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Globe Newspaper Co. Records

1863-2001

Offsite Storage Inventory

The Globe Newspaper Co. records are stored offsite and must be requested at least one business day in advance. Contact the Library at library@masshist.org or (617) 536-1608 to request materials. Please discuss your request with the reading room staff before requesting cartons by barcode.

Note: This collection is PARTIALLY PROCESSED.

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Collection Summary

Acquisition Information

Restrictions on Access

Summary Description of the Collection

Preferred Citation

Access Terms


Collection Summary

Creator:Globe Newspaper Co.
Title:Globe Newspaper Co. records
Dates:1863-2001
Physical Description:5 record center cartons
Call Number:OFFSITE STORAGE
Repository:Massachusetts Historical Society
1154 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02215
library@masshist.org
Abstract:

This collection consists of papers collected by the Taylor family, the founders of the Globe Newspaper Co., mostly genealogical materials on the Taylor, Crehore, and related families. Includes items of Edith Crehore, Charles H. Taylor, W. David Taylor, and William O. Taylor. There are some records of the Globe Newspaper Co., publishers of the Boston Globe, including financial papers (1882-1921), scrapbooks and materials for a history of the newspaper by Willard de Lue; photographs, and some papers of the Globe Charitable Trust, Boston Globe Foundation, and the Globe Voting Trust. Also, a record book of the Hour Glass Club of Boston, Massachusetts, 1926-75; and a scrapbook of the 1872 baseball season kept by George Wright.

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Acquisition Information

Gift of William O. Taylor, Sept. 2003, with additions related to the Globe Voting Trust, June 2004 and May 2005; and the estate of Charles H. Taylor, Aug. 2004.

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Restrictions on Access

The Globe Newspaper Co. records are stored offsite and must be requested at least one business day in advance. Contact the Library at library@masshist.org or (617) 536-1608 to request materials. Please discuss your request with the reading room staff before requesting cartons by barcode.

Note: This collection is PARTIALLY PROCESSED.

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Summary Description of the Collection

