Historic New England

Miscellaneous Correspondence and Information by County

This series includes correspondence and other information arranged alphabetically by county. The materials document properties studied insufficiently to be assigned a survey number.

Collection: Frank Chouteau Brown's Historic American Buildings Survey architectural collection

GUSN: 273433

Ref. Code: AR023.003

Administrative Records

This series includes personnel correspondence and other administrative documentation created during Brown's monitoring and scheduling of field surveys and the production of related drawings.

Collection: Frank Chouteau Brown's Historic American Buildings Survey architectural collection

GUSN: 273434

Ref. Code: AR023.004

New England Correspondence

This series includes Brown's correspondence to and from correspondents within New England. The materials are arranged in two subseries.

Collection: Frank Chouteau Brown's Historic American Buildings Survey architectural collection

GUSN: 273435

Ref. Code: AR023.005

Alphabetical by State

This subseries includes correspondence arranged alphabetically by state.

Collection: Frank Chouteau Brown's Historic American Buildings Survey architectural collection

GUSN: 273437

Ref. Code: AR023.005.001

Chronological

This subseries includes correspondence arranged in loose chronological order.

Collection: Frank Chouteau Brown's Historic American Buildings Survey architectural collection

GUSN: 273438

Ref. Code: AR023.005.002

This subseries includes correspondence related to "Pencil Points," an architecture magazine, and three reports, presumably by students. This series also includes technical reports for the "Outline of the Development of Early American Architecture" which address specific building types and technologi...

Collection: Frank Chouteau Brown's Historic American Buildings Survey architectural collection

GUSN: 273439

Ref. Code: AR023.006

Garden Project

This series consists of an envelope of exploratory notes and sketches for a study of man-made landscapes. Included are measured notes on lanscaping at summer properties arranged alphabetically by location, lists of possibilities, and correspondence.

Collection: Frank Chouteau Brown's Historic American Buildings Survey architectural collection

GUSN: 273440

Ref. Code: AR023.007

Measured Notes

This series includes preliminary graphic information for dozens of properties. Not all of these were reported to the Department of the Interior. Arranged alphabetically by location, they provide the greatest amount of graphic information in the collection. The inventory of the contents (available in...

Collection: Frank Chouteau Brown's Historic American Buildings Survey architectural collection

GUSN: 273441

Ref. Code: AR023.008

Sketchbooks

The sketchbooks contain most of the notes in Series VIII. Those notes were organized and copied into the sketchbooks; the notes include the corresponding sketchbook number. Many of the sketchbooks were sent to the Department of the Interior.

Collection: Frank Chouteau Brown's Historic American Buildings Survey architectural collection

GUSN: 273442

Ref. Code: AR023.009

Boston Elevated Railroad station design competition drawings collection

This collection consists of four drawings submitted by Longfellow to the Boston Elevated Railroad Company's station design contest in 1898. The drawings won the competition. The collection includes two ink on linen views of the station and two presentation drawings of the station. Longfellow signed ...

Date: 1898

Collection: Boston Elevated Railroad station design competition drawings collection

GUSN: 273447

Ref. Code: AR024

Wayside Inn, Sudbury, Mass.

An exterior view of the Wayside Inn in Subury, Mass., showing the white inn building and an attached el or second building.

Collection: Edwin Whitefield graphic collection, 1860s-1880s

GUSN: 273448

Ref. Code: GC004.01.TMP.002

Rhode Island - Bristol - Wardwell House - Photos

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 273450

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USRI.0080.0520

Exterior view of the high school, Winchester, Mass. undated

An open automobile travels down the street in front of the Winchester High School.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 273544

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.3460.0020.005

Exterior view of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass., undated

The facade of the Museum of Fine Arts building in Copley Square is seen in the image. Pedestrians walk parallel to the streetcar tracks in the Square. A portion of Dartmouth Street is seen on the right side of the image.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 273545

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.2900.001

Stereograph of the Museum of Fine Arts, Copley Square, Boston, Mass., undated

The Museum of Fine Arts is seen from the corner of Huntington Avenue and Dartmouth Street. The stereograph was done by R.E. Lord, 51 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 273547

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0170.0682.001

Stereograph of Wadsworth House, Cambridge, Mass., 1876

The sign above the front door reads "Wadsworth House. Built 1726. First Head Quarters of Washington & Lee, July 2, 1775. Officers Quarters During the Siege of Boston, 1775, 6."

