Draft:Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections

The Archives and Special Collections department in the Northeastern University Libraries is an internationally recognized repository of manuscripts, photographs, and other primary sources that illuminate the history of under-represented communities in Boston, Massachusetts and the history of Northeastern University.

Collections
Personal Papers of activists


 * Elma Lewis
 * Chas. T. Main
 * Melnea Cass
 * Nelson Merced
 * Carmen Pola
 * Muriel S. Snowden
 * Glen Gray
 * Michael Dukakis

Records of Boston-based organizations


 * National Center of Afro-American Artists
 * AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts
 * United South End Settlements
 * Gay Community News (Boston)
 * Travelers Aid Family Services of Boston
 * Bisexual Resource Center
 * Community Resources for Justice
 * Citywide Educational Coalition
 * Fenway Health
 * The Theater Offensive
 * The Boston Foundation
 * ACT UP

Northeastern History collections


 * Northeastern University School of Pharmacy
 * Frank Palmer Speare
 * William M. Fowler
 * Lowell Institute
 * Asa S. Knowles
 * Rexall
 * Ford Hall Forum

Represent the history of the following Boston neighborhoods
 * Roxbury, Boston
 * South End, Boston
 * Chinatown, Boston
 * Dorchester, Boston
 * West Roxbury
 * Mission Hill, Boston

The collections are featured in the following Wikipedia entries:


 * Boston Elevated Railway
 * Bob Markell
 * Lager Borkum
 * Louise Hall Tharp
 * Boston Public Schools
 * Charles F. Schweinfurth
 * Worcester State Hospital
 * Watch and Ward Society
 * NYPD (TV series)
 * Benjamin LaGuer
 * Desegregation busing
 * John Salvi
 * Political positions of Ted Kennedy
 * Horace Mann
 * List of people from Boston
 * Women Against Pornography
 * Edward Bernays
 * Florence Louise Pettitt