1863-2001
Offsite Storage Inventory
Restrictions on Access
The Globe Newspaper Co. records are stored offsite and must be requested at least two business days in advance via Portal1791. Researchers needing more than six items from offsite storage should provide additional advance notice. If you have questions about requesting materials from offsite storage, please contact the reference desk at 617-646-0532 or reference@masshist.org.
Note: This collection is PARTIALLY PROCESSED.
Abstract
This collection consists of papers collected by the Taylor family, the founders of the Globe Newspaper Co., mostly genealogical materials on the Taylor, Crehore, and related families. Includes items of Edith Crehore, Charles H. Taylor, W. Davis Taylor, and William O. Taylor. There are some records of the Globe Newspaper Co., publishers of the Boston Globe, including financial papers (1882-1921), scrapbooks and materials for a history of the newspaper by Willard de Lue; photographs, and some papers of the Globe Charitable Trust, Boston Globe Foundation, and the Globe Voting Trust. Also, a record book of the Hour Glass Club of Boston, Massachusetts, 1926-75; and a scrapbook of the 1872 baseball season kept by George Wright.
Acquisition Information
Gift of William O. Taylor, Sept. 2003, with additions related to the Globe Voting Trust, June 2004 and May 2005; and the estate of Charles H. Taylor, Aug. 2004.
Restrictions on Access
The Globe Newspaper Co. records are stored offsite and must be requested at least two business days in advance via Portal1791. Researchers needing more than six items from offsite storage should provide additional advance notice. If you have questions about requesting materials from offsite storage, please contact the reference desk at 617-646-0532 or reference@masshist.org.
Note: This collection is PARTIALLY PROCESSED.
Summary Description of the Collection
"Edith Crehore's Genealogy 'Working-Book'"
"Edith Crehore's Record-Book to be filled in from her 'Working-Book'"
8 vols. of Moseley/Taylor/Crehore family records
"Family of Pierce," typescript genealogy
New England Library of Genealogy and Personal History... (Boston, 1902)
"The Taylor Book," typescript family history
Four modern copy photos of a Buzzard's Bay house
Small notebook, pressroom info., 1928-45
Scrapbook, 1872 baseball season, kept by George Wright
Records of the Hour Glass Club of Boston, Massachusetts, 1926-75
Memorial Tributes to Eben D. Jordan (Boston 1896)
Souvenir Portfolio of the Boston Globe (Boston 1899)
2 vols. of "Materials for a History of the Boston Globe," by Willard de Lue, 1957-59, typescript
Scrapbook on Boston Globe, 1886-91
Pamphlet with releases from Associated Newspapers, on golfing tips, 1919
Sphinx Club (New York, 1910)
Photos: "Opening Nite Party for New Blgn May 1958"
Landmarks "in the Old Bay State" by William R. Comer (1911)
Boston Globe Atlas, Almanac and Cyclopedia for 1896
(4 copies)"Boston Press Club to Col. Charles Taylor," resolutions from the club on his retirement as president
"Index to Photographs," typed
Photograph to Bill Taylor from Daniel Arnold
Three files of photos:
"General Taylor's Contemporaries"
(7 images)"Charles Taylor images"
(16 images)"WOT"
(21 images)Boston Globe 125th anniversary edition; souvenir edition, 12 May 1958
New Printer and Lithographer (June 1958), offprint
Boston Globe issues, 10 Nov. 1891 and 2 Feb. 1979
MHS Proceedings, Vol. 89 (1977)
W.O. Taylor, certificate from Harvard, 31 May 1999
Photomechanical of Globe bldg. with crowd in front
Letter, Duke to Pop, 6 Dec. 1977
Letter, May to Aunt Edith, n.d. (ca. 1900)
Pamphlet, Genealogy of the Crehore Family (1887)
Scrapbook pages of mss., clippings, etc.
26 pp, 2-sidedPapers re: W. Davis Taylor's retirement, 1982
3 files of "Willard de Lue Historical Material," 1847-1921
File of "Buzzards Bay (Beachmoor) Estate of Charles H. Taylor, William O. Taylor et al. Correspondence"
File of "Taylor Family - Yachts and Misc."
Misc. loose papers:
Taylor memorial stained glass window; 38th Mass. Regiment dinner, letter and photo; 1908 Associated Press/American Newspaper Association, join banquet; photomechanicals of Buzzards Bay houses; Taylor Scholars program memorandum, 1991; Globe Charitable Trust/Boston Globe Foundation materials; blueprint plan of West Port Hudson, 1863
Additions to collection:
File of financial papers of the Globe Newspaper Co., 1882-1921. Includes abstracts of earnings and expenses, 1882-95; balance sheets, 1895; comparative financial statements, 1894 and '95; trial balances, 1895; abstracts of Certificates of Condition, 1894 and '95; and corresp. re: stock holdings, 1902-21.
Additions to collection:
Material related to the estate of Charles H. Taylor, including legal documents and two copies of Last Will and Testament of Charles H. Taylor Dated August 5, 1918.
Additions to collection:
Papers related to the Globe Voting Trust, from its formation in 1954, until its merger with the New York Times Co. in 1993, ca. 1954-2001.
Preferred Citation
Globe Newspaper Co. records, Massachusetts Historical Society.
Access Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in ABIGAIL, the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should search the catalog using these headings.