1995-2009
Offsite Storage Inventory
Restrictions on Access
The Boston History Collaborative 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 and has received a preliminary arrangement only.
Abstract
This collection consists of the records of the Boston History Collaborative (later known as the Boston History and Innovation Collaborative), including papers related to Boston by Sea, Innovation Odyssey, and other tourism and history programs of the BHC.
Collection Description
This collection consists of the records of the Boston History Collaborative (later known as the Boston History and Innovation Collaborative), including papers related to Boston by Sea, Innovation Odyssey, and other tourism and history programs of the BHC. The collection contains clippings, mailings, and other printed matter; board of directors minutes; papers of the advisory council, Boston Fifth Century Trustees, and working committees; financial records; and a detailed log of BHC activities, kept by Executive Director Robert M. Krim from the organization's founding in 1997.
Acquisition Information
Gift of the Boston History Collaborative, Feb. 2010, July 2010.
Restrictions on Access
The Boston History Collaborative 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 and has received a preliminary arrangement only.
Detailed Description of the Collection
I. Governance and financial records, 1997-2009
A. Board of directors records, 1997-2007
Founding Committee first meeting, 7 Nov. 1997
Founding Committee meeting, 12 Dec. 1997
Short-term planning, Nov.-Dec. 1997
Founding Committee meeting, 4 Mar. 1998
Goldfine Boston tour, 6 Apr. 1998
Fundraising board meeting, 14 Apr. 1998
Development proposal, 14 Apr. 1998
Board meeting, 12 June 1998
Board meeting, 6 Aug. 1998
Board meeting, 28 Sep. 1998
Board meeting, 23 Nov. 1998
Board meeting/ballots, Dec. 1998
Board meeting, 27 Jan. 1999
Board meeting, 2 Apr. 1999
Board meeting, 3 June 1999
Board meeting, 19 July 1999
Board meeting, 5 Oct. 1999
Board meeting, 1 Dec. 1999
Board meeting, 2 Feb. 2000
Board meeting, 19 Apr. 2000
Board meeting, 15 June 2000
Board meeting, 18 July 2000
Board meeting, 13 Oct. 2000
Board meeting, 15 Dec. 2000
Board meeting, 7 Feb. 2001
Board prospects, Feb. 2001
Board meeting, 2 May 2001
Board meeting, 6 June 2001
Board meeting, 1 Aug. 2001
Board meeting, 20 Sep. 2001
Board meeting, 5 Dec. 2001
Board meeting, 16 Jan. 2002
Board meeting, 26 Mar. 2002
Board meeting, 20 June 2002
Board meeting, 17 Sep. 2002
Board meeting, 26 Nov. 2002
Board meeting, 11 Dec. 2002
Board meeting, 5 Feb. 2003
Meeting agendas, 25 Mar. 2003
Board meeting, 3 Apr. 2003
Board meeting, 25 June 2003
Board meeting, 11 Sep. 2003
Board meeting, 2 Dec. 2003
Board meeting, 21 Jan. 2004
Board meeting, 25 Feb. 2004
Board meeting, 8 Apr. 2004
Board meeting, 13 May 2004
Board meeting, 1 July 2004
Board meeting, 24 Sep. 2004
Board meeting, 6 Dec. 2004
Board minutes, 2005
Executive Committee meeting, 14 Jan. 2005
Annual meeting, 16 Feb. 2005
Executive Committee meeting, 27 May 2005
Board minutes, 2006
Board retreat, 19 July 2006
Board minutes, 2007
Board retreat, 24 Jan. 2007
B. Advisory council records, 1997-2005
The Future of Boston's Past meeting, 1997-1998
Meeting, 17 Dec. 1997
Boston 2000 Ideas: History and Tourism, 1998-1999
Meeting, 12 Mar. 1998
Meeting, 29 Sep. 1998
Correspondence, 1999
Meeting, 2 June 1999
Meeting, 17 Nov. 1999
Correspondence, Feb.-May 2000
Meeting, 18 May 2000
Meeting, 22 Sep. 2000
Meeting, 16 Mar. 2001
Meeting, 12 Oct. 2001
Meeting, 25 June 2002
Meeting, 6 Mar. 2003
Meeting, 17 Oct. 2003
Correspondence, Feb.-Mar. 2004
Meeting, 10 Mar. 2005
C. Boston 5th Century Trustees records, 2005-2009
Planning meeting, 23 May 2005
Talk, 21 Sep. 2005
Planning, 21 Sep. 2005
Meeting, 8 Dec. 2005
Logo and letterhead design, 2005
Meeting, 21 Sep. 2006
Meeting, 6 Feb. 2007
Meeting, 15 May 2007
Trademark, July 2007
Innovator's forum, 7 Dec. 2007
New charter, 10 June 2008
Meeting, 6 Mar. 2009
D. Financial statements and audits, 1997-2008
II. Boston History and Innovation Collaborative log, 1997-2009
This series consists of a detailed log of BHIC activities, kept by Executive Director Robert M. Krim.
