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A
- Abbott Family Papers, 1821-1995
- Mary Ogden Abbott Papers, 1764-1981
- Adams Family Papers, 1639-1899
- Charles Francis Adams (1835-1915) Papers, 1860-1933
- Charles Francis Adams (1910-1999) Papers, 1777-1998
- Daniel Adams Diaries and Account Books, 1799-1888
- Henry Adams Papers, 1843-1938
- Thomas Boylston Adams Campaign Papers, 1962-1968
- Thomas Boylston Adams Papers, 1933-1987
- Adams-Hull Collection, 1775-1856
- Adams-Thoron Papers, 1844-1992
- Daniel Dulany Addison Collection, 1797-1951
- Nathaniel T. Allen Papers, 1813-1998
- American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts Records, 1920-2005
- Americans for Democratic Action Records, 1949-1976
- Amory Family Papers, 1697-1894
- Jonathan Amory Family Papers, 1823-1936
- John A. Andrew Papers, 1772-1895
- John F. Andrew Papers, 1859-1897
- Anonymous Account Books at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1636-1865
- Apollo Club (Boston, Mass.) Records, 1871-2009
- Appleton Family Papers, 1303-1941
- Charles Ward Apthorp Papers, 1727-1858
- Association of Officers of the 55th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Records, 1864-1904
- Atkins Family Papers, 1845-1950
- Edward Atkinson Papers, 1819-1920
- Atlantic Monthly Magazine Records, 1969-1974
B
- Maria Revere Balestier Papers, 1834-1847
- George Bancroft Papers, 1815-1908
- Barker-Edes-Noyes Family Papers, 1655-1900
- Batchelder-Lewis Family Papers, 1833-1948
- Bay State Historical League Records, 1903-2005
- Jonathan Belcher Letterbooks, 1723-1755
- Jeremy Belknap Papers, 1637-1891
- Henry W. Bellows Papers, 1783-1932
- August Belmont Papers, 1827-1968
- George Bemis Papers, 1794-1901
- Bigelow Family Papers, 1793-1916
- Binney Family Papers, 1797-1878
- Henry P. Binney Family Papers, 1803-1983
- Blake Family Papers, 1867-1964
- Francis Blake Papers, 1804-1917
- Blake-Clapp-Arguimbau Family Papers, 1798-1984
- Blanding Family Papers, 1775-1862
- Boston and Roxbury Mill Corporation Records, 1794-1912
- Boston Anti-Man-Hunting League Records, 1846-1887
- Boston History Collaborative Records, 1995-2009
- Boston Marine Insurance Company Records, 1797-1839
- Boston Overseers of the Poor Records, 1733-1925
- Boston Penny Savings Bank Records, 1854-1958
- Boston Port and Seamen's Aid Society Records, 1829-1977
- Boston Society of the New Jerusalem, 1816-2018
- Boston Young Men's Christian Union Records, 1851-1999
- Alice Gilbert Smith Bourgoin Papers, 1903-1984
- Bowditch Collection of Boston Conveyances, 1827-1859
- Additions to the Bowditch Collection of Boston Conveyances, 1841-1904
- Charles P. Bowditch Family Papers, 1849-1952
- Bowditch-Codman-Balch Family Papers, 1840-2014
- Bowditch-Knauth-Jones-Childs Family Papers, 1835-2010
- Bowditch-Loring Family Papers, 1762-1940
- Luman Boyden Missionary Journals, 1854-1863
- Boylston Family Papers, 1688-1979
- Robert Fiske Bradford Papers, 1909-1971
- Charles Breck Diaries, 1844-1891
- Charles E. Briggs Letters, 1862-1869
- Bromfield and Clarke Family Papers, 1672-1947
- Albert Gallatin Browne Papers, 1742-1884
- Bryant-Mason-Smith Family Papers, 1767-1861
- Thornton W. Burgess Papers, 1874-1965
- Lyman H. Butterfield Papers, 1942-1980
- Byles Family Papers, 1757-1915
C
