Historic New England

Stereograph of Court St. Church, St. Augustine Parish, Mountpelier, VT

Partial view of the alter of the Court st. Church in Montpelier, Vermont. The church no longer exists and has now been replaced by St. Augustine Parish in Montpelier.

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 371831

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USVT.0440.0010.001

Stereograph of John Greenleaf Whittier's Birthplace, East Haverhill, MA

Three people lie on a grassy hill overlooking the exterior of John Greenleaf Whittier's birthplace in East Haverhill, MA.

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 371832

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0770.0010.002

Portraits - Chang and Eng Bunker

File

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 371834

Ref. Code: GC002.04.1510

Chandler & Co., established over a century, Tremont Street, Boston, Mass.

Print depicting a section of Tremont Street in Boston, Mass., with the Chandler & Co. department store building (151 Tremont Street) prominently featured. Print is circa 1920s.

Date: circa 1920, undated

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 371846

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3300.017

Wheel chart advertisement, Apollo Metal Works, 66th Place & South Oak Park Avenue, Chicago, Ill.

Undated interactive wheel chart advertisement showing seven metal finishes available from Apollo Metal Works, Chicago, Ill. The wheel spins so that customers can see what a paricular item or appliance would look like in a certain metal finish. One of the finishes, listed as "Chrom Satin", has fallen...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 371847

Ref. Code: EP001.01.077.01.01.038

Ebenezer Graves journals and related materials, 1849-1989, undated

Contains: "memorandum" books kept by Ebenezer Graves between 1849-1850 and 1853-1855; an undated (circa 1850) letter to Ebenezer from his cousin; a photograph of Ebenezer as an older man; and correspondence relating to S.P.N.E.A.'s 1966 publication of "Journey of a Peddling Trip" in Old-Time New Eng...

Date: 1849-1989, undated

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 371851

Ref. Code: MS029.002.047

Ebenezer Graves "memorandum" book, Conway, Mass., 1849-1850

Ebenezer Graves's 1849-1850 journal details life as a young man in mid 19th century rural western Massachusetts. The first half of the diary focuses on he and his cousin Darwin's adventures as students attending school in Conway, Mass., covering August and September 1849. Ebenezer describes unruly f...

Date: 1849-1850

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 371852

Ref. Code: MS029.002.047.01

Ebenezer Graves peddling journal, 1853-1855

Bound journal containing Ebenezer Graves's "memorandum" of several peddling trips throughout New England and New York between 1853 and 1855. The first trip documented in the journal begins on March 21, 1853, with Ebenezer and his brother Addison both peddling silk. Ebenezer (sometimes with his broth...

Date: 1853-1855

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 371853

Ref. Code: MS029.002.047.02

Letter from D. E. [Darwin E.] Graves to Ebenezer Graves, circa 1850

Undated (circa 1850) letter from Darwin E. Graves to his cousin Ebenezer Graves. Darwin writes assuring Ebenezer that he is alive and well. He apologizes for not being able to return home yet, explaining that he's under contract with a ship and can't leave without completing the voyage. Darwins plan...

Date: circa 1850, undated

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 371854

Ref. Code: MS029.002.047.03

Photograph of Ebenezer Graves, undated

Black and white photographic print depicting Ebenezer Graves (1830-1906) sitting on the front stoop of a an unidenified house. A woman standing inside the doorway is visible, but her features are obscured. location, date, and identity of the photographer are all unknown.

Date: undated

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 371855

Ref. Code: MS029.002.047.04

Letter to S.P.N.E.A. from Ruth Sherman Gardner re: "Journal of a Peddling Trip" in Old Time New England, June 6, 1966

June 1966 letter sent to S.P.N.E.A. headquarters by Ruth Sherman Gardner requesting copies of Old Time New England #203 and #204, specifically due to the inclusion of the "Journal of a Peddling Trip", which was a transcription of parts of Ebenezer Graves's peddling journals.

Date: June 6, 1966

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 371856

Ref. Code: MS029.002.047.05

Letter from Abbott Lowell Cummings to Dorothy Pease, January 20, 1967

Letter from Abbott Lowell Cummings to Dorothy Pease on January 30, 1967, thanking her for sending him a photograph of Ebenezer Graves (see MS029.002.047.04). Miss Pease located descendants of Ebenezer Graves still living in Ashfield, Mass., and obtained a copy of the original photograph from them. C...

Date: January 30, 1967

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 371857

Ref. Code: MS029.002.047.06

Letter from Ellie Reichlin to The Ellsworth American newspaper, Ellsworth, Maine, September 15, 1989

Letter dating September 15, 1989, from Ellie Reichlin, then the Director of Archives at S.P.N.E.A., to the "features" editor at the weekly newspaper The Ellsworth American of Ellsworth, Maine. Reichlin mentions an enclosed copy of "an account of a peddling trip through Hancock and Washington countie...

Date: September 15, 1989

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 371858

Ref. Code: MS029.002.047.07

Typed partial transcript of Ebenezer Graves's peddling journal, undated

Typed partial transcription of Ebenezer Graves's peddling journal; covers April 1854 to December 1855.

Date: undated

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 371859

Ref. Code: MS029.002.047.08

Fifth Census; or, enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States, 1830

Publication (1 folder)

Date: 1830

Collection: Parson Smith family papers

GUSN: 371877

Ref. Code: MS032.07.02.40

Owner-contractor agreement between J. N. Patterson and M. H. Stone, Concord, New Hampshire, June 10, 1889

Owner-contractor agreement dated June 10th, 1889 between Joab N. Patterson and M. H. Smith. In the agreement, Patterson agrees to pay $1400 for Smith to construct a house on Patterson's property on Rumford Street in Concord, N. H., to replace a building that had previously burnt down. Agreement deta...

