Box 7

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This subseries contains correspondence, vital records, resumes, photographs, and news clippings related to Bernard A. Margolis’s personal life. Included is correspondence to and from his wife Amanda, as well as from miscellaneous friends; material related to Margolis’s involvement in Richard de Koster Associates in the late 1960s; and clothing items, including Margolis’s signature silk book ties and a bolo tie. Also included is research on the Joy family, who built and lived in the the house...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This subseries contains art and artifacts collected by Bernard A. Margolis, as well as items related to his varied interests. Included are a sketch of the Boston Public Library by artist Nelson Chase (see Series B, Subseries III for more on Chase), a painting of the Carnegie Library in San Juan, Puerto Rico by Roger Howlett, a collection of stamps, and memorabilia related to sculptor Daniel Chester French. Also included is a portrait of Margolis by Channing Pena for an exhibit, Boston Faces,...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This subseries includes correspondence, brochures, awards, newspaper clippings, photographs, and publications documenting Margolis’s tenure as President of the Boston Public Library (BPL). Included are correspondence and letters of support after his contract was not renewed, reports and programs on the library's 150th anniversary, news clippings related to the public dispute between Margolis and Menino regarding internet censorship at the library, programs and brochures chronicling various...

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This subseries includes correspondence, reports, and other material related to Margolis’s work at the New York State Library. Included are statements from the institution on Margolis’s passing, as well as updates about activities and changes at State Library, and correspondence welcoming him to the job.

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This subseries contains correspondence, certificates, photographs, and conference materials related to Margolis’s involvement in various professional library organizations, including the American Library Association, the International Conference Public Library Management and Service Trends, the Michigan Library Association, and the White House Conference on Library and Information Services. 

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This subseries contains awards, correspondence, anniversary programs, newsletters, photographs, news clippings, and brochures documenting Margolis’s tenure as Deputy Director, and later Executive Director, of the Monroe County Library System (MCLS). Included are numerous awards and plaques, including the Librarian of the Year awarded by the Michigan Library Association in 1985; library brochures and pamphlets documenting the library system's programming and events; materials on the MCLS’s...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This subseries contains correspondence, vital records, resumes, photographs, and news clippings related to Bernard A. Margolis’s personal life. Included is correspondence to and from his wife Amanda, as well as from miscellaneous friends; material related to Margolis’s involvement in Richard de Koster Associates in the late 1960s; and clothing items, including Margolis’s signature silk book ties and a bolo tie. Also included is research on the Joy family, who built and lived in the the house...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This subseries contains certificates, correspondence, invitations, ephemera, and a scrapbook documenting Bernard A. Margolis’s bar mitzvah in 1961, including a watch his father gifted him for the occasion and which Margolis wore for the following 50 years. Also included are graduation and report cards from the Hebrew School of the Jewish Center of Kew Gardens Hills, photographs and certificates from camps he attended and worked at, and miscellaneous Judaica, including yarmulkes, tefillin,...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This subseries contains certificates, correspondence, invitations, ephemera, and a scrapbook documenting Bernard A. Margolis’s bar mitzvah in 1961, including a watch his father gifted him for the occasion and which Margolis wore for the following 50 years. Also included are graduation and report cards from the Hebrew School of the Jewish Center of Kew Gardens Hills, photographs and certificates from camps he attended and worked at, and miscellaneous Judaica, including yarmulkes, tefillin,...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This subseries contains certificates, correspondence, invitations, ephemera, and a scrapbook documenting Bernard A. Margolis’s bar mitzvah in 1961, including a watch his father gifted him for the occasion and which Margolis wore for the following 50 years. Also included are graduation and report cards from the Hebrew School of the Jewish Center of Kew Gardens Hills, photographs and certificates from camps he attended and worked at, and miscellaneous Judaica, including yarmulkes, tefillin,...