| Boston University | |
|---|---|
| Mugar Memorial Library | |
| 771 Commonwealth Avenue | |
| Boston MA , 02215 | |
| Phone: | |
| (617)353-3710 | |
| FAX: | (617)353-2084 |
| Website(s): | |
| http://www.bu.edu/LIBRARY | |
| General email: | |
| ask-a-librarian@bu.edu | |
| Institution Contact(s): | |
| Reference Desk, Reference Librarian (617)353-3704 ask-a-librarian@bu.edu | |
| Hours: | M-Th 8:00AM-MIDNIGHT F,Sa 8:00AM-11:00PM Su 10:00AM-MIDNIGHT |
| Seasonal Hours: | |
| Summer Hours: M-Th 8:00AM-11:00PM F,Sa 8:00AM-5:00PM Su 10:00AM-11:00PM | |
| Closings: | Closed the week between Christmas and New Year's. |
| Holidays Open: | |
| Labor Day | |
| Online Catalog: | |
| Services for the Disabled: | |
| Americans with Disabilities Act accessible Handicapped parking | |
| Other Services: | |
| Cafeteria | |
| Bibliographic Utility: | |
| OCLC/NELINET | |
| SPECIAL COLLECTIONS | |
| Name: | Department of Special Collections |
| Special Collection Contact(s): | |
| Secretary (617)353-3696 specc@acs.bu.edu | |
| FAX: | |
| (617)353-2838 | |
| Hours: | M-F 9:00AM-5:00PM |
| Collections: | 750 |
| Formats: | 35,000 linear feet of manuscripts 98,215 volumes of monographs newspapers maps photographs pamphlets audio tapes video tapes oral histories 8mm. motion picture reels 2,200 16mm. motion picture reels ephemera realia/artifacts |
| Collection Description: | |
| Twentieth Century Collection (manuscripts and typescripts, galleys, notes, notebooks, journals, diaries, scrapbooks, reviews, photographs, personal and professional correspondence, and various editions of published works by 1 Literary Collection (papers of an eclectic collection of novelists, essayists, poets, biographers, and nonfiction writers) Suspense & Mystery Writers Collection (also, the repository of the Mystery Writers of America files and library) Public Affairs and Social & Religious Movements (documentation of the major political, diplomatic, economic, social, educational and philosophical movements of the Twentieth Century) Journalism Collection (including careers of individual newspeople and aspects of national and international events such in the notes, notebooks, manuscripts, correspondence, speeches, date books, journals, photographs, and me Theatre and Film Collections (preserving and administering the personal and professional papers of those actors, directors, producers, scriptwriters, playwrights, set designers, and cinematic chroniclers whose lives and caree Music Collection (source of primary research materials on the musical life of our era, housing papers from outstanding musical artists of international renown, as well as composers, lyricists, conductors, opera administrators Nursing Archives (Finding Aid) |
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| Access: | Collection(s) are available by appointment only Access only in reading room, supervised All or part of the collection(s) not accessible Laptop computers and tape recorders allowed with staff approval |
| Copying: | Photocopying permitted at discretion of staff All photocopying done by staff Institution will produce microfilm copies for a fee Restrictions on scanners Restrictions on cameras Restrictions on tape recorders |
| Loans: | Loans for exhibits only Loans permitted for research only |
| Finding Guides Available: | |
| General repository guide Guides for manuscript collection Guides for archives' records groups Guide to photographic collection Guide to institutional microfilm holdings Card catalog | |
| Directions: | FROM THE SOUTH OR WEST: Take I-90 (Massachusetts Turnpike) East to exit 18 (Allston / Cambridge). Exit left and follow signs to Cambridge to the second set of lights. Turn right at the lights, this is Soldiers Field Road / Storrow Drive. Exit Storrow Drive at the Kenmore exit. Follow "local directions" below. FROM THE SOUTHEAST: Take I-93 / Route 3 (Southeast Expressway) North to Boston. Exit onto Storrow Drive (Exit 26). Continue on Storrow Drive to the Kenmore exit. Follow "local directions" below. FROM THE NORTH: Take I-93 or Route 1 South to Boston. Exit onto Storrow Drive (Exit 26). Continue on Storrow Drive to the Kenmore exit. Follow "local directions" below. FROM THE NORTH SHORE/LOGAN AIRPORT: Take Route 1-A through the Sumner Tunnel. Follow signs onto the Expressway North. Take the Back Bay/Storrow Drive exit (exit 26) and follow the signs onto Storrow Drive. Continue on Storrow Drive to the Kenmore exit. Follow "local directions" below. LOCAL DIRECTIONS FROM THE KENMORE SQUARE / COMMONWEALTH AVENUE EXIT OF STORROW DRIVE: At the first set of lights, turn right onto Beacon Street. At this point, the road forks; (the right fork is Bay State Road) take the left fork into Kenmore Square. In the Square, bear right onto Commonwealth Ave. Library is #771. |
