ca. 1941-1978
Guide to the Collection
Restrictions on Access
The Walter Muir Whitehill 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@gurgaonpropertysale.com.
Note: Portions of this collection are UNPROCESSED.
Abstract
This collection includes the papers of Walter Muir Whitehill, historian, author, and librarian of the Boston Athenaeum.
Collection Description
This collection consists of the papers of Walter Muir Whitehill, historian, author, and librarian of the Boston Athenaeum. Institutional files relate primarily to historical organizations (including the Mass. Historical Society and files for each agency described in Whitehill's "Independent Historical Societies"), libraries, and the publication of his numerous works. Unprocessed additions include Whitehill's journal (1959-1967, 1970, 1976-1977); transcribed diary of Edith L. Coolidge (1906-1955); and notes and correspondence with Admiral Ernest J. King.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Jane Coolidge Whitehill, 1979. With additions from Jane Whitehill Rotch, 1997, 2012, 2013. Additions from the Boston Athenaeum, March 2016.
Restrictions on Access
The Walter Muir Whitehill 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@gurgaonpropertysale.com.
Note: Portions of this collection are UNPROCESSED.
Arrangement
The papers of Walter Muir Whitehill (1905-1978) consist of papers organized according to his own arrangement (in two alphabetical sequences: institutional and individual files), as well as unprocessed additions. The collection is largely unprocessed and remains in its original folders.
Summary Description of the Collection
I. Institutional Files
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Council of Learned Societies
Church of the Advent
Club of Odd Volumes
Eleutherian Mills
Godine, David R.
Hakluyt Society
Harvard
Independent Historical Societies
Institute of Early American History and Culture
Jefferson Memorial Foundation
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Historical Society
Museum of Fine Arts
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Old Corner Book Store
Old South Association
Peabody Museum of Salem
U. S. Department of Navy
University of
II. Individual Files
Yee, Chaing
III. Whitehill Additions
Miscellaneous files and typescripts
Correspondence and Personal Financial Records
Removed from file boxes, not in folders
Chronology overlaps and repeats
Chronology overlaps and repeats
Articles, speeches, publications, and correspondence
Tyler-Bliss correspondence (photocopies)
Back Bay
Beacon Hill
Brighton
Cambridge
Charlestown
Copley Square
Dorchester
Downtown
East Boston
Faneuil Hall
Freedom Trail
Government Center
North End
Old City Hall
Park St. Church
Prudential Center
Revere
Roxbury
Sears Crescent Cornhill
South Boston
South Cove
South End
Waterfront
West End
Miscellaneous
Boston Historical Conservation Committee
Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA)
WMW research & misc. items
Materials Removed from the Collection
Photographs from this collection have been removed to the MHS Photo Archives.
Preferred Citation
Walter Muir Whitehill 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.