Historic New England

American Fine Art Paintings

This subseries includes numerous exhibition catalogues, along with articles and other publications. Many of the exhibition catalogues feature paintings loaned by the Littles. The publications were originally contained in two document boxes, bearing labels from Nina Fletcher Little. The division of t...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301828

Ref. Code: MS015.03.03.06

American Folk Art Paintings and Sculptures

This subseries includes exhibition catalogues and scholarly articles, along with some auction catalogues and other publications. Many of the exhibition catalogues feature paintings loaned by the Littles. The publications were originally contained in three document boxes, bearing labels from Nina Fle...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301829

Ref. Code: MS015.03.03.07

Additional Publications Added by Selina Fletcher Little

This subseries is made up of issues of The Old Print Shop Portfolio, a gallery catalogue produced by Harry Shaw Newman's Old Print Shop in New York City. These catalogues were found with a carton of publications that Selina Fletcher Little indicated should be incorporated into the Exhibition Catalog...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301830

Ref. Code: MS015.03.03.08

Rules for obtaining rights of lands granted to soldiers by the United States Congress

Signed by Secretary of War James McHenry.

Date: 1796

Collection: Casey family papers

GUSN: 301839

Ref. Code: MS008.03.04.23.001

Collectors Clubs

This series contains news clippings, correspondence, photographs, ephemera, exhibition files, and other papers related to several decorative arts collectors' clubs in which Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little were members. Many of the clubs originated in the late 1920s and early 1930s, and the Littl...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301832

Ref. Code: MS015.04.01

Lectures, Seminars, and Forums

These papers document the Littles' involvement in the field of American decorative arts and material culture as lecturers, seminar faculty and sponsors, and museum board members. Much of the series relate to Nina Fletcher Little's work as a lecturer from the 1930s through the 1970s. The lecture file...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301833

Ref. Code: MS015.04.02

Old Sturbridge Village

This series contains a variety of papers related to Nina Fletcher Little's work with Old Sturbridge Village living history museum in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. Little served as a trustee beginning in 1955 and was a member of the institution's curatorial committee. General papers related to her work ...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301834

Ref. Code: MS015.04.03

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection

In 1954, Nina Fletcher Little was hired as a consultant for a new folk installation at Colonial Williamsburg sponsored by Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. Little catalogued and helped design gallery arrangements for the collection. The papers in this series document Little's work with the Colonial Williams...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301835

Ref. Code: MS015.04.04

Nina Fletcher Little Correspondence

This series contains Nina Fletcher Little's professional correspondence as well as letters and receipts pertaining to Nina and Bertram K. Littles' collection of artwork and decorative objects. There are several distinct clusters within this series. The first seventeen folders are a chronological seq...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301836

Ref. Code: MS015.04.05

Nina Fletcher Little Professional Scrapbook

This series consists of a single scrapbook compiled by Nina Fletcher Little. The volume is a commercially manufactured "Elite Scrap Book" from Samuel Ward in Boston. Nina Little maintained this scrapbook from 1930 to 1944. It contains letters, news clippings, programs, pamphlets, and small publicati...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301837

Ref. Code: MS015.04.06

Awards

This series contains plaques, trophies, certificates, and other objects given to Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little as awards or honors. There are also several folders of papers and certificates related to awards.

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301838

Ref. Code: MS015.04.07

Nina F. Little papers

This series unites a variety of Nina Fletcher Little's personal papers. It is divided into the following subseries: Early Writings, Brookline Organizations, "An Evening With Nina Aboard the Yacht Cristina," and Miscellaneous Loose Papers. The archival processor, rather than Selina Fletcher Little...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301840

Ref. Code: MS015.05.01

Biographical Materials and Personal Photographs

The biographical materials assembled in this series include articles, news clippings, and personal papers related to Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little and their folk art collection. Examples include numerous magazine profiles, obituaries, images, and items related to the auction of part of the Lit...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301841

Ref. Code: MS015.05.02

Colleagues of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

News clippings, correspondence, and other papers related to colleagues of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little. These papers were found together in one carton, arranged alphabetically by colleague with several additional articles and publications stored out of alphabetical order at the end. The se...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301842

Ref. Code: MS015.05.03

Early Writings

Poems and essays by Nina Fletcher Little, written from the ages of eight to eighteen, when her name was Nina Jarvie Fletcher. Includes some photocopies received from Selina Fletcher Little.

