Historic New England

Henry M. Francis architectural collection

Henry M. Francis was born in 1836 in Lunenburg, Massachusetts. His architectural practice was located in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. He designed such buildings as Fitchburg City Hall and the Hazen Memorial Library in Shirley, Massachusetts. His two sons Frederick and Albert joined the firm in 1902. He...

Collection: Henry M. Francis architectural collection

GUSN: 180994

Ref. Code: AR007

Edwin B. Goodell architectural collection

Collection

Collection: Edwin B. Goodell architectural collection

GUSN: 180997

Ref. Code: AR009

Halfdan M. Hanson (1884-1952) architectural collection

The Halfdan M. Hanson (1884-1952) architectural collection (AR010), reflects the professional life and work of architect Halfdan M. Hanson (1884-1952) during the early twentieth century. The collection is primarily comprised of Hanson's professional correspondence and work commissions. The collect...

Date: 1903-1978, undated, predominant 1903-1936

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

GUSN: 180998

Ref. Code: AR010

Hutchins & French architectural collection

Collection

Collection: Hutchins & French architectural collection

GUSN: 180999

Ref. Code: AR011

Remmert W. Huygens architectural collection

Collection

Collection: Remmert W. Huygens architectural collection

GUSN: 181008

Ref. Code: AR012

Historic New England properties architectural collection

Collection

Collection: Historic New England properties architectural collection

GUSN: 181068

Ref. Code: AR019

George T. Kelly architectural collection

Collection

Collection: George T. Kelly architectural collection

GUSN: 181070

Ref. Code: AR015

Jacob Luippold architectural collection

The collection is remarkable in its thorough documentation of a small practice at the turn of the century and gives insights into middle-class building styles during a period when the city was experiencing rapid growth. The drawings in this collection include plot plans, floor plans, framing plan...

Date: 1882-1915, undated, predominant 1890-1910

Collection: Jacob Luippold architectural collection

GUSN: 181071

Ref. Code: AR016

Frederick A. Stahl architectural collection

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Collection: Frederick A. Stahl architectural collection

GUSN: 181072

Ref. Code: AR017

H.P. Hood Company records

Collection

Collection: H.P. Hood Company records

GUSN: 181077

Ref. Code: CC001

Perry Paint collection

The Perry Paint Collection documents the work of the Edward K. Perry Company of Boston, Massachusetts, an important and influential design firm, and provides signifcant information about the practices and materials available to the paint industry from the 1930s to the 1980s. The main contents ar...

Date: 1930-1989

Collection: Perry Paint collection

GUSN: 181079

Ref. Code: CC002

Whitney's Linen Store records, 1889-1924, undated

The Whitney's Linen Store Collection consists of one folder of photographs, one photograph album, and two albums of photomechanical prints and advertisements for Whitney's Linen Store at 39 Temple Place in Boston, Massachusetts. The folder contains 11 5 x 8 inch black-and-white mounted interior v...

Date: 1889-1924, undated

Collection: Whitney's Linen Store records, 1889-1924, undated

GUSN: 181081

Ref. Code: CC003

W.C. Vaughan Co. records, 1880s-1980, bulk 1972-1980

The W. C. Vaughan Co. Collection contains five boxes of company records. These include financial records, purchase orders, invoices, letters, and product drawings. Many of these papers include duplicate copies, and company stamps on the papers noting billings or payments. Some of the financial recor...

Date: 1880-1980, predominant 1972-1980

Collection: W.C. Vaughan Co. records, 1880s-1980, bulk 1972-1980

GUSN: 181082

Ref. Code: CC004

Account books collection

The account books collection contains over 150 individual account books. Of special interest to the study of New England's economic history, these records reflect the activities, expenditures, and personnel of various specialized occupations, as well as the consumption patterns of households. The co...

Date: 1745-1889

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 181141

Ref. Code: MS002

Ledger and daybook of Ezekiel Bailey, Hallowell, Maine, 1834-1846

This 1834-1846 ledger and daybook of Ezekiel Bailey, a carpet manufacturer in Hallowell, Maine, lists the prices of carpets, tools, and materials used in carpet making and marketing, as well as the prices of curtains and various fabrics. These documents and two loose pages of figures record a consid...

Date: 1834-1846

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 181143

Ref. Code: MS002.002

Ledger of Thomas Barnes, Waltham, Mass., 1810-1832

This 1810-1832 ledger of Thomas Barnes, a mason in Waltham, Massachusetts, itemizes prices for labor and the construction and repair of houses in the Boston area. Near the end of the ledger there are notes pertaining to the attendance of apprentices and the delivery of goods, meat, and wood. The led...

Date: 1810-1832

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 181144

Ref. Code: MS002.003

Account book of Thomas Otis, Boston, Mass., 1803-1804

This 1803-1804 account book of Thomas Otis, a retailer in Boston, records the sales of articles sold in quantity including fabrics, clothing, housewares, hardware, and sundries. A newspaper clipping of a poem about the 1732 will of a Harvard University employee is pasted on the first page.

