Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston University / PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you. / 2031-01-01

Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University

Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University

Thesis advisor: Maria de los Ángeles Picone / Soccer in the United States has developed unevenly, with certain areas, like Fall River, Massachusetts proving to be soccer hotbeds. Boston has repeatedly lacked interest and soccer specific infrastructure. Covering the development of professional soccer from 1870 to 1980 this thesis traces the rise and fall of the American Soccer League (ASL) and North American Soccer League (NASL) with a specific focus on reasons Boston failed to support a long-term professional team. While baseball and college football organized from 1870-1900, soccer was in its nascence, confined to specific immigrant groups like the Scottish, who immigrated to mill towns around Boston, not Boston proper. The lack of early interest in soccer meant that when a professional league formed in the 1920s, there was no amateur to professional player development pathway, no soccer specific stadium, and no cultural connections to the sport. The failure of the ASL to develop long-term community connections in Boston meant that the NASL inherited the same problems: no permanent stadium, small attendance numbers, and lack of community support. This thesis catalogues each eras of development in order to narrate the history of professional soccer within Boston. / Thesis (MA) — Boston College, 2024. / Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: History.

Thesis (M.F.A.)--Boston University / PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you. / 2031-01-01

Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston University

Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University / From a modest beginning and with limited program Boston Symphony Orohestra has grown to have surprising impact and demand not only in metropolitan Boston but over the nation and In Europe. The orchestra was established in 1882 through the inspiration of one man. Henry L. Higginson gave his money, time and business ability for its creation. Only four of the world's great orchestras etill in existence have seniority to the Boston Symphony Orchestra: London, Leipzig, Vienna and Paris. The main portion of this thesis will examine the various media of communication that have been and are now being used to bring the Boston Symphony Orchestra to public recognition and to analyse the part played by each in maintaining interest and support for the orchestra, with the degree of success maintained through the years, it is felt that a case study can be of value in the future to anyone who would have need of information ooncerning the forming or operation of an organisation of this type.

Thesis--Wisconsin. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 376-387).

Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University

Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University / PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you. / 2031-01-01