III. Program records, 1995-2009
A. Boston by Sea, 1998-2005
Meetings, mailings, and events
Included are records of the Boston by Sea working committee and Maritime Trail working committee, as well as flyers, programs, mailings, reports, scripts, maps, and clippings.
Color photographs of ship, undated
Press releases, undated
Teacher 3-in-1 flyer, undated
Group tour flyer, undated
Free ticket voucher, undated
Initial program, undated
Photographs, undated
Faxing information, undated
Boston map with 1630 shoreline, undated
History Along Boston harbor map, undated
Maritime Trail working group meetings, 1998-1999
Potential audiences, 30 Sep. 1998
Maritime Trail working group meetings, 1999-2000
Trail route, 18 Mar. 1999
Statistics, May 1999-Aug. 2000
Group tour fact sheet, 2000
Preview tour program, 2000
Response card masters, [2000]
Mailing, 4 Feb. 2000
Z list mailing, 25 Feb. 2000
Preview launch invites, 28 Feb. [2000]
Report on Boston maritime history, Apr. 2000
Photograph rights, Susan Wilson, 10 Apr. 2000
Photograph permission, Peabody Essex Museum, May 2000
Mailing, 1 May 2000
Working group meeting, 4 May 2000
Preview tour invitation, 31 May 2000
SWAT team, Summer 2000
Harbor Tour, Summer 2000
Mailing, 2 June 2000
Current reports, July-Aug. 2000
Edward M. Kennedy event, 25 July 2000
Company meeting, 3 Aug. 2000
Performance schedules, Sep.-Oct. 2000
Coupon offers, 4 Sep. 2000
Company meeting, 7 Sep. 2000
Working group meeting, 8 Sep. 2000
Bishoff Solomon press lists, 20 Sep. 2000
Mailing, 26 Sep. 2000
Response card data, 12 Oct. 2000
Treasure hunt for teachers, 11 Nov. 2000
Working group meeting, 29 Nov. 2000
Bonner map folders, 2000-2001
Group tours schedule, 2001
Maritime Trail map, 2001
Advertising, 2001
Maritime Trail working group meetings, 2001-2002
Mailing, 9 Feb. 2001
Z list mailing, 23 Feb. 2001
Attendance data, May-Aug. 2001
Draft of script, 23 May 2001
Evaluations, July 2001
Notes/cell phone statistics, 28 Sep. 2001
Legal Sea Foods placemat and coupon, 2002
Meeting handout, 20 Feb. 2002
Meeting handout, 8 Mar. 2002
Sovereign of the Seas, 17 June 2002
Meeting handouts, 20 Sep. 2002
Scripts, 2003
Working group meeting, 16 May 2003
Boston Seaport Festival, 30 May-1 June 2003
Floating Hospital for Children, Boston Harbor Walk, 2 June 2003
Maritime History Working Committee, 18 July [2003]
Working group meeting, 20 Nov. 2003
Independent producers agreement, 12 Feb. 2004
East Boston Seaport Festival, 2004
Times-Free Press pre-event, undated
Boston Globe, "Calendar choice," 12 June 2004
Boston Globe, "Family Datebook," 12 June 2004
East Boston brochure, 12 June 2004
Boston Seaport Festival brochure, 12-13 June 2004
Thank you letters, 14-17 June 2004
Times-Free Press post-event, undated
Maritime History Committee mailing, 1 July 2005
Independent producers agreement, Aug. 2005
Press clippings
Boston Connoisseur (Boston Globe supplement), Spring 2000
Boston Globe, "Closing in on a healthy harbor," 15 Mar. 2000
Back Bay Courant, "Calendar," 3-16 Apr. 2000
Boston Globe, "Calendar choice," 4-10 May 2000
Post-Gazette, "Boston by Sea," 12 May 2000
Boston Globe, "Sailing through Boston's history," 13 May 2000
Improper Bostonian, "Boston By Sea," 17-30 May 2000
American Way, "Boston Uncommon," 18 May 2000
Patriot Ledger, "Access to Harbor Islands is improving," 24 May 2000
Boston Seaport Journal, "Boston By Sea," June 2000
MetroWest Daily News, "'Boston by Sea' offers interactive takes on Beantown history," 1 June 2000
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Six family fun ideas in Boston," 4 June 2000
Boston Sunday Globe, "Cruising through history," 4 June 2000
Boston Sunday Herald, "Hub cruise harbors lively history," 11 June 2000; Boston Sunday Herald (New England Living), "Sea the sights," 11 June 2000
Fort Worth Star Telegraph, "Boston Harbor cruise harks back to historic times," 11 June 2000
Dayton Daily News, "Family fun things to do in Boston," 18 June 2000
Toronto Star, "Tour Boston's historic harbour," 24 June 2000
Boston Sunday Globe, "David Coffin seems born to the halyard shanty," 25 June 2000
Homesteader, "A Cruise of historic old Boston," July 2000
Where Boston, "All Aboard: Excursions Abound," July 2000
Coastal Living, "Travel Tips" July-Aug. 2000
Belmont Citizen-Herald, "Calendar," 6 July 2000
