Historic New England

Gropius family papers

The Gropius family papers (MS012) contain the papers of architect, Walter Adolph Georg Gropius (1883-1969) and his wife, Ise (Frank) Gropius (1897-1983), and reflect their personal lives and professional work in both Germany and the United States. The papers are largely comprised of Ise's correspon...

Date: 1851-1985, undated

Collection: Gropius family papers

GUSN: 187803

Ref. Code: MS012

Elizabeth (Tyson) Vaughan (1871-1949) papers

The Elizabeth (Tyson) Vaughan (1871-1949) papers (MS013) contain material belonging to Vaughan, who lived in the Hamilton House in South Berwick, Maine, and members of her family (several of whom did not live in the house at any time). The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, printed mat...

Date: 1799-1974, undated, predominant 1862-1948

Collection: Elizabeth (Tyson) Vaughan (1871-1949) papers

GUSN: 187804

Ref. Code: MS013

Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

The Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers consist of approximately 71 linear feet of correspondence, research notes, publications, clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, ephemera, awards, catalogues and inventories, and other papers and artifacts. The collection documents the professional activiti...

Date: 1903-1993

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 187805

Ref. Code: MS015

Lyman family papers

The Lyman family papers (MS017) reflect the personal, social, and professional life and work, of the Lyman family of Boston and Waltham, Massachusetts. Most of the collection is comprised of personal and business correspondence; bills and receipts; genealogical material; estate inventories; and tru...

Date: 1818-2000, undated, predominant 1818-1939

Collection: Lyman family papers

GUSN: 187806

Ref. Code: MS017

Oliver Lane papers

1 document case

Collection: Oliver Lane papers

GUSN: 187807

Ref. Code: MS019

Payson family papers

Collection

Collection: Payson family papers

GUSN: 187809

Ref. Code: MS022

Pierce family papers

The Pierce family papers (MS023), reflect the personal, social, and professional lives of the Pierce family of Dorchester, Massachusetts. The collection is arranged in thirty-five series. Background: In 1968, Historic New England acquired the Pierce House in Dorchester, Massachusetts, from the ...

Date: 1652-1986, undated

Collection: Pierce family papers

GUSN: 187811

Ref. Code: MS023

Riegel-Emory family papers

The Riegel-Emory Family papers contain architectural drawings, manuscript materials, and ephemera related to the history of Riegel Point, the family estate in Fairfield, Connecticut, and the two families who made it their home. Source: Hopkins, Geri and Lauren Miller. Riegel Family Photograph Col...

Collection: Riegel-Emory family papers

GUSN: 187812

Ref. Code: MS024

Sears and Cutting families papers

Sears Papers The Sears and Cutting papers came into the possession of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, now Historic New England, Library and Archives in 1987, following the death of Edwin B. Sears of Weston, who bequeathed this property jointly to Historic New England ...

Date: 1863-1955

Collection: Sears and Cutting families papers

GUSN: 187813

Ref. Code: MS026

Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

This collection documents the history of the Cape Cod Canal from its construction in the early 1910s to the early 2010s. The materials in the collection date from 1827 to 2015, with the bulk of the material dating from the 1910s to the 1960s. The collection consists of photographic prints, photograp...

Date: 1827-2015, undated, predominant 1910-1969

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 187815

Ref. Code: MS028

Miscellaneous manuscript collection

This collection includes a variety of materials. While most archival collections are grouped by subject, origin, or another unifying characteristic, this collection is unusual because it does not conform to that standard. These materials are gathered together somewhat arbitrarily. They do, however, ...

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 187816

Ref. Code: MS029

Parson Smith family papers

The Parson Smith family papers (MS032) reflect the personal, social, and professional life and work of Peter Thatcher Smith (1731-1826) and his descendants who resided at the Parson Smith Homestead in South Windham, Maine. The majority of the collection focuses on the Anderson, Goodell, and Parker ...

Date: 1738-1957, undated, predominant 1800-1920

Collection: Parson Smith family papers

GUSN: 187817

Ref. Code: MS032

Non-Historic New England periodicals

Collection

Collection: Non-Historic New England periodicals

GUSN: 187819

Ref. Code: SC002

The American agriculturalist

Series

Collection: Non-Historic New England periodicals

GUSN: 187820

Ref. Code: SC002.01

Willow Cafe, Union St, Rockland, Mass.

