Historic New England

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

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

Letter from George Moore to Richard Thomas Austin

Written from George Moore at the Quincy House in Quincy, Ill., to Richard Thomas Austin in Cambridge, Mass., on December 15, 1840.

Date: 1840-12-15

Collection: Cooper-Frost-Austin family papers

GUSN: 301888

Ref. Code: MS039.01.01.001

Deed for land purchased from Stephen Prentice by Gideon Frost in Cambridge, Mass.

1 deed

Date: 1767

Collection: Cooper-Frost-Austin family papers

GUSN: 301890

Ref. Code: MS039.02.01.001

"An Herculean Love Knot"

A complex drawing of a knot with fine lettering throughout, inscribed H. Clark, Jr.

Date: 1815-02-07

Collection: Cooper-Frost-Austin family papers

GUSN: 301892

Ref. Code: MS039.04.03.001

Portrait of Halfdan "Dick" M. Hanson

1 photograph

Date: ca. 1914

Collection: Halfdan M. Hanson (1884-1952) architectural collection

GUSN: 301893

Ref. Code: AR010.01.04.001

Letter from R. W. Burnham to Halfdan M. Hanson, January 15, 1916

1 letter

Date: 1916-01-15

Collection: Halfdan M. Hanson (1884-1952) architectural collection

GUSN: 301895

Ref. Code: AR010.02.05.001

Letter from Henry Davis Sleeper to Halfdan M. Hanson, Dec. 26, 1917

A letter from Henry Davis Sleeper to Halfdan M. Hanson, written on December 26, 1917, asking Hanson to, for friendship's sake, make weekly visits to Beauport to see that the work being done proceeds as it should while Sleeper recovers from a broken leg.

Date: 1917-12-26

Collection: Halfdan M. Hanson (1884-1952) architectural collection

GUSN: 301896

Ref. Code: AR010.02.07.001

Letter from Henry Davis Sleeper to Halfdan M. Hanson, January 4, 1921

Sleeper thanks Hanson for plans Hanson created, commenting that Hanson "solved all the problems, as usual, with great success." Sleeper mentions Caroline Sinkler and the Cogswell house.

Date: 1921-01-04

Collection: Halfdan M. Hanson (1884-1952) architectural collection

GUSN: 301897

Ref. Code: AR010.02.08.001

Letter from Henry Davis Sleeper to Halfdan M. Hanson, March 4, 1921

Sleeper suggests that Hanson spend time in Colorado for his health, a suggestion Hanson took.

Date: 1921-03-04

Collection: Halfdan M. Hanson (1884-1952) architectural collection

GUSN: 301898

Ref. Code: AR010.02.08.002

Guestbook page: Joan Miro

A page from Walter and Ise's guestbook with a watercolor sketch created by Joan Miro.

Date: 1959-05-24

Collection: Gropius family papers

GUSN: 301899

Ref. Code: MS012.TMP.009

Letter from Isabella Stewart Gardner to Sarah Orne Jewett, Oct. 25, [1902]

1 letter

Date: 1902-10-25

Collection: Jewett family papers

GUSN: 301900

Ref. Code: MS014.01.06.09.001

Program, 2nd Congrès International des Oeuvres et Institutions Féminines

The program for the 2nd Congrès International des Oeuvres et Institutions Féminines (2nd International Congress of Feminine Works and Institutions) held in Paris in 1899.

Date: 1899

Collection: Jewett family papers

GUSN: 301901

Ref. Code: MS014.01.04.25.001

Letter from Theodore Jewett Eastman to his aunts Mary and Sarah, Oct. 28, 1901

Letter from Theodore Eastman Jewett to his aunts Mary and Sarah Jewett discussing school, written on October 28, 1901.

Date: 1901-10-28

Collection: Jewett family papers

GUSN: 301902

Ref. Code: MS014.02.04.02.01.001

Page of account book, February 1824

Includes entry for payment made to Alexander Parris for a plan drawn for Charles Russell Codman.

Date: 1824

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 301903

Ref. Code: MS037.04.02.001

"Piratical Barbarity, or the female captive"

1 booklet

Date: ca. 1825

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 301904

Ref. Code: MS037.06.25.001

Sketches of sailors, inside back cover of book of invoices

1 page of book

Date: ca. 1843

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 301905

Ref. Code: MS037.06.11.001

Invitation to the wedding of Sophia Munroe and William Coombs Codman

1 wedding invitation

Date: 1887

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 301906

Ref. Code: MS037.10.36.001

William Coombs Codman's seaman's journal of a voyage from Boston to Calcutta, entry from March 10, 1841

Entry from the day the ship reached Calcutta. Describes local characters. Includes small sketch.

Date: 1841-03-10

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 301907

Ref. Code: MS037.06.04.001

Invoice to Miss Emily Elwyn from W. C. Philbrick for masonry

1 invoice

Date: 1923

Collection: Langdon family papers

GUSN: 301910

Ref. Code: MS040.03.04.001

Invoice to Mrs. Woodbury Langdon from S. S. Pierce Co. for groceries

Includes items such as a Virginia ham, a hair brush, bacon, paper, wheatmeal biscuits, Ceylon tea, Czarina tea, and marshmallow creme.

Date: 1923

Collection: Langdon family papers

GUSN: 301911

Ref. Code: MS040.03.13.001

Handwritten excerpt from a letter from Susan Quincy to "Aunt Anna," August 30, 1881

The letter discusses a ball held at the Vale which was attended by John Quincy Adams, possibly ca. 1815.

Date: 1881-08-30

Collection: Lyman family papers

GUSN: 301913

Ref. Code: MS017.03.02.001

Resolutions of appreciation of the services of Miss Frances S. Marrett and Miss Sarah M. Lilley

Unanimously adopted by the Perkins Institution Alumnae Association at the annual meeting, June 5, 1913.

Date: 1913-06-05

Collection: Marrett family papers

GUSN: 301915

Ref. Code: MS018.16.14.001

Poem

A poem inscribed with the initials S. M. L. at the top of the page above the date May 29, 1914. It is unclear if the item was addressed to or written by S. M. L. The initials probably stand for Sarah M. Lilley.

Date: 1914-05-29

Collection: Marrett family papers

GUSN: 301916

Ref. Code: MS018.17.01.001

Invitation from Helen Keller to Frances S. Marrett

1 invitation

Date: 1892

Collection: Marrett family papers

GUSN: 301917

Ref. Code: MS018.16.12.001

American Red Cross Blood Donor Center (8)

Two posters advertising blood donorship.

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301919

Ref. Code: MS015.07.01.02.030

Red Cross poster

1 poster

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301920

Ref. Code: MS015.07.01.02.030.001

Civil Defense Organizations and World War II (2)

World War II era ephemera; Bertram Little's official MA Committee on Public Safety identity card; Nina Fletcher Little's Red Cross first aid cards; and an eleven page Army-Navy press release about the Bataan death march, 1944.

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301921

Ref. Code: MS015.07.01.08.02

25 Cent Stamp Album for the purchase of United States War Savings Bonds

1 pamphlet

Date: 1942

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301922

Ref. Code: MS015.07.01.08.02.01

Correspondence, 1959

Photograph: Major Moses Hurd (Robert Carlen Collection). Correspondence: Mary Black, Graham Hood and Beatrix Rumford (AARFAC); ?? Seltzer; Thomas Maytham and Perry Rathbone (MFA, Boston); Robert Vose (Vose Galleries); Wilbur Peat (John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis).

Date: 1959

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301923

Ref. Code: MS015.04.04.06