston’s Past with Big Data.” Boston Magazine (blog), May 16, 2018. https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2018/05/16/northeastern-history-big-data-boston-research-center/.
- ^ Farmer, Ashley. “Working Toward Community Is Our Full-Time Focus: Muriel Snowden, Black Power, and the Freedom House, Roxbury, MA.” The Black Scholar 41, no. 3 (2011): 17–25. https://doi.org/10.5816/blackscholar.41.3.0017.
- ^ https://archivesspace.library.northeastern.edu/repositories/2/accessions/503
- ^ Schaffer, Noah (24 October 2023). "Gay Community News at 50". Gay Community News at 50: The queer outlet that went from Boston to the world. WBUR. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ Sabo, Emily. "Massachusetts: Northeastern University Libraries Acquires ACT UP/Boston Historical Records" (PDF). The Academic Archivist, June 2008. Society of American Archivists. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ “METCO Students Explore Boston’s ‘Equity’ History | Dorchester Reporter.” Accessed August 7, 2024. https://www.dotnews.com/2020/metco-students-explore-boston-s-equity-history.
- ^ Buell, Spencer. “Northeastern Wants to Unlock the Secrets of Boston’s Past with Big Data.” Boston Magazine (blog), May 16, 2018. https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2018/05/16/northeastern-history-big-data-boston-research-center/.
- ^ Buell, Spencer. “Northeastern Wants to Unlock the Secrets of Boston’s Past with Big Data.” Boston Magazine (blog), May 16, 2018. https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2018/05/16/northeastern-history-big-data-boston-research-center/.
External Links
[edit]- Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
- Digital Collections
- Collections in ArchiveGrid