Arlington Advocate, "Calendar," 6 July 2000
Boston Globe, "For Ted, harbor-history cruise is smoother sailing," 25 July 2000
Panorama, "Out to Sea," 7-20 Aug. 2000
Boston Globe Living Arts listings, 9 Aug. 2000
Portsmouth Herald, "Something for families to do," 17 Aug. 2000
Winchester Star, "Calendar," 24 Aug. 2000
Winchester Star, "Calendar," 31 Aug. 2000
Greater Boston Parent and Baby Journal, "Boston by Sea: A Living History," Sep. 2000
Extra clippings and correspondence, 2000-2001
WBZ radio ad schedule, 2001
Around Boston With Kids (Fodor's Guide), "Boston by Sea," 2001
Boston Globe, "Calendar choice," 15-21 Feb. 2001
Washington Jewish Week, "Boston--by land and by sea," 8 Mar. 2001
New England Travel & Life advertisement, Spring/Summer 2001
New Jersey Savvy Living, "Boston by Sea: The Maritime Trail," Summer 2001
Carriage News, "Boston By Sea: The Long Wharf Walking Tour," June 2001
Boston magazine listing, 1 June 2001
Regional Review, "Boston by Sea: The Long Wharf Walking Tour," 26 June 2001
Boston Parents' Paper, "Water, Water Everywhere," July 2001
Long Wharf Walking Tour calendar listings, July-Aug. 2001
Daily Item, "Cruise offers a window on the past," 14 July 2001
Middletown Press, "Boston By Sea: Take a musical voyage across Harbor's colorful past," 16 Aug. 2001
Boston Tab, "Ahoy there!" 31 Aug. 2001
Bostonia, "Theater That Really Moves," Fall 2001
Regional Review, "Boston by Sea carries visitors across the past," 4 Sep. 2001
Sovereign of the Seas 150th anniversary clippings, 2002
Boston Globe, "4 tours of your own backyard," 30 May-5 June 2002
American Express promotional travel guide, Summer 2002
Boston Sunday Globe, "Go! ahead," 9 June 2002
Improper Bostonian, 12-25 June 2002
Sentinel & Enterprise, "Fun if by sea" 14 June 2002
Boston Tab, "All Hail, Sovereign of the Seas," 14 June 2002
Boston Globe, "Calendar," 17 June 2002
Boston Globe, "Shipbuilder who helped launch city's success is celebrated," 18 June 2002
Boston Herald, "Song of the seas," 18 June 2002
Boston Globe, "Family Datebook," 6 July 2002
Boston Herald, "Shiver me timbers!" 12 July 2002
Patriot Ledger, "Pirates & Patriots," 20-21 July 2002
Familyfun.com, "Bringing History to Life," Sep. 2002
Daily Free Press, "Treasures, fun mark summer in the city," 1 May 2003
Improper Bostonian, "A child's-eye view," 14-27 May 2003
Post-Gazette, "Boston by Sea 2003 Maritime Celebration at East Boston's Piers Park," 16 May 2003
South Boston Online, "Floating Hospital Harbor Walk June 1st," 22 May 2003
Boston Globe, "Calendar," 29 May 2003
Boston Tab, "Finding your sea legs," 30 May 2003
Boston Globe, "Family Datebook," 31 May 2003
Boston Globe, "About touring Boston," Summer 2003
Harbor News, "Harbor Walk Progress," Summer 2003
Boston Globe, "Hotel highlights Charlestown history," June/July 2003
Where, "When play's the priority," July 2003
Panorama, "On the Waterfront," 7-20 July 2003
Boston Metro advertisement, 17 July 2003
MetroWest Daily News, "Sail Back in Time," 11 Sep. 2003
East Boston Times-Free Press, "Residents celebrate Eastie's maritime heritage," 15 June 2005
Maritime Trail press clippings
Boston Sunday Globe, "Boston By Sea: The Maritime Trail," 20 June 1999
Hyde Park Tribune, "Boston By Sea: The Maritime Trail," 24 June 1999
Jamaica Plain Citizen, "Boston By Sea: The Maritime Trail," 24 June 1999
Newbury Street and Back Bay Guide, "The Maritime Trail: A Fun, New Adventure," 25 June-8 July 1999
Boston Sunday Globe, "Maritime Trail," 27 June 1999
Regional Review, "Boston by Sea: The Maritime Trail," 29 June 1999
Boston Seaport Journal, "New Maritime Trail boasts city's rich waterfront history," July 1999
Boston Globe, "Calendar choice," 1 July 1999
Providence Journal, 8-11 July 1999 and 24-27 June 1999
Sidewalk.com, "Boston By Sea: The Maritime Trail," 13 July 1999
Beacon Hill Times, "Community Calendar," 13 July 1999
Boston Globe, "Calendar," 15-21 July 1999
Weekender, "Stroll through the past," 23 July 1999
MetroWest Daily News, "Boston by Sea: The Maritime Trail," 25 July 1999
Panorama, "From Boston's Common to Harvard's Yard," 26 July-8 Aug. 1999
Beacon Hill Times, "Boston by the Sea: The Maritime Trail," 27 July 1999
Boston Tab, "Boston by Sea," 27 July-2 Aug. 1999
Allston-Brighton Tab, "Boston by Sea," 27 July-2 Aug. 1999
