Historic New England

Complimentary dinner to the Honorable T. Jefferson Coolidge, Algonquin Club, Boston, Mass., May 24, 1892

T. Jefferson Coolidge was a great-grandson of United States President Thomas Jefferson. The guests had little neck clams, Penobscot salmon, Nesselrode Pudding and Tom and Jerry Punch.There is a loose card in the menu which gives the banquet time as 6:30 p.m. The Massachusetts seal is hand drawn on t...

Date: 1892-05-24

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309803

Ref. Code: EP001.06.08.001

Menu, Algonquin Club, Boston, Mass., November 13, 1912

Cape oysters, planked pompano, Vermont Turkey and Waldorf Salad were among the dishes served at the dinner. An image of a woman in a bonnet standing next to a wall decorates the menu cover. In the lower right corner of the cover is an image of a Native American man with the words "Algonquin Club." A...

Date: 1912-11-13

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309804

Ref. Code: EP001.06.08.002

Dinner given at the Algonquin Club Boston to the members, Boston, Mass., Janaury 27, 1913

The dinner was given "To celebrate the cancellation of a mortgage of $45,000 which freed the Club entirely of debt." A drawing of the building facade on Commonwealth Avenue is shown. The illustration opposite the menu listing is identified as Chief Algonquin. The Club officers are listed. "Ballad of...

Date: 1913-01-27

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309805

Ref. Code: EP001.06.08.003

Menu, Somerset Club, Boston, Mass., February 11, 1878

The menu is handwritten in ink and lists such dishes as hors d'ouevres, vol au ven, ducks, frozen pudding and Tom and Jerry.

Date: 1878-02-11

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309806

Ref. Code: EP001.06.08.004

Menu, Somerset Club, Boston, Mass., April 20, 1893

The members could have such dishes as grape fruit, oysters, broiled shad, strawberries with ice cream and Tom and Jerry. The menu is handwritten in ink.

Date: 1893-04-20

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309807

Ref. Code: EP001.06.08.005

Menu, Union Club, Boston, Mass., May 25, 1899

The menu lists such items as turtle soup, fried soft shell crabs, spring lamb chops, winter yellow legs on toast and Grape Fruit au Rhum.

Date: 1899-05-25

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309808

Ref. Code: EP001.06.08.006

239th anniversary of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co., dinner in Faneuil Hall, June 4, 1877

The menu has an assortment of boiled dishes, roast dishes, entrées, game, pastries, ice cream and fruit. Stephen Sewell is the caterer.

Date: 1877-06-04

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309810

Ref. Code: EP001.06.08.007

Souvenir program, 43rd annual night before banquet of Bunker Hill Council, no. 62, Knights of Columbus, Knights of Columbus Hall, 44 High Street, Charlestown, Mass., June 16, 1935

The program is in the shape of the Bunker Hill Monument. Officers and committee members are listed. Portraits of elected officials are included such as James Michael Curley, Massachusetts Governor and Frederick W. Mansfield, Boston Mayor. The item has a Monument history, poem, toast, song and dinner...

Date: 1935-06-16

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309811

Ref. Code: EP001.06.08.008

Research Files

This series consists of research files of scholar Anne Farnam (1940-1991) relating to A. H. Davenport Co., Irving and Casson, and Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport Co. Material includes: copies of published material, photographs and copies of photographs, notes made by Farnam, correspondence, and ...

Date: 1970-1991

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

GUSN: 309823

Ref. Code: CC010.008

Elizabeth (Tyson) Vaughan photographic collection

The collection contains 250 glass plate negatives created by Elise Tyson between 1905 and 1909 principally in South Berwick, Maine, at Hamilton house, in the immediate area, or on another unidentified estate. Subjects include landscapes of the South Berwick area, portraits of Tysons friends, photog...

Date: 1905-1909, undated

Collection: Elizabeth (Tyson) Vaughan photographic collection

GUSN: 309826

Ref. Code: PC062

Sixteenth annual ball of Joseph Swan Engine Co., No. 1, Everett Hall, Everett, Mass., February 8, 1895

Tripp's Orchestra gave a concert and played for the dances. Hersom Brothers catered the food which included lobster salad and a variety of ice creams and cakes. The arrangement committee is listed. A dance card is included. A horse-drawn fire engine illustrates the title page.

Date: 1895-02-28

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309831

Ref. Code: EP001.06.08.009

Fifth annual dinner of the Republican Club of Massachusetts, Music Hall, Boston, Mass., October 23, 1895

The menu part of the item is missing. The speakers for the event included Massachusetts Governor Frederic T. Greenhalge and future United States President Theodore Roosevelt. The Club President was Francis H. Appleton. Music was provided by Baldwin's Cadet Band. The Massachusetts seal is on the cove...

