For about fifty years, beginning in 1906, the State Street Trust Company of Boston published a series of "annual brochures" concerning historical places, persons and events of Boston and New England.  I own some of them, and have PDF copies of others.  In order to provide a guide to those brochures for historical and genealogical researchers I have compiled a bibliography of them.  Those brochures hold a unique place in Boston publishing history for a number of reasons, including their high level of scholarship, the elegant printing and presentation of the volumes, the very many rare photographs and illustrations first published therein, and the magnanimity of the great financial institution which made them available to the public.  This bibliography is a work in progress, as I am still searching for information about those brochures.  If you have any additions or corrections, please send me email.

     Some of the brochures indicate their number in the series, but many do not.  When a number is followed by a question mark I have estimated its place in the series.

Number 1
State Street: A Brief Account of a Boston Way
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1906

Number 2
Boston's Story in Inscriptions: Being Reproductions of the Markings that Are or Have Been on Historic Sites
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1908

Number 3
A Collection of Interesting and Historic Prints: Being a Brief Presentation of Some of the Originals and Reproductions in the Possession of the State Street Trust Company
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1909

Number 4
Forty of Boston's Immortals: Showing Illustrations and Giving a Brief Sketch of Forty Men of the Past Whose Work Would Entitle Them to a Niche in a Boston Hall of Fame
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1910

Number 5
Boston's Growth: A Bird's-Eye View of Boston's Increase in Territory and Population from Its Beginning to the Present
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1910

Number 6
Forty of Boston's Historic Houses: A Brief Illustrated Description of the Residences of Historic Characters of Boston who have Lived In or Near the Business Section
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1912

Number 7
Some Ships of the Clipper Ship Era, Their Builders, Owners, and Captains: A Glance at an Interesting Phase of the American Merchant Marine So Far as It Relates to Boston
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1913

Number 8
Mayors of Boston: An Illustrated Epitome of Who the Mayors Have Been and What They Have Done
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1914

Number 9
Whale Fishery of New England: An Account, with Illustrations and Some Interesting and Amusing Anecdotes, of the Rise and Falll of an Industry Which has Made New England Famous Throughout the World
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1915

Number 10
Some Intersting Boston Events
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1916

Number 11
State Street Events: A Brief Account of Divers Aotable Persons & Sundry Stirring Events Havind To Do with the History of this Ancient Street
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1916

Number 12
Some Events of Boston and Its Neighbors
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1917

Number 13
Old Shipping Days in Boston
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1918

Number 14
Some Merchants and Sea Captains of Old Boston: Being a Collection of Sketches of Notable Men and Merchantile Houses Prominent During the Early Half of the Nineteenth Century in the Commerce and Shipping of Boston
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1918

Number 15
Other Merchants and Sea Captains of Old Boston: Being More Information About the Merchants and Sea Captains of Old Boston who Played such an Important Part in Building Up the Commerce of New England: Together with Some Quaint and Curious Stories of the Sea
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1919

Number 16
Allan Forbes
Towns of New England and Old England, Ireland and Scotland, Part I: Connecting Links Between Cities and Towns of New England and Those of the Same Name in England, Ireland and Scotland, Containing Narratives, Descriptions, and Many Views, Some Done from Old Prints: Also Much Matter Pertaining to the Founders and Settlers of New England and to Their Memorials on Both Sides of the Atlantic
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1920; reprinted New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1921; reprinted in 1 volume New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1936

Number 17
Allan Forbes
Towns of New England and Old England, Ireland and Scotland, Part II: Connecting Links Between Cities and Towns of New England and Those of the Same Name in England, Ireland and Scotland, Containing Narratives, Descriptions, and Many Views, Some Done from Old Prints: Also Much Matter Pertaining to the Founders and Settlers of New England and to Their Memorials on Both Sides of the Atlantic
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1921; reprinted New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1921; reprinted in 1 volume New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1936

Number 18?
Boston, One Hundred Years a City: A Collection of Views Made from Rare Prints and Old Photographs Showing the Changes which have Occurred in Boston During the One Hundred Years of Its Existence as a City: 1822-1922
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1922

Number 19?
Some Industries of New England: Their Origin, Development, and Accomplishments, Illustrated by Many Old and Interesting Views
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1923

Number 20?
Other Industries of New England: Their Origin, Development, and Accomplishments, Illustrated by Many Old and Interesting Views
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1924

Number 21?
Allan Forbes and Paul F. Cadman
France and New England: Wherein is Related the Story of Lafayette's Visits to Boston and Other Places in New England, Together with Facts Pertaining to His Life in France, Also a Description of the Landing of Rochambeau and the French Army in Newport, Their Marches and Camps Throughout New England and a Visit to Chateau Rochambeau
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1925

Number 22?
The Log of the State Street Trust Company. Containing a Description of its Colonial Banking Rooms, Its Ships Models, Quaint Furnishings, Rare Prints of Ships, and Views of Boston and Other New England Towns, Including a Story of the "Lamp Shade Fleet"
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1926

Number 23?
Allan Forbes and Paul F. Cadman
France and New England: Herein is an Account of Bits of France in Boston, Incidents of the French Stay at Newport, With a Description of Franklin in Passy and Paris, Touching Also Upon Hartford and Wethersfield Where Washington and Rochambeau Met in Conference, Together with the Story of the Discovery in Paris of the Remains of Admiral John Paul Jones and the Founding of the Society of the Cincinnati with Other Interesting Facts to which are Added Reproductions of Many Rare Views and Old Prints
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1927

