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Joseph Lee Papers

1845-1991; bulk: 1874-1937

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The Joseph Lee papers 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.

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Collection Summary

Biographical Sketch

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Acquisition Information

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Materials Removed

Collection Summary

Creator:	Lee, Joseph, 1862-1937
Title:	Joseph Lee papers
Dates:	1845-1991
Bulk Dates:	1874-1937
Physical Description:	49 record cartons
Call Number:	OFFSITE STORAGE
Repository:	Massachusetts Historical Society 1154 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02215 library@masshist.org

Abstract:

The collection consists of the papers of social worker and philanthropist Joseph Lee of Boston and Brookline, Mass., 1874-1937; and papers of related Lee and Colt family members, 1845-1991. Includes papers related to the various social and educational organizations Joseph Lee was involved with, most notably the Immigration Restriction League, Massachusetts Civic League, Playground and Recreation Association of America, Boston School Committee, War Camp Community Service, the Community Service of Boston, Inc., and Harvard University.

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Biographical Sketch

Joseph Lee was born March 8, 1862 in Boston, Mass. He was the son of Henry Lee, a Boston banker, and Elizabeth Perkins Cabot Lee of Brookline, Mass. He prepared for college at the Nobles School in Boston and then attended Harvard and Harvard Law School graduating in 1883 and 1887 respectively. Joseph Lee never practiced law but as a social worker, author, and philanthropist, he sought to strengthen community life through playgrounds and play, eliminate social problems, and promote social legislation. He was often referred to as "the grandfather of play."

In 1897 Joseph Lee married Margaret Cabot who was involved with the kindergarten movement and the work of German educator Friedrich Froebel. In Brookline, Mass. they raised four children: Margaret Lee (later Woodbury Southard), Susan Mary Lee, Joseph, and Amy Lee (later Colt). Margaret Cabot Lee died in 1920 and in 1930, Joseph Lee remarried, this time to his secretary Marion Snow.

Joseph Lee was the founder and President of the Massachusetts Civic League, 1897-1937; an active officer in the Immigration Restriction League, 1905-1937; vice-president and president of the Playground and Recreation Association of America, 1906-1937; president of the National Recreation Association, 1910-1937; member of the Boston School committee, 1909-1917; member of the Committee on Training Camp Activities, 1917-1919; president of the War Camp Community Service and its successor Community Service of Boston, Inc.; and an overseer of Harvard University, 1918-1921, 1928-1934.

Joseph Lee was the author of many articles and books on recreation, education, social work, economics, and democracy including, Constructive and Preventive Philanthropy (1902) and Play in Education (1916). He also published numerous newspaper columns, letters to the editor, and poems, some under the pseudonym Jocelyn.

In 1937, Joseph Lee died from pneumonia while at his family home in Cohasset, Mass. He was buried in the Walnut Hills Cemetery in Brookline, Mass. His social and philanthropic work was continued by his children, and for many years, Joseph Lee Day was celebrated across the country.

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Collection Description

The collection consists of the papers of social worker and philanthropist Joseph Lee of Boston and Brookline, Mass., 1874-1937; and papers of related Lee and Colt family members, 1845-1991. The collection, housed in 48 cartons, is organized into three series: I. Joseph Lee professional papers, II. Joseph Lee family papers, and III. Colt family papers.

The professional papers include letters, drafts of books and articles, clippings, printed matter, and research notes from the various social and educational organizations Joseph Lee was involved with, most notably the Immigration Restriction League (concerning the campaign for a literacy test for voters and immigrants), Massachusetts Civic League, Playground and Recreation Association of America, Boston School Committee, War Camp Community Service, the Community Service of Boston, Inc., and Harvard University. The professional papers also include subject files organized by Joseph Lee documenting his interest in various social used for his writings.

Personal papers of Joseph Lee and Lee family papers include Joseph Lee's correspondence with his family and friends including his first and second wives, Margaret Cabot and Marion Snow Lee, parents Henry and Elizabeth Perkins Lee, siblings Elliot Cabot and George Lee and Elizabeth Lee Shattuck, and children Susan, Margaret, and Joseph Lee Jr. Personal papers also include diaries, fictional writings, personal financial information; genealogical information gathered by Joseph Lee and other family members; and correspondence, writing and research by other Lee family members.

Colt family papers consist of correspondence between Joseph Lee's daughter Amy Lee and her husband Charles "Chis" Cary Colt; and correspondence between other Colt family members, 1901-1991. Correspondents include: Timothy Pickering, Patrick Tracy, Charles C. Colt, Jr., Margaret Cabot, Sylvia, and Joseph Lee Colt.

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Acquisition Information

The bulk of Joseph Lee's professional papers were given to the Massachusetts Historical Society in September 1982 by his daughter Susan Mary Lee through his grandchildren Amy Domini Kinder and Peter Kinder of Cambridge, Mass. Joseph Lee's personal and family papers, along with some additional professional papers, were donated by Amy Domini Kinder in November 1996; and the Colt family papers were donated by Susan Colt Doolittle, March 1997. The diary/commonplace-book of Amy Lee Colt was given to the Massachusetts Historical Society by Susan Colt Doolittle in March 2011.

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Restrictions on Access

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Organization of the Collection

The collection is organized into the following series:


	I. Joseph Lee professional papers, 1874-1937
		A. Immigration Restriction League, 1874-1937
		B. Massachusetts Civic League, 1891-1936
		C. Playground and Recreation Association of America, 1888-1962
		D. Boston School Committee, 1897-1934
		E. War Camp Community Service, 1901-1935
		F. Community Service of Boston, Inc., 1914-1936
		G. Causes: General subject files, 1876-1937
	II. Joseph Lee family papers, 1845-1980
		A. Joseph Lee personal papers, 1872-1939
		B. Lee family papers, 1845-1980
	III. Colt family papers, 1903-1991

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Detailed Description of the Collection