Interior view of the dining room at the Willow Cafe in Rockland, Massachusetts. Image features diners and restaurant workers. The building has a fancy pressed-tin ceiling.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187863

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2500.0020.001

Temporary

Series

Collection: Harriot Appleton Curtis photographic collection

GUSN: 187872

Ref. Code: PC023.TMP

Double portrait of Misses Frances Greely Stevenson and Martha Curtis Stevenson, seated on chairs on a porch, facing front, Manchester, Mass., 1890

Frances Greely Stevenson and Martha Curtis Stevenson sit on the porch of an unidentified house in Manchester, Massachusetts. The women were the daughters of Jonathan Greely Stevenson and sisters to Annie Brace Stevenson. The sisters were involved in philanthropic activities and lived together in Bro...

Date: 1890

Collection: Harriot Appleton Curtis photographic collection

GUSN: 187873

Ref. Code: PC023.TMP.001

Fishermen and boats surrounding three small whale corpses at the shoreline, location unknown, undated

Image of whalers pulling in a haul of three small whales. The photograph features two small boats with harpoons across the bows. Four of the whalers wear waist-high gaiters and other waterproof gear.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187876

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.2750.0100.002

Group of men fishing for herring, Taunton, Massachusetts, undated

Photograph of eight men fishing for herring in Taunton, Massachusetts. The fishermen are using a net to draw the fish toward the shore.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187881

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.2750.0100.003

Portrait of two unidentified men with a cart and a dog, Sharksmouth, Manchester, Mass., undated

Two young men are outside the front gate of Sharksmouth, the Greely Stevenson Curtis estate, in Manchester, Massachusetts.

Collection: Harriot Appleton Curtis photographic collection

GUSN: 187884

Ref. Code: PC023.TMP.002

Early start to school, Sharksmouth, Manchester, Mass., 1888

Children from the Curtis family are being transported to school in the image. The carriage is on a wooded road near a bridge. The Greely Stevenson Curtis estate, Sharksmouth, was located at Manchester, Massachusetts.

Date: 1888

Collection: Harriot Appleton Curtis photographic collection

GUSN: 187887

Ref. Code: PC023.TMP.003

Elinor Curtis and unknown man dressed in 18th century costume, location unknown, undated

The photograph features Elinor Curtis with an unidentified man dressed in 18th century costume. She wears a large bonnet, a shawl, fingerless gloves, and carries both a purse and fan. The man wears a powdered wig, knee breeches and large buckled shoes and is holding Curtis' hand while she looks aw...

Collection: Harriot Appleton Curtis photographic collection

GUSN: 187889

Ref. Code: PC023.TMP.004

Group portrait of Elinor Curtis and two unidentified people, seated on chairs, facing front, dressed in costumes, location unknown, undated

The image is a group portrait of two women (Elinor Curtis and an unidentified woman) and a man dressed in costume. They are all seated, facing front, in chairs on an intricate carpet. The man wears breeches, a powdered wig and fancy shoes. He is speaking to a women wearing a bonnet, fingerless glov...

Collection: Harriot Appleton Curtis photographic collection

GUSN: 187894

Ref. Code: PC023.TMP.005

Man in a row boat, location unknow, undated

Image of a man in a rowboat on a cove surrounded by cliffs. The photograph is taken from a rock on the shoreline.

Collection: Harriot Appleton Curtis photographic collection

GUSN: 187896

Ref. Code: PC023.TMP.006

Greely Curtis at Sharksmouth, Manchester, Mass., 1884-1887

The text on the verso reads "Greely Curtis at Sharksmouth," from the family album, 1884-87. Greely Curtis drives a two-wheeled cart with five children outside the front gate of Sharksmouth. Sharksmouth was the Greely Stevenson Curtis estate at Manchester, Massachusetts.

Date: 1884-1887

Collection: Harriot Appleton Curtis photographic collection

GUSN: 187898

Ref. Code: PC023.TMP.007

Group of young adults playing ice polo outdoors, 28 Mt. Vernon St., Boston, Mass.

Photograph of a group of young adults standing on ice. Each holds an ice polo stick.

Date: undated

Collection: Harriot Appleton Curtis photographic collection

GUSN: 187900

Ref. Code: PC023.TMP.008

Group of young adults playing ice polo, 28 Mt. Vernon St., Boston, Mass.

Photograph of a group of young adults standing on ice. Each holds an ice polo stick.

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