Content Description

Correspondence, research materials, publicity documents, newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and paintings that pertain to the creation of dioramas for Boston Public Library. Diorama subjects include Alice in Wonderland, Charles Dickens' London, Arabian Nights, Venetian Doge's Palace, and printmakers at Boston Public Library.

Acquisition Type

Gift

Provenance

Gift of Louise Stimson and family, approximately 1945-1990.

Restrictions Apply

No

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research but is currently unprocessed. This means that it may not be housed in boxes stable enough to use; there may be additional preservation issues that need to be addressed; some material may contain restricted content, such as Personally Identifiable Information (PII) that hasn't been screened; and available description of the collection contents may be limited and/or inaccurate. When requesting access to unprocessed collections, BPL archivists will first need to assess the state of the materials to see if it can be made accessible in the reading room. Though access will be prioritized, in some cases, portions of or entire collections may be restricted until fully processed.

Use Restrictions

Items in this collection may be subject to copyright restrictions. In most cases, the Boston Public Library does not hold the copyright to the items in our collections. It is the sole responsibility of the user to make their own determination about what types of usage might be permissible under U.S. and international copyright law.