Historic New England

Vermont - MS Material

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Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187735

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USVT.1660

Vermont - MS Material to be kept w/Covered Bridge Collection

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187736

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USVT.1660.0010

A crew of three men work on a dirt road in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. They appear to be removing a boulder from the middle of the road with a pulley rig. A man holds the reins of a horse-drawn wagon. A buggy is parked on the side on the road.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187751

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2690.0380.001

Joseph Picard auction

An auction is conducted at the house of Joseph Picard in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. A crowd of people examine the items for sale that are arranged in the front yard of the home. Wagons, buggies, and other horse-drawn vehicles are parked next to the stone wall bordering the property and on the dirt r...

Date: 1914-04-19

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187753

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2690.0380.002

Oversize photographs, 1860s-2023

The majority of the prints in the Oversize photograph series of the General Photographic Collection are nineteenth-century views of Boston buildings and streets, including works by Southworth and Hawes, James Wallace Black, John Adams Whipple, and A. H. Folsom, dating from the the 1860s to the mid-1...

Date: 1860-2023

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187775

Ref. Code: PC001.01

Geographic locations

Sub-series

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187776

Ref. Code: PC001.01.01

Subjects

Sub-series

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187777

Ref. Code: PC001.01.02

Stereo views

Stereo views, or stereographs, are the double-views that were used as parlor entertainment starting in the mid-1850s. The Stereo views series of the General Photographic Collection contains more than 10,000 items, dating from the late 1850s to the mid-1880s.The emphasis of most stereographic photogr...

Date: 1850-1889

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187779

Ref. Code: PC001.04

Geographic locations

Sub-series

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187782

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01

Subjects

Sub-series

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187783

Ref. Code: PC001.04.02

Photographers

Sub-series

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187784

Ref. Code: PC001.04.03

Tucker family papers

The Tucker family papers (MS033) reflect the life and work of the Tucker family of Wiscasset, Maine, and life at their home, Castle Tucker. The majority of the collection comprises the papers of Richard and Mollie Tucker and their five children, which includes a substantial collection of correspond...

Date: 1758-1997, undated, predominant 1848-1997

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 187787

Ref. Code: MS033

Copybooks collection

28 copybooks (1 record carton, 1 oversized box)

Date: 1796-1885, undated

Collection: Copybooks collection

GUSN: 187795

Ref. Code: MS003

Scrapbooks collection

This collection consists of fifty-four scrapbooks on a variety of topics and including many different types of materials. Some scrapbooks include newspaper clippings while others include ephemera. Still others include personal materials such as sketches or poems. Please see individual scrapbooks' de...

Collection: Scrapbooks collection

GUSN: 187796

Ref. Code: MS004

Weld-Appleton family papers

Materials in this collection illustrate and document the life the Appleton family and Weld family, pivoting around Dorothy Everard (Appleton) Weld and her husband George Francis Weld, Sr. The collection documents these two individuals as well as their ancestors, siblings, and children. This colle...

Date: 1782-1976, undated

Collection: Weld-Appleton family papers

GUSN: 187797

Ref. Code: MS005

Casey family papers

The Casey family papers (MS008) reflect the life and work of the Casey family of Saunderstown, Rhode Island, and life at the Casey farm. The papers cover topics such as family history, trade, and agricultural activities. Additional material includes Thomas Lincoln Casey's (1831-1896) professional ...

Date: 1705-2009, undated

Collection: Casey family papers

GUSN: 187798

Ref. Code: MS008

Joseph Everett Chandler diaries collection

This collection of twenty-six diaries covers Chandler's youth in Plymouth, Mass., his architectural studies and internships, and the last two decades of his career (1919-1941). Each diary gives a first-hand account of his daily activities, from the weather to garden work and visitors, luncheons, eve...

Date: 1881-1941, predominant 1919-1941

Collection: Joseph Everett Chandler diaries collection

GUSN: 187799

Ref. Code: MS009

Coffin family papers

The Coffin family papers (MS010) focus on domestic, commercial, and civic life during the mid-seventeenth century through the early twentieth century, reflecting the life and work of the Coffin and Coleman families of Newbury, Massachusetts. Materials within the collection relate to the towns of Ne...

