Local Architectural Resources:
Boston | Harvard
University | Cambridge
Finding Books in HOLLIS | Finding
Articles | Selected Journals
Finding Images | Reference
Sources | Related Harvard Sites
Selected Internet Sources | Libraries,
Societies, etc.
Finding Books in HOLLIS
The following list of selected examples of Library of Congress subject headings may be useful in searching the HOLLIS Catalog.
Architecture—Massachusetts—Boston
Architecture, Modern—19th century—Massachusetts—Boston
Archives—Massachusetts—Boston
Boston (Mass.)—Buildings, structures, etc.
City Planning—Massachusetts—Boston
Faneuil Hall (Boston, Mass.)
Historic Sites—Massachusetts—Boston—Pictorial Works
Municipal Government Publications—Massachusetts—Boston
| America: History and Life |
| Avery Index of Architecture Periodicals |
| Lexis-Nexis (Boston Globe, 1998-; Boston Herald, 1994-) |
Architecture, Boston
Boston Magazine
| Digital Sanborn Maps |
| A survey of Boston Architectural drawings and
photographs, Boston Public Library, Boston, 1974. VF NA 735 Bost B 1974 |
| VIA |
| Visual Collections, Fine Arts Library, Harvard (slides, photos, etc.) |
| Visual Resources Dept., Loeb Design Library (slides, photos, etc.) |
| Selected Historical
Sources |
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| Boston: a topographical history, 3rd ed. Walter Muir Whitehill. Belknap Press, 2000. | |
| F73.3.W57 |
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| Built in Boston: city and suburb, 1800-2000. Douglass Shand-Tucci. UMass Press, 1999. | |
| NA735.B7 S532 |
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| Houses of Boston's Back Bay: an architectural history, 1840-1917. Bainbridge Bunting. Belknap Press, 1967. | |
| NA7238 Bost B886 |
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| Lost Boston. Jane Holtz Kay. Houghton Mifflin, 1999. | |
| NA735.B7K392 |
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| Mapping Boston, Alex Krieger. David Cobb, Amy Turner, eds. MIT Press, 1999. | |
| GA430.M36 |
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| Pattern book of Boston Houses. Daniel Doern. Boston Public Facilities Dept, 1988. | |
| Reference NA 7238.B6 D64x |
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| Planning the city upon a hill. Lawrence Kennedy. UMass Press, 1992. | |
| HT168..B6K46 |
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| Sekler collection of student reports (documentation of Boston area buildings) | |
| Special Collections Dept., Frances Loeb Library Index: Reference Desk |
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| Selected Guidebooks |
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| Architectural records in Boston: a guide to architectural research in Boston, Cambridge and vicinity. Nancy C. Schrock. Garland, 1983. | |
| Reference Desk NA735.B7 A72 NA 735 Bost B657 |
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| Buildings and landmarks of old Boston: a guide to the colonial, provincial, federal, and Greek revival periods, 1630-1850. Howard S. Andros. University Press of New England, 2001. | |
| NA735.B7 A53 |
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| Boston Architecture. Boston Society of Architects. MIT Press, 1970. | |
| NA735 Bost B657 |
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| The Boston Society of Architects' AIA guide to Boston, 2nd ed. Susan Southworth. Globe Pequot Press, 1992. | |
| Reference Desk and stacks NA735 .B7 S69 |
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| The city observed, Boston: a guide to the architecture of the hub. Donlyn Lyndon. Random House, 1982. | |
| NA735.B7 L96 |
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| Biographical Resources |
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| Boston architects and builders: compiled from the Boston directory, 1789-1846. Christopher Hail. Massachusetts Committee for the Preservation of Architectural Records, 1989. | |
| Reference NA55.B6.B67 |
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| Directory of Boston architects, 1846-1970: compiled from Boston city directories and related works. Massachusetts Committee for the Preservation of Architectural Records, 1985 | |
| Reference and Stacks NA40 .D471 |
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| Directory of architectural firms in Massachusetts, 8th ed. Boston Society of Architects, BSA, 2000. | |
| Reference NA54.M4 D48 |
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| Photographic Resources |
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| Great buildings of Boston: a photographic guide, George M. Cushing. Dover, 1982. | |
| NA735.B7C8 |
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| Boston then & now: 59 Boston sites photographed in the past and present, Peter Vanderwarker. Dover, 1982. | |
| F73.37.V36 |
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| Cityscapes of Boston: an American city through time, Robert Campbell. Hougton-Mifflin, 1992. | |
| NA735.B7 C36 |
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| Government Documents and Microforms |
| Harvard University Archives |
| Map Collection |
| Boston Globe, 1979- ; no graphics online |
| Boston Landmarks Commission |
| Boston Preservation Alliance |
| Boston Redevelopment Authority |
| City of Boston |
| Boston Architectural Center |
| Boston Athenaeum |
| Boston Public Library |
| Boston Society of Architects |
| Bostonian Society |
| Massachusetts Historical Society |
| Massachusetts State Archives |