Where Boston, "Insider's Guide to Boston," Aug. 1999
Boston Globe, "Boston by Sea: The Maritime Trail," 24 Aug. 1999
Cruiseport Boston, "About Boston...," Fall 1999
Miscellaneous clippings, 1999
B. Family and immigrant history project, 1998-2006
Meetings and mailings
Description of project, undated
Immigrant Trail press release, undated
Immigrant Trail overheads, 3 Nov. 1998
Family history website (various versions), July 1999-2006
Website comments, 15-31 Aug. 1999
Mailing, 5 May 2000
Mailing, 13 June 2000
Immigrant Trail maps, Aug. 2000
Meeting, 18 Oct. 2000
Press clippings
Family Tree Maker Magazine, undated
Boston Irish Reporter, "Learning the Lessons of History," undated
Boston Sunday Herald (New England Living), "Fill in the blanks," 23 May 1999
Charlestown Patriot and Somerville Chronicle, "The Boston History Collaborative Launches Family History Web Site," 15 July 1999
Ancestry.com, "Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter," 24 July 1999
Armenian Mirror-Spectator, "New Boston History Collaborative Family History Web Site to Include Armenians," 24 July 1999
Mass High Tech, "Boston: Real and virtual portal for American families," 26 July-1 Aug. 1999
Back Bay Courant, "Family History," 27 July-23 Aug. 1999
Hellenic Chronicle, "Michael Dukakis encourages Boston to discover roots," 28 July 1999
Bay State Banner, "Website makes Hub family histories easy," 29 July 1999
Boston Airport Journal, "New website lets travelers trace Boston roots," Aug. 1999
Newbury Street and Back Bay Guide, "CYBERsite of the week," 6-22 Aug. 1999
Boston Sunday Herald, "Root around the Net before digging up your family tree," 8 Aug. 1999
Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter, 10 Aug. 1999
Improper Bostonian, "Dig Boston roots," 11-24 Aug. 1999
Boston Globe, "New museum to honor city's immigrant heritage," 16 Aug. 1999
Newbury Street and Back Bay Guide, "CYBERshopping on Newbury Street," 20 Aug.-2 Sep. 1999
El Heraldo Latino, "Residentes de Boston pueden investigar sus arboles genealogicos en la Internet," 27 Aug. 1999
Vilna Scribe, "Vilna Center's story to be told in exhibit on city's immigrants," Fall 1999
Where Boston Concierge News, "Boston Launches into the Past," Sep./Oct. 1999
Boston Globe, "Digging up Boston's roots on line," 4 Sep. 1999
Antique Week, "Boston history site provides history, tourism & genealogy," 20 Sep. 1999
Panorama, "All in the Family," 4-17 Oct. 1999
Extra clippings, 1999
Family Tree Magazine, "Identifying Family Photographs," 8 Feb. 2000
Ancestry, "Get Back to Your Roots," May/June 2000
Boston Sunday Herald (New England Living), "Mother lode," 14 May 2000
C. Innovation Odyssey, 1995-2009
Meetings and mailings
Innovation Trail group tour flyer, undated
Innovation Trail press releases, undated
Trail site suggestions, undated
Innovation Trail general papers, 1997-1998
Technology/science professionals focus group, 5 Nov. 1997-Feb. 1998
Five linked hubs, June 1998
Correspondence, Oct. 1999
Stakeholder reports, Oct. 1999
Website designer information, 1999-2000
Transportation, 1999-2000
Fish & Richardson correspondence, 1999-2005
Innovation Trail press release, 2000
Benefit packages, Feb. 2000
Preview evaluations, 25 Mar. 2000
Preview evaluations, 30 Mar. 2000
Drafts of Innovation Trail brochures, 13 Sep. 2000
FAM tour invite material, 26 July 2001
Innovation Trail certificate of trademark registration, Nov.-Dec. 2001
Working group meetings, 2001-2004
IDEAS Boston conference, 2004-2005
Publications
ISBN logbook and information, 2003
Photo research, 2003
Library of Congress ISBN, 2003
Letter from Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, [2003]
Image copyright permission forms, 2003-2006
Bob Krim letter/forward, 19 Feb. 2003
Book launch, 17 Sep. 2003
Layout images, Feb. 2004
Innovate Boston! report, 2006
Innovate Boston! images, [2006]
Program book, bookmark, and map, [2006]
Letter from Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, 9 Mar. 2006
Research files
These files consist of materials collected for research on various topics related to innovation in Boston and include newspaper clippings, articles, book excerpts, brochures, and other printed matter; research notes; reports and papers; biographies of individual innovators; and correspondence.
