| Boston Symphony Orchestra | |
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| Archives | |
| Symphony Hall 301 Massachusetts Avenue | |
| Boston MA , 02115 | |
| Phone: | |
| (617)638-9434 | |
| FAX: | (617)638-9433 |
| Website(s): | |
| http://www.bso.org | |
| Institution Contact(s): | |
| Bridget Carr, Archivist (617)638-9434 | |
| Hours: | M-F, by appointment 9:00AM-3:00PM |
| Online Catalog: | |
| Other Services: | |
| Gift shop | |
| Journals: | "Notes" (an occasional newsletter) |
| SPECIAL COLLECTIONS | |
| Special Collection Contact(s): | |
| Bridget Carr, Archivist (617)638-9434 | |
| FAX: | |
| (617)638-9433 | |
| Collections: | 8 |
| Formats: | 50 linear feet of manuscripts 1,770 linear feet of archives 200 monographs 400 maps 25,000 photographs 8,500 reels of audio tapes 2,000 reels of video tapes 80 oral histories 100 16mm. motion picture reels ephemera realia/artifacts 1,000 sound recording disks 200 posters |
| Collection Description: | |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra Archives (1881-present) Boston Pops (1885-present) Tanglewood (1934-present) Tanglewood Music Center (1940-present) Boston Symphony Orchestra Oral History Collection Boston Symphony Orchestra Sound Recording Collection Boston Pops Sound Recording Collection Boston Symphony Orchestra Photograph Collection (Images) |
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| Access: | Collection(s) are available by appointment only Access only in reading room, supervised Laptop computers and tape recorders allowed with staff approval |
| Copying: | All photocopying done by staff Restrictions on scanners Restrictions on cameras Restrictions on tape recorders |
| Loans: | Special loans for certain materials |
| Directions: | FROM THE NORTH: Take I-93 South to Storrow Drive to the Fenway exit. FROM THE SOUTH: Take I-93 (the Southeast Expressway) to the Massachusetts Ave. exit. FROM THE WEST: Take Storrow Drive to the Fenway exit. OR, take the Massachusetts Turnpike to the Prudential Center/Copley Square exit. FOR FURTHER DIRECTIONS CALL: (617)266-1492. BY PUBLIC TRANSPORTAIONS (MBTA): Tek the Heath Street/Brigham Circle ("E") Green Line train to the Symphony Station or any other Green Line train to the Hynes Convention Center/ICA Station or the Orange Line to the Massachusetts Avenue Station. |
