Donald Robinson Research Papers

Résumé du livre

This collection is composed of the research papers created by Donald F. Robinson between approximately 1961 and 1980. The earlier materials, which date between 1961 and 1966, focus on his efforts to form the Lincoln Historic District and the Hingham Historical Districts Commission. Items include correspondence, reports, research notes, maps, newspaper clippings, and the 1966 act of establishment. There are also many materials related to Robinson's research for, and publication of, his book Two Hundred Years in South Hingham. These items, which date between approximately 1911 and 1980, include handwritten and typed notes, three manuscript copies of the book, copies of photographs and illustrations included in the book, primary resources used to obtain information about Hingham's history, promotional materials for the book's publication in 1980, as well as publication information.