S.H.M. Clinton Collection of Sacco-Vanzetti Material
Collection
Call Number: MS 7408
Scope and Contents
The S.H.M. Clinton Collection of Sacco-Vanzetti Material documents the case of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two Italian anarchists, who were charged with robbing and murdering Frederick Parmenter and Alessandro Berardelli at the Statler-Morrill Shoe Company factory in Braintree, Massachusetts on April 15, 1920. Sacco and Vanzetti were executed in Charlestown State Prison on August 23, 1927. Also included are small collections of papers of Mary Donovan Hapgood and Catharine Huntington. Of interest is the correspondence between S.H.M. Clinton and John Beffel and Clinton and Mary Donovan Hapgood as well as the correspondence between Mary Donovan Hapgood and Vincenzina Vanzetti. The collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, periodicals, photographs, and sound recordings.
Dates
- 1920-1977
- Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1982
Creator
- S.M.H. Clinton (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Items in this collection may be subject to copyright restrictions. The Boston Public Library does not hold copyright on the material in this collection. Researchers are responsible for identifying and contacting the persons or organizations that hold copyright.
Extent
5.00 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement Note
Collection is arranged into 7 series:
1. Correspondence
2. Printed Material
3. Notes
4. Photographs
5. Audio/Visual Material
6. Mary Donovan Hapgood and Catherine Huntington Papers
7. Memorabilia
1. Correspondence
2. Printed Material
3. Notes
4. Photographs
5. Audio/Visual Material
6. Mary Donovan Hapgood and Catherine Huntington Papers
7. Memorabilia
Technical Access Requirements
Researchers must supply their own ear phones to listen to the audio cassettes. Researchers are unable to listen to the othe tapes in the collection.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of S.M.H. Clinton.
Separated Materials
Books belonging to S.M.H. Clinton were seperated out and shelved with other Sacco-Vanzetti books.
Processing Information
Processed by Kimberly Reynolds, June 2017
Creator
- S.M.H. Clinton (Person)
- Title
- S.H.M. Clinton Collection of Sacco-Vanzetti Material
- Author
- Kimberly Reynolds
- Date
- 06/28/2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
About this library
Part of the Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections Repository