Historic New England

Menu, Bank Presidents Association of Boston, Parker House, Boston, Mass., April 9, 1900

The dishes served included broiled Bluefish, roast spring lamb, apricot tarts au maraschino, Charlotte Russe and Roman Punch. A red and black butterfly decorates the menu cover.

Date: 1900-04-09

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310475

Ref. Code: EP001.06.13.018

Menu cover, Bank Presidents Association of Boston, Boston, Mass., undated

The menu is missing. The menu cover has a green bow.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310476

Ref. Code: EP001.06.13.019

Menu, Bank Presidents Association of Boston, Boston, Mass., undated

The bankers dined on such dishes as bluepoints, broiled Shad, lamb cutlets, broiled quail, Tipsy Cake, cheese and Roman Punch. The menu cover is missing.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310477

Ref. Code: EP001.06.13.020

Menus - Organizations - Society of the War of 1812

Sub-series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310478

Ref. Code: EP001.06.14

New England bill of fare, Society of the War of 1812 in Massachusetts, 7th annual meeting, Hotel Lenox, Boston, Mass., January 8, 1901

The members dined on such dishes as Duxbury clam chowder, Cod Gloucester style, saddle of Maine venison, Medford Punch and Cape Cod Peep. An American flag with an unidentified portrait decorate the menu cover. A toy soldier salutes on the item verso. A colonial family sits down to a meager dinner wi...

Date: 1901-01-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310481

Ref. Code: EP001.06.14.001

Bill of fare, Society of the War of 1812 in Massachusetts, 8th annual meeting, Hotel Somerset, Boston, Mass., January 8, 1902

The menu has such dishes as clam bisque, saddle of venison, Black Duck, hominy cakes and cheese. The cover illustration appears to be a profile portrait of Daniel Webster. Sailors are in the foreground of a harbor scene. "The flowing can" poem is printed on the inside of the item. A place card for M...

Date: 1902-01-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310482

Ref. Code: EP001.06.14.002

Bill of fare, General Society of the War of 1812, 4th biennial meeting, New Algonquin Club, Boston, Mass., June 20, 1902

The menu included such dishes as little neck clams, bass, hot house chicken and sorbet parfait amour. The toasts to the state chapters are listed on the page opposite the menu. A list of sixty historic places and subjects is provided in the item.The officers of the General Society and the Massachuse...

Date: 1902-06-20

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310484

Ref. Code: EP001.06.14.003

Menus, Society of the War of 1812 in Massachusetts, 9th annual meeting, new Hotel Bellevue, Boston, Mass., January 8, 1903

The members dined on such dishes as oxtail soup, fillet of sole, sirloin of beef, harlequin ice cream and Punch Imperial. The menu cover has an illustration of a Continental soldier.

Date: 1903-01-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310542

Ref. Code: EP001.06.14.004

Menu, Society of the War of 1812 in Massachusetts, 10th annual meeting, Hotel Lenox, Boston, Mass., January 8, 1904

The members dined on such dishes as chicken broth à la Creole, planked shad, saddle of Kentucky mutton and cheese. The cover illustration has a hand raised in a toast with the text "My country may she always be right, but my country, right or wrong."

Date: 1904-01-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310543

Ref. Code: EP001.06.14.005

Menu, Society of the War of 1812 in Massachusetts, 11th annual meeting, Copley Square Hotel, Boston, Mass., January 10, 1905

At the meeting and banquet the members dined on bluepoints, filet of turbot, roast yong turkey, roast Black Duck and frozen Tom and Jerry. A sailing ship illustration has the caption "For the freedom of the seas."

Date: 1905-01-10

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310544

Ref. Code: EP001.06.14.006

Menu, Society of the War of 1812 in Massachusetts, 12th annual meeting and banquet, Boston Athletic Association, Boston, Mass., January 8, 1906

The dinner choices of turtle soup, chicken halibut, filet mignon and neapolitan ice cream are paired with cocktails and wine. An American flag decorates the menu cover.

Date: 1906-01-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310545

Ref. Code: EP001.06.14.007

Menu, Society of the War of 1812 in Massachusetts, 13th annual meeting and banquet, Boston Athletic Association, Boston, Mass., January 8, 1907

The members dined on such dishes as chicken gumbo, filet of striped bass, saddle of mutton, squab and maraschino sherbert. A Continental drummer is the cover illustration.

Date: 1907-01-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310547

Ref. Code: EP001.06.14.008

Menu, Society of the War of 1812 in Massachusetts, Inc., 14th annual meeting and banquet, Boston Athletic Association, Boston, Mass., January 8, 1908

The dishes served included Boston Market celery, scallops en croustade, tournedoes of beef, frozen pudding and punch au rhum. A sailor stands at the ready in the cover illustration.