Carton	Barcode	Contents
		I. Joseph Lee professional papers, 1874-1937
			A. Immigration Restriction League, 1874-1937 This sub-series contains records of the Immigration Restriction League kept by Joseph Lee in his capacity as officer and member. The bulk of the materials consist of correspondence regarding daily activities of the organization, publications by the Immigration Restriction League such as annual reports and bulletins, and publications related to or about the Immigration Restriction League. The sub-series also includes writings by Joseph Lee about immigration.
Carton 1	SH 14XP M			Constitution [typescript], ca. 1905
Carton 1	SH 14XP M			Correspondence, 1874-February 1922
Carton 2	SH 14XQ N			Correspondence, March 1922-1937
Carton 2	SH 14XQ N			Joseph Lee writings [manuscript notes], ca. 1906
Carton 2	SH 14XQ N			Joseph Lee writings [typescripts], [1907-1917]
Carton 2	SH 14XQ N			James H. Patten radio speech, 27 October 1927
Carton 2	SH 14XQ N			James H. Patten Congressional hearing, [August] 1937
				Immigration Restriction League publications:
Carton 2	SH 14XQ N				Annual reports, 1922-1935
Carton 2	SH 14XQ N				Bulletins, 1926-1937
Carton 2	SH 14XQ N				Publications of the IRL, Nos. 2-76 (with gaps), 1894-1921
Carton 2	SH 14XQ N				Pamphlets and flyers, 1895-1934
				Related publications:
Carton 2	SH 14XQ N				Congressional hearings, 1909-1927
Carton 3	SH 14XR O				Congressional hearings, 1928-1937
Carton 3	SH 14XR O				Congressional Record, 1912-1933
Carton 3	SH 14XR O				American Statistical Association, 1906-1916
Carton 3	SH 14XR O				Community Americanization, 1920
Carton 3	SH 14XR O				Economic Geography, 1925
Carton 3	SH 14XR O				Eugenical News, 1928
Carton 3	SH 14XR O				Facts on Immigration, 1907
Carton 3	SH 14XR O				Geographical Review, 1920-1928
Carton 3	SH 14XR O				Immigration articles by Robert DeCourtney Ward, 1904-1925
Carton 3	SH 14XR O				Immigration, 1906
Carton 3	SH 14XR O				Immigration, by Eugene Hecker, [1912]
Carton 3	SH 14XR O				Immigration, by M. Victor Safford, 1912
Carton 3	SH 14XR O				Immigration Commission, 1910
Carton 3	SH 14XR O				Immigration into the United States, by Jesse Chickering, 1848
Carton 3	SH 14XR O				Immigration Laws and Regulations, 1893
Carton 3	SH 14XR O				International Conciliation, 1825
Carton 3	SH 14XR O				"Irish Question" publications, 1918-1919
Carton 3	SH 14XR O				Labor Bulletin, 1906
Carton 3	SH 14XR O				League for Preventative Work publications, 1918
Carton 3	SH 14XR O				Liberal Immigration League publications, 1906-1912
Carton 3	SH 14XR O				National Committee for Constructive Immigration Legislation publications, 1919
Carton 3	SH 14XR O				The Negro Question, by Moorfield Storey, 1918
Carton 3	SH 14XR O				Population Prosperity, by Frank A. Fetter, 1913
Carton 3	SH 14XR O				Restriction of Japanese Immigration, 1905
Carton 3	SH 14XR O				Robert DeCourtney Ward, by Robert Tracy Jackson, 1932
Carton 3	SH 14XR O				Selection of Immigration, by Prescott F. Hall, 1932
Carton 3	SH 14XR O				A State Program for the Care of the Mentally Defective, by Walter E. Fernald, 1919
Carton 3	SH 14XR O				Supplement to the New World, by Isaiah Bowman, 1923
Carton 3	SH 14XR O				Pamphlets and flyers, 1893-1937
Oversize Carton 34	SH 173D Q				Pamphlets and flyers, 1905-1934 (Oversize)
Carton 3	SH 14XR O			Clippings, 1891-1935
			B. Massachusetts Civic League, 1891-1936 This sub-series contains records of the Massachusetts Civic League kept by Joseph Lee, who was the founder and president of the organization, and includes correspondence regarding daily activities of the organization, committee records related to specific social issues such as child welfare, housing, and public service, records of the Citizen's Calendar distributed by the Massachusetts Civic League, and questions and responses to a social services survey conducted in various Massachusetts towns in 1901. The sub-series also includes writings by Joseph Lee and printed material.
Carton 4	SH 14XS P			Constitution, [1898]
Carton 4	SH 14XS P			Correspondence and notes, 1892-1935
Carton 4	SH 14XS P			Financial records, 1929-1935
				Committees:
Carton 4	SH 14XS P				Billboard Law Committee, 1915-1935
Carton 4	SH 14XS P				Causes and Cures of Crime Committee, 1892-1936
Carton 4	SH 14XS P				Child Welfare Committee, 1898-1934
Carton 4	SH 14XS P				Education Committee, 1906-1934
Carton 4	SH 14XS P				Housing Committee, 1904-1934
Carton 4	SH 14XS P				Kindergarten Committee, 1909-1933
Carton 4	SH 14XS P				Legislation and Administration Committee, 1917-1936
Carton 5	SH 14XT Q				More Women in Law Enforcement Committee, 1928-1933
Carton 5	SH 14XT Q				Motion Picture Committee, 1929-1935
Carton 5	SH 14XT Q				Public Health Committee, 1920-1935
Carton 5	SH 14XT Q				Public Service Committee, 1932-1935
Carton 5	SH 14XT Q				Town Protection Committee, 1928
				Citizens Calendar:
Carton 5	SH 14XT Q				Correspondence, 1915-1917
Carton 5	SH 14XT Q				Notes and typescripts, 1915
Carton 5	SH 14XT Q				Drafts, 1916
Carton 5	SH 14XT Q				Printed calendars, 1917
				Social Services Survey:
Carton 5	SH 14XT Q				Questions and lists of Massachusetts towns, 1901
Carton 5	SH 14XT Q				Responses, Towns A-Y, 1901
Carton 5	SH 14XT Q			The Town Room, 1905-1935
				Subject files:
Carton 5	SH 14XT Q				Death of Winona Osbourne Pinkham, 1930
Carton 5	SH 14XT Q				Dinner for Joseph Lee, 1936
Oversize Carton 34	SH 173D Q				Dinner for Joseph Lee certificates, 1936 (Oversize)
Carton 5	SH 14XT Q				Episcopal diocese, 1928
Carton 5	SH 14XT Q				Gambling, 1933-1934
Carton 5	SH 14XT Q				Old Age Pension bill, 1923-1924
Carton 5	SH 14XT Q				Private Charities bill, 1897-1932
Carton 5	SH 14XT Q				Public Welfare, 1891-1932
Carton 5	SH 14XT Q				Unpaid boards, 1914-1918
				Writings:
Carton 5	SH 14XT Q				"Don't Tie on the Flowers...," 1913-1928
Carton 5	SH 14XT Q				"Early History of the Massachusetts Civic League," 1928
Carton 5	SH 14XT Q				"The Gang Universal" [radio speech], ca. 1920
Carton 5	SH 14XT Q				"The Massachusetts Senate," ca. 1920
Carton 5	SH 14XT Q				"My First Interest in Philanthropy," ca. 1920
Carton 5	SH 14XT Q				"A New Law for Massachusetts Children...," 1932
Carton 5	SH 14XT Q				"The Relations of Corporations to the Legislature," 1910-1911