Date: 1803-1804

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 181150

Ref. Code: MS002.043

Daybook of the Cleveland General Store, Bedford, Vermont, 1848-1849

This 1848-1849 daybook of the Cleveland General Store in the area of Bedford, Vermont lists purchases, including groceries, meats, fabrics, household needs, occasional items of clothing, lumber, and hardware sold to individual buyers. There are also additional materials: 1 page from a children's mag...

Date: 1848-1849

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 181170

Ref. Code: MS002.044

Color advertisements

The file of color advertisements was created from the clippings file donated by William Sumner Appleton, founder of the Society for the Preservation of New Antiquities, known today as Historic New England. The collection dates between 1920 and 1927. The ads were extracted from the clippings file if ...

Date: 1920-1927

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 181203

Ref. Code: EP001.02

Calling cards

Also known as visiting cards, the use of calling cards originated in Europe. American calling cards were often more elaborate than their British counterparts. They could be printed in color on cards in a variety of sizes, and employed many different typefaces, borders, and chromolithographed decorat...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 181205

Ref. Code: EP001.03

Rewards of merit

This collection contains six hundred and six American and British-made rewards of merit dating between 1802 and 1900. Present are examples of early printing techniques used in Boston, New York, Newburyport, Lowell, and Providence; including chrome plating, lithography, embossing, chromolithography, ...

Date: 1802-1900, undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 181208

Ref. Code: EP001.04

Greeting cards

This series includes early examples of Christmas, Easter, birthday, and Valentine's Day greeting cards. Many cards in the collection were produced by the company of Louis Prang, a leader in the greeting card publishing business and the printing industry. Other publishers included in the collection a...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 181209

Ref. Code: EP001.05

Menus

This series contains menus that date from the 1830s until approximately 1910. These items include highly decorated items produced for special occasions and standard menus issued by restaurants, steamships, and hotels. The geographic coverage is largely limited to Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 181210

Ref. Code: EP001.06

Pamphlets

Series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 181211

Ref. Code: EP001.07

Card games and playing cards

Playing cards appeared in Europe after the mid 14th century, when wood-block printing on paper made mass production possible, but they had been known in other countries even earlier. The number of cards per pack, the suits, and illustrations have varied over time, but the standard pack has 52 cards ...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 181213

Ref. Code: EP001.08

Geographic locations

Sub-series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 181214

Ref. Code: EP001.07.01

Subjects

Sub-series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 181215

Ref. Code: EP001.07.02

Programs

This series includes broadsides for productions at Boston theaters from the 1830s to approximately the 1860s, as well as concert programs, lecture announcements, and other miscellaneous materials related to performances.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 181216

Ref. Code: EP001.09

Sheet music

Historic New England's collection of sheet music includes illustrations from the following categories or themes: social life, patriotic symbols, courtship and love, sports, games, and amusements, politics, pastoral scenes, family life, entertainers, military, social issues, urban scenes, beauty and ...

Date: 1829-1899

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 181218

Ref. Code: EP001.10

Tickets and cards of admission

Tickets and cards of admission generally include the word "admit" followed by the number who may be admitted or a space for name(s) to be written in. Such ticks are associated with a range of events, such as ceremonial occasions, special events, concerts, or other instances where restriction on the ...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 181219

Ref. Code: EP001.11

Product catalogues

As the industrial age generated an ever-expanding array of consumer goods, trade catalogues presented merchandise alluringly to potential customers. In the United States, catalogues were a practical solution to the problem of geographical distance between buyer and seller.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 181220

Ref. Code: EP001.12

Photographs

Subseries H, Photographs, 1911 (#23.294-23.298) contains twenty-six Newburyport High School class pictures from 1911 and sketches that were found with this collection of photographs.

Date: 1911

Collection: Little family papers

GUSN: 181295

Ref. Code: MS016.24.08

Barrett family papers

This collection includes the family papers associated with the Barrett House of New Ipswich, New Hampshire. The materials date from 1774 to 1966 with the bulk of the material from the 1800s. The materials document the Ames, Barr, and Barrett families as well as other relatives of the families. The c...

Date: 1774-1966, predominant 1800-1899

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 181311

Ref. Code: MS007

General photographic collection

The majority of the prints in the Oversize photographs 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-...

Date: 1860-2010, predominant 1860-1920

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 181405

Ref. Code: PC001

Standard-size photographs, 1860s-2000s

The Standard-size series of the General Photographic Collection is the largest and most complex component of the photographic collections, containing an estimated 100,000 items, dating from the 1860s to the present. The geographic coverage and subject range of these images are very wide. The work of...

Date: 1860-2009, predominant 1860-1920

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 181406

Ref. Code: PC001.02