- Godfrey Lowell Cabot Papers, 1872-1969
- Samuel Cabot Papers, 1713-1858
- Cambridge Boat Club Records, 1895-2017
- Elizabeth Sherman Cameron Letters, 1869-1944
- Cary Family Papers, 1789-1883
- Richard Cary Letters, 1861-1862
- Thomas Greaves Cary Papers, 1832-1885
- Henry Daland Chandler Papers, 1821-1947
- Peleg W. Chandler Legal Papers, 1717-1888
- Channing Family Papers, 1685-1956
- Walter Channing (1757-1827) Papers, 1676-1829
- Walter Channing (1786-1876) Papers, 1800-1872
- Walter Channing (1849-1921) Papers, 1850-1922
- William Ellery Channing Papers, 1791-1892
- Charitable Irish Society Records, 1737-2008
- Charlestown Overseers of the Poor Records, 1847-1873
- Daniel Franklin Child Papers, 1829-1876
- Francis James Child Papers, 1787-1940
- Civil War Correspondence, Diaries, and Journals at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1754-1926
- John H. Clifford Papers, 1696-1967
- Samuel Chester Clough Research Materials Toward a Topographical History of Boston, 1630-1798; ca. 1900-1949
- David Cobb Papers, 1708-1833
- Jeremiah Colburn Autograph Collection, 1612-1893
- Jeremiah Colburn Autograph Collection Additions, 1733-1917
- Benjamin Colman Papers, 1641-1806
- Dudley Colman Papers, 1771-1849
- Colonial Society of Massachusetts Collection, 1710-1939
- Frederick S. Converse Papers, 1735-1971
- Sarah E. Cooke Diaries, 1873-1914
- Coolidge and Dame Family Papers, 1809-2010
- Thomas J. Coolidge Autograph Collection, 1852-1887
- Coolidge-Cary Family Papers, 1833-1992
- Coolidge-Lowell Family Papers, 1757-1923
- Christopher P. Cranch Papers, 1782-1928
- Bruce Crane Papers, 1952-1985
- Winthrop Murray Crane Papers, 1877-2000
- Seth Turner Crawford Collection, 1786-1939
- Crosby Family Papers, 1870-1929
- Cummings-Clarke Family Papers, 1793-1949
- Cunningham Family Papers, 1735-1951
- Curtis Club Records, 1880-2018
- Curtis-Stevenson Family Papers, 1775-1920
- Curtis-Tomlinson Family Papers, 1820-2020
- Cushing Family Papers, 1637-1884
- Cutler Family Papers, 1828-1936
D
- Dabney Family Papers, 1716-1929
- Caroline Wells Healey Dall Papers, 1811-1917
- Dall-Healey Family Papers, 1662-1957
- Dana Family Papers, 1654-1950
- Nathan Dane Papers, 1663-1834
- Davenport Family Papers, 1707-1865
- Davenport, Peters Company Records, 1811-1991
- Caleb Davis Papers, 1684-1831
- Dean Foundation for Little Children Records, 1919-1986
- DeGrasse-Howard Papers, 1776-1976
- Charles Devens Notebooks, 1841-1885
- Dolbeare Family Papers, 1665-1830
- Dorchester Antiquarian and Historical Society Records, 1641-1904
- Theodore F. Dwight Papers, 1668-1915
E
- Roger Weed Eckfeldt Family Papers, 1842-2019
- Henry Herbert Edes Collection, 1648-1917
- Clarence Ransom Edwards Papers, 1879-1937
- Charles W. Eldridge Scrapbooks, 1874-1943
- The Eliot School of Fine and Applied Arts Records, 1681-2022
- George E. Ellis Papers, 1769-1897
- Joseph B. Ely Papers, 1869-1944
- Emerson Family Papers, 1786-1959
- Benjamin Kendall Emerson Family Papers, 1708-1921
- Endicott Family Autograph Collection, 1721-1938
- Endicott Family Papers, 1612-1958
- Environmental League of Massachusetts Records, 1898-2010
- Letters to William and Caroline Eustis, 1803-1823
- Edward Everett Papers, 1675-1910
- William Everett Papers, 1833-1917
- Everett-Noble Papers, 1804-1874