Date: 1657-1987, undated, predominant 1657-1929

Collection: Coffin family papers

GUSN: 187800

Ref. Code: MS010

Fayerweather family papers

(3 legal size document boxes and 2 oversized boxes)

Collection: Fayerweather family papers

GUSN: 187802

Ref. Code: MS011

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. Memorandum Book entitled "Sketch of My Life OGL" (Oliver Griffin Lane) This diary consisting of 112 pages written in ink in which Captain Oliver Lane describes his life (1798-1867), his career as a sea captain, entrepreneur and family man during the first half of the 19th century. The diary h...

Date: circa 1820-1921, undated, predominant 1828-1860

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 family 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 family 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

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

Interior view of Frank S. Horning Co. record store, 22 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass., Feb. 1920

Interior view of the Frank S. Horning record store located on Boylston Street in Boston, Massachusetts. In addition to two walls of phonograph records, there is a cash register, a phonograph player, and many Victor Records dog statuettes.

Date: 1920

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187912

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.1540.001

Interior of operating hall, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass., undated

Interior view of an operating hall at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Men and women sit in the stands listening to a lecture. A female secretary takes notes on a desk near the empty operating table.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187914

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.5570.001

Bathing beach, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts

Outdoor scene of men, women and children on a beach in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts. Most wear bathing costumes and take part in recreational activities.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187919

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.3070.0010.003

Brown's Sawmill

The photograph depicts the interior of Brown's Sawmill in Bow, New Hampsire. Two men pose for the camera. One is seated and the other is standing holding a piece of timber.

Date: 1899

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187921

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.5200.0100.001

Young man with musical instruments on table

The image features a young man sitting at a carved table with instruments, including clarinets and a violin. The room is well-appointed with photographs hanging on the walls, a large mirror, a full bookcase, and a rocking chair. The wallpaper has a distinct leaf pattern.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187923

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.5300.0100.001

Group of people with musical instruments on table

The photograph features three men and a women in a well appointed room with a table displaying musical instruments. The music stand holds a Carl Baermann booklet.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187926

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.5300.0100.002

Marine View, Oak Bluffs

The stereograph features a marine view from Oak Bluffs of Martha's Vineyard. Men, women and children are walking along the cliffs and shore, and large ships with multiple masts can be seen on the water.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187930

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.1380.0100.001

Old fish cart

This carte-de visite-depicts a group of children playing in an old wooden fish cart. The cart is located among the sand grass near a cluster of shingled cottages both on the shore and on the ledge above.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187932

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1960.0080.001

View of Broadway Street, Siasconset, Nantucket, Mass., undated

View of Broadway Street, facing north in Siasconset. The street is unpaved, with picket fences around many of the homes. Three homes have figureheads on their roofs or in the front yard.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187933

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1960.0080.002

White Island Light, Isle of Shoals, N.H., undated

The photograph features the White Island Light and a complex of buildings surrounding the lighthouse. There is a small sailboat being pulled out of the water and a black dog plays in the shallows. A large home with three chimneys and an elaborate brim overlooks the rest of the complex.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187934

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USNH.0820.0020.001

Temporary

Sub-series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 187937

Ref. Code: EP001.07.TMP

From immigrant ship to citizenship, bulletin 1921-1922, North Bennet Street Industrial School, Boston, Mass.

This pamphlet describes the work of the North Bennet Street Industrial School in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts. The School provided assistance to new immigrants including vocational training and summer camps. The pamphlet includes six black and white prints.

Date: 1921-1922

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 187941

Ref. Code: EP001.07.TMP.001

Temporary

Sub-sub-series

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187950

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP

Colonial, Watch Hill, R.I.

A postcard of the Colonial, a hotel in Watch Hill, Rhode Island. Many people sit on the wrap-around porch.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187951

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.003

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