Gleason Leonard Archer Personal Papers, 1790-1999 (MS108)
Title
Gleason Leonard Archer Personal Papers, 1790-1999 (MS108)
Description
The Gleason Leonard Archer Personal Papers document the personal and professional activities of Suffolk University’s founder. In addition to being an educator, Archer was also a prolific writer and popular radio broadcaster. The collection include manuscripts and typescripts of his published works, journals, speeches, and radio addresses; correspondence; biographical information; genealogy records; photographs; and personal artifacts. The collection also includes family papers, documenting the personal and business activities of members of Archer’s immediate and extended family through account books, contracts, correspondence and photographs.
A finding aid is available which describes and inventories this collection.
A finding aid is available which describes and inventories this collection.
Collection Items
Journal III by Suffolk University founder Gleason L. Archer
The third in a series of personal journals written by Suffolk University founder Gleason L. Archer.
Transcription of Journal II by Suffolk University founder Gleason L. Archer
A typed transcription of the second in a series of personal journals written by Suffolk University founder Gleason L. Archer.
Journal II by Suffolk University founder Gleason L. Archer
The second in a series of personal journals written by Suffolk University founder Gleason L. Archer.
Journal I by Suffolk University founder Gleason L. Archer
The first in a series of personal journals written by Suffolk University founder Gleason L. Archer.
Letter from Joseph F. Cercovich to Gleason Archer
Letter from Joseph F. Cercovich to Gleason Archer requesting two copies of On the Cuff, March 1, 1970.
Fishing trip film made by Gleason L. Archer, June 1938
Black and white, silent motion picture recording of a fishing trip made by Gleason L. Archer, including shots of Archer and friends gathered on the dock, riding in the fishing boat (possibly Archer's fishing boat "The Queen Bess"), and back on the…
Pratt Family Genealogical file
Includes a copy of The Ancestors and Descendants of Elisha Pratt of Turner, Maine by Francis H. Russel, 1963
Archer Family formal portrait
Pictured left to right: Gleason L. Archer, Jr., Marian Archer, Allan Archer, Gleason L. Archer, Elizabeth Archer
Maria and Harry Snyder playing checkers
Written on back of photograph: "Maria & Harry Snyder played checkers daily except on Sundays"
Maria Snyder, Marian Osgood, Justine Connor, Elizabeth Archer
Written on back of photograph: "Maria Snyder & 3 daughters, Marian Osgood, Justine Connor, Elizabeth Archer"
Marian Archer, Elizabeth Archer, Henry S. Snyder, Maria L. Snyder
Written on back of photograph: "boiling spring near cabin, Norwell"
Radio transcript: "May one kill an escaping burglar?" by Gleason L. Archer
This recording is part of Gleason L. Archer's radio series focused on legal issues for lay people.
Radio transcript: introductory segment for Gleason L. Archer's "Law and the Home" series
Includes brief a biography about Archer's radio career and an index to the titles in the the "Law and the Home" radio series
Business card of Gleason L. Archer (President, 1937-1948, and Founder of Suffolk University)
Text on the front reads: "Practical Law in Private Class for Young Business Men. Apply at once to G. L. Archer, 826 Old South Building." Handwritten text on the back reads: "Fall Term Oct 17 1905-Dec 21 '05; Winter Jan 2 '06-Mar 23 '06; Spring Apr 3…
Archer's Evening Law School advertisement
Text on the front reads: "Second Year. School opens Sept. 18, 1906." Tagline at bottom: "Three evenings a week for three thirty-one week years fit you to practice law." The back of the advertisement lists the courses offered for the Fall, Winter, and…
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