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His Dorchester roots shone through in other, more- focused studies, including “Dorchester: The Second Settlement (1875-1925) and “Church Building in Boston 1720-1970,” a 1974 book commissioned by Dorchester Savings Bank. These are generally organized by neighborhood and are also represented in the “oral history” subseries, which contains audio recordings, transcripts and partial transcripts of oral history interviews conducted in Boston’s neighborhoods by community members and then incorporated into the text of the Neighborhood History Series booklets.

The Life and Times of Isabella Stewart Gardner. Later, he moved to the Hotel Vendome.

Mr. After he sold the family home, he lived in Ashmont Commons, the condominium complex at the corner of Ashmont Street and Dorchester Avenue. The origin of his book The Crimson Letter is a speech Shand-Tucci, a 1972 graduate of Harvard College, gave to the Gay and Lesbian Caucus in 1997.

Of special note are the files pertaining to the Neighborhood History Series booklets (including copies of the booklets themselves).

Douglass Shand-Tucci, 1941-2018

No. He also published a more focused study of “ The Gothic Churches of Dorchester” in 1974, as well as a historical guide to Ashmont Hill, Carruth Street, and Peabody Square— an invaluable document for modern-day residents interested in preserving our architectural history.

By William F.

Marnell and Douglass Shand-Tucci.

douglass shand tucci biography of william hill

1972. He lived on Wilbur Street on Jones Hill. Martin's Griffin

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This subseries contains materials related to neighborhood-based projects that were part of Boston 200’s programs.

Shand-Tucci dispensed with his first name and, when he began publishing books after graduating from Harvard College in 1972, he added his mother’s maiden name to his last name.

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Douglass Shand-Tucci's books include The Art of Scandal, the bestselling biography of Isabella Steward Gardner; Boston Bohemia, and Harvard University, with photographs by Richard Cheek and a foreword by Neil Rudenstine.

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The Gothic Churches of Dorchester. 2 vols. Some of these projects began independently but later became affiliated with Boston 200, while others began as Boston 200 initiatives.

Materials in this series are related to the planning and development of these neighborhood projects. He is best known for his biography of Isabella Stewart Gardner and for his studies of Boston architecture, including his 1978 book “Built in Boston,” which includes a definitive history of Dorchester’s signature housing stock, the three-decker, a description that Shand-Tucci defended vigorously.

The oral history audiotapes have been digitized with a Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Recordings at Risk grant and are available in our digital repository.

Douglass Shand-Tucci, Boston historian, is dead at 76

Douglass Shand-Tucci, a Dorchester native who became one of the 20th century’s leading authorities on Boston architecture and history, died on April 11 at age 76, according to the Boston Globe.

As a child, he lived in a grand Victorian home on Wilbur Street in Jones Hill.

He worked as an usher at the Strand Theatre in the 1960s, according to his former neighbor Ed Grimes. He lives in Boston's Back Bay.

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The Crimson Letter

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St. Peter?s Church, 1872-1972 . 21564 Douglass Shand-Tucci and some of his books

His works include:

The Puritan Muse: A Study of the Theatres of Boston and a History of the Development of the Performing

     and Visual Arts.