Telecommunications
Telephone history, 1995-2000
Alexander Graham Bell, 1995-2003
Telephone/telegraph, 1999-2005
Frederick Fish research, 2005
Milestone dedication to Alexander Graham Bell, 10 Mar. 2006
Medical and biotechnology research
New England Medical Center, undated
John Sheehan, undated
Sidney Farber and Jimmy Fund, 1996-2003
Eric Lander, 10 Oct. 1999
Pfizer, 1999-2000
Massachusetts General Hospital Ether Dome, 1999-2004
Whitehead Institute, 1999-2005
Biotechnology conference, 2000
Schepens Eye Research Institute, 2000
Rosalind Franklin, 2000
Smallpox, 2000-2003
Longwood, 2000-2003
Genzyme, 2000-2003
Ellen Swallow Richards, 2000-2007
Lisa Raines research, 2001-2006
Personalized medicine, 2001-2007
Human genome, 2002
Biogen, 2002
George Franklin Grant, 2002-2003
Crick and Watson, 2002-2003
John Enders, 2002-2003
Marie Zakrzewska, 2002-2003
Mary Baker Eddy, 2002-2003
Kidney transplant, 2002-2004
Broad Institute, 2003
Iron lung, pacemaker, and Bovie, 2003
Floating Hospital for Children, 2003
William Augustus Hinton, 2003
Massachusetts Biotechnology Council, 2003
Beth Israel Deaconess, 2004
Conference of Boston Teaching Hospitals, 2004
Joslin Clinic, 2004
Bernard Lown, Nov. 2004
"History of Biotech in Greater Boston," 2004-2006
FDAMA/90s legislation, 2006
News clippings, 2006-2007
Intellectual property, 2006-2007
Biotech statistics, 2006-2007
Finance/economics
Boston trade with China, undated
History of trusts, undated
Intellectual property/government spillovers, undated
Railroad financing, undated
Financial developments, 1997-1999
Financial/economic history of Boston, 1997-2002
Economic history of New England, 1998
MFS/Massachusetts Investors Trust, 1999
Financial technologies/growth, 1999
Fidelity Investments, 1999-2000
Financial history resources, 2000
First National Bank of Massachusetts, 2000
Boston Stock Exchange, 2000
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, 2000
Georges Frederic Doriot, 2001-2003
Edward and Ned Johnson, 2002
L. Sherman Adams, 2002-2003
Charles Ponzi, 2002-2003
Massachusetts Bank, 2002-2003
Boston Stock Exchange, 2002-2003
Geographical development
Boston geographical history, undated
General Boston development, 1999
University Park, 28 July 1999
Boston Common working paper, 1 Dec. 2003
Power system for Boston's rapid transit, 14 Feb. 2004
Colleges and universities
General introduction, undated
Harvard University, undated and 1999-2000
Northeastern University, 1999-2003
Boston University, 2001-2004
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002-2003
Boston College, 2003
Tufts University, 2003
Computer technology
Internet history, 1999-2001
Internet/broadband/computers, 1999-2001
Computer sources, 2000
Roots of the Internet, 2000-2001
General computer history, 2000-2001
Grace Hopper, 2000-2003
Charles Draper Laboratory, 2002-2003
Samuel Morse, 2002-2003
Dan Bricklin, 2002-2003
EMC, 2002-2003
Jay Forrester, 2003
Howard Aiken, 2003
Robert Campbell, 2003
James McLurkin, 2003
Vannevar Bush, 2003-2004
Raymond S. Tomlinson, 2003-2005
Online streaming/video, 11 July 2007
Social innovation
Establishing basic American rights, undated
List of social innovators, undated
Partners for Youth with Disabilities, 2003-2005
Social innovation book launch, 20 July 2004
Gay marriage, 2007
Miscellaneous inventors and innovators
Arranged alphabetically.