Carton 5	SH 14XT Q				"Righteousness by Statute" [drafts], 1915-1933
Carton 5	SH 14XT Q				"What I Want," ca. 1920
Carton 5	SH 14XT Q			Printed material, 1904-1937
Carton 5	SH 14XT Q			Clippings, 1891-1936
			C. Playground and Recreation Association of America, 1888-1962 This sub-series contains records of the Playground and Recreation Association of America (later the National Recreation Association) kept by Joseph Lee while serving as vice-president and president and includes correspondence, meeting minutes, financial records, writing by Joseph Lee related to playgrounds and play, scrapbooks related to the Columbus Avenue playground, printed material, and subject files related to fund-raising, the Community Chest, playgrounds, and events.
Carton 6	SH 14Y4 2			Correspondence, 1892-1930
Carton 33	SH 173C P			Correspondence, 1905-1932
Carton 7	SH 16WW U			Correspondence, 1931-1938
Carton 7	SH 16WW U			Meeting minutes, 1927-1936
Carton 7	SH 16WW U			Financial records, 1904-1935
				Subject files: 1904-1935
Carton 7	SH 16WW U				Appeals, 1916-1936
Carton 7	SH 16WW U				Arts, 1929-1932
Carton 7	SH 16WW U				Bequests, 1926
Carton 7	SH 16WW U				Betters Homes Banquet, 1928-1929
Carton 7	SH 16WW U				Robert S. Chase, 1928
Carton 7	SH 16WW U				City planning, 1925-1934
Carton 7	SH 16WW U				The Community Chest, 1925-1928
Carton 8	SH 16WX V				Community Service of Boston, Inc., 1929-1930
Carton 8	SH 16WX V				Abbie Condit, 1922-1931
Carton 8	SH 16WX V				Elizabethtown (Tennessee), 1929
Carton 8	SH 16WX V				Finance Commission hearing, 1916
Carton 8	SH 16WX V				Frothingham Memorial Park, 1929-1930
Carton 8	SH 16WX V				General Conference on Open Spaces, 1890-1899
Carton 8	SH 16WX V				International Music Festival, 1929-1935
Carton 8	SH 16WX V				Lawrence Pearsall Jacks, 1930-1931
Oversize Carton 34	SH 173 D Q				Legislation, 1930-1931 (Oversize)
Carton 8	SH 16WX V				Miniature Aircraft Tournament, 1928
Carton 8	SH 16WX V				Charles E. Magoon bequest, 1925-1927
Carton 8	SH 16WX V				National Recreation School, 1928-1936
Carton 8	SH 16WX V				New Year's Scroll with co-workers signatures, 1936
Carton 8	SH 16WX V				North American Review, 1928
Carton 8	SH 16WX V				William J. Norton, 1928
Carton 8	SH 16WX V				Physical education, 1921-1929
Carton 8	SH 16WX V				Playgrounds, 1901-1934
Carton 8	SH 16WX V				Racism, 1922-1927
Carton 8	SH 16WX V				Religion, 1925
Carton 8	SH 16WX V				Jacob Riis, 1902-1908
Carton 8	SH 16WX V				Rockefeller Foundation, 1927-1929
Carton 8	SH 16WX V				School lunches, 1906-1910
Carton 8	SH 16WX V				Schoolyards, 1899-1905
Carton 8	SH 16WX V				Slow clubs, 1927
Carton 8	SH 16WX V				Ellen M. Tower dinner, 1926-1927
Carton 8	SH 16WX V				Twentieth Century Club, 1927-1928
Carton 8	SH 16WX V				Works Progress Administration, 1936
Carton 8	SH 16WX V				Young Men's Christian Association College, 1935
				Writings:
Carton 8	SH 16WX V				Miscellaneous research notes
Carton 8	SH 16WX V				Photo captions for unidentified publication, ca. 1904
Carton 8	SH 16WX V				Chapters 1-12: Unidentified publication, ca. 1924-1933
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"1933 Report of the Boston Park Department"
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"American Musical Expression," February 1927
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"Aristotle's Politics"
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"The Beginning of the Playground Movement"
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"Boston's Family Welfare Society"
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"The Boy and His Leisure," 16 March 1929
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"Brief Summary of National Recreation Association Philosophy"
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"Children and Tomorrow's Leisure," 1931
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"The Community," ca. 1925
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"Competition," ca. 1932
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"Early Days: A History of the Playground Association of America"
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"Eastern Massachusetts Recreation Executive Council," 1932
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"The Economics of Scenery"
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"Examples of New England Communities Which Have Organized Recreation Programs"
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"Fathers and Mothers Clubs"
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"Feeling the Spirit of Childhood," 1922
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"Football Psychology"
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"The Fountain of Youth"
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"The Gang Universal," 1932
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"The Home Playground," 1908-1925
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"A Hundred Playgrounds" poem by Dennis McCarthy, 1920
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"Imagination"
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"Joseph Lee the Godfather of the Playground," by Donald Culross Peattie
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"Leisure," ca. 1928-1932
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"Leisure, A Menace of an Opportunity?"
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"A Message from Lawrence Pearsall Jacks: 26th Annual Meeting of the Playground Recreation Association," [1936]
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"My Qualifications as Witness"
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"Outdoor Games"
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"Play," 1907-1932
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"Play and Home," 1913
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"Play and Life"
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"Play and the Ultimates," 18 March 1921
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"Play as Medicine," 1911
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"Play in Education," 1914-1936