- Everett-Peabody Family Papers, 1778-1908
F
- Fay-Mixter Family Papers, 1775-1962
- Fayerweather Family Papers, 1718-1976
- Fenway Garden Society Records, 1944-2016
- Annie Fields Papers, 1847-1912
- Fifty Associates Records, 1820-1950
- First Church (Boston, Mass.) Records, 1630-2001
- First Church (Charlestown, Boston, Mass.) Records, 1631-1980
- First Church (Weymouth, Mass.) Records, 1724-1839
- First Parish Church in Dorchester Records, 1636-1981
- First Parish Church (Plymouth, Mass.) Records, 1620-2013
- First Parish of Watertown (Watertown, Mass.) Records, 1668-1981
- Horace N. Fisher Papers, 1775-1958
- Forbes Family Papers, 1732-1931
- Edith Emerson Forbes and William Hathaway Forbes Papers and Additions, 1827-1969
- Elise Cabot Forbes Papers, 1870-1960
- J. M. Forbes and Co. Estate Papers, 1777-1986
- James Murray Forbes Papers, 1849-1957
- John Murray Forbes Papers, 1842-1898
- Mary Bowditch Forbes Papers, 1882-1961
- Ralph E. and Elise C. Forbes Personal Financial Records, 1896-1952
- Robert Bennet Forbes Papers, 1817-1967
- Rose Dabney Forbes Papers, 1902-1935
- Foster Family Autograph Collection, 1621-1930
- Foster Family Papers, 1811-2007
- Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster Diaries, 1901-1955
- Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster Papers, 1937-2009
- Hilda Chase Foster Papers, 1859-1979
- Fox Family Papers, 1795-1936
- French and Indian War Orderly Books at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1758-1760
- Charles Edward French Diaries, 1851-1904
- Richard Frothingham Charlestown Papers, 1634-1890
- Richard Frothingham Papers, 1683-1865
- Richard Frothingham Papers II, 1614-1895
G
- John T. Galvin Research Materials, 1894-1996
- Ezra Stiles Gannett Papers, 1816-1918
- Gardner Family Papers, 1772-1915
- George Gardner Family Papers, 1659-1900
- Garrison Family Papers, 1599-1962
- William Lloyd Garrison Papers, 1833-1882
- Frederick Lewis Gay Collection, 1677-1891
- Elbridge Gerry Letters (Photocopies), 1745-1853
- Elbridge Gerry Papers, 1706-1895
- Gibbs and Channing Records, 1792-1962
- Sylvia R. Gilman Papers, 1958-2016
- Edwin Gittleman Research Materials, 1980s-1996
- Glades Association Records, 1808-1976
- Globe Newspaper Co. Records, 1863-2001
- Good Government Association Records, 1900-1936
- Gordon-Eaton Family Papers, 1909-2016
- Alice Bache Gould Papers, 1809-1939
- Grand Army of the Republic, E. W. Kinsley Post No. 113 (Boston, Mass.) Records, 1872-1922
- Gray Family Papers, 1742-1904
- David Stoddard Greenough Family Papers, 1631-1859
- Gregg-Tileston Family Papers, 1831-1933
- Gregory-Skinner-Howe-Wheeler Papers, 1770-1980s
- Henry Grew Papers, 1801-1891
- Frank Washburn Grinnell Papers, 1837-1963
- Groton (Mass.) Historical Papers, 1646-1909
H
- Hale Family Papers, 1727-1965
- Edward B. Hall Autograph Collection, 1822-1890
- Hall-Baury-Jansen Family Papers, 1695-1982
- Hallowell Family Papers, 1859-1930
- N. Penrose Hallowell Scrapbooks, 1896-1951
- Norwood Penrose Hallowell Papers, 1764-1914
- Microfilm Edition of the Hancock Family Papers, 1728-1885
- Hancock Family Papers II, 1740-1804
- Hancock Family Papers III, 1747-1865
- Francis Russell Hart Collection, 1573-1936
- Hartwell-Clark Family Papers, 1832-1934
- John T. Hassam Genealogical Papers, 1792-1903