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301843

Ref. Code: MS015.05.01.01

Brookline Organizations

This subseries contains papers related to Nina Fletcher Little's involvement in the following interrelated Brookline charitable organizations: the Brookline Friendly Society, a public health and family services charitable organization, of which Nina Fletcher Little served as president from 1947-1957...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301844

Ref. Code: MS015.05.01.02

Binder "An Evening with Nina Aboard the Yacht Cristina"

Scrapbook of memories from a black tie dinner honoring Nina Fletcher Little held on April 1, 1977. Carl Crossman and Roger Howelett of the Childs Gallery hosted the dinner at their home, 257 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston. The Yacht Christina is a reference to the steam yacht owned by Nina F. Little's ...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301845

Ref. Code: MS015.05.01.03

Miscellaneous Loose Papers

Sub-series

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301846

Ref. Code: MS015.05.01.04

Cogswell's Grant

This series relates to Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little's home in Essex, Massachusetts, Cogswell's Grant. This tidewater farm was the Littles' summer home from 1937 until their deaths in 1993. In 1962, Nina Fletcher Little initiated plans to bequeath the property, buildings, and the outstanding f...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301847

Ref. Code: MS015.06.01

Little Collection Catalogues and Inventories

This series illustrates the different methods the Littles employed for documenting their personal collection of artwork and objects. The series includes a set of binders containing catalogue worksheets, as well as a set of card catalogues. Both cover the collections in Brookline and Essex, Massachus...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301848

Ref. Code: MS015.06.02

Subject Files

Miscellaneous files related to Cogswell's Grant, including maintenance records, papers related to the donation to SPNEA, and Essex town issues. Those files that were organized by Selina Fletcher Little appear first, while files added to this subseries by the archival processor appear after Selina Li...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301849

Ref. Code: MS015.06.01.01

Financial Records

This series contains bound volumes of check stubs from the First National Bank, Ipswich, for expenses related to Cogswell's Grant. It also includes three account ledgers for the farm, covering the years 1938-1981. The entire subseries is restricted.

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301850

Ref. Code: MS015.06.01.02

Appraisals

This series contains two appraisals related to Cogswell's Grant. One, conducted by R. M. Bradley & Co. in 1984, appraises the land and buildings and was conducted in conjunction with the establishment of preservation restrictions. The other is for the contents of the house and was conducted by Rolan...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301851

Ref. Code: MS015.06.01.03

Publications

This series contains articles, booklets, and a book concerning Cogswell's Grant.

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301852

Ref. Code: MS015.06.01.04

Photographs

Professional and family photographs, negatives, slides, and transparencies of Cogswell's Grant, 1936-1985. Includes room interiors, landscapes, aerial views, and farm activities. Also includes several Christmas cards printed by Bertram K. Little featuring images of the property.

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301853

Ref. Code: MS015.06.01.05

Collection Inventory Binders

This subseries consists of six binders containing catalogue worksheets for Little collection objects, as well as correspondence, clippings, and other documents related objects. There are separate inventories for the collections in Brookline and Essex, Massachusetts, as well as a separate inventory f...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301854

Ref. Code: MS015.06.02.01

Card Catalogues

This subseries contains eight boxes of catalogue cards. There are separate catalogues for the Littles' collections in Brookline and Essex, Massachusetts, as well as a catalogue of objects they sold or donated. Most of the objects cataloged here are two-dimensional works of art, such as paintings and...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301855

Ref. Code: MS015.06.02.02

Bertram K. Little papers

The papers of Bertram K. Little (1899-1993) organized in this series thoroughly document Little's career in publishing and non-profit management, and illustrate his expertise in history, decorative arts, and historic preservation. His involvement in dozens of museums and preservation organizations -...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301856

Ref. Code: MS015.07.01

SPNEA Papers

The papers in this subseries cover a wide array of topics, but are arranged together in this subseries because they are products of Bertram K. Little's work for SPNEA. This arrangement was created by the collections processor, in order to avoid moving some of the papers to the SPNEA/Historic New Eng...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301857

Ref. Code: MS015.07.01.01

Professional Papers

Bertram K. Little's professional papers thoroughly document his career from 1926 to 1947, before he assumed the position of Director at SPNEA. Little began his career in 1926 as a clerk in the advertising department of the publishing house Little, Brown & Company. From 1930 to 1934, Little operated ...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301858

Ref. Code: MS015.07.01.02

Organizations

Papers related to Bertram K. Little's many organizational affiliations, including as a member of the Board of Trustees at the Shirley-Eustis House and the Fruitlands Museums, an Overseer at Strawberry Banke, and an active member of the Walpole Society and the Rushlight Club. In additional to the his...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301859

Ref. Code: MS015.07.01.03

Lectures and Conferences

Correspondence, programs, clippings, and other papers related to lectures and presentations given by Bertram K. Little for historical organizations.

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301860

Ref. Code: MS015.07.01.04

Publications and Writings

Typescripts, manuscripts, and published writing by Bertram K. Little, including student works, pieces written for clubs or historical organizations, and journal articles. Also includes numerous files related to his 1971 history of the Brookline Savings Bank.

