Phillips Library (Massachusetts)
| Phillips Library | |
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_-_Salem,_Massachusetts.JPG) Plummer Hall in 2005 | |
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| 42°31′21″N 70°53′30″W / 42.522389°N 70.891556°W | |
| Location | Essex Street, Salem, Massachusetts, United States |
| Type | Special library |
| Established | 1992 |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | books, journals, newspapers, magazines, ephemera, maps, and manuscripts |
| Other information | |
| Director | Sidney E. Berger |
| Employees | 8 |
| Website | http://pem.org/library |
| Phillips Library | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| Location | 132 Essex Street, Salem, Massachusetts |
| Country | United States |
| Construction started | Daland House: 1851; Plummer Hall: 1856 |
| Completed | Daland House: 1852; Plummer Hall: 1856 |
| Renovated | 1998; 2012 |
| Owner | Peabody Essex Museum |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Daland House: Gridley James Fox Bryant (original), William Devereux Dennis (renovation); Plummer Hall: Enoch Fuller |
| Architecture firm | Schwartz/Silver Architects (2012 renovation) |
The Phillips Library of the Peabody Essex Museum is a rare books and special collections library located Plummer Hall in the Essex Institute Historic District of Salem, Massachusetts. It "is made up of the collections of the former Peabody Museum of Salem and Essex Institute, which merged in 1992. ... Both had libraries named for members of the Phillips family."[1][2] The Phillips Library reading room is located in Plummer Hall on Essex Street, with offices in the connected John Tucker Daland House.[3] The reading room underwent restoration in 1998.[4] Both buildings closed for an extensive renovation. The Phillips Library Reading Room reopened in August at it's temporary location at 1 Second Street, Peabody MA. [5][6]
Collections
"The library, with its gold-leaf pillars, and busts of Nathaniel Bowditch and George Peabody, is best known for holding the original 1692 Salem witchcraft trials papers, and early works by Nathaniel Hawthorne."[7] Collection subjects include art and architecture, Essex County, maritime history, natural history, New England, voyages and travels, Asia, Oceania, and Native American culture.[8] Some featured collections include the C. E. Fraser Clark Collection of Hawthorniana, the Frederick Townsend Ward Collection of Western-language materials on Imperial China, and the Herbert Offen Research Collection.[9][10]
References
- ^ Boston Globe, May 24, 1998
- ^ Prior to 1992, the Essex Institute operated the "James Duncan Phillips Library" cf. Boston Globe, Oct 11, 1988
- ^ http://www.pem.org/library/information
- ^ Boston Globe, May 24, 1998
- ^ Phillips Library at PEM. Retrieved 05 April 2012.
- ^ Michael Kelley. Phillips Library... to Make Holdings Available Online. Library Journal. 27 September 2011. Retrieved 05 April 2012.
- ^ Boston Globe, Mar 28, 2004
- ^ Subject Strengths. Retrieved 05 April 2012.
- ^ Featured Collections. Retrieved 05 April 2012.
- ^ Offen Collection. Retrieved 05 April 2012.
Further reading
- Kathy McCabe. A new chapter at Phillips Library. Boston Globe, May 24, 1998
- Steven Rosenberg. Access a Concern After Museum Cuts Library Hours. Boston Globe, Mar 28, 2004. Pg. 1
- Phillips Library Cutbacks Will Hurt Researchers. Boston Globe. Apr 8, 2004. Pg. 4
- Steven Rosenberg. Salem Museum Urged To Rethink Library Cuts. Boston Globe, Apr 15, 2004.
- Petition Urges More Services At Peabody Essex Library. Boston Globe, Oct 10, 2004.
- Tom Dalton. PEM hires director for Phillips Library [Sidney Berger]. SalemNews.com, February 13, 2007
External links
- Phillips Library webpage, Peabody Essex Museum
- Historic Houses at PEM. Descriptions of Daland House and Plummer Hall.
- Flickr. Photo of library interior, 2006
- Flickr. Photo of library interior, 2010
- Flickr. Photo of Daland House, Salem, 2010. Part of the Phillips Library occupies this building.