Clarence Birdseye
Charles River Museum of Industry
Thomas Edison
John Fox
Benjamin Franklin
King Gillette
Charles Goodyear
Elias Howe
Lewis Latimer
Polaroid
Albert Pope
Raytheon/Perry Spencer
Robert Rines
Teradyne
Frederic Tudor
Ruth Wakefield
Miscellaneous correspondence, timelines, bibliographies, and resources related to innovation, 1999-2004
Press clippings
Boston.com, "New tourist trail skips American revolution for technological one," 20 Mar. 2000
Boston Herald, "Innovative alternative to Freedom Trail," 20 Mar. 2000
Boston Herald, "Technology trail connects area to innovation," 20 Mar. 2000
Boston Tab, "Tour premiers at biotechnology conference," 24 Mar. 2000
[Mass High Tech], "Boston biotechnology conference sparks debate, brings protestors," 24 Mar. 2000
Boston Business Journal, "On the Innovation Trail," 24-30 Mar. 2000
Boston Sunday Herald, "BIO 2000 takes center stage," 26 Mar. 2000
Mass High Tech, "BIO 2000 gets no respect from the governor or protestors," 27 Mar.-2 Apr. 2000
Houston Chronicle, "New Attractions," 2 Apr. 2000
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, "Boston has new tourist trail," 2 Apr. 2000
Boston Globe announcement of Krim interview, 9 Apr. 2000
Telegraph, "New brand of tourism could be next great craze," 12 Apr. 2000
Boston Sunday Herald, "Innovation Trail follows footprints of technology," 13 Aug. 2000
Museum of Science travel programs, Fall 2000
CIO, "Happy (Innovation) Trails," 1 Sep. 2000
Boston Phoenix, "The Innovation Trail," 10-16 Nov. 2000
Improper Bostonian, "Innovation Trail," 15-28 Nov. 2000
Panorama, "What's New in the Hub?" 11-24 Dec. 2000
Calendar listings, 2001
Le Figaro, "Boston, vitrine de l'Amerique,"14 Feb. 2001
AAA Horizons, "Boston Boasts Bragging Rights to Brilliance," May 2001
Dana Farber Cancer Institute Inside the Institute, "New bus tour highlights Sidney Farber's innovation," 8 May 2001
MetroWest Daily News, "On the trail of genius," 17 May 2001; MetroWest Daily News, "Dive into Boston's inventiveness on new tour," 17 May 2001
Boston Sunday Herald, "Time machine," 20 May 2001
Boston Business Journal, "'Odyssey' tour highlights area's history of innovation," 25 May 2001
Harvard University Gazette, "Cotton Mather visits Yard," 31 May 2001
Boston Sunday Globe, "Summer Journeys: Historical Destinations," 3 June 2001
Boston Globe, "Family Datebook," 21 July 2001
Middletown Press, "Check out Boston's Innovative Odyssey," 26 July 2001
Physicians' Travel & Meeting Guide, "The 'New' Boston Revealed," Aug. 2001
BioLine, "Innovation Odyssey," Fall 2001
Hartford Courant, "Innovators of Boston Area," 18 Nov. 2001
Press previews, 24 Dec. 2001
"Creativity and Innovation: A Bridge to the Future," Boston Foundation Indicators Report, 2002
Freizeit und Reise, "Brutplatz fur Genies," 2002
Sentinel & Enterprise, "A history of ingenuity," 25 Jan. 2002
Digitalcity.com, "Innovation Odyssey Tour," Feb. 2002
Boston Globe, "Family Datebook," 2 Feb. 2002
Boston Tab, "A homer's Odyssey," 15 Feb. 2002
Newbury Street and Back Bay Guide, "What to Do...," 15-28 Feb. 2002
Golf & Turismo, "Boston Special!" Mar. 2002
Sunday Telegraph, "Tour follows technology's footsteps through Greater Boston," 3 Mar. 2002
Panorama, "The Spirit of Innovation," 18-31 Mar. 2002
Concord Sunday Monitor, "Think!" Apr. 2002
Boston Herald, "PerkinElmer re-emerging from transformation," 8 Apr. 2002
Daily Times Chronicle, "Kennedy MS wins Innovation Odyssey trip," 8 May 2002
Where magazine, "A Magical History Tour," June 2002
Group Tour Magazine, "The Innovation Odyssey Tour," Fall 2002
Boston Herald, "A Hub of innovation," 4 Sep. 2002
Boston Globe, "New energy proposal for the Cape," Jan. 2003
Boston Sunday Globe, "Museum head modern Renaissance man," 19 Jan. 2003
Boston Sunday Globe, "FYI," 19 Jan. 2003
Hartford Courant, "Brainy Boston Tour," 19 Jan. 2003
Daily Free Press, "'Ice King' remembered in Boston tour," 23 Jan. 2003
Northeastern Voice, "NU part of history tour," 11 Feb. 2003
B.U. Bridge, "Innovation Odyssey showcases Boston as mother of invention," 14 Feb. 2003
