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Books about public art and/or Boston edit

Some of these are taken from old lists, so their relevance to this current project may still need to be assessed.

Author(s) Title Year Internet Archive ID Open Library Work ID Wikidata item for work Notes
Prigoff, James and Robin J. Dunitz Walls of Heritage, Walls of Pride: African American Murals 2000 OL7796383W Walls of Heritage, Walls of Pride: African American Murals (Q108072567) Has photos and descriptions of several murals in Roxbury and South End as well as biographical sketches of the artists
Barnett, Alan W. Community Murals: The People's Art 1984 communitymuralsp00barnrich OL5914555W Community Murals: The People's Art (Q108474283) Includes b&w photos and brief descriptions of The Black Worker (Q108128661), Exodus Building Mural, Segregation B.C., Stokely and Rap, Africa is the Beginning (Q108170229), Knowledge is Power, Stay in School (Q107975687), Maternity (Q107466778), The Third Nail (Q108170231), Untitled (Q108474255); talks about Summerthing (Q109320582), broader context of mural art in Boston (and other US cities) in 1960s-1970s
Carlock, Marty A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston 1988 guidetopublicart00carl OL3944727W A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston (Q109318500)
Nevins, Joseph, Suren Moodliar, and Eleni Macrakis A People's Guide to Greater Boston 2020 OL20747374W
Boston Art Commission Passport [to] Public Art 1982 passporttopublic00bost OL16524437W Focused on Boston Common/Public Garden, Back Bay/The Fens, and works along the Freedom Trail, so not super relevant to this WikiProject
Jeliffe, Russell W. and Rowena Woodham Jelliffe A Study of the Feasibility of Establishing A Cultural Arts Center in Boston 1963 studyoffeasibili00jell OL15869848W
Shannon, Hope J. Legendary Locals of Boston's South End, Massachusetts 2014 OL23175929W
South End Historical Society (Boston Mass.) A Picture of the South End or the Citizens and Strangers Guide to the Metropolis of Massachusetts and Its Southerly Environs With Curious Addenda 1968 pictureofsouthen00sout OL17007458W
Tissot, Sylvie Good Neighbors: Gentrifying Diversity in Boston's South End 2015 OL20015118W
Whitehill, Walter Muir A Brief Guide to the Institutions and Sites of Historic Interest in Boston 1957 OL547903W
City of Boston, The Boston Foundation, and The Friends of the Public Garden and Common Adopt-A-Statue 1989 adoptstatue00bost OL16893812W
Bacon, Edwin M. Boston: A Guide Book 1910 bostonguidebook1910baco OL16279424W
Whitehill, Walter Muir Boston: A Topographical History 1959 OL18507761W
De Wolfe Howe, Mark Anthony Boston Landmarks 1946 bostonlandmarks0000unse OL24251734W
Whitehill, Walter Muir Boston: Portrait of a City 1964 bostonportraitof00whit OL547900W
Whitehill, Walter Muir Boston Statues 1970 OL547901W
Weston, George F., Jr. Boston Ways: High, By, and Folk 1975 bostonwayshighby03edwest OL7000351W
Dedication of the Monument on Boston Common Erected to the Memory of the Men of Boston Who Died in the Civil War 1877 dedicationofmonu00bost OL2791134W
Sweetser, Moses Foster King's Handbook of Boston Harbor 1882 kingshandbookofb00swee OL4883719W
Beatty, Noelle B. Literary Byways of Boston & Cambridge 1991 literarybywaysof00beat OL2669344W
Wilson, Susan Literary Trail of Greater Boston 2000 literarytrailofg00wils OL79571W
Kay, Jane Holtz Lost Boston 1980 lostboston0000kayj OL1862033W
Report of the Commission on Marking Historical Site of the City of Boston, 1924-1937 1937 reportofcommissi1937bost OL7639731W
Forbes, Allan Some Statues of Boston 1946 OL1355418W
Forbes, Allan Other Statues of Boston 1947 OL1355416W
Story of the Old Elm on Boston Common 1876 OL22633434W
Weston, George F. The Key to Boston 1961 keytoboston00west OL7000352W
Petronella, Mary Melvin (ed.) Victorian Boston Today: Twelve Walking Tours 2004 victorianbostont00mary OL17746225W
Sloane, Robert WalkBoston: Walking Tours of Boston's Unique Neighborhoods 2003 OL7607678W
Felton, Robert Todd Walking Boston 2008 walkingboston36t0000felt OL20891155W
The Boston 200 Corporation The South End 1975 OL12431939W
Boston Center for the Arts Preliminary Report on Site Development Opportunities 1991 preliminaryrepor1991bost OL15711097W
Sammarco, Anthony Mitchell Boston's South End 1998 bostonssouthend00samm OL9292398W
Cockcroft, Eva, John Weber, and Jim Cockcroft Toward a People's Art: The Contemporary Mural Movement 1977 towardpeoplesart00cock OL1883984W Includes some pages discussing Summerthing (Q109320582) and Project '70, photos and descriptions of a few specific works
Greaney, Maura The power of the urban canvas : paint, politics, and mural arts policy 2003 powerofurbancanv00grea OL24975976W Master's thesis (?) about Boston public art

Archival collections edit

Name Dates Institution Identifier Wikidata item for collection Notes
Boston Art Commission records 1890-1959 City of Boston Archives (Q5123598) 0272.100
UrbanArts, Inc. Records 1970-2014 Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections FA 2015.02
Dana C. Chandler, Jr. papers 1973-1991 Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections (Q109363303) M156 Dana C. Chandler, Jr. papers (Q109519456)

Periodicals edit

Title Dates BPL record Wikidata item for periodical Notes
Boston Center for the Arts 1971-1985 [1]
Arts Panorama 1985- [2]
Boston Art Review 2017-