Number 24?
Ralph Mason Eastman
Some Famous Privateers of New England: A Brief History of Shipping in New England During the Days of Privateering, the Colonial and Early Republic Era
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1928

Number 25?
Allan Forbes and Paul F. Cadman
France and New England: Being a Further Account of the Connecting Links Between That Country and New England: Containing an Account of Champlain's Three Voyages Along the New England Coast and Other Stories, As Well as Reproductions of Rare Prints and Maps
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1929

Number 26?
Boston, England, and Boston, New England, 1630-1930: Reproductions of Rare Prints with a Commentary of Historic Notes Presented by the State Street Trust Company in Commemoration of the Three Hundredth Anniversary of the Naming of Boston
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1930

Number ??
Allan Forbes
Some Indian Events of New England: A Collection of Interesting Incidents in the Lives of the Early Settlers of this Country and the Indians with Reproductions of Rare Prints
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1934

Number ??
Allan Forbes and Paul F. Cadman
Boston and Some Noted Émigrés: A collection of Facts and Incidents with Appropriate Illustrations Relating to Some Well-Known Citizens of France who Found Homes in Boston and New England: With Which are Included Accounts of Several Visits Made by One of the Authors to La Rochelle and to the Homes of the Ancestors of Paul Revere
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1938

Number ??
Allan Forbes
Copley Square: A Brief Description of Its History Including a Short Sketch of the Famous Artist for Whom the Square Was Named
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1941

Number ??
Allan Forbes
Other Indian Events of New England: A Collection of Interesting Incidents in the Lives of the Early Settlers and the Indians of This Country, with Reproductions of Old Prints and Photographs
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1941

Number 30?
Allan Forbes and Ralph Mason Eastman
Some Statues of Boston: Reproductions of Some of the Statues for which Boston is Famous, with Information Concerning the Personalities and Events So Memorialized
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1946

Number 31?
Allan Forbes and Ralph Mason Eastman
Other Statues of Boston: Reproductions of Other Statues of Boston as a Sequel to our Brochure of 1946 Entitled "Some Statues of Boston"
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1947

Number 32?
Allan Forbes and Ralph Mason. Eastman
Yankee Ship Sailing Cards: Presenting Reproductions of Some of the Colorful Cards Announcing Ship Sailings in the Days when Boston Ships and Boston Men were Known in Every Port of the Seven Seas
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1948

Number 33?
Allan Forbes and Ralph Mason Eastman
Other Yankee Ship Sailing Cards: Presenting More Reproductions of the Colorful Cards Announcing Ship Sailings to California and Other Pacific Ports in the Days When the California Gold Rush Led to the Development of Fast Sailing Clippers and Able and Courageous Men to Sail Them
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1949

Number 34
Allan Forbes and Ralph Mason Eastman
Town and City Seals of Massachusetts: Presenting the Official Seals of Some of the Towns and Cities of Massachusetts Together with Brief Historical Sketches and Local Anecdotes
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1950

Number 35
Allan Forbes and Ralph Mason Eastman
Town and City Seals of Massachusetts, Volume II: Presenting the Official Seals of Some of the Towns and Cities of Massachusetts Together with Brief Historical Sketches and Local Anecdotes
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1951

Number 36?
Ralph Mason Eastman
300th Anniversary of the Massachusetts Bay Coinage Known as Pine Tree, 1652-1952
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1952

Number 37?
Allan Forbes and Ralph Mason Eastman
Yankee Ship Sailing Cards, Volume III: This Volume of our Series on This Subject Presents Some of the Most Attractive and Unusual Cards Discovered in Our Research which Seem Appropriate to Reproduce in Connection with the Stirring and Romantic Days of the Yankee Clippers
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1952

Number 38?
Allan Forbes and Ralph Mason Eastman
Taverns and Stagecoaches of New England: Anecdotes and Tales Recalling the Days of Stagecoach Travel and the Ancient Hostelries where Strangers Tarried
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1953

Number ??
Ship Figureheads And Other Wood Carving Art In the Nautical Collection of the State Street Trust Company
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1954

Number 39?
Allan Forbes and Ralph Mason Eastman
Taverns and Stagecoaches of New England: Presenting More Facts and Interesting Comments on the Era of Stagecoach Sevice Over Rough and Bumpy Highways When the Hospitable Taverns were Welcome Havens for Weary Travelers at the End of the Day's Journey
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1954

Number 40?
Allan Forbes and Ralph Mason Eastman
Whale Ships and Whaling Scenes as Portrayed by Benjamin Russell: Presenting Reproductions in Color of the Paintings of the Foremost Artist in That Field
Boston: Second Bank / State Street Trust Company, 1955

Number 41?
Ralph Mason Eastman
Pilots and Pilot Boats of Boston Harbor: Presenting Stories and Illustrations of the Skilled, Resourceful Men of Stout Hearts Who, with Their Trim, Weatherly Boats of Sturdy Construction, Have Played Such an Important Role in the Maritime Life of Boston
Boston: Second Bank / State Street Trust Company, 1956