- Francis W. Hatch Papers, 1906-1985
- Francis W. Hatch, Jr. Papers, 1944-1985
- Haven-Appleton-Cutter Papers, 1692-1972
- Henry W. Haynes Papers, 1803-1912
- Joseph H. Hayward Family Papers, 1717-1962
- Heath Family Papers, 1736-1887
- William Heath Papers, 1774-1872
- Heath-Doliber-Hedge-Hammond Family Papers, 1772-1967
- Elisabeth May Herlihy Papers, 1914-1960
- Herter Family Papers, 1882-1968
- Alexander Henry Higginson Papers, 1886-1957
- George Higginson Family Papers, 1834-1953
- Hingham (Mass.) Records, 1637-1931
- Christine Rice Hoar Correspondence, 1879-1902
- George Frisbie Hoar Autograph Collection, 1775-1914
- George Frisbie Hoar Papers, 1784-1933
- Rockwood Hoar Papers, 1835-1949
- Eliza Lee Lothrop Homans Diaries, 1858-1912
- Home for Aged Colored Women Records, 1843-1949
- Samuel Hooper Papers, 1836-1902
- Hooper-Sturgis Papers, 1798-1857
- Elizabeth S. Houghton Papers, 1916-1999
- Frank Irving Howe, Jr. Family Papers, 1839-2016
- George Howe Papers, 1819-1899
- Humane Society of Massachusetts Records, 1786-2004
I
J
- Jackson Family Papers II, 1776-1988
- Patrick Tracy Jackson Family Papers, 1665-1959
- Patrick Tracy Jackson Papers, 1766-1869
- Jacoby Club Records, 1908-1989
- Coolidge Collection of Thomas Jefferson Manuscripts, 1705-1827
- Jeffries Family Papers, 1622-1880
- William Jenks Family Papers, 1646-1943
- Juvenile Anti-Slavery Society Records, 1837-1838
K
- Karolik-Codman Family Papers, 1714-1964
- Robert Keayne Sermon Notes, 1627-1646
- Gerald M. Kelly Research Materials, 1950s-1990s
- Kimball-Griswold Family Papers, 1770-1945
- King's Chapel (Boston, Mass.) Additions, 1733-1992
- King's Chapel (Boston, Mass.) Records, 1686-1942
- King-Hale-Douglass Family Papers, 1789-1941
- Frederick Newman Knapp Papers, 1848-1904
- John Appleton Knowles Family Papers, 1785-1980
- Henry Knox Papers II, 1736-1823
L
- Lamb Family Papers, 1750-1971
- Amos Adams Lawrence Diaries and Account Books, 1816-1886
- Amos Adams Lawrence Papers, 1817-1886
- Amos Lawrence Papers, 1814-1879
- Lee Family Papers, 1535-1957
- Francis L. Lee Papers, 1830-1922
- Hannah Farnham Sawyer Lee Autograph Collection, 1650-1865
- Joseph Lee Papers, 1845-1991
- Lend a Hand Society Records, 1843-1982
- Benjamin Lincoln Papers, 1635-1964
- Ruby Winslow Linn Papers, 1794-2000
- Robert Livermore Papers, 1890-1968
- William Livingston Family Collection, 1664-1839
- Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Papers, 1920-1982
- Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Papers II, 1920-1985
- Henry Cabot Lodge Papers, 1775-1966
- Lodge-Roosevelt Correspondence, 1884-1924
- Martin M. Lomasney Scrapbooks, 1902-1932
- John Davis Long Papers, 1820-1943
- Charles G. Loring and Francis C. Loring Papers, 1792-1951
- Francis William Loring Papers, 1861-1868
- Loring-Jackson-Noble Family Papers, 1800-1999
- Lowell Family Papers, 1728-1898
- Lowell Institute Records, 1921-1966
- Charlotte Loring Lowell Collection, 1953-1981
- Francis Cabot Lowell (1803-1874) Papers, 1788-1966
- Francis Cabot Lowell (1775-1817) Papers, 1742-1894
- James Russell Lowell Papers, 1842-1924
- Ralph Lowell Papers, 1849-1981
M
- M. M. Rhodes & Sons Records, 1822-1901
- Mahoney-Smith Family Historical Collection, 1725-1995
- Dina D'Alto Malgeri and Francis P. Malgeri papers, 1925-1974