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"The Play of Boys and Girls"
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"Play People," 3 October 1929
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"Play Talk," ca. 1916
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"Play the Architect of Man," 1927
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"Playgrounds and the Human Habitat," ca. 1930
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"The President's Organization of Unemployment Relief," 1932
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"Prisoner's Base," 1907
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"Recreation and the Child," 1924
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"Recreation Bulletin Service," 1929-1931
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"Righteousness by Statute," ca. 1925
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"River of Vermont"
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"Rhythm, Rum, Social Dancing and Bacchus"
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"Sketch Program of Play and Recreation"
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"The Spirit of Play"
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"Sport and Accomplishment"
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"Suggested Questions for District Conferences"
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"Sunday Play," ca. 1910
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"Supervision of Playgrounds Necessary"
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"Things We Had That Do Not Provide for Themselves"
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"The Two Realities"
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"The Unit of the City: Homes"
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"The Use of Outdoors"
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"What the Child Needs," 1910
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"What the Playground Recreation Association of America is Doing With Reference to Leisure Time"
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"What We Did as Children"
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"Will Play Stop?"
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				"Women Have Had a Great Deal to Do...," 1912
				Printed material:
Carton 9	SH 16WY W				The Playground, 1907-1917
Carton 10	SH 16WZ X				The Playground, 1919-1929
Carton 10	SH 16WZ X				Playground and Recreation, 1929-1931
Carton 10	SH 16WZ X				Recreation, 1931-1953
Carton 10	SH 16WZ X				The Survey, 1910-1931
Carton 11	SH 16X1 0				P.R.A.A. pamphlets and flyers, 1908-1962
Carton 11	SH 16X1 0				Publications, 1893-1940
Oversize Carton 34	SH 173D Q				Publications, 1908-1944 (Oversize)
Carton 12	SH 16X2 1				Clippings, 1891-1936
				Scrapbooks:
Carton 12	SH 16X2 1				Vol. I. "Columbus Ave. Playground," May-June 1901
Carton 12	SH 16X2 1				Vol. II. "Records of Happenings in regard to Columbus Ave. Playground," July-December 1901
Carton 12	SH 16X2 1				Vol. III. "Chronicle of Happenings at Columbus Ave. Playground," 1902
Carton 12	SH 16X2 1				"General Playground Committee Book," 1901-1903
Carton 12	SH 16X2 1				Joseph Lee playground scrapbook, 1888-1903
			D. Boston School Committee, 1897-1934 This sub-series consists of records of the Boston School Committee kept by Joseph Lee as a member of the board of Education and includes correspondence, subject files, and printed material. The subject files, arranged alphabetically, contain records on elections, hygiene, corporal punishment, open-air rooms, teacher salaries, and other topics addressed by the Boston School Committee during Joseph Lee's tenure.
Carton 13	SH 157Q +			General correspondence, 1902-1934
				Subject files:
Carton 13	SH 157Q +				Administration building, 1914-1917
Carton 13	SH 157Q +				Agendas, 1917
Carton 13	SH 157Q +				Baths, 1902-1917
Carton 13	SH 157Q +				Board of Superintendents, 1910-1918
Carton 13	SH 157Q +				Budget, 1911-1918
Carton 13	SH 157Q +				Buildings, 1912-1917
Carton 13	SH 157Q +				Class size, 1910-1916
Carton 13	SH 157Q +				Coal crisis, 1917-1918
Carton 13	SH 157Q +				Continuation schools, 1911-1918
Carton 13	SH 157Q +				Corporal punishment, 1911
Carton 13	SH 157Q +				Dr. F.B. Dyer appointment, 1912
Carton 13	SH 157Q +				Elections, 1911-1912
Carton 14	SH 157R %				Elections, 1913-1929
Oversize Carton 34	SH 173D Q				Elections, 1914 (Oversize)
Carton 14	SH 157R %				Evening schools, 1909-1917
Carton 14	SH 157R %				Extended use of school buildings, 1901-1917
Carton 14	SH 157R %				Farm camps, 1917
Carton 14	SH 157R %				Feeble minded children, 1906-1914
Carton 14	SH 157R %				Finance Committee of Boston, 1916-1917
Carton 14	SH 157R %				Fire regulations, 1915-1917
Carton 14	SH 157R %				Gardens, 1915-1917
Carton 14	SH 157R %				Graduation talks, 1915
Carton 14	SH 157R %				Grammar, 1909-1917
Carton 14	SH 157R %				Home visits, 1909-1914
Carton 14	SH 157R %				Hygiene, 1907-1917
Carton 14	SH 157R %				Intermediate schools, 1916-1917
Carton 14	SH 157R %				Investigation and measurement, 1914-1917
Carton 14	SH 157R %				Janitors, 1910-1917
Carton 14	SH 157R %				Kindergarten, 1909-1928
Carton 14	SH 157R %				Legislation, 1910-1919
Carton 14	SH 157R %				Meeting notes, 1909-1912
Carton 14	SH 157R %				Military drills, 1915-1916
Carton 14	SH 157R %				Music, 1912-1918
Carton 14	SH 157R %				Naming schools, 1917
Carton 14	SH 157R %				Newsboys, 1906-1915
Carton 14	SH 157R %				Open air school rooms, 1907-1909
Carton 15	SH 157S 0				Open air school rooms, 1910-1914
Carton 15	SH 157S 0				Pensions, 1901-1917
Carton 15	SH 157S 0				Physical education, 1915-1917
Carton 15	SH 157S 0				Plans and policies, 1911-1917
Carton 15	SH 157S 0				Plans and policies, Printed 1917-1918
Carton 15	SH 157S 0				Playgrounds, 1899-1917
Carton 15	SH 157S 0				Political activity of teachers, 1909-1915
Carton 15	SH 157S 0				Public School Association, 1911-1931
Carton 15	SH 157S 0				Rules and regulations, 1908-1918
Carton 15	SH 157S 0				School lunches, 1909-1917
Carton 15	SH 157S 0				School nurses, 1910-1917
Carton 15	SH 157S 0				School sites, 1909-1913
Carton 15	SH 157S 0				School yards, 1909-1917
