RESOURCES USED IN THE INFORMATION GATHERING PROCESS FOR THIS WEBSITE


The resources itemized below represent the many and varied places where information, in all formats, contributed to the development of this historical and information website, as well as to the Boston Fire Historical Society as a whole. We acknowlege the contributions of those individuals and groups, thank them for the time and effort already expended, and hope that this resource will add to the legacy already established.

RESOURCES

Boston Fire Department The Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library
Boston Fire Commissioner Roderick J. Fraser, Jr. WardMaps.com - Old Maps of Boston
Boston Fire Chief of Department Ronald W. Keating Boston Fire Commissioner (retired) Paul Christian
Boston Fire Chief of Department (retired) Kevin P. MacCurtain Boston Fire Lieutenant (retired) James Teed
Boston Public Library The Bostonian Society
"History of the Boston Fire Department", by Arthur W. Brayley (1889) "Damrell's Fire", by Docema
"History of the Boston Fire Department", by William Werner Stephanie Schorow
"History of the Boston Fire Department", by C. Elmer Gane Boston Firefighter William Noonan
Tufts University Digital Library Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives
Elliot Belin kellscraft.com - GreatFireOfBoston
West Roxbury Historical Society Theodore Gerber
Boston University Libraries William Murray
Boston City Directory of 1870, Sampson-Davenport Co. Group One, Inc.
Boston City Directory of 1872, Sampson-Davenport Co. Paul Bonanno
"Memorial History of Boston", by Justin Winsor (1881) Karen Bradley
Town of Charlestown, Massachusetts, Official Records David Rumsey Map Collection
Boston Sparks Association "Historic Photos of Boston", by Timothy Orwig (2006)
Boston Fire Museum "Commonwealth History of Massachusetts", Albert B. Hart, editor (1930)
Chief Frank W. Fitzgerald, Jr., Malden Fire Department (retired) "Report of the Commissioners...cause of Great Fire in Boston", Boston (1873)
Boston District Fire Chief (retired) John Vahey Boston Senior Fire Alarm Operator Denis Sullivan
"History of the Mass. Charitable Fire Society", Henry Sprague, editor (1893) Nick Candee
"Antique Views of Boston", by James Henry Stark "City Record", by the City of Boston (many years)
"Ready to Roll...Ready to Die", by Paul F. Cook, BFD (retired) Dorchester Historical Society
Brighton Allston Historical Society Dorchester Atheneum
"Firefighting Relections", by Leo D. Stapleton, BFD Commissioner (ret.) (2007) "The Encyclopedia of American Hand Fire Engines", by Handtub Junction, USA
Boston Firemen's Relief Fund Boston Firefighters Local 718
Dick Leonhardt Eric Goodman, IAFF Local 1403
Zippy Suzy @ Flickr.com KiloEchoRomeoIndia @ Flickr.com
Tom E. Watson Mark Simpson
Zoe Whittaker Matt Maguire
Patrick A. Timlin books.google.com
Library of Congress Somerville Fire Local 76, IAFF
Readex-Early American Imprints, Archive of Americana Massachusetts Historical Society
"History of Norfolk County, Mass. 1622-1918", Louis A. Cook, editor (1918) "Dearborn's Reminiscences of Boston", by Nathaniel Dearborn (1851)
Prices4Antiques.com "A History of Boston, the Metropolis....", by Caleb H. Snow, M.D. (1828)
"Boston on Fire", by Stephanie Schorow (2003) "A Chronological History...Boston Watch and Police", by Ed. H. Savage (1865)
James Daly, Sr. The Boston Globe
James Daly, Jr. University of Massachusetts-Boston, Healey Library, Special Collections
Diane L. Jones, Fryeburg (ME) Historical Society 'Google' Maps
Lt. David Kincus, Holbrook Fire Department "The Fireman's Own Book", by George P. Little (1860)
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