Scope and Content: Herbert Parker was the president of the Bar Association of the City of Boston, and chairmen of the Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission, established in 1929 to plan the Commonwealth’s celebration the following year of the tercentenary of the founding of the Massachusetts Bay colony.  Papers contain documents and artifacts of the celebration sponsored by the commission. –Included are mss. of speeches delivered at the Great Meeting at Boston Common on July 15, 1930, among them verses written for the celebration by Robert Grant, introductions made at the Great Meeting, a speech given at the reception and luncheon (including description of persons seated at the head table), and a speech at the Hall of Flags; also programs, invitations, tickets, and badges from the Great Meeting and other Tercentenary events. –Photographs of the Great Meeting in an album are of procession to the pavilion at the Common and of guests, including Calvin Coolidge, ambassadors, and other dignitaries; also shown are military processions, speeches from the pavilion, including that of Gov. Frank Allen, and crowd scenes.  Captions are in Subseries (1), folder 10. –Related series: Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission. Great Meeting files, 1930 ((M-Ar)2190X)
Arrangement: In two subseries: (1) Papers; (2) Photographs of the Great Meeting. Arranged chronologically
Notes: Related series: Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission. Great Meeting files, 1930 ((M-Ar)2190X)
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