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Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
Located in the Snell Library
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42°20′18″N 71°05′17″W / 42.338272829674786°N 71.08799620025587°W / 42.338272829674786; -71.08799620025587
Location360 Huntington Ave., Boston, Massachusetts, 02115
Collection
Items collectedArchives and Manuscript collections
Parent organizationNortheastern 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

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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

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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

Organizational Records

Northeastern History collections

The collections are cited in the following Wikipedia entries:

References

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  1. ^ "Northeastern University Library Archives & Special Collections". Northeastern University. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
  2. ^ 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/.
  3. ^ 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/.
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ a b "Northeastern University Library, "About the Special Collections"".
  7. ^ "Black History Boston: Elma Lewis | Boston.gov". www.boston.gov. January 14, 2020.
  8. ^ https://archivesspace.library.northeastern.edu/repositories/2/resources/918
  9. ^ “Who Was ‘First Lady of Roxbury’ Melnea Cass?,” February 5, 2024. https://www.wbur.org/news/2018/05/22/melnea-cass-boston-legacy.
  10. ^ https://archivesspace.library.northeastern.edu/repositories/2/accessions/503
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ 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.
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