The Sawyer Library has a “proprietor’s” (also know as a “shareholder”) membership to The Boston Athenaeum, left to us in the estate of Phillip Putnam Chase in 1979. Our membership status is not transferrable to others. The Boston Athenaeum allows proprietors to sponsor annual fee-based “guest” tickets. A guest ticket entitles the holder to most privileges of membership. The Sawyer Library will not purchase guest tickets. However, the Library will sponsor current members of the Suffolk University community wishing to purchase guest tickets to The Boston Athenaeum. Please contact Professor Bob Allison at x8510 for details.