Date: 1895-10-23

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309835

Ref. Code: EP001.06.08.010

Annual dinner of the Republican Club of Massachusetts, Symphony Hall, Boston, Mass., October 8, 1902

The guests were served bouillon, beef sirloin, turkey, apple fritters, Roman Punch and an assortment of cakes and ice creams. Jesse A. Dill & Company provided the catering. Portraits of the speakers, Leslie M. Shaw and Elihu Root, are on the cover. Music was provided by the 5th Regiment Band.

Date: 1902-10-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309840

Ref. Code: EP001.06.08.011

Complimentary banquet tendered Governor Eben S. Draper, by the business men of Boston, Hotel Somerset, October 29, 1910

A portrait of Massachusetts Governor Eben S. Draper is on the cover with the caption "Our Candidate." The dishes served included turtle soup, filet of beef, green mint punch and roast jumbo squab. The Massachusetts seal is on the menu verso. A letter from Draper to Charles I. Thayer, dated November...

Date: 1910-10-29

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309843

Ref. Code: EP001.06.07.026

Centennial banquet, Commercial Club of Boston, Proskauer's, Belmont, West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 19, 1876

The banquet was held during the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. Wines are paired with various courses offered. The top of the menu has the Massachusetts seal and a red, white and blue ribbon.

Date: 1876-05-19

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309845

Ref. Code: EP001.06.08.012

Menu, Commercial Club of Boston complimentary to the Commercial Club of Chicago, Boston, Mass., June 14, 1879

The menu lists such as items as little neck clams, boar's head, fois gras, young pig, English Snipe and Maraschino Ice. Two light blue ribbons are glued to the inside of a card decorated with a feathered bird and the name "Mr. Isaac Fenno." A separate ribbon inside the item lists the dinner wines. T...

Date: 1879-06-14

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309863

Ref. Code: EP001.06.08.013

Menu, first Social Court, Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Ohio, Cincinnati, Ohio, December 19, 1895

The menu has lobster, English partridge, ices and assorted cakes. The Society officers are listed. A colonial sentry is between a medal and a peace pipe in the cover illustration. "The first Social Court was held at the residence of Deputy Governor-General Michael Myers Shoemaker, Cincinnati, Decem...

Date: 1895-12-19

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309867

Ref. Code: EP001.06.08.014

Complimentary dinner tendered to Capt. Henry Osborne Nickerson, by his fellow-servants in the New England Navigation Company, location unknown, March 27, 1909

The transportation theme was incorporated into the menu with such items as "Fall River Line Punch," "Boston Merchants Line Style Strawberry Fruit Ice Cream" and "New Haven Line Potato Croquettes." Committee members are listed on a separate page. Nickerson's portrait is on the menu cover.

Date: 1909-03-27

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309875

Ref. Code: EP001.06.08.015

Triennial festival, Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics Association, Boston, Mass., October 30, 1901

The diners enjoyed Blue Points, turkey, potato salad, lobster salad and Harlequin Ice Cream. The order of exercises is given on the page opposite the menu. The committee members are listed on the item verso.

Date: 1901-10-30

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309878

Ref. Code: EP001.06.08.016

Presentation drawing of Pine Rest Nursing Home, 5 Franklin St., Northampton, MA

This presentation drawing is in color, depicting the Pine Rest Nursing Home in Northampton, MA. The building is only three stories, but very long. It contains many windows (presumably windows into individual patients' rooms) and decorative porches (non-usable, save for the first floor) on all thre...

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 309911

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0850.002

Cutler Majestic Theatre, Preliminary Study for a Theatre in Boston, undated

This architectural study demonstrates the ornate Cutler Majestic Theatre in Boston, MA. It contains both a Transverse Section and Longitudinal Section, each to the scale of 1/8 = 1-0 in. Watercolor is used to depict details of the curtains, stage, and ambiance.

Date: ca. 1900, undated

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 309914

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0250.006

Massachusetts - East Northfield

Sub-series

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 309919

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0375

Architectural renderings of Talcott Library, Northfield Seminary, Northfield, Mass., undated

Two mounted and matted architectural renderings in ink of the Talcott Library at was once The Northfield Seminary for Young Ladies in Northfield, Massachusetts. The renderings shows off the architectural features of the library such as its spire, tower, pointed turrets, and arched entryways, from tw...