Date: 1876

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 273548

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0280.0320.001

H. R. Reed House, 46 Water Street, Marion, Mass.

Interior photograph of the Reed (or Reede) residence at 46 Water Street in Marion, Mass.

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 273631

Ref. Code: PC002.USMA.Marion.132.02

Adams House, 57 Mount Vernon Street, Boston, Mass.

A photograph of the Adams House on Mount Vernon Street in Beacon Hill. On the right hand side the Nichols House is visible.

Date: 1920-03

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 273633

Ref. Code: MS001.PC.02.027.001

General Theological Library, Mount Vernon Street, Boston, Mass.

A photograph of the General Theological Library in Beacon Hill. A note on the back of the photograph indicates that the Nichols House is to the left.

Date: 1920-03

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 273634

Ref. Code: MS001.PC.02.027.002

Rhode Island jewelry manufacturer collection

The collection consists of one hundred twenty-six albumen photographs of inventory or catalog pages, an inventory log book, and thirteen sheets of metal samples and parts from an unidentified jewelry manufacturer. It also contains a small collection of advertising art copy attributed to Jorge Epstei...

Date: 1882-1947

Collection: Rhode Island jewelry manufacturer collection

GUSN: 273636

Ref. Code: CC009

Postcard: two women perched on a rock in the ocean

A picture postcard depicting two women sitting on a rock in the ocean at Old Orchard Beach, Maine. One woman waves an American flag. The postcard was never mailed, but on the back is a short poem titled "At Old Orchard - Summer of 1915." The poem reads: "The sea there teems with mermaids fair; / The...

Date: 1915

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 273640

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USME.2210.0040.001

Rhode Island - Newport - Hunter House - Postcards

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 273659

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USRI.0370.0810

Rhode Island - Newport - New City Hall - Postcards

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 273660

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USRI.0370.1130

Rhode Island - Newport - Opera House - Postcards

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 273662

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USRI.0370.1150

Rhode Island - Newport - Post Office and Custom House - Postcards

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 273663

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USRI.0370.1230

Rhode Island - South Scituate

File

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 273664

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USRI.0595

Rhode Island - South Scituate - General - Photos

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 273665

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USRI.0595.0010

Rhode Island - Newport - Churches (including Touro Cemetary) - Postcards

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 273674

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USRI.0370.0380

Rhode Island - Newport - Friends' Meeting House - Photos

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 273676

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USRI.0370.0660

Connecticut - Easton

File

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 273686

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USCT.0635

Connecticut - Easton - General - Photos

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 273687

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USCT.0635.0020

Connecticut - Griswold - General - Photos

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 273688

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USCT.0830.0010

Connecticut - Guilford - General - Postcards

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 273689

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USCT.0850.0040

Exterior view of Trinity Church, Copley Square, Boston, Mass., undated

The facade of Trinity Church, facing Boylston Street, is seen in the image. Streetcar tracks can be seen in the road.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 273694

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.2930.001

Stereograph of Old City Hall, School Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The facade of Boston's Old City Hall is seen with the statue of Benjamin Franklin on the left side.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 273699

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0170.1230.001

Stereograph of the Museum of Fine Arts, Copley Square, Boston, Mass., undated

The Museum of Fine Arts, facing into Copley Square, can be seen in this image.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 273702

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0170.0682.002

Stereograph of Old City Hall, School Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The text on the right margin reads "Allen..photographer, No. 6 Temple Place, Boston."

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 273706

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0170.1230.002

Exterior view of Old City Hall, School Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The facade of Old City Hall is seen with the Benjamin Franklin statue on the left and the Josiah Quincy statue on the right.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 273707

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.7190.001

Stereograph of Old City Hall, School Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The facade of Boston's Old City Hall is seen in this image.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 273709

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0170.1230.003

Stereograph of Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France, undated

The card verso reads "The Holmes Stereoscope, with the inventions and improvements added by Joseph L. Bates, 129 Washington Street, Boston."

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 273712

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.FR.0010.0010.001

Old South Church, Washington Street, Moulton Photograph Company, 50 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Streetcars meet at the intersection of Washington and Milk Streets next to the Old South Church. The image is part of a series called "Boston views," done by the Moulton Photograph Company in Boston.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 273714

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.8810.002