- Horace Mann Collection, 1669-1926
- Martha's Vineyard Papers, 1600-1899
- Massachusetts Association Opposed to the Further Extension of Suffrage to Women Records, 1894-1920
- Massachusetts Audubon Society Records, 1874-2022
- Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association Records, 1791-1995
- Massachusetts Charitable Society Records, 1762-1994
- Massachusetts Historical Society Archives, 1758-1934
- Massachusetts Moderators Association Records, 1965-2017
- Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture Records, 1764-2014
- Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati Records, 1755-1990
- Cotton Mather Papers, 1636-1724
- Increase Mather Papers, 1659-1721
- May Family Papers, 1736-1980
- Samuel May Papers, 1825-1912
- Mayflower Club Records, 1893-1931
- McCleary Family Papers, 1735-1955
- James McWhinnie Papers, 1859-1901
- Mellen Family Papers, 1739-1883
- Mellus Family Papers, 1787-1953
- Merriman Family Papers, 1695-1902
- George von Lengerke Meyer Papers, 1808-1918
- Edmund Miles Papers, 1860-1959
- Minot Family Business and Financial Records, 1810-1939
- Henry Davis Minot Papers, 1825-1891
- William Minot Papers, 1799-1891
- Minot-Rackemann Family Papers, 1763-1988
- Nahum Mitchell Papers, 1711-1864
- Allen H. Morgan Papers, 1923-1990
- Morse Family Business Papers, 1776-1890
- Charles F. Morse Papers, 1861-1943
- John Torrey Morse Papers, 1857-1935
- Murray-Robbins Family Papers, 1658-1944
N
- Naushon Island (Mass.) Volumes, 1833-1964
- Naushon Papers, 1641-1947
- New England Freedmen's Aid Society Records, 1862-1878
- New England Women's Auxiliary Association Records, 1861-1887
- Arthur Howard Nichols Papers, 1831-1923
- George E. Nitzsche Unitariana Collection, 1778-2007
- Northeast Boundary Commission Papers, 1814-1828
- Noyes Family Papers II, 1789-1957
- George R. Nutter Diaries, 1905-1936
O
- John T. Lenahan O'Connell Papers, 1936-2001
- Old North Church (Christ Church in the City of Boston) Records, 1569-1997
- William Milo Olin Papers, 1848-1949
- Oliver Family Papers, 1658-1963
- Richard Olney Papers, 1837-1934
- Oral History Interviews with the Secretaries of the Massachusetts Office of Environmental Affairs, 2002-2006
- Harrison Gray Otis Papers, 1660-1870
P
- John Bryant Paine, Jr. Papers, 1902-1982
- Robert Treat Paine Papers, 1659-1916
- Robert Treat Paine Papers II, 1733-1965
- Pan American Society of New England Records, 1941-1990
- Park Plaza Development Project Records, 1970-1977
- Theodore Parker Papers, 1826-1865
- Francis Parkman Papers, 1565-1903
- Francis Parkman Papers III, 1761-1932
- Robert A. Payne Papers, 1936-1986
- Amelia Peabody Papers, 1722-1995
- Barbara W. Peabody Papers, 1962-1990
- Endicott Peabody Papers and Photographs, 1952-1997
- Marian Lawrence Peabody Papers, 1874-1969
- William and Jane Pease Research Notes on Boston and Unitarianism, [ca. 1980-1990]
- Edward Burgess Peirce Letters, 1862-1871
- Pemberton Collection, 1645-1948
- William Pepperrell Papers, 1664-1782
- Thomas Handasyd Perkins Papers, 1783-1892
- William Perkins Papers, 1775-1878
- Perkins-Cunningham Scrapbooks, 1862-1967
- Perry-Clarke Collection, 1588-1924
- Arthur Sherman Phillips Family Papers, 1727-2012
- Phoenix Bank (Charlestown, Mass.) Records, 1832-1861
- Timothy Pickering Papers, 1731-1927