Date: 1908-01-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310548

Ref. Code: EP001.06.14.009

Stewart Ross James papers

The collection includes photographs, watercolor renderings, drawings, blueprints, and ephemera.

Date: 1940-1960, undated

Collection: Stewart Ross James papers

GUSN: 310549

Ref. Code: CC013

Menu, Society of the War of 1812 in Massachusetts, Inc., 15th annual meeting and banquet, Hotel Westminster, Boston, Mass., January 8, 1909

The members dined on such dishes as bluepoints, kingfish, sweetbreads, omelette surprise and cheese. A dinner ticket is inside the menu. A portrait of Oliver Hazard Perry is on the cover. Childhood portraits of the Society officers are on the page opposite the menu.

Date: 1909-01-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310550

Ref. Code: EP001.06.14.010

Menu, Society of the War of 1812 in Massachusetts, Inc., 16th annual meeting and banquet, Hotel Westminster, Boston, Mass., January 8, 1910

The members dined on such dishes as Cape Cod oysters, striped bass, roasted French partridge, Tortoni souvenirs and cheese. A sailor holds a flag in the cover illustration.

Date: 1910-01-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310557

Ref. Code: EP001.06.14.011

Menu, General Society of the War of 1812, 11th biennial meeting, Copley-Plaza, Boston, Mass., September 16, 1916

The members dined on such dishes as cream of mushroom soup, sea bass, filet of beef, frozen pudding and Punch 1812. A reproduction is included of the "U.S. frigate Constitution (Old Ironsides)" painted by Marshall Johnson, copyrighted 1896 by A.W. Elson & Company, Boston. The "Old Ironsides" poem by...

Date: 1916-09-16

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310558

Ref. Code: EP001.06.14.012

Menus - Organizations - Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts - 1900-1909

Sub-series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310559

Ref. Code: EP001.06.15

Annual dinner, Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Hotel Somerset, April 19, 1900

The members dined on such dishes as Cotuit oysters, broiled shad, roast spring lamb, roast chicken grouse and strawberries and cream. The music program is listed opposite the menu. A list of officers is included on the last page. The Society's seal is on the upper left corner of the cover. The cover...

Date: 1900-04-19

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310560

Ref. Code: EP001.06.15.001

Annual dinner, Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Hotel Somerset, March 17, 1903

The dishes served included oysters, chicken creole, mushroom patties, filet mignon à la Somerset, frozen pudding and Appollinaris Londonderry. Society officers are listed. The back cover has the Society seal.

Date: 1903-03-17

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310561

Ref. Code: EP001.06.15.002

Annual dinner, Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Hotel Somerset, February 22, 1904

The dishes served included turtle soup, broiled shad, filet mignon, bombe glacé and Apollinaris Londonderry. The officers are listed on the last page. The Society seal is on the back cover. A scene showing the Old North Church and a lantern illustrates the front cover.

Date: 1904-02-22

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310562

Ref. Code: EP001.06.15.003

Annual dinner, Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Hotel Somerset, April 19, 1905

The dishes served included cream of fresh artichokes, medaillon of beef, sweetbreads gourmet, Apollinaris and maraschino punch. A man in a colonial uniform observes a distant battle scene in the cover image. The officers are listed in the menu. The Society seal is on the back cover.

Date: 1905-04-19

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310563

Ref. Code: EP001.06.15.004

Annual dinner, Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Hotel Somerset, January 17, 1906

The members dined on such dishes as Cape oysters, filet of sole, filet of beef, Red Head Duck, Londonderry water and Punch St. Croix. The portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Joseph Sifrède Duplessis decorates the inside of the menu. The Society officers are listed on the back cover. The item has a larg...

Date: 1906-01-17

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310564

Ref. Code: EP001.06.15.005

File Box -- Detail Drawings

File box containing approximately 360 items filed in 25 envelopes. File box has marbled paper cover; side panel is missing and part of top is missing. The majority of the items (approximately 300) are detail drawings or sketches in pencil by Irving and Casson or Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport C...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

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

GUSN: 310566

Ref. Code: CC010.009.008

Annual meeting and banquet, Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Exchange Club, January 16, 1909

The guests dined on Cotuit oysters, halibut, lamb, roast squab, Harlequin Ice Cream and Punch au Rhum. The officers are listed, including William Sumner Appleton the vice-president. The dinner guests are listed. Society activities during 1908 are described. The Society assisted in the purchase and r...

Date: 1909-01-16

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310568

Ref. Code: EP001.06.15.006

Menus - Organizations - Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts - 1915-1927

Sub-series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310569

Ref. Code: EP001.06.16

Annual banquet, Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Copley-Plaza, January 18, 1915

The members dined on such dishes as chicken gumbo, sea bass, squab and fancy ices. An illustration of the John Hancock Memorial, to be placed in Doric Hall in the State House, April 1915, is shown in the program. The presentation of the Knox Trophy and Medals given by the Society is included in the ...