Date: undated

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 309921

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0375.001

Menus - Organizations - Kalumet Club

Sub-series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309922

Ref. Code: EP001.06.09

Maine - Rockland

Sub-series

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 309930

Ref. Code: AR001.USME.1575

Architectural rendering of Episcopal Church, Rockland, Maine, undated

This graphite, black and white architectural rendering depicts the St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Rockland, Maine. The church is built shingle-style, a architecture popular in the 19th century that featured roofs in the old New England, colonial style of plain shingles. There is a single cross pe...

Date: undated

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 309937

Ref. Code: AR001.USME.1575.001

Photographs of Joseph Yeomans and his farm, 1977

Series I is a collection of 23 mounted and unmounted, black-and-white photographs of Joseph Yeomans (1904-1985) and interior and exterior photographs of his farm in Saunderstown, Rhode Island, taken in 1977.

Date: 1977

Collection: Grace Trofa photographic collection

GUSN: 309938

Ref. Code: PC061.01

Portraits of Joseph Yeomans, 1977

Subseries A consists of five black-and-white photographs: two mounted two-thirds portraits of Joseph Yeomans; one unmounted two-thirds portrait of Joseph Yeomans; one mounted two-thirds portrait of Joseph Yeomans in front of the farms landscape; and one mounted full-body portrait of Joseph Yeomans.

Date: 1977

Collection: Grace Trofa photographic collection

GUSN: 309939

Ref. Code: PC061.01.01

Interior photographs, 1977

Subseries B consists of four mounted black-and-white photographs of the interior of Joseph Yeomans' home.

Date: 1977

Collection: Grace Trofa photographic collection

GUSN: 309940

Ref. Code: PC061.01.02

Exterior photographs, 1977

Series C consists of fourteen mounted, black-and-white photographs of exterior buildings, land, and objects on Joseph Yeomans' farm.

Date: 1977

Collection: Grace Trofa photographic collection

GUSN: 309941

Ref. Code: PC061.01.03

Portraits taken in the North End, Boston, Massachusetts, 1976

Series II is a collection of nine mounted, black-and-white portraits of people taken in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts, in 1976.

Date: 1976

Collection: Grace Trofa photographic collection

GUSN: 309942

Ref. Code: PC061.02

Traditional portraits, 1976

Subseries A consists of five mounted, black-and-white traditional portraits of unidentified individuals in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1976

Collection: Grace Trofa photographic collection

GUSN: 309943

Ref. Code: PC061.02.01

Candid portraits, 1976

Subseries B consists of four mounted, black-and-white candid portraits of unidentified individuals in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1976

Collection: Grace Trofa photographic collection

GUSN: 309944

Ref. Code: PC061.02.02

Photographs of buildings under construction in Boston, Massachusetts, 1986-1993

Series III is a collection of five unmounted, aerial color photographs of buildings under construction in Boston, Massachusetts. Two photographs show the New Boston Garden under construction which began in 1993 and ended in 1995. Three photographs show 222 Berkeley St. under construction which began...

Date: 1986-1993

Collection: Grace Trofa photographic collection

GUSN: 309945

Ref. Code: PC061.03

Perspective of First Stamford National Bank, Stamford, CT, 1929

This large perspective, watercolor over pencil on paper depicts a tall, rectangular bank. The bottom floor appears to be concrete, and the rest of the building is red brick. Green tree branches obscure the view of the building on the left hand side. The building is located on a busy street. The s...

Date: 1929-07-09

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 309949

Ref. Code: AR001.USCT.2650.002

Set of architectural drawings by William Wright Crandall Jr., 1931

Sub-series

Date: 1931

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 309951

Ref. Code: AR001.UNK.029

Floor Plan, A Modern School, Fontainebleau School of Art, William W. Crandall Jr., 1931

This floor plan, created by Fontainebleau student William Wright Crandall Jr. depicts a "modern school." The top of the drawing is a frontal view of the entire school building, seated on rust-colored clouds as if watching over the floor plan from heaven. Below, the majority of the drawing is a flo...

Date: 1931-07-12

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 309956

Ref. Code: AR001.UNK.029.001

Floor Plan, William W. Crandall Jr., undated

This floor plan depicts a building that contains living quarters, gymnasiums, a stadium, and a pool. The front view of the entire builiding is placed at the bottom of the drawing, while the floor plan is floating above it in a stormy gray cloud.