Oversize Carton 34	SH 173D Q				School yards, [1909] (Oversize)
Carton 15	SH 157S 0				"The Social Projection of the School," by Joseph Lee, 1907-1908
Carton 15	SH 157S 0				Special education, 1909-1917
Carton 15	SH 157S 0				Summer schools, 1915-1917
Carton 15	SH 157S 0				Teacher appointments, 1913-1917
Carton 15	SH 157S 0				Teachers' retirement fund, 1914-1915
Carton 15	SH 157S 0				Teachers' salaries, 1910-1914
Carton 16	SH 157T 1				Teachers' salaries, 1915-1923
Oversize Carton 34	SH 173D Q				Teachers' salaries, 1917 (Oversize)
Carton 16	SH 157T 1				Teaching methods, 1916
Carton 16	SH 157T 1				Truancy, 1907-1917
Carton 16	SH 157T 1				Unit of local government, 1901
Carton 16	SH 157T 1				Ventilation, 1909-1914
Carton 16	SH 157T 1				Vocational education, 1893-1922
				Printed material:
Carton 16	SH 157T 1				American Statistical Association, June 1907
Carton 16	SH 157T 1				Annual Report of the School Committee of Boston, 1901
Carton 16	SH 157T 1				Educational Standards, 1916-1918
Carton 16	SH 157T 1				School Documents, 1914-1927
Carton 16	SH 157T 1				U.S. Bureau of Education Bulletin, 1911
Carton 16	SH 157T 1				Woman's Education Association, 1908-1912
Carton 16	SH 157T 1				Loose publications, 1897-1927
Carton 16	SH 157T 1				Clippings, 1908-1927
			E. War Camp Community Service, 1901-1935 This sub-series consists of records of the War Camp Community Service, which was formed during World War I as an affiliate of the National Recreation Association to provide recreation for soldiers waiting to go overseas and returning from the war. Joseph Lee was the found and president. The sub-series includes correspondence, meeting minutes, and subject files related to demobilization, finances, music, war camps, and the United War Work Campaign, among other subjects.
Carton 17	SH 157V 3			Constitution, 1918
Carton 17	SH 157V 3			Meeting minutes, 1925-1928
Carton 17	SH 157V 3			Correspondence, 1917-1935
				Subject files:
Carton 17	SH 157V 3				Bulletins, 1917-1935
Carton 17	SH 157V 3				Demobilization, 1918-1919
Carton 17	SH 157V 3				Finances, 1917-1929
Carton 17	SH 157V 3				Member lists, 1917
Carton 17	SH 157V 3				Music, 1916-1927
Carton 17	SH 157V 3				New England Campaign, 1918-1919
Carton 17	SH 157V 3				Publicity, 1917-1921
Carton 17	SH 157V 3				"Report on Non Military Organizations," 1918
Carton 17	SH 157V 3				Seal, ca. 1917
Carton 17	SH 157V 3				Marion Snow notebook, ca. 1917
Carton 18	SH 157W 4				United War Work campaign, 1918
Carton 18	SH 157W 4				War Camps, 1917-1920
				Printed material:
Carton 18	SH 157W 4				Community Buildings and War Memorials, 1919
Carton 18	SH 157W 4				Loose printed material, 1901-1919
			F. Community Service of Boston, Inc., 1914-1936 This sub-series consists of records of the Community Service of Boston, Inc. (a successor to the War Camp Community Service), kept by president Joseph Lee. The sub-series includes correspondence, meeting minutes, subject files, and printed material. The subject files, which are arranged alphabetically, include records of events, committees, music festivals, model boats, and other topics; and the writings of Joseph Lee.
Carton 18	SH 157W 4			Constitution, 1920
Carton 18	SH 157W 4			Meeting minutes and reports, 1922-1935
Carton 18	SH 157W 4			Correspondence, 1918-1936
				Subject files:
Carton 18	SH 157W 4				Appeals, 1914-1934
Carton 18	SH 157W 4				Autographs (Jane Addams and Leonard Kraske), 1930-1931
Carton 18	SH 157W 4				Aviation, 1927-1929
Carton 18	SH 157W 4				Bulletins, 1919-1928
Carton 18	SH 157W 4				"The Community Maker of Men," by Joseph Lee, 1923
Carton 18	SH 157W 4				Hospital committee, 1925-1926
Carton 18	SH 157W 4				International Music Festival, 1926-1936
Carton 19	SH 157X 5				Junior Achievement Committee, 1927
Carton 19	SH 157X 5				Model boats, 1929-1931
Carton 19	SH 157X 5				Municipal recreation for the unemployed, 1933-1934
Carton 19	SH 157X 5				Music, 1917-1920
Carton 19	SH 157X 5				Pageants, 1925-1933
Carton 19	SH 157X 5				Reports, 1921-1936
Carton 19	SH 157X 5				"Shall the Vision Fade?" by Joseph Lee, 1919
Carton 19	SH 157X 5				"Ten Year Survey of the Community Service of Boston," by Eva W. White, 1928
Carton 19	SH 157X 5			Printed material and clippings, 1933-1935
			G. Causes: General subject files, 1876-1937 This sub-series contains records maintained by Joseph Lee for research and reference to various social causes. An example of some of the causes represented in the subject files include: birth control, democracy, economics, education, Harvard University, the New England Watch and Ward Society, and Leo Tolstoy, among many others. Many of the subject files contain drafts and research notes of writings by Joseph Lee.
Carton 19	SH 157X 5			American Civil Liberties Union, 1920
Carton 19	SH 157X 5			American Idea draft, ca. 1896
Carton 19	SH 157X 5			Ants, 1912-1922
Carton 19	SH 157X 5			The Amateur draft, 1923-1926
Carton 19	SH 157X 5			American Art draft
Carton 19	SH 157X 5			Appeals, 1905-1937
Carton 33	SH 173C P			Art, n.d.
Carton 19	SH 157X 5			Art, 1914-1936
Carton 19	SH 157X 5			Art and Democracy draft, 1923
Carton 19	SH 157X 5			Bibliographies, 1922-1929
Carton 19	SH 157X 5			Birth control, 1921-1935
Carton 20	SH 172W 1			Calvert Round Table, 1929-1930
Carton 20	SH 172W 1			The Cambridge School, 1931-1934
Carton 20	SH 172W 1			Cancer, 1919-1921
Carton 20	SH 172W 1			Charity, 1878-1904
Carton 21	SH 172X 2			Charity, 1905-1929
Carton 21	SH 172X 2			Charles River Basin Association, 1927-1929
Carton 21	SH 172X 2			Children's literature, 1876-1922
Carton 21	SH 172X 2			City planning, 1915-1931
Carton 21	SH 172X 2			Civil liberties, 1914-1930
Carton 21	SH 172X 2			Club memberships, 1919-1930
Carton 21	SH 172X 2			Committees, 1917-1935
Carton 21	SH 172X 2			Community Chest, 1917-May 1926
Carton 22	SH 172Y 3			Community Chest, June 1926-1935
Carton 22	SH 172Y 3			Cumberland Falls, Kentucky, 1929
Carton 22	SH 172Y 3			Democracy- Correspondence,1897-1932
Carton 22	SH 172Y 3			Democracy- Writings, A-Eq
Carton 23	SH 172Z 4			Democracy- Writings, Er-Lif
Carton 24	SH 1733 G			Democracy- Writings, Lim-W
Carton 24	SH 1733 G			Democracy- Writings, Untitled
Carton 25	SH 1734 H			Democracy- Writings, Untitled
