Abstract Black-and-white and tinted postcards dating from 1906 to 1969 (bulk 1920 to 1939). The bulk of the collection is arranged geographically. The materials for Europe are particularly extensive, in particular for England, France, Italy, and Spain; there are also postcards for North Africa and the Middle East. The number of postcards for the United States is small, and relates primarily to national parks. A relatively small number of postcards is organized by person (primarily artists) or...

Abstract Compiled by Katherine Gillette Osborne (1847–1943), who was both the founder and resident director of the Boston Students’ Union from 1910 until her death in 1943, the Katherine Gillette Osborne Collection includes two religious manuscripts of either southeast Asian or Middle Eastern origin and four scrapbooks, containing maps, photographs, correspondence with several government officials, and select art documenting Osborne's travels in Quebec, Switzerland from 1910-1932, and India,...

Scope and Contents This series contains those materials in the collection that are not postcards. The materials include include prints of Colmar, Paris, and Strasbourg in France, as well as engraved and photographic plates removed from printed books (often cut down to 4" x 6"), including John Preston Neale, Jones' Views of the Seats, Mansions, Castles, etc. of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England, 2nd series (London: Jones, 1829); Francis Orpen Morris, ed., ...