1914-1960
Offsite Storage Inventory
Restrictions on Access
The Elisabeth May Herlihy papers are stored offsite and must be requested at least two business days in advance via Portal1791. Researchers needing more than six items from offsite storage should provide additional advance notice. If you have questions about requesting materials from offsite storage, please contact the reference desk at 617-646-0532 or reference@masshist.org.
Abstract
This collection consists of the professional papers of Elisabeth M. Herlihy, Secretary of the Boston City Planning Board from its inception to 1936, and afterward a member of the Board; also editor of Fifty Years of Boston: A Memorial Volume (Boston, 1932) and author of other pamphlets on Boston history. The collection includes documents relating to the memorial volume; notes and articles regarding the American City Planning Institute and the Massachusetts Federation of Planning Boards; material regarding city, state, and national celebrations of George Washington's birthday; general correspondence; and other miscellaneous matter on cities and towns in Massachusetts.
Processing Information
This collection is PARTIALLY PROCESSED.
Restrictions on Access
The Elisabeth May Herlihy papers are stored offsite and must be requested at least two business days in advance via Portal1791. Researchers needing more than six items from offsite storage should provide additional advance notice. If you have questions about requesting materials from offsite storage, please contact the reference desk at 617-646-0532 or reference@masshist.org.
Summary Description of the Collection
Fifty Years of Boston: A Memorial Volume table of contents
Fifty Years of Boston: A Memorial Volume prefatory: forward by committee
Fifty Years of Boston: A Memorial Volume biographical
Fifty Years of Boston: A Memorial Volume typescripts of chapters
Fifty Years of Boston: A Memorial Volume correspondence with authors, A-Cr
Arranged alphabetically by author.
Correspondence with authors, Cu-G
Arranged alphabetically by author.
Correspondence with authors, H-N
Arranged alphabetically by author.
Correspondence with authors, O-W; various authors
Arranged alphabetically by author.
Executive Committee minutes, 1930-1933
General correspondence
Acknowledgments
Distribution
Publicity
Miscellaneous, and miscellaneous photos
Boston planning issues, A-R
Boston planning issues, S-Z
American City Planning Institute, 1914-1958
Elisabeth M. Herlihy general correspondence, 1923-1935
Massachusetts Federation of Planning Boards, 1923-1932
Massachusetts Federation of Planning Boards, 1932-1935; George Washington's birthday bicentennial
George Washington's birthday bicentennial
Printed material on Massachusetts and Boston
Preferred Citation
Elisabeth May Herlihy papers, Massachusetts Historical Society.
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.