These documents provide an overview of our physical archival holdings.
If you wish to make an appointment to view these holdings, please contact [email protected].
Hyman Kamens Collection
This collection contains the course notes (both as student and professor), personal correspondence and thesis of Dr. Hyman R. Kamens, an optometrist, faculty member, and former dean of the then Massachusetts College of Optometry, now the New England College of Optometry. It also includes information about Dr. Kamens, including dedications, tributes, and scholarship essays.
Photographs
Our collection of photographs, including people, events, buildings, and clinics from 1900 up to the present.
Publications
Varied publications that have been issued by the College throughout its history, including catalogs, handbooks, newsletters, event programs, self-studies, and more.
Ralph Green Papers
From 1930 to ca. 1950. This collection contains the notebooks and correspondence of Ralph Green, an optometrist as well as alumnus, faculty member, and Dean of the Massachusetts College of Optometry, now the New England College of Optometry.
Richard Baker Collection
From 1928 to 1954. This collection contains the school papers of Richard W. Baker, '32, as well as various optometry bulletins and optometry publications that he gathered during his career.
Yearbooks
A yearbook has been published annually for students of the New England College of Optometry (formerly known as the Massachusetts School of Optometry and the Massachusetts College of Optometry, respectively) beginning in 1933. Research indicates that yearbooks were not published in 1940, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1972, 1991, and 1993. The yearbooks are often titled Reflections, though earlier editions were occasionally academic year-end issues of The Scope.
If you have an issue of the yearbook that the Archives does not currently own, and you wish to donate your copy, please contact [email protected].
Special Collections
Housed in the Library's Soltes Room, the Special Collections include rare books, theses, and other noteworthy monographs pertaining to the study of optometry. If you are seeking a specific title, please contact [email protected].