Panorama, "A Quirky Historical Tour," 17 Feb.-2 Mar. 2003
Where magazine, "The Ultimate Boston," Mar. 2003
Portsmouth Sunday Herald, "Not your average duck tour...," 16 Mar. 2003
AAA Travel News, "An Invitation to Innovation in Boston," Apr. 2003
Where magazine advertisement, Apr. 2003
The Call, "'Eureka!' Explore Boston-based discoveries on the Innovation Odyssey Tour," 11 Apr. 2003
Boston Sunday Herald, "Inspecting gadgets," 11 May 2003
Telegraph, "REACH takes Boston inventions tour," 19 May 2003
Where magazine advertisement, June 2003
Boston Tab, "Did you know...," 27 June 2003
Today's Parent, "Day Trip Destination," July 2003
Telegram & Gazette, "Innovation Re-Creation," 8 Aug. 2003
Boston Sunday Globe, "Viruses, worms, and patches, oh my!" 7 Sep. 2003
Wakefield Daily Item, "Innovation Odyssey illustrates Boston visionaries," 8 Sep. 2003
Northeastern News, "Freeland dedicates page in history book," 24 Sep. 2003
Northeastern Voice, "NU noted as co-op innovator," 28 Oct. 2003
Patriot Ledger, "Innovation on wheels," 13-14 Mar. 2004
Boston Globe, "Innovation city," 6 June 2004
Boston Globe, "New England in brief," 21 July 2004
Mass High Tech, "Whitehead Institute, pacemaker pioneer Zoll honored as ‘History Makers,'" 22-28 Nov. 2004
Boston Business Journal, "Out of the Office," 24-30 Dec. 2004
Boston Globe, "Evans celebrates Yankee ingenuity in 'They Made America,'" 18 Jan. 2005
Boston Herald, "Sobering study slams stagnating city," 30 Mar. 2005
Boston Globe, "Family Datebook," 16 Apr. 2005
MetroWest Daily News, "A great 'Big Idea' for kids," 17 Apr. 2005
Boston Globe, "Calendar," 21-27 Apr. 2005
Patriot Ledger, "Inventions," 23-24 Apr. 2005
AAA Horizons, "Tour Reinvents the Odyssey of Boston's Most Famous Scientists," May 2005
Bay State Parent, "Calendar of May Events," May 2005
East Boston Times-Free Press, "'I am Boston,'" 18 May 2005; Boston Globe, "Recalling smallpox, pig on the hill"; East Boston Seaport Festival flyer, 11 June 2005 (Boston Maritime History Committee mailing)
Where magazine, "Museums/Exhibits," 10 June 2005
Boston Globe, "A maritime museum for Boston," 26 Dec. 2005
Boston magazine, "The Smartest City on the Planet," Oct. 2006
Daily Free Press, "Kenmore connections," 2 May 2007
Boston Parents Paper, "Beantown Brains," May 2008
Boston Globe South, "A History of Firsts," 3 July 2008
Boston Sunday Globe, "This June, let ideas bust out all over," 31 May 2009
D. Literary Trail, 1997-2005
Meetings
Literary/cultural focus group, 1997
Working group meetings, 1998-2001
Overheads, Mar. 1999
Working group meetings, 2001-2005
Press clippings
Chicago Tribune, "Counting on history in Boston or Philly," 2003
AAA Horizons, "Follow the Trail of Greater Boston's Literary Geniuses," July-Aug. 2005
IV. Miscellaneous papers and clippings, 1995-2009
"One-pager" (description of BHIC), undated
Organizational history, undated
Bio of Dr. Robert M. Krim, undated
Old Boston photo postcards, undated
Other organizations' projects
Cambridge Historical Commission, 1995-1996
"Abolition to Civil Rights," 1998-1999
Costumed tours, 1998-2000
Central Artery, 1998-2002
"Another Freedom Trail," 21 Nov. 1998
Boston Light, 27 Dec. 1998
"Changing Meanings of Freedom," 1999-2000
Boston Harbor Cruises, Spring 2000
City of Cambridge, Aug. 2000
"A Picture of Tourism in Ten Years," [1998]
Team retreats, 1999-2000
BHC newsletter, Fall 1999
Mission, vision, and strategies, Sep. 1999-2000
An Analysis of the Boston History Collaborative Through Competitive Benchmarking and an Industry Analysis of Travel and Tourism in Boston and on the Internet, Babson MBA team, 3 Dec. 1999
Accomplishments, May 2000-Apr. 2001
Battery Wharf project
Report, 2 Mar. 2001
Meeting, Fall 2006
License agreements, Jan. 2008
Saunders Hotel project, May 2001
Hotel Commonwealth, 2002
4-tour coupon, 2002
Trademark registrations, 2003-2005
Press clippings
Included are clippings related to the tourism industry, awards, and Battery Wharf, as well as articles written by or citing Robert M. Krim.
