Katherine Wolff in the Boston Athenaeum, the subject of her new book "about the emotional history of the place ... the passion and the mission of the founders," she says.
(Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe)
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Katherine Wolff in the Boston Athenaeum, the subject of her new book "about the emotional history of the place ... the passion and the mission of the founders," she says.
(Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe)
There are a small number of irresistibly Boston institutions: the Tavern Club, the Boston Latin School, Mount Auburn Cemetery, and, perhaps the fuddy-duddyest of them all, the Boston Athenaeum . Founded as a private library and art gallery in 1807, the Athenaeum’s original members never fathomed if a world outside of Beacon Hill existed, or if it was merely a ... (Full article: 531 words)
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