- Henry Pierce Family Papers, 1771-1921
- Pokanoket Club Records, 1899-1942
- Pre-Revolutionary Diaries at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1635-1790
- George Henry Preble Papers, 1729-1926
- William Hickling Prescott Papers, 1665-1959
- Price-Osgood-Valentine Papers, 1588-1910
- Proprietors of Louisburg Square (Boston, Mass.) Records, 1826-1980
- Sarah Gooll Putnam Diaries, 1860-1912
- Putnam-Jackson-Lowell Family Papers, 1770-1922
Q
- Quincy Family Papers, 1639-1930
- John Quincy Research Materials on Quincy Market, 1962-2002
- Quincy, Wendell, Holmes, and Upham Family Papers, 1633-1910
R
- Mary A. Reardon Papers, 1924-2002
- Revere Family Papers, 1746-1964
- Revere House (Boston, Mass.) Records, 1797-1907
- Revolutionary War Orderly Books at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1775-1783
- James Ford Rhodes Papers, 1890-1929
- David Richards Family Papers, 1855-1927
- Matthew Ridley Papers, 1717-1812
- Rogers-Mason-Cabot Family Papers, 1773-1940
- Ropes Family Papers, 1734-1952
- Rotch Family Papers, 1684-1968
- John Rowe Diaries, 1764-1779
- Roxbury Almshouse Records, 1845-1912
- Charles Russell Account Books, 1789-1893
- Charles Russell Family Papers, 1727-1927
- Charles Russell Papers, 1743-1888
- William Eustis Russell Papers, 1846-1920
- Frederick Shelley Ryman Diaries, 1880-1929
S
- Sailors' Snug Harbor of Boston Records, 1852-1975
- St. Andrew's Church (Hanover, Mass.) Records, 1737-1979
- St. Botolph Club Records, 1879-1991
- Saltonstall Family Papers, 1524-1999
- Eleanor Saltonstall Papers, 1911-1919
- Leverett Saltonstall Autograph Collection, 1930-1996
- Leverett Saltonstall Papers, 1906-1981
- Leverett Saltonstall Senatorial Papers I, 1923-1967
- Leverett Saltonstall Senatorial Papers II, 1938-1967
- Saltonstall-Brooks-Lewis Family Papers, 1863-1982
- John O. Sargent Papers, 1831-1912
- Winthrop Sargent Papers, 1771-1948
- Saturday Club Records, 1864-1995
- Savage Family Papers, 1688-1927
- James Savage Genealogical Papers, 1705-1868
- Samuel Hay Savage Family Papers, 1728-1891
- Samuel P. Savage Papers III, 1712-1961
- Samuel P. Savage Papers IV, 1710-1898
- Samuel P. Savage Papers V, 1714-1904
- James Schouler Autograph Collection, 1779-1909
- John W. Sears Papers, 1952-2003
- Mason Sears Papers, 1949-1971
- Second Church (Boston, Mass.) Records, 1650-1970
- Sedgwick Family Additions, 1810-1956
- Sedgwick Family Papers, 1717-1946
- Catharine Maria Sedgwick Papers, 1798-1908
- Charles Sedgwick Papers, 1813-1908
- Ellery Sedgwick Papers, 1881-1969
- Henry Dwight Sedgwick III and Robert Minturn Sedgwick Papers, 1820-1976
- Theodore Sedgwick (1863-1951) Diaries, 1878-1950
- Sermon Collection, 1647-1831
- Samuel Sewall Diaries, 1672-1729
- Samuel Sewall Papers, 1672-1815
- Douglass Shand-Tucci Papers, 1976-2003
- Shattuck Family Papers, 1720-1972
- George Cheever Shattuck Papers, 1871-1972
- George Cheyne Shattuck Papers, 1791-1924
- Henry Lee Shattuck Papers, 1870-1971
- Lemuel Shaw Papers, 1648-1923
- Peter Shaw Research Materials, ca. 1976-1981
- Shrimpton Family Papers, 1635-1786
- Arthur Asahel Shurcliff Papers, 1865-1957
- Kenneth Silverman Research Materials on Cotton Mather, 1661-ca. 1984
- Slade-Rogers Family Papers, 1672-1933
- Calvin W. Smith Papers, 1858-1900
