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Carmen D. Valentino Rare Books & Manuscripts

 Organization

Historical note

Vendor.

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Reeves family diaries

 Collection
Abstract

Diaries of a South Boston father and son. Included are accounts of the weather; household, garden, and neighborhood happenings; attendance at community, religious, music, lecture, and seance events; local and national news; reading habits; health, births, deaths, and marriages; visitors; as well as correspondence sent and received.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research; digital version also available.

Dates: 1869-1905

Stoddard, Lovering, & Company telegraphic code book

 Collection
Abstract

Contains telegraphic codes to transmit sensitive textile trade business, compiled by Boston textile brokers Stoddard, Lovering, & Company. Includes codes for business phrases and mill names.

Restrictions on Access

Open for research.

Dates: 1889 - 1889

Michael J. Twomey broadcast log books

 Collection
Abstract

Two hardcover notebooks documenting broadcasts and live performances of Michael J. Twomey's Boston-based band, originally called Twomey's Irish Pipers' Orchestra, later renamed Twomey's Irish Minstrels. Also included are a photograph of the orchestra, a program for The Irish Pipers' Band of Boston Second Annual Grand Costume Ball, and two newspaper clippings of articles concerning the band.

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1924-1942, 1952

Valentine & Macfarland ledgers

 Collection
Content Description

Consists of one day book with daily sales and store inventories and one cash book with customer names and accounts for Valentine & Macfarland, a Boston textile company.

Restrictions on Access

Open for research.

Dates: 1846 - 1847

Austin W. White papers

 Collection
Abstract

This collection documents the creative life of Massachusetts schoolboy Austin W. White roughly between the ages of nine and sixteen. Materials include small handmade books of fables detailing the adventures of American boys, several school compositions, sketchbooks, and a two-year run of a weekly handwritten satirical newspaper, "The Sober Giggler."

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research; a portion is also availalbe digitally.

Dates: 1866 - 1876