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Catalogs Catalogue of Books in the Massachusetts Historical Library: An Annotated Edition of the 1796 Library Catalogue of the Massachusetts Historical Society Compiled by John D. Cushing, Mary E. Cogswell, Mary E. Fabiszewski, Edward W. Hanson, and Brenda M. Lawson (1997). Pp. lviii, 598, illus., index. Cloth $85.00  By
1796 the library of the Massachusetts Historical Society,
founded in 1791, had grown to such an extent that a printed
catalog became necessary. The published catalog of 1,292 entries
includes works on political, social, economic, religious,
and historical events of the day as well as works relating
to colonial America and the Revolutionary War. The Bicentennial
edition of the 1796 catalog includes a high-quality facsimile
reproduction of the original document, a transcription with
fully annotated entries for each of the original titles, and
extensive appendices. Elucidating as it does the library of
the nation's first historical society, this is an important
resource for bibliophiles and historians alike. Portraits in the Massachusetts Historical Society An Illustrated Catalog with Descriptive Matter By Andrew Oliver, Ann Millspaugh Huff, and Edward W. Hanson (1988). Pp. xxvi, 163, 24 color plates, 200 b&w illus., index. ISBN 0-934909-26-1 $50.00 A comprehensive inventory of MHS portraiture, including information about subject, artist, and provenance as available. Illustrated in black-and-white and color. Witness to America's Past: Two Centuries of Collecting by the Massachusetts Historical Society (Published with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1991). Pp. 207, illus., bib., index. Paper $25.00 
This fully illustrated catalog, published in 1991 to accompany
the Massachusetts Historical Society's 200th-anniversary exhibition
at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, provides the reader with
an engaging view of the books, manuscripts, artwork, and historical
artifacts collected by the Society over two hundred years.
Filled with color plates, black-and-white illustrations, detailed
item descriptions, and entertaining anecdotal information,
the catalog brings many of the most vital events in American
and Massachusetts history to life through the examination
of material artifacts. The book includes more than 160 of
the most historically significant objects in the Society's
collection—from paintings, prints, and engravings to unusual
objects such as tea collected from the Boston Tea Party, a
bureau whose drawers supposedly housed a witch during the
Salem witch trials, and photographs of soldiers from the Massachusetts
54th Regiment, the most important African American regiment
raised in the North during the Civil War. Ordering Information These catalogues are distributed by the University of Virginia Press (1-800-831-3406). |
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