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Rare Books
Illustrated with reproductions of Ruben's photographs.
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Visual Materials
One pamphlet entitled A Syllabus of a Course of Illustrated Lectures on Historic Art: Historic Ornament and Sculpture, Series of 1899, by James Frederick Hopkins, published by Geo. H. Ellis, Boston, Massachusetts, ca. 1898. This book is 36 numbered pages in length, and is illustrated with black and white reproductions of photographs and drawings. The front cover is illustrated with a drawing of a sculpture, and is printed in green. Two quotations from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow appear on the back cover. The insides of the front and back covers are blank. "Pres of Geo. H. Ellis, Boston" and "Engravings by Folsom and Sunergren, Boston" are printed at the bottom of p. 2. The course schedule, with dates of lectures, is given on p. 4. A listing of some "General works on the history of art" is found on the next 3 pages. The remainder of the book is devoted to fuller descriptions, with illustrations, of each of the topics and sections addressed in the course. Beginning on p. 25 is "A selected list of books in the Boston Public Library recommended for reading in connection with the lectures." "6.50" (price) is written in ms. in the upper right-hand corner of the first page.
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Maynard L. Parker negatives, photographs, and other material consists of 57,893 black-and-white negatives, color transparencies, black-and-white prints, and color prints; 39 presentation albums; and 17 boxes of office records, 1930-1974. Created primarily by Maynard Parker, the archive documents the residential and non-residential work of architects, interior designers, landscape architects, artists, builders, real estate developers, and clients associated with these fields, foremost among them the magazine House Beautiful. Also included in the collection are photographs taken by other individuals, such as architect Cliff May and Parker's assistant, Charles Yerkes.
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Manuscripts
There are over 2,000 student records in this collection. Although the Institute provided assistance for primarily boys of Hispanic descent, there are records for students from Asia, Africa, and Europe. Some of the records contain more details than others. For example, one file may only contain a record of only S.A.I. credits, while other files may include a case summary, correspondence, medical records, family history, and/or probation reports.Some letters written to the Institution may concern tuition or perhaps, additional background information about the student. The letters from the Institute are mostly written by the director, Dr. Richard Silverthorn. His letters are about the student's progress at the school, general concerns, or student disciplinary action. At the end of the collection, there are miscellaneous folders containing additional unsorted student records, photographs, and printed matter. Box 22 consists of lantern slides and photographic plates.
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Visual Materials
One boxed collection of reproductions of photographs of sculpture, ca. 75 pieces, ranging in date from approximately 1930 to 1940. The sculptures represented range in date from B.C. era to the 20th century. Included are reproductions from The University Prints of Boston and Perry Pictures; others are newspaper clippings and cutouts from magazines or catalogs. Most stand alone, but some images are mounted on paper, with brief textual explanations. The collection is housed within a paperboard box that has "Sculpture" written in ms. on the top lid. Title supplied by cataloger.
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Illustrated throughout with four-color and black-and-white illustrations and collages composed chiefly of reproductions of photographs by Jim Goldberg of his daughter Ruby Goldberg from her first day in kindergarten, 1998, to her senior year in college, 2014. No text except for title page and colophon (on verso of free back endpaper), both of which are reproduced from handwriting, and handwritten captions on illustrations. Illustrated lining papers are double-page color photographs; illustrations also on recto of free back endpaper.
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