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301861

Ref. Code: MS015.07.01.05

Harvard University

Papers related to Bertram K. Little's involvement with his alma mater, Harvard University; Little was part of the class of 1923. Includes correspondence, clippings, notes, and other papers related to the organization of Harvard University's tercentenary exhibition of 1936, for which Bertram K. Littl...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301862

Ref. Code: MS015.07.01.06

News Clippings

Collection of clippings spanning 1928-1967. Includes articles on preservation and antiques, including many issues of the Boston Evening Transcript's "Antiques" section. Also includes two photographic postcards.

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301863

Ref. Code: MS015.07.01.07

World War II

Bertram K. Little papers related to Civil Defense organizations and World War II. See also the files related to his wartime job at the American Red Cross in the Professional Papers subseries.

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301864

Ref. Code: MS015.07.01.08

Miscellaneous Papers

Sub-series

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301865

Ref. Code: MS015.07.01.09

Printing Plates

This series contains three sets of printing plates kept by Nina Fletcher Little. Two sets relate to publications by Little: her first book Some Old Brookline Houses, as well as four articles about individual artists published in the magazine Antiques. The final set of printing plates do not relate t...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301866

Ref. Code: MS015.08.01

Selina Fletcher Little Binders

This series contains three self-published, illustrated histories and scrapbooks completed by Selina Fletcher Little with assistance from Lauren MacDonald. Two volumes offer a personal history of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little, their collections, and their Brookline home. The third volume thorou...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301867

Ref. Code: MS015.09.01

Little Collection Auctions

This series contains several copies of the Sotheby's auction catalogues for the Little collection auctions held in 1993 and 1994. There is also a copy of the catalogue for an auction held by Northeast Auctions in 1997, containing 42 lots from the Little estate. This series also contains some press m...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301868

Ref. Code: MS015.09.02

Elena Sarni Project

This series contains two copies of a project completed in 2001 by Elena Sarni, the Nina Fletcher and Bertram Kimball Little Folk Arts Fellow from 2000 to 2001. The product of this fellowship was Sarni's twenty-eight page essay, "The Collection of Nina Fletcher and Bertram Kimball Little: A Living Le...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301869

Ref. Code: MS015.09.03

Oral History Interviews

This series contains tape recordings, transcripts, and other material related to two sets of oral history interviews: Richard Nylander interviewing Nina Fletcher Little and Bertram K. Little in 1976 and Erica Lindamood interviewing the Littles' sons, John B. Little and Warren M. Little, in 2002. The...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301870

Ref. Code: MS015.09.04

Richard Nylander Interviews

Richard C. Nylander interviewed Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little over the course of two full days in August and September of 1976. The interviews were done at the urging of the Littles' daughter, Selina Fletcher Little, who was present at the first interview. The interviews were conducted at the ...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301871

Ref. Code: MS015.09.04.01

Erica Lindamood Interviews

Erica B. Lindamood, the 2002 Little Fellow at the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, interviewed John B. "Jack" Little and Warren M. "Renny" Little, the two sons of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little. The interviews were conducted separately and focused on the life history of ...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301872

Ref. Code: MS015.09.04.02

Letter from Ogden Codman, Jr., January 25, 1897

A seven page letter from Ogden Codman, Jr., to his mother, Sarah Bradlee Codman.

Date: 1897-01-25

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 301873

Ref. Code: MS001.18.01.18.28.001

Observations about the Charlestown Bridge

Item

Date: 1786

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 301874

Ref. Code: MS001.13.06.12.001

Massachusetts semi-annual state lottery ticket, no. 2320

Signed by George R. Minot.

Date: ca. 1790

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 301876

Ref. Code: MS001.13.06.04.001

Birth certificate for Abigail, Jemima, and Eunice Coffin

Birth certificate for Abigail, Jemima, and Eunice Coffin, daughters of Peter Coffin, Esq., probably recorded after 1695.

Date: ca. 1695

Collection: Coffin family papers

GUSN: 301877

Ref. Code: MS010.15.10.001

Agreement between Charles Harris and Susan Coffin regarding the care of the twins, Chang and Eng Bunker

Item

Date: undated

Collection: Coffin family papers

GUSN: 301879

Ref. Code: MS010.17.10.001

Agreement making Joshua Coffin the representaive of six women

Agreement created in 1827 making Joshua Coffin the representaive of six women with shares in "common or undivided land" in Newbury, Mass. It is signed by [Joylina?] C. Plummer, Eunice Plummer, Sarah K. [Rogers?], Margaret Pilsbury, Catherine D. Bunker, and Elizabeth C. George.

Date: 1827

Collection: Coffin family papers

GUSN: 301886

Ref. Code: MS010.15.07.001

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