Walter Muir Whitehill (b. 1905) was an author, historian and the Director and Librarian of the Boston Athenaeum from 1946 to 1973. He was also editor for publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts from 1946 to 1978.

Publications

• Boston, A Topographical History, Third Edition, Enlarged, with Lawrence W. Kennedy, 2000. Hardcover ISBN 0674002679, Paperback ISBN 0674002687. Read a review at h-net.org.
• Boston Prints and Printmakers, 1670-1775, with Sinclair H. Hitchings, 1982. ISBN 0813904072

External links

• Walter Muir Whitehill Prize in Early American History