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Joseph Coletti Papers
Collection
Call Number: 2015.001
Scope and Contents
Joseph A. Coletti (1898-1973) was a sculptor active in Boston from the 1920s through the early 1970s. He was known for his religious sculpture, public monuments, portrait busts, and medals. Working first as an apprentice to sculptor John Evans and then as an assistant to painter John Singer Sargent, Coletti attended Harvard University (1919-1923) and studied sculpture at the American Academy in Rome. Coletti opened his studio in Boston in 1926 after traveling throughout Europe honing his...
Dates:
1919-1973; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1973
Ralph Adams Cram papers
Collection
Call Number: FA 2015.01
Scope and Contents
The Ralph Adams Cram papers span the years 1618-1997, with the bulk of the material dating after 1885. The collection documents the life of Ralph Adams Cram, an American architect during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. While there are some materials in the collection that relate to his career in architecture and his architectural firms, the collection mostly documents his non-architectural pursuits.
Manuscripts from his prolific literary career are well represented as well...
Dates:
1618 - 1997; Majority of material found within 1885 - 1997
Maginnis & Walsh architectural records
Collection
Call Number: MS.SC.0011
Abstract
Architectural records of Maginnis & Walsh (1906-1940), a Boston-based architectural firm known for its ecclesiastical designs. The collection includes records from the successive firms Maginnis, Walsh and Kennedy, and Kennedy and Kennedy Architects. The records span the years approximately 1913-1980 and represent 618 commissions for churches, seminaries, college buildings, and hospitals through architectural drawings, plans, and specification files.
Dates:
approximately 1913-1980
Paris International Exposition of Art and Technology in Modern Life, 1937
Collection — Container: MS 39478
Call Number: MS 5058
Scope and Contents
The twenty-four silver plated photographs in this collection are of the German and Soviet pavilions that were built for the International Exposition of Art and Technology in Modern life, which was held in Paris from May-November, 1937. The German pavilion, considered an achievement in Nazi architecture, was designed by Albert Speer. Boris Iofan designed the Soviet pavilion, which embodied Stalinist architecture. Also included are photographs of the pavilions at night, panoramic views of the...
Dates:
Other: Undated
Peabody & Stearns architectural drawings
Collection
Call Number: MS.SC.0017
Abstract
This collection consists of architectural drawings by Peabody & Stearns, a Boston-based architectural firm active 1870-1917. Included are architectural plans, drawings, and blueprints representing 575 commissions for commercial, residential, and ecclesiastical buildings in New England and beyond, that span the years 1837-1960.
Dates:
1837 - 1960
Eleanor Spaak Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Call Number: MS 5039
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the journalistic career of Boston native Eleanor Spaak, who wrote a design and society column for Home Furnishings Daily from 1965-1968 and also published articles in Newsday and Ladies Home Journal. In her column, Spaak reported on the latest trends in fashion, design, art, and architecture. Moreover, she also reported on the lives of actors, artists, members of...
Dates:
1965-2011; Majority of material found in 1965-2004
Trustees of the Boston Public Library Records: McKim Building Art and Architecture Records
Collection — Container: MS Bos Li
Call Number: MS Bos Li
Scope and Contents
Although plans for a permanent library building for the City of Boston began in the mid- nineteenth century, it was not until 1888, when Samuel Abbott, the President of the Trustees of the Boston Public Library, accepted the architectural plans by the New York firm McKim, Mead & White, did the project come to fruition. This collection documents the Trustees approval of the design submitted by Charles Follen McKim, the meeting between Charles Follen McKim, Stanford White and Augustus...
Dates:
1859-1965; Majority of material found in 1888-1895
UrbanArts, Inc. records
Collection — Container: Records
Call Number: FA 2015.02
Abstract
UrbanArts, Inc. was a non-profit organization in Boston that coordinated public art projects and arts-based community programming from 1980-2012. The records span the years 1980-2014 and document the organization's administration and programming, including administrative records, publicity materials, artist contracts and samples of artwork, community writing submissions and oral history interviews, photographs, and audiovisual material.
Dates:
1980 - 2014