Carton 26	SH 1735 I			Democracy- Writings, Research notes
Carton 26	SH 1735 I			Democracy- Printed material, 1899-1934
Carton 26	SH 1735 I			Economics- Correspondence, 1905-1935
Carton 26	SH 1735 I			Economics- Writings, D-W
Carton 27	SH 1736 J			Economics- Study and teaching, 1881-1928
Carton 27	SH 1736 J			Economics- Printed material, 1891-1935
Carton 27	SH 1736 J			Education- Correspondence, 1901-1934
Carton 27	SH 1736 J			Education- Writings, A-K
Carton 28	SH 1737 K			Education- Writings, M-V
Carton 28	SH 1737 K			Education- Writings, Miscellaneous
Carton 28	SH 1737 K			Education- Printed material, 1882-1933
Carton 28	SH 1737 K			Eggs, n.d.
Carton 28	SH 1737 K			Ethnicity, 1910
Carton 28	SH 1737 K			Eugenics, 1923-1928
Carton 28	SH 1737 K			Faith, 1925
Carton 28	SH 1737 K			"The Fallacy of Good Taste"
Carton 28	SH 1737 K			Fashion, 1900-1921
Carton 28	SH 1737 K			Floating Hospital, 1925-1927
Carton 28	SH 1737 K			Foreign affairs, 1900-1935
Carton 28	SH 1737 K			Foundations and research, 1928-1929
Carton 28	SH 1737 K			"The Function of Failure"
Carton 28	SH 1737 K			Government, 1919-1926
Carton 28	SH 1737 K			Hammond Pond Parkway, 1932-1933
Carton 28	SH 1737 K			Harvard, 1878-1926
Carton 29	SH 1738 L			Harvard, 1927-1937
Carton 29	SH 1738 L			Health, 1899-1930
Carton 29	SH 1738 L			"The Heresies of Conversation"
Carton 29	SH 1738 L			Historic preservation, 1933
Carton 29	SH 1738 L			Instinct, n.d.
Carton 29	SH 1738 L			Invitations, 1925-1935
Carton 29	SH 1738 L			Ireland, 1920-1932
Carton 29	SH 1738 L			Juvenile delinquency, 1901-1933
Carton 29	SH 1738 L			Kings, 1914-1933
Carton 29	SH 1738 L			Language, 1902-1932
Carton 29	SH 1738 L			Law, 1913-1931
Carton 30	SH 1739 M			League of Nations, 1919-1935
Oversize Carton 34	SH 173D Q			League of Nations, [1919] (Oversize)
Carton 30	SH 1739 M			League of Neighbors, 1926-1928
Carton 30	SH 1739 M			Legislation- Writings, L-T
Carton 30	SH 1739 M			Leisure, 1916-1933
Carton 30	SH 1739 M			Liberation, 1925-1933
Carton 30	SH 1739 M			Letters to the editor- Not published, 1922-1933
Carton 30	SH 1739 M			Letters to the editor- Published, 1891-1934
Carton 30	SH 1739 M			Liberalism, 1901-1929
Carton 30	SH 1739 M			Libraries, 1935
Carton 30	SH 1739 M			Limits to specialization, n.d.
Carton 30	SH 1739 M			Literature- Writings, G-R
Carton 30	SH 1739 M			Love, n.d.
Carton 30	SH 1739 M			Market, 1927
Carton 30	SH 1739 M			Marriage, 1926-1928
Carton 30	SH 1739 M			Massachusetts Bay Tercentenary, 1928-1929
Carton 30	SH 1739 M			Massachusetts Child Labor Committee, n.d.
Carton 30	SH 1739 M			H.L. Mencken, 1926
Carton 30	SH 1739 M			Movies, 1916-1925
Carton 31	SH 173A N			Movies, 1926-1934
Carton 31	SH 173A N			Music, 1916-1934
Carton 31	SH 173A N			New England Watch and Ward Society, 1924-1933
Carton 31	SH 173A N			Nursing, 1905-1927
Carton 31	SH 173A N			"Our Worst American Fault,"1923
Carton 31	SH 173A N			Park Street Church, 1904-1906
Carton 31	SH 173A N			Personality, n.d.
Carton 31	SH 173A N			Philosophy, 1909-1931
Carton 31	SH 173A N			Politics, 1890-1934
Carton 31	SH 173A N			"The Practical Man"
Carton 31	SH 173A N			Probation, 1893-1912
Carton 31	SH 173A N			Prohibition, 1892-1934
Oversize Carton 34	SH 173D Q			Probation, 1892 (Oversize)
Carton 31	SH 173A N			Psychology, 1903-1915
Carton 32	SH 173B O			Psychology, 1916-1932
Carton 32	SH 173B O			Publishing, 1901-1936
Carton 32	SH 173B O			Putnam Camp, 1928-1935
Carton 32	SH 173B O			Quotations, 1914-1929
Carton 32	SH 173B O			Research, Miscellaneous, 1915-1935
Carton 32	SH 173B O			Religion, 1890-1934
Carton 32	SH 173B O			Russia, 1917-1932
Carton 32	SH 173B O			Science, 1926-1927
Carton 32	SH 173B O			Sermons, 1928
Carton 32	SH 173B O			Social work, 1909-1935
Carton 32	SH 173B O			Sociology, 1894-1920
Carton 32	SH 173B O			Taxation, 1890-1893
Carton 33	SH 173C P			Theater, 1920-1935
Carton 33	SH 173C P			Leo Tolstoy, ca. 1889-1906
Carton 33	SH 173C P			Tributes, 1890-1933
Carton 33	SH 173C P			United Jewish Appeal, 1921-1935
Carton 33	SH 173C P			Wealth, 1884-1930
Carton 33	SH 173C P			Wisdom, 1928-1934
Carton 33	SH 173C P			Witchcraft, 1927-1932
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		II. Joseph Lee family papers, 1845-1980
			A. Joseph Lee personal papers, 1872-1939 This sub-series contains the personal papers of Joseph Lee including correspondence with his first wife, Margaret Cabot Lee, and other family members and friends including his parents Elizabeth Perkins Lee and Henry Lee, and siblings Elliot Cabot Lee, George Lee, and Elizabeth (Bessie) Lee Shattuck; diaries and date books; fiction writing and poetry; artwork; and personal financial records. Of note are letters sent by Joseph Lee to his family while traveling in Europe, 1883-1884, and Russia in 1889 to visit Leo Tolstoy. This sub-series also includes genealogical papers and writings collected by Joseph Lee on the Lee family; papers related to property owned by Joseph Lee; and records of donations to various organizations.
				i. Correspondence
Carton 35	SH 173J W				Joseph Lee correspondence, 1872-1924
Carton 36	SH 173K X				Joseph Lee correspondence, 1925-1937
Carton 36	SH 173K X				Joseph Lee correspondence with Margaret Cabot Lee, 1882-1920
Carton 36	SH 173K X			ii. Joseph Lee diaries, 1872-1898
				iii. Writings
Carton 36	SH 173K X				Joseph Lee autobiographical writings, 1888-1934
Carton 36	SH 173K X				Joseph Lee writings- Drama, 1916
Carton 37	SH 173L Y				Joseph Lee writings- Family tributes, 19893-1936
Carton 36	SH 173K X				Joseph Lee writings- Fiction, n.d.
Carton 36	SH 173K X				Joseph Lee writings- Poetry, 1891-1937
Carton 36	SH 173K X				Joseph Lee writings- School work, 1872-1882
				iv. Financial records
Carton 38	SH 173M Z				Joseph Lee checkbook, 1893-1897
Carton 38	SH 173M Z				Joseph Lee bank book, 1893-1899
Carton 38	SH 173M Z				Joseph Lee financial statements, 1892-1899
Carton 38	SH 173M Z				Joseph Lee gifts to Harvard University, 1900-1922
Carton 38	SH 173M Z				Joseph Lee ledger book, 1903-1904
Carton 38	SH 173M Z				Joseph Lee audits, 1904-1935
Carton 38	SH 173M Z				Joseph Lee papers related to Sandy Cove, Cohasset, 1906-1930
Carton 38	SH 173M Z				Joseph Lee papers related to 4 Joy Street (The Town Room), 1906-1924