Date: 1915-01-18

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310570

Ref. Code: EP001.06.16.001

Annual dinner, 28th, Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Hotel Somerset, January 17, 1919

The members dined on such dishes as Cotuit oysters, halibut, Point Shirley style, rack of spring lamb and frozen puddding. The presentation of the Knox Trophy and Medals given by the Society is included in the program. The Society officers and guests are listed. The music selections are listed along...

Date: 1919-01-17

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310571

Ref. Code: EP001.06.16.002

Annual dinner, 34th, Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Hotel Somerset, January 17, 1925

The guests dined on such dishes as grapefruit cocktail, filet of whitefish, spring lamb and assorted cakes. The presentation of the Knox Trophy and Medals given by the Society is included in the program. Tablets given by the Society to commemorate historic persons and sites are listed. Busts of John...

Date: 1925-01-17

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310572

Ref. Code: EP001.06.16.003

Annual dinner, 35th, Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Hotel Somerset, January 18, 1926

The members dined on such dishes as mousseline of fresh mushrooms, filet of whitefish, spring lamb and assorted cakes. The presentation of the Knox Trophy and Medals given by the Society is included in the program. A list of tablets and busts given by the Society is printed on the last page. Text on...

Date: 1926-01-18

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310573

Ref. Code: EP001.06.16.004

Annual dinner, 36th, Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Hotel Somerset, January 17, 1927

The guests dined on grapefruit cocktail, filet of whitefish, spring lamb and assorted cakes. The presentation of the Knox Trophy and Medals given by the Society is included in the program. Text on the title page reads "The 221st anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin." The Society seal is sho...

Date: 1927-01-17

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310574

Ref. Code: EP001.06.16.005

Menu, Maine Society Sons of the American Revolution, Riverton Park, Maine, February 22, 1899

The members dined on such dishes as fried smelts, roast turkey, lobster and lettuce mayonaise, frozen pudding and Roman Punch. The dinner took place at the casino in the Riverton amusement park in Portland. A photograph of the casino is on the back cover. An American flag decorates the cover.

Date: 1899-02-22

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310575

Ref. Code: EP001.06.16.006

File Drawer -- Pencil Sketches

File drawer containing 281 items filed in 25 envelopes. File has brown cover and is designed to be used as a drawer in a filing cabinet; however, file covers have come loose. The majority of the items (approximately 240) are rough sketches in pencil by Irving and Casson or Irving and Casson - A. H. ...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

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

GUSN: 310576

Ref. Code: CC010.009.009

Banquet of the General Society of the Sons of the Revolution, triennial meeting, new Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C., April 28, 1908

The menu has such dishes as cherrystone clams, planked Potomac shad, rack of spring lamb, snow balls and Punch en Turban. A list of toasts with individuals and music is included. A separate ticket admits the bearer to the banquet in the new Willard Hotel. The Society seal decorates the item.

Date: 1908-04-28

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310579

Ref. Code: EP001.06.16.007

Trade Catalogs

Two boxes containing nine catalogues from six different furniture manufacturers. Both British and American companies are represented. Presumably catalogs were used as reference materials. Companies include: Erskine-Danforth Corp.; Fredrick Tibbenham Ltd.; G. T. Rackstraw; Old Colony Furniture; Shaw ...

Date: 1900-1965, undated

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

GUSN: 310581

Ref. Code: CC010.009.010

Portfolio -- Advertisements and Related Ephemera

Portfolio containing containing approximately 200 pieces of ephemera, fifteen of which are loose and the remaining arranged by subject in 53 envelopes. Portfolio has maroon fabric cover with title "Publication de L'Institute de France / Monuments Antiques / II" stamped in gold on front. Contents do ...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

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

GUSN: 310582

Ref. Code: CC010.009.011

Portfolio -- Ephemera and Photograhs

Portfolio containing containing approximately 101 pieces of ephemera, 57 of which are loose and the remaining arranged by subject in 15 envelopes. Portfolio has brown fabric cover with title "Charles Platt" stamped in gold on front. Contents do not relate to title subject in any way; presumably port...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

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

GUSN: 310583

Ref. Code: CC010.009.012

Trade Catalog -- Danersk Furniture, Erskine-Danforth Corporation

Trade catalog titled "Danersk" with dark leather binding. Title and logo are stamped in gold on front. Inside front cover has printed label with company name of Erskine-Danforth Corporation (New York, NY). Album contains 120 pages with 60 black-and-white photographic prints depicting furniture manuf...

Date: 1921, undated

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

GUSN: 310585

Ref. Code: CC010.009.010.001

Trade Catalog -- Shaw Furniture Company

Trade catalog titled "Shaw Furniture Company" with dark leather binding. Title is stamped in gold on front. Inside front Album contains 32 pages with 16 black-and-white plates. Also included in the back of the catalog are 66 loose photographic prints. All images depict furniture manufactured by Sha...