CartonBarcodeContents
Carton 1SH 16X3 2"Edith Crehore's Genealogy 'Working-Book'"
Carton 1SH 16X3 2"Edith Crehore's Record-Book to be filled in from her 'Working-Book'"
Carton 1SH 16X3 28 vols. of Moseley/Taylor/Crehore family records
Carton 1SH 16X3 2"Family of Pierce," typescript genealogy
Carton 1SH 16X3 2New England Library of Genealogy and Personal History... (Boston, 1902)
Carton 1SH 16X3 2"The Taylor Book," typescript family history
Carton 1SH 16X3 2Four modern copy photos of a Buzzard's Bay house
Carton 2SH 16X4 3Small notebook, pressroom info., 1928-45
Carton 2SH 16X4 3Scrapbook, 1872 baseball season, kept by George Wright
Carton 2SH 16X4 3Records of the Hour Glass Club of Boston, Massachusetts, 1926-75
Carton 2SH 16X4 3Memorial Tributes to Eben D. Jordan (Boston 1896)
Carton 2SH 16X4 3Souvenir Portfolio of the Boston Globe (Boston 1899)
Carton 2SH 16X4 32 vols. of "Materials for a History of the Boston Globe," by Willard de Lue, 1957-59, typescript
Carton 2SH 16X4 3Scrapbook on Boston Globe, 1886-91
Carton 2SH 16X4 3Pamphlet with releases from Associated Newspapers, on golfing tips, 1919
Carton 3SH 16X5 4Sphinx Club (New York, 1910)
Carton 3SH 16X5 4Photos: "Opening Nite Party for New Blgn May 1958"
Carton 3SH 16X5 4Landmarks "in the Old Bay State" by William R. Comer (1911)
Carton 3SH 16X5 4Boston Globe Atlas, Almanac and Cyclopedia for 1896
(4 copies)
Carton 3SH 16X5 4"Boston Press Club to Col. Charles Taylor," resolutions from the club on his retirement as president
Carton 4SH 16X6 5"Index to Photographs," typed
Carton 4SH 16X6 5Photograph to Bill Taylor from Daniel Arnold
Three files of photos:
Carton 4SH 16X6 5"General Taylor's Contemporaries"
(7 images)
Carton 4SH 16X6 5"Charles Taylor images"
(16 images)
Carton 4SH 16X6 5"WOT"
(21 images)
Carton 4SH 16X6 5Boston Globe 125th anniversary edition; souvenir edition, 12 May 1958
Carton 4SH 16X6 5New Printer and Lithographer (June 1958), offprint
Carton 4SH 16X6 5Boston Globe issues, 10 Nov. 1891 and 2 Feb. 1979
Carton 4SH 16X6 5MHS Proceedings, Vol. 89 (1977)
Carton 4SH 16X6 5W.O. Taylor, certificate from Harvard, 31 May 1999
Carton 4SH 16X6 5Photomechanical of Globe bldg. with crowd in front
Carton 4SH 16X6 5Letter, Duke to Pop, 6 Dec. 1977
Carton 4SH 16X6 5Letter, May to Aunt Edith, n.d. (ca. 1900)
Carton 4SH 16X6 5Pamphlet, Genealogy of the Crehore Family (1887)
Carton 4SH 16X6 5Scrapbook pages of mss., clippings, etc.
26 pp, 2-sided
Carton 4SH 16X6 5Papers re: W. David Taylor's retirement, 1982
Carton 4SH 16X6 53 files of "Willard de Lue Historical Material," 1847-1921
Carton 4SH 16X6 5File of "Buzzards Bay (Beachmoor) Estate of Charles H. Taylor, William O. Taylor et al. Correspondence"
Carton 4SH 16X6 5File of "Taylor Family - Yachts and Misc."
Carton 4SH 16X6 5Misc. loose papers:
Taylor memorial stained glass window; 38th Mass. Regiment dinner, letter and photo; 1908 Associated Press/American Newspaper Association, join banquet; photomechanicals of Buzzards Bay houses; Taylor Scholars program memorandum, 1991; Globe Charitable Trust/Boston Globe Foundation materials; blueprint plan of West Port Hudson, 1863
Carton 4SH 16X6 5Additions to collection:
File of financial papers of the Globe Newspaper Co., 1882-1921. Includes abstracts of earnings and expenses, 1882-95; balance sheets, 1895; comparative financial statements, 1894 and '95; trial balances, 1895; abstracts of Certificates of Condition, 1894 and '95; and corresp. re: stock holdings, 1902-21.
Carton 4SH 16X6 5Additions to collection:
Material related to the estate of Charles H. Taylor, including legal documents and two copies of Last Will and Testament of Charles H. Taylor Dated August 5, 1918.
Carton 5SH 17BL %Additions to collection:
Papers related to the Globe Voting Trust, from its formation in 1954, until its merger with the New York Times Co. in 1993, ca. 1954-2001.

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Preferred Citation

Globe Newspaper Co. records, Massachusetts Historical Society.

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Access Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in ABIGAIL, the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should search the catalog using these headings.

Persons:
Crehore, Edith.
Crehore family.
Crehore family--Genealogy.
De Lue, Willard.
Taylor, Charles Henry, 1867-1941.
Taylor, W. David.
Taylor, William O.
Taylor family.
Taylor family--Genealogy.
Wright, George.

Organizations:
Boston Globe Foundation.
Globe Charitable Trust.
Hour Glass Club (Boston, Mass).

Subjects:
Newspaper publishing--Massachusetts--Boston.

Titles:
Boston Globe.

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Send reference questions to library@masshist.org.
Prepared by Katherine H. Griffin, Sept. 2003.
Revised 28 Jan. 2011
Encoded by Michael Rush, April 2004


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