Meet Jared Rex, Associates-funded BPL Curator of Music in Special Collections.
Koussevitzky’s Legacy: A Fascinating Musical History
On October 29, 2024, the Associates hosted the 2nd evening of Pierce Performance Series: 150 Years of Koussevitzky. Speakers Tom Godell and Harlow Robinson discussed Koussevitzky’s influence. BSO musicians performed Britten’s String Quartet No. 2. Read the recap here.
Koussevitzky, Innovator: A Night to Remember
The Associates of the Boston Public Library kicked off the first of three nights of our sixth annual Pierce Performance Series, 150 Years of Koussevitzky, on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, at the Boston Public Library.
Meet BPL Conservation Officer – Mary French
Meet Mary Hamilton French, the Associates-funded Boston Public Library’s Conservation Officer. In this role, Mary conserves and preserves the rare, culturally significant materials that reside in the Boston Public Library’s Special Collections. Learn more in a recent video produced by the Associates of the Boston Public Library.
Celebrating David McCullough: the Man who Inspired our Conservation Fund
A historian, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and champion of the Boston Public Library’s Special Collections. Learn how he inspired our primary conservation fund.
Meet Lucretia Baskin – Rare Books and Manuscripts Cataloger
Lucretia Baskin started as the Boston Public Library’s Rare Books and Manuscripts Cataloger in September 2023. Please enjoy this short interview with Lucretia about the process of cataloging rare books, her favorite items in the collections, and more.
Home Again: The discovery and repatriation of a stolen 14th-century Venetian manuscript
In this guest blog post, Lisa Fagin Davis, Associates board member, describes her work in cataloging and researching Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts at the BPL, leading to the discovery and repatriation of a stolen 14th-century Venetian manuscript, Manuscript f Med 203, back to Italy.
“Chronicle” TV Show Unveils the BPL’s Newly Renovated Special Collections
Learn more about the City-funded $15.7 million project that created a new home for the BPL’s Special Collections.
Celebrating Ellen Craft: American Abolitionist who Escaped Slavery in 1848
Over the last decade, the Associates of the Boston Public Library underwrote work to catalog, digitize, and transcribe thousands of handwritten letters from leading abolitionists. Ilyon drew heavily on this collection and spent countless hours researching her book in the BPL’s Special Collections.
Investment in the Founding Research Collection
The Associates joins the BPL and the BPL Fund in announcing $2.1 million in private funding to revitalize the Library’s Founding Research Collection.