Date: 1900-1930, undated

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

GUSN: 310587

Ref. Code: CC010.009.010.002

Trade Catalog -- Frederick Tibbenham. Ltd.

Portfolio with gray fabric cover and fabric ties. "J. E. Purdy & Co. / 146 Tremont St. / Boston" is stamped in gold on front cover. Portfolio contains 54 loose photographic prints depicting furniture manufactured by Frederick Tibbenham, Ltd. in England. Model numbers, dimensions and a brief desctipt...

Date: 1900-1930, undated

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

GUSN: 310588

Ref. Code: CC010.009.010.003

Trade Catalog -- The Manor House

Trade catalog consisting of a portfolio titled "Eighteenth Century English Furniture" with dark brown binding. Title is stamped in gold on front. Portfolio contains 52 loose black-and-white photographic prints. All images depict furniture manufactured by The Manor House, a line created by the Baker ...

Date: 1932-1940, undated

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

GUSN: 310589

Ref. Code: CC010.009.010.005

Trade Catalog -- Old Colony Furniture

Trade catalog titled "A Collection of Fine Period Furniture Made by Old Colony Furniture Company Boston New York." Hardbound catalog has176 pages and 166 photographic prints. Prints depict a variety of furnishings manufactured by Old Colony Furniture Company. Detailed descriptions including model ...

Date: 1930s

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

GUSN: 310592

Ref. Code: CC010.009.010.004

Trade Catalog -- The Manor House

Trade catalog consisting of a portfolio titled "Eighteenth Century English Furniture" with dark brown binding. Title is stamped in gold on front. Portfolio contains 51 loose black-and-white photographic prints. The mojority of the images (47) depict furniture manufactured by The Manor House, a line ...

Date: 1932-1940, undated

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

GUSN: 310594

Ref. Code: CC010.009.010.006

Trade Catalog -- G. T. Rackstraw - "Reproductions from the Antique"

Trade catalog titled "Reproductions from the Antique" with beige paper cover and spiral binding. Title and a line drawing of a Jacobean-style room interior are printed on front cover. Catalog contains 38 pages of photographic prints which depict furniture manufactured by G. T. Rackstraw Ltd. of Worc...

Date: 1959, undated

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

GUSN: 310595

Ref. Code: CC010.009.010.007

Trade Catalog -- G. T. Rackstraw - "Reproductions from the Antique XVII Century"

Trade catalog titled "Reproductions from the Antique XVII Century" with beige paper cover and secured with two metal brads. Title and a line drawing of a Neoclassical-style room interior are printed on front cover. Catalog contains 33 pages of photographic prints which depict furniture manufactured ...

Date: 1959, undated

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

GUSN: 310596

Ref. Code: CC010.009.010.008

Trade Catalog -- G. T. Rackstraw - "English Furniture"

Trade catalog titled "English Furniture" with beige paper cover and ring binding. Title and a line drawing of a Chippendale-style chair and bookcase-on-chest are printed on front cover. Catalog contains 180 pages with 86 photographic prints which depict furniture manufactured by G. T. Rackstraw Ltd....

Date: 1955-1965, undated

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

GUSN: 310597

Ref. Code: CC010.009.010.009

Banquet of the General Society of the Sons of the Revolution, triennial meeting, Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C., April 19, 1911

The menu has such dishes as cherrystone clams, planked Potomac shad, rack of spring lamb, strawberry mousse and Apollinaris water. A list of toasts with individuals and music is included. A portrait of Edmund Wetmore, the Society president, is on the front cover.

Date: 1911-04-19

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310599

Ref. Code: EP001.06.16.008

"Kitty, 2 Seed Vessels"

Four portraits of a house cat sitting inside with vases and flowers.

Date: 1905-1906

Collection: Elizabeth (Tyson) Vaughan photographic collection

GUSN: 310618

Ref. Code: PC062.01

"Old Fields"

Three photographs of fields (perhaps in or near South Berwick, Maine) and the trees and plants in them.

Date: 1905

Collection: Elizabeth (Tyson) Vaughan photographic collection

GUSN: 310619

Ref. Code: PC062.02

Portraits and Hopkinson Children

Portraits of a man and woman (identified on box as R.?.W.C and S.W.C), dated 1905. Portraits of children, identified on box as "Hopkinson children," the daughters of painter Charles Hopkinson (1869-1962) and Elinor Curtis Hopkinson (1869-1947), married 1903. Daughters are likely Harriot (b. 1904), M...

Date: 1905-1907

Collection: Elizabeth (Tyson) Vaughan photographic collection

GUSN: 310620

Ref. Code: PC062.03

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