Boston Globe, "Making historic Boston an exciting place to visit," 28 Dec. 1996
Boston Globe, "Letters to the Editor," 31 Dec. 1996
Boston Business Journal, "The 20th century: years of transition and rebirth," Oct. 1999
Boston Business Journal, "Telling history better through collaboration," 3-9 Dec. 1999
Boston Globe, "Telling our story," 17 Dec. 1999
Panorama, "Beaten Path: Panorama's ultimate guide to sightseeing tours and historical trails," 21 Aug.-3 Sep. 2000
Destinations, "The Theme's the Thing," Oct. 2000
Group Tour Magazine, "Three trails to tour historic Boston," Winter 2000
Boston Globe, "Silver service," 4 Dec. 2000
Boston Globe, "Party Lines," 11 Dec. 2000
Boston Globe, "Exciting time for history in Hub," 1 Jan. 2001
Yankee Magazine, "Editor's Picks for BOSTON," Spring 2001
Massachusetts Getaway Guide (Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism), "On the Trail of History," Spring 2001
Boston & Massachusetts, "Porta D'Accesso al New England," Mar. 2001
Boston Globe, "On the trail of the Irish," 17 Mar. 2001
Wall Street Journal, "Vacationers Bolster Travel Markets," 28 Mar. 2001
Arrive, "Digging into Boston," July/Aug. 2001
Boston Business Journal, "Hynes events lift economy by $348M, study claims," July/Aug. 2001
Beacon Hill Times, "History of communications," 10 July 2001
Boston Herald, "Walk this way: Tours of Boston we'd like to see focus on the quirky," 18 July 2001
Boston Herald, "Tourism drop hurts more than expected," 19 July 2001
Boston Herald, "History is Hub's primary attraction," 27 July 2001
Boston Globe, "Making (up?) history," 6 Aug. 2001
Boston and Cambridge Travel Planner, Fall & Winter 2001/2002
Boston Globe, "A museum about Boston," 4 July 2002
Boston Herald, "Tourism debates disaster's effect," Sep. 2002
Boston Business Journal, "History Makers," 29 Nov.-5 Dec. 2002
Boston Globe, "Renewing Kenmore," 3 Jan. 2003
MetroWest Daily News, "EMC named 'history maker,'" 13 Nov. 2003
Boston Globe, "Party Lines," 17 Nov. 2003
Boston Globe, "Hotel highlights Charlestown history," [2004]
Boston Business Journal, "Honoring local history-makers," 2-8 Jan. 2004
Boston Globe, "Give hotel time," 8 Jan. 2004
Boston Globe, "Names," 30 June 2004
Boston Globe, "His City of Light," 19 July 2004
Press, "Alliance urged for heritage advocates," 5 Sep. 2005
Mass High Tech, "Reflections of Hub's life sciences history more than merely nostalgic," 5-11 Dec. 2005
Boston Business Journal, "Collaborative recognizes History Makers," 9-15 Dec. 2005
Boston Globe, "A History of the Future," 9 Mar. 2006
Boston Herald, "Report: Innovation key to Bay State economic rebound," 9 Mar. 2006
Boston Globe, "Leaders seek to boost biotech sector," 9 Mar. 2006
Mass High Tech, "Boston's secret sauce: How collaboration works," 31 Mar.-6 Apr. 2006
Boston Herald, "Branch city? Not here!" 29 May 2006
CommonWealth magazine, "Hitting on all five cylinders," Fall 2006
Belmont Citizen-Herald, "Celebrating innovation," 7 Dec. 2006
Boston Business Journal, "History Collaborative gives nod to biotech bigwigs," 15-21 Dec. 2006
Miscellaneous clippings, 2006
Boston Globe, "Honors for Innovation," 18 Jan. 2007
Cambridge Chronicle, "Reeves: Biotech is king in Cambridge," 5 Apr. 2007
Lincoln Journal, "At the heart of innovation," 14 June 2007
Boston Globe, "Boston's lessons in sparking innovation," 24 Aug. 2007
South Boston Online, "Major League Baseball History on the South Boston Waterfront," 11 Oct. 2007
Boston Globe, "Overdue kudos for medical innovator," 29 Oct. 2007
Bay State Banner, 22 Nov. 2007
South Boston Online, "If We Fill It, They Will Come," 13 Dec. 2007
Boston Business Journal, "Out of the Office," 21-27 Dec. 2007
Boston Business Journal, "Buyers slow to move on new luxury condos"; Boston Business Journal, "Condos: Hub's luxury market isn't so recession-proof after all," 9-15 May 2008
Boston Globe, "Progress needs an open door," 23 May 2008
Bay Windows, "Celebrating Goodridge's social innovation," 20-26 Nov. 2008
Boston Business Journal, "History in the making," 21-27 Nov. 2008
North End Regional Review, "Battery Wharf open and ready for business," 16 Dec. 2008; North End Regional Review, "Historian hired to preserve history of the Wharf," 16 Dec. 2008
Awards press clippings, 2009
Boston Business Journal, "Battery Wharf offers luxury with a glimpse of history," 6-12 Mar. 2009
Boston Sunday Globe, "Pulling maritime history together," 22 Mar. 2009
Preferred Citation
Boston History Collaborative records, Massachusetts Historical Society.
Access Terms
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