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Reference, Rare, Special Collections, Special Symbols
and Off-site Storage

Reference Collection:
Art Reference or Ref. 2: Art Department and small room in Basement
Print Reference: Print Room, Second Floor Long Room
Auxillary Art Reference: Check with Reference Department
General Reference Collection and Department: Second Floor Bow Room
Reference 3 or Ref. 3: Third Floor Long Room
National Union Catalog: Third Floor Long Room
Cutter Catalog: Basement, 10 1/2 Beacon
Ref. B: Conservation Department

Rare Books, Special Collections and Special Symbols:

For information regarding the collections below, please see the
Reference Department, Second Floor.

[square], [triangle] , =  Map volumes, Atlases, Flat maps
$              Rare books and special materials
AAAS        American Academy of Arts & Sciences library
Archives   Records of the Boston Athenæum
Atlas
B.A.          Records of the Boston Athenæum
BLS          Records of the Boston Library Society
Bro          Broadsides
Cr            Crandall mark for Confederate imprints
Flat map  
Flat Folios
Harwell    Harwell mark for Confederate imprints
K.C.          King's Chapel library
Knox          Henry Knox library
Microfilm
Mss.           Manuscripts
Newspapers
P*            Government Documents
Rare         Rare books and special materials
TBMR        Rare books and special materials
Tr.,Tracts  Tracts and Pamphlets
Wa             Washington Collection

Collections in Off-site Storage:
Please see the reference department for assistance with retrieval.
U.S. Government Documents
:°E-°F
°A-°D
°I-°K
°R
°S (except Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
:5
:9
:B

F
:V
:Y