Carton 38	SH 173M Z				Joseph Lee papers related to Elizabeth Perkins and Henry Lee, 1909-1920
Carton 38	SH 173M Z				Joseph Lee papers related to the estate of Elliot C. Lee, 1920-1924
Carton 38	SH 173M Z				Joseph Lee papers related to Boston-Pacific Oil Co., 1920-1926
Carton 38	SH 173M Z				Joseph Lee gifts and bequests to children, 1923-1929
Carton 38	SH 173M Z				Joseph Lee miscellaneous financial documents, 1923-1934
Carton 38	SH 173M Z				Joseph Lee charitable trust, 1930-1937
Carton 38	SH 173M Z				Joseph Lee will, 1933-1936
Carton 38	SH 173M Z				Joseph Lee estate appraisal, 1937
Carton 38	SH 173M Z				Joseph Lee distribution of property, 1937
Carton 38	SH 173M Z				Joseph Lee list of books owned, n.d.
Carton 38	SH 173M Z				Joseph Lee donations, Ad- American R
Carton 39	SH 173N -				Joseph Lee donations, American S- North End
Carton 40	SH 173P				Joseph Lee donations, O-Y
				v. Miscellaneous
Carton 37	SH 174L Y				Joseph Lee date books, 1924-1935
Carton 37	SH 174L Y				Joseph Lee artwork, 1876-1895
Carton 37	SH 174L Y				Joseph Lee admission to the Massachusetts Bar Association, 1888-1906
Carton 37	SH 174L Y				Joseph Lee address and phone list, n.d.
Carton 37	SH 174L Y				List of people sent book on Margaret Cabot Lee, 1923, A-C
Carton 38	SH 173M Z				List of people sent book on Margaret Cabot Lee, 1923, D-Z
Carton 38	SH 173M Z				List of people sent book on Margaret Cabot Lee, 1923, D-Z
Carton 38	SH 173M Z				Bibliography of Joseph Lee, [1902]
Carton 38	SH 173M Z				Instructions for disposing of Joseph Lee's papers, 1923
Carton 38	SH 173M Z				Joseph Lee's papers for dog Sylvan Roamer, 1906
Carton 38	SH 173M Z				Poetry collected by Joseph Lee, 1919-1933
Carton 38	SH 173M Z				Joseph Lee's papers collected on Frederick P. Cabot, 1932
Carton 38	SH 173M Z				Joseph Lee's papers collected on Stephen Cabot in 1863 draft riots, 1902-1906
Carton 38	SH 173M Z				Joseph Lee biographical information, 1928-1936
Carton 38	SH 173M Z				Joseph Lee genealogical information, 1928-1935
Carton 38	SH 173M Z				Joseph Lee printed material, 1895-1937
Carton 38	SH 173M Z				Joseph Lee clippings, 1893-1939
Carton 38	SH 173M Z				Joseph Lee museum objects, n.d.
Oversize Carton 49	SH 1741 F				Joseph Lee certificates and diplomas, 1887-1918 (Oversize)
			B. Lee family papers, 1845-1980 This sub-series consists of correspondence, writings, and research of various members of the Lee family including Joseph Lee's mother, Elizabeth Perkins Lee, father Henry Lee, daughters Margaret Cabot Lee Southard and Susan M. Lee, son Joseph Lee, Jr. and Joseph Lee's second wife Marion Snow Lee. This sub-series also includes papers collected by Joseph Lee's children on his career and events commemorating his life as well as Lee family genealogy.
				i. Elizabeth Perkins Lee
Carton 40	SH 173 P				Elizabeth Perkins Lee correspondence, 1897-1920
Carton 40	SH 173 P				Elizabeth Perkins Lee clippings, 1898-1911
				ii. Henry Lee
Carton 40	SH 173P				Henry Lee correspondence, 1845-1898
Carton 40	SH 173P				Henry Lee writings, 1845-1894
Carton 40	SH 173P				Henry Lee research notes for book on Militia, n.d.
Carton 40	SH 173P				Henry Lee list of people sent book on Militia, n.d.
Carton 40	SH 173P				The Militia of the United States, by Henry Lee, 1864
Carton 40	SH 173P				Henry Lee miscellaneous printed material, 1845-1858
				iii. Margaret Cabot Lee
Carton 40	SH 173P				Margaret Cabot Lee correspondence, 1876-1896
Carton 41	SH 173Q $				Margaret Cabot Lee correspondence, 1897-1920
Carton 41	SH 173Q $				Margaret Cabot Lee estate records, 1920-1927
Carton 41	SH 173Q $				Margaret Cabot Lee education and social work papers, 1915-1920
				iv. Susan M. Lee
Carton 41	SH 173Q $				Susan M. Lee correspondence, 1905-1923
Carton 42	SH 173S +				Susan M. Lee correspondence, 1924-1974
Carton 42	SH 173S +				Susan M. Lee research and papers collected about Joseph Lee, 1919-1980
Carton 43	SH 173T %				Susan M. Lee genealogical research, 1941-1972
Carton 43	SH 173T %				Susan M. Lee writings, 1930
Carton 43	SH 173T %				Susan M. Lee curriculum, 1930
				v. Joseph Lee Jr.
Carton 43	SH 173T %				Joseph Lee Jr. correspondence, 1909-1943
Carton 43	SH 173T %				Joseph Lee Jr. draft of "More Peaks than Valleys" by Kitty Duryee, 1973
Carton 43	SH 173T %				Joseph Lee Jr. clippings and printed material, 1937-1942
Oversize Carton 49	SH 1741 F				Joseph Lee Jr. clippings and printed material, 1937 (Oversize)
Carton 43	SH 173T %				Joseph Lee Jr. papers collected about Joseph Lee, 1939-1960
Carton 43	SH 173T %			v. Margaret Lee Woodbury Southard papers, 1919-1937
Carton 43	SH 173T %			vi. Marion Snow Lee papers, 1891-1974
Carton 43	SH 173T %			viii. Amy W. Cabot correspondence, 1880-1950
Carton 43	SH 173T %			ix. Miscellaneous Lee family correspondence, 1867-1914
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		III. Colt family papers, 1903-1991 Joseph Lee's daughter Amy Lee married Charles "Chis" Cary Colt in 1923 and this series contains correspondence between Amy, Chis, and other Colt family members including letters sent between Amy and Chis during World War II; correspondence among Amy, Chis, and their children Timothy Pickering, Patrick Tracy, Charles C., Jr. Margaret Cabot, Sylvia, and Joseph Lee Colt; and correspondence among Amy, Chis, and his parents.
Carton 44	SH 173U 0		Colt family correspondence, 1903-1930s
Carton 45	SH 173V 1		Colt family correspondence, 1930s-1932
Carton 46	SH 173W 2		Colt family correspondence, 1933-1940s
Carton 47	SH 173X 3		Colt family correspondence, 1940s-1949
Carton 48	SH 173Y 4		Colt family correspondence, 1950-1991
Carton 48	SH 173Y 4		Amy Lee Colt diary/commonplace-book, ca. 1918-1925 This volume contains writings of Amy Lee (later Colt) as a young woman, including poetry and stories, diary entries, and Lee's thoughts on miscellaneous subjects such as "Boys I have partially fallen for in the past," "People you meet in the street," "What I want to be," and "If I ran society." Included are detailed descriptions of many of Lee's friends, as well as entries about her religious feelings, the illness and death of her mother Margaret Cabot Lee in 1920, her engagement and marriage to Charles Colt, and the birth of her son Charles Colt, Jr.

