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.
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.
“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.
Toulouse-Lautrec at the BPL
The BPL has an extensive collection of Toulouse-Lautrec prints, many of which have been preserved and digitized with Associates-funding. Join us on May 23, 2019 to learn more. Plus visit the MFA exhibition!
Digitizing the Declaration of Independence
The Boston Public Library recently digitized its copies of the Declaration of Independence.
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