Date: ca. 1931, undated

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 309957

Ref. Code: AR001.UNK.029.002

Menu, Kalumet Club, Cambridge, Mass., December 13, 1900

The menu has such dishes as oysters, smelts, chicken en coquille, filet mignon, broiled quail and Roman Punch. The menu card is signed "T.J. Eastman" for Dr. Theodore Jewett Eastman, the nephew of Sarah Orne Jewett.

Date: 1900-12-13

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310004

Ref. Code: EP001.06.09.001

Menu, Kalumet Club, Cambridge, Mass., February 21, 1901

The menu has such dishes as blue points, planked shad, saddle of mutton and Neapolitan Ice Cream. The menu card is signed "T.J. Eastman" for Dr. Theodore Jewett Eastman, the nephew of Sarah Orne Jewett.

Date: 1901-02-21

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310005

Ref. Code: EP001.06.09.002

Menu, Kalumet Club, Cambridge, Mass., February 28, 1903

The menu has such dishes as cream of celery soup, fried smelts, roast black duck and Harlequin Ice Cream. The menu card is signed "Mr. Eastman" for Dr. Theodore Jewett Eastman, the nephew of Sarah Orne Jewett.

Date: 1903-02-28

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310007

Ref. Code: EP001.06.09.003

Menu, Kalumet Club, Cambridge, Mass., June 18, 1903

The menu has such dishes as little neck clams, boiled Penobscot Salmon and pine apple sherbet. The menu card is signed "T. Eastman" for Dr. Theodore Jewett Eastman, the nephew of Sarah Orne Jewett.

Date: 1903-06-18

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310008

Ref. Code: EP001.06.09.004

Menu, Kalumet Club, Cambridge, Mass., October 31, 1903

The menu has such dishes as cream of turtle soup, fried smelts, roast black duck and Harlequin Ice Cream. The item verso has an illustration of a tankard and two long stemmed pipes. The menu card is signed "Mr. Eastman" for Dr. Theodore Jewett Eastman, the nephew of Sarah Orne Jewett.

Date: 1903-10-31

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310010

Ref. Code: EP001.06.09.005

Housewarming dinner menu, Kalumet Club, Cambridge, Mass., October 22, 1904

The menu lists the Kalumet Cocktail, fried smelts, broiled Spatchcock à la Sam Ward, baked stuffed tomatoes and Glacés au Kalumet. The menu cover has an illustration of a peace pipe. The menu card is signed "Eastman" for Dr. Theodore Jewett Eastman, the nephew of Sarah Orne Jewett.

Date: 1904-10-22

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310011

Ref. Code: EP001.06.09.006

Christmas dinner menu, Kalumet Club, Cambridge, Mass., December 17, 1904

The menu lists such dishes as potage, poisson, filet de boeuf, squab au cresson and Glacés au Santa Claus. The menu cover has an illustration of a peace pipe. The menu card is signed "Eastman" for Dr. Theodore Jewett Eastman, the nephew of Sarah Orne Jewett.

Date: 1904-12-17

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310012

Ref. Code: EP001.06.09.007

Spring dinner menu, Kalumet Club, Cambridge, Mass., April 8, 1905

The menu lists such dishes as grape fruit with little neck clams, broiled shad with roe and bacon, potato croquettes and spun-sugar. The menu cover has an illustration of a peace pipe. The menu card is signed "Eastman" for Dr. Theodore Jewett Eastman, the nephew of Sarah Orne Jewett.

Date: 1905-04-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310013

Ref. Code: EP001.06.09.008

Final dinner menu, Kalumet Club, Cambridge, Mass., June 22, 1905

The menu lists such dishes as creme fresh asparagus, soft shell crabs, roast individual hot house chickens and cantaloupe nouvelle. The menu cover has an illustration of a peace pipe. The menu card is signed "T. Eastman" for Dr. Theodore Jewett Eastman, the nephew of Sarah Orne Jewett.

Date: 1905-06-22

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310014

Ref. Code: EP001.06.09.009

Menus - Organizations - Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants

Sub-series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310015

Ref. Code: EP001.06.10

Anniversary dinner, Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Hotel Somerset, Boston, Mass., November 21, 1927

Text on the title page reads "Commemorating the three hundred & seventh anniversary of the signing of the compact in the cabin of the Mayflower in Cape Cod Harbour." A reprinting of some of the 1669 "New-England Memorialls" with the signers names is included. Guests of honor for the dinner are liste...

Date: 1927-11-21

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310019

Ref. Code: EP001.06.10.001

Menus - Organizations - Bank Presidents Association of Boston - 1880-1889

Sub-series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310020

Ref. Code: EP001.06.11

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