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Joseph Lee papers, Massachusetts Historical Society.

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	Persons:

		Colt, Amy Lee
		Colt, C. C. (Charles Cary)
		Colt family
		Lee, Elizabeth Perkins Cabot, 1823-1909
		Lee, Elliot Cabot, 1854-1920
		Lee, Henry, 1817-1898
		Lee, Joseph, b. 1901
		Lee, Margaret Cabot, 1866-1920
		Lee, Marion Snow
		Lee, Susan Mary, b. 1899
		Lee family
		Lee family--Genealogy
		Shattuck, Elizabeth Lee, 1846-1931
		Southard, Margaret Lee Woodbury, b. 1898


	Organizations:
		Boston (Mass.). School Committee
		Community Service of Boston, Inc.
		Harvard University. Board of Overseers
		Immigration Restriction League (U.S.)
		Massachusetts Civic League.
		Playground and Recreation Association of America
		War Camp Community Service (U.S.)


	Subjects:
		Child welfare--Massachusetts--Boston
		Emigration and immigration--Social aspects
		Immigrants--Massachusetts--Boston
		Literacy tests (Election law)
		Social service--Massachusetts--Boston

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Collection processed by Robert V. Sparks, June 1983; Revised by Judith Greene and Suzy Nunes, March 1999; Rachel Wise, June 2004.
Revised 14 Jan. 2005
Encoded by Rachel Wise, Sept. 2004.

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