-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.pem.org/library/default.htm <A HREF="http://www.pem.org/library/default.htm">Peabody Essex Museum Library</A> ----- Phillips Library ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In September 1997, the Phillips Library closed for extensive restoration. We celebrated our Grand Opening with an Open House on May 23 & 24, 1998 to reintroduce this splendid resource. The Peabody Essex Museum, a consolidation of the former Peabody Museum of Salem and the former Essex Institute, includes the Phillips Library, a research library of 400,000 rare books, 5,000 linear feet of manuscript material, and over 1,000,000 photographs. The Reading Room restored to its original glory. Hours The library is open year-round Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Thursdays from 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. From Memorial Day to Labor Day also open Mondays 10 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The library is also open on Mondays, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. during the months of June, July, and August only. Admission to the library is free to museum members; otherwise the fee is $8.50 for adults, $7.50 for senior citizens and students, and $5 for children 6-16.. A telephone call to verify hours is always advisable. The Collections Maritime history collections reflect the work and lives of both individuals and institutions, documenting the activities of merchants, shipbuilders, and captains, as well as fishing, yachting, and steamship history and operations in Salem and the Northeast. Ethnology collections document non-European peoples from Oceania, Asia (particularly Japan, China, India, and Korea), Africa, and North America. Natural history collections focus on Essex County as well as other areas of the world, particularly in the areas of ornithology, botany, and geology. The library’s holdings also document in a comprehensive fashion the Essex County region, and reflect the social, cultural, and economic diversity of one of the nation’s earliest settled regions, encompassing the indust rial cities of Lynn, Lawrence, and Haverhill; the shipping ports of Salem, Gloucester, and Newburyport; agricultural areas; and religious centers like Andover. Disciplinary strengths of the collections (as reflected in regional history) include maritime history; the history of domestic life, including children, games and toys, women, and the family; religion and religious life, with a concentration in Puritan studies; the decorative arts, crafts, and architecture; literary history; and business and labor history. In addition, the Frederick Townsend Ward collection is devoted to Western-language books and periodicals on the history and people of China before 1912. B ooks and Printed Collections New England History and Genealogy The printed collections focus substantially on Essex County history, including county and town histories, vital records, city and town directories, census data, tax lists, maps, and newspapers. All of these materials complement an extensive collection of printed family histories and genealogies to provide statistical and genealogical information about Essex County families. Historical information also can be gathered from the reports, circulars, advertisements, and other publications of Essex County societies, businesses, municipalities, and other institutions. Prominent Essex County residents are represented by the works of mathematician and navigator Nathaniel Bowditch, jurist Joseph Story and such literary figures as Nathaniel Hawthorne (the library has the foremost collection in the world), John Greenleaf Whittier, Jones Very, Lucy Larcom, and John Updike, among others. Expanding beyond Essex County, the library maintains substantial collections of state, county, and town histories for all the New England states, including town and city directories for many of the larger communities and published vital records for most Massachusetts towns, as well as vital records for many out-of-state communities. Published family histories and genealogies are not limited to Essex County, but include family branches settling in all of the New England states and reaching as far west as Ohio. Subject Collections The library holds extensive collections of research material for the study of the maritime, social, intellectual, political, and cultural history of New England. Strongest for the period before 1860, many of these materials came as donations to the library from local residents, and therefore reflect their reading and collecting interests. Important collections of cookery books, hymnbooks, railroad materials, almanacs, greeting cards, bookplates, and English and American periodicals of the 18th and 19th centuries are available for research, in addition to larger collections in the following areas: Belles Lettres and Popular Literature, Religious Life and Doctrine, Travel Literature and Geography, Reform Literature, Architecture and Related Crafts, Trade Catalogues and Business Advertising. Manuscript Collections Most of the library's 5,000 linear feet of historical manuscripts and archives relate to Essex County history. These letters, financial papers, diaries, account books, logbooks, and records provide insight into nearly every facet of the county's history, supporting research in fields that range from maritime, literary, and religious history to abolition, women's rights, medicine, music, and public and private philanthropy. The collection includes the business and personal papers of financier George Peabody, writers Nathaniel Hawthorne, John Greenleaf Whittier, and Lucy Larcom, merchant families such as the Derbys and Crowinshields, naval architect Josiah Fox, shipbuilders Fernald and Petigrew, and architectural drawings of Samuel McIntire and William G. Rantoul; unpublished sermons of local ministers; and the records of local churches, militias, clubs, hospitals, libraries, schools, voluntary societies, and municipal government. Included in these holdings are early (1634-1820) Essex County court records of several different courts, including the 1692 Salem witchcraft trial records. Photographic and Graphic Arts The prominent collections of photographs and graphic materials provide examples of virtually all photographic and printing processes. Local scenes, people, and events form the bulk of the collections; the archives of architectural photographer Frank Cousins and landscape/architectural photographer Samuel Chamberlain are found here as well. In addition, there is a large collection of 19th- and 20th-century images of ships and other maritime subjects. The scope widens into national and international areas, in the holdings of postcards, stereocards, Civil War photographs, and Asian and Pacific photographs. Photograph albums and family collections, bookplates, political cartoons, and greeting cards are also to be found within the extent of the photograph and graphic art collections. Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum East India Sq., Salem, MA 01970 (978) 745-9500 ext. 3053; FAX (978) 741-9012 ----- Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. 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