- J. Foster Smith and Josephine T. C. Smith Papers, 1847-1959
- Judith Winsor Smith Papers, 1796-1945
- Philip Horton Smith Architectural Papers, ca. 1900-1960
- Smith-Carter Family Papers, 1669-1880
- Smith-Townsend Family Papers and Papers II, 1670-1892
- Society for Propagating the Gospel Among the Indians and Others in North America Records, 1746-1948
- Society for the Employment of the Female Poor Trustees' Reports, 1827-1834
- Sohier Family Business Papers, 1675-1904
- South Congregational Church Records, 1828-1929
- Howard L. Stebbins Papers, 1862-1993
- Frederic Jesup Stimson Papers, 1802-1943
- Stone-Jackson Family Papers, 1819-1954
- Agnes Caroline Storer Autograph Collection, 1763-1927
- Horatio R. Storer Papers, 1829-1943
- Moorfield Storey Papers, 1848-1935
- Storrow Family Papers, 1762-1999
- Caleb Strong Papers, 1657-1818
- Gerry E. Studds Papers, 1949-2008
- William Swift Papers, 1794-1864
T
- Tavern Club Records, 1879-1992
- Thayer Family Papers, 1783-1953
- John Thomas Papers, 1609-1890
- Thursday Evening Club Records, 1846-1999
- Annie Haven Thwing Scrapbooks, 1864-1934
- Tiffany Family Papers, 1804-1968
- Charles Alexander Tomes Papers, 1869-1991
- Peter G. Torkildsen Papers, 1965-1996
- Trustees of Donations for Education in Liberia Records, 1842-2011
- Joseph Tuckerman Papers, 1799-1863
- William Tudor Papers, 1867-1916
- Turner-Dawes Family Papers, 1802-1980
- Twentieth Century Association Records, 1894-1964
- Twentieth Century Medical Club Records, 1897-1911
U
V
W
- Walcott-Pickman Family Papers, 1776-1888
- Amasa Walker Papers, 1823-1902
- Thomas Wallcut Papers, 1671-1866
- Waltham Savings Bank Records, 1853-1987
- James J. Walworth Papers, 1828-1912
- Ward Family Papers, 1721-1953
- Thomas Wren Ward Papers, 1717-1943
- Hermann Jackson Warner Papers, 1686-1908
- John Collins Warren Papers, 1738-1926
- Mercy Otis Warren Papers, 1709-1841
- Warren-Adams Papers, 1767-1822
- Warren-Clarke Family Papers, 1814-1945
- Meshech Weare Papers, 1775-1785
- Wednesday Morning Club Records, 1885-1945
- Edward Weeks Papers, ca. 1934-1989
- Stephen Minot Weld Papers, 1859-1928
- Wendell Family Letterbooks and Account Books, 1700-1836
- Wendell Family Papers, 1687-1891
- Wesselhoeft-Hoffmann Family Papers, 1826-2016
- William P. Wharton Diaries, 1910-1939
- Wheelwright Family Papers, 1741-1975
- Samuel Whitcomb Papers, 1704-1916
- Walter Muir Whitehill Papers, ca. 1941-1978
- Benjamin Whitwell Autograph Collection, 1758-1935
- Wigglesworth Family Papers, 1682-1966
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth Papers, 1897-1986
- George Fred Williams Papers, 1869-1898
- Israel Williams Papers, 1728-1785
- Winslow Family Memorial, ca. 1837-ca. 1873
- Erving Winslow Papers, 1844-1962
- Isaac Shepard Winslow Family Papers, 1774-1973
- Justin Winsor Papers, ca. 1875-1897
- Winthrop Family Papers, 1537-1990
- Winthrop Family Papers II, 1578-1977
- Winthrop Family Transcripts, 1630-1741
- Woburn Five Cents Savings Bank Records, 1854-1984
- Wolcott Family Papers II, 1754-1932
- Edith Prescott Wolcott Autograph Collection, 1868-1933
- Roger Wolcott Autograph Collection, 1728-1878
- Woman's Education Association (Boston, Mass.) Records, 1871-1935
- Wright Family Papers, 1826-2003
- Wyman Family Papers, 1794-1988
- Charles E. Wyzanski, Jr. Papers, 1902-1987