This collection documents the life of Edward Hartwell Savage and his role in the developement of the Boston Police Department from its roots in the Boston Watch. His materials include meticulous notebooks with chronological listings of events in his life and in Boston history; manuscripts of his published works, as well as some poetry and dialogue; local newspaper clippings; and records of the Boston Police Department. While on the police force Savage compiled departmental correspondence; lists of department members and shifts worked; receipts for returned lost/stolen property; and property inspection reports. This collection also includes a scrapbook of newspaper clippings and correspondence about Savage gathered by Ellerton J. Brehaut, the source of these papers.