Date: 1889

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 371879

Ref. Code: MS029.002.048

Contract and receipt between Daniel Eastman and selectmen of Salisbury, Mass., July 11, 1761

Contract dated July 11th, 1761, detailing the agreement between the selectmen of the town of Salisbury, Mass., and Daniel Eastman, a carpenter. Eastman is to construct part of a barn for the town's east parsonage. Included is a receipt also dated July 11th, 1761, signed by Daniel, acknowledging paym...

Date: 1761

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 371882

Ref. Code: MS029.002.049

Papers of George and Jabez Fisher, Cambridge, Mass., 1831-1869

Includes: contract between Jabez Fisher, a tanner, and Nathaniel J. Rand, a housewright, regarding payment and sale of land in Cambridge, Mass., dated 1831; business letter written to George Fisher by Charles Pendleton, dated 1845; and a receipt for $10 special tax paid to the United States Internal...

Date: 1831-1869

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 371884

Ref. Code: MS029.002.050

Specifications of the house to be built at the farm purchased for the poor, undated

Manuscript containing a set of undated (possibly 1850s) specifications for a house to be built on farmland purchased for the benefit of "the poor" (an almshouse). Location and issuing muncipality are unidentified.

Date: undated

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 371889

Ref. Code: MS029.002.051

Invoice to Richard Collins from John L. Crowley, Charlestown, Mass., October 9, 1896

Invoice to Richard Collins from John L. Crowley containing an itemized list of costs, including materials (wood planks of various types, shingles, nails, cement) and four days of labor. Invoice is dated "Oct. 9/96" at Charlestown and has been marked as paid.

Date: 1896

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 371890

Ref. Code: MS029.002.052

2017 Acquisition -- 2 of 2

This series contains mounted design drawings and black and white photographs depicting a variety of furnishings manufactured by A. H. Davenport Co., Irving and Casson, and their successor Irving and Casson - A.H. Davenport Co. A large portion of the design drawings depict ecclesiastical furnishing...

Date: 1917-1959, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II

GUSN: 371941

Ref. Code: CC011.016

Photographs

This subseries contains three mounted, undated photographs. Boards are 13 x 10 inches. Two photographs depict interior elevations of churches; one with the words "Henry VIIs chapel, Westminster Abbey" on the photograph. One photograph depicts a large screen with "Children's chapel, St. Mark's Churc...

Date: undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II

GUSN: 371944

Ref. Code: CC011.016.001

Design Drawings

This subseries contains mounted, mostly undated, design drawings rendered in pencil on tissue paper. Drawings are various sizes mounted on 13 x 10-inch boards. A portion of drawings feature added pencil shading or watercolor. A small portion of the drawings show expanded details of the piece. A sma...

Date: 1917-1959, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II

GUSN: 371945

Ref. Code: CC011.016.002

Six Room Grade School Building, undated

Graphite on board elevation of a Six Room Grade School Building, by E. M. Corbett, architect. The location and date are unknown though the building appears to be mid twentieth century.

Date: undated

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 371946

Ref. Code: AR001.UNK.040

Ecclesiastical Furnishings and Interior Elevations

1 folder

Date: undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II

GUSN: 371947

Ref. Code: CC011.016.001.001

Studies of Residence for Austin Cheney, Esq. at South Manchester, Conn., 1908

A half sized set of architectural drawings with a hand penciled cover page titled "Studies of Residence for Austin Cheney, Esq. at South Manchester, Conn." and dated July 11,1908. The six drawings contained in the set appear to be diazo print copies, colored with colored pencil. The set includes the...

Date: 1908

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 371948

Ref. Code: AR001.USCT.1400.002

Benches

1 folder

Date: undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II

GUSN: 371949

Ref. Code: CC011.016.002.001

Chaise Longue

1 folder

Date: undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II

GUSN: 371951

Ref. Code: CC011.016.002.002

Desks

1 folder

Date: undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II

GUSN: 371952

Ref. Code: CC011.016.002.003

Ecclesiastical Furnishings, Architectural fittings

1 folder

Date: undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II

GUSN: 371953

Ref. Code: CC011.016.002.004

Ecclesiastical Furnishings, Chairs

1 folder

Date: 1918, 1959, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II

GUSN: 371954

Ref. Code: CC011.016.002.005

Ecclesiastical Furnishings, Fonts

1 folder

Date: undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II

GUSN: 371955

Ref. Code: CC011.016.002.006

Ecclesiastical Furnishings, Hymn Boards

1 folder

Date: undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II

GUSN: 371956

Ref. Code: CC011.016.002.007

Ecclesiastical Furnishings, Kneelers

1 folder

Date: 1936, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II

GUSN: 371957

Ref. Code: CC011.016.002.008

Ecclesiastical Furnishings, Organs

1 folder

Date: undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II

GUSN: 371958

Ref. Code: CC011.016.002.009

Ecclesiastical Furnishings, Reredos

1 folder

Date: undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II

GUSN: 371959

Ref. Code: CC011.016.002.010

Massachusetts - Falmouth

Sub-series

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 371960

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0382

Sketch Plans for a Seaside Residence, undated

A set of architectural sketches measuring 20.5" x 13". The drawings are ink on paper, designed for Dr. Hunt and titled: Sketch of East Elevation South West Elevation First Floor Plan Seconf Floor Plan

Date: undated

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 371963

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0382.001

Set of Alterations to "Vinland" Newport, RI for H. McKay Twombly, Esq., 1907

This set of six drawings includes: Untitled elevation rendering, ink on paper First Story, pencil on mounted trace Second Floor, pencil on mounted trace Third Story Plan, pencil on mounted trace West Elevation, copy East Elevation, copy

Date: 1907, undated

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 371964

Ref. Code: AR001.USRI.0500.019