Massachusetts -- Politics and government
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Boston Globe Library collection
Collection
Identifier: M214
Scope and Contents
The Boston Globe Library collection, 4,239 cubic feet (4,376 boxes), documents the newspaper’s journalism of Greater Boston and New England from circa 1872 to 2003 through articles, images, and other related materials. The collection consists of four series: 1. Newspaper Clippings, 2. Microfilm, 3. Print Photographs, and 4. Negative Photographs.The materials within this collection were arranged and described using the “More Product, Less Process” (MPLP) method of archival...
Dates:
circa 1872-2003; Majority of material found within 1925-2003
Nelson Merced papers
Collection
Identifier: M125
Overview
Nelson Merced, a Latino politician and activist, was born in New York City in 1948. Merced first became politically active in Puerto Rico in the early 1970s, working with squatters in San Juan. He moved back to the United States to attend the University of Connecticut, graduating with a bachelor's degree in anthropology. He did graduate work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, held positions at La Alianza Hispana and the Boston Public Facilities Department, and returned to politics...
Dates:
1966-2002; Majority of material found within 1988-1992