Historic New England

Stock certificate for Western Rail Road Corporation

A stock certificate for the Western Rail Road Coporation signed by treasurer Josiah Quincy in 1841.

Date: 1841

Collection: Quincy family collection

GUSN: 309632

Ref. Code: MS053.012

Interior Settings

Photo album. Album has a heavy textured dark brown covering and is held together with two metal brads. Front cover is detached. Album has 72 olive green pages; 31 of the pages are blank. Album contains one loose and 113 mounted black-and-white photographs. Album is second of three that contain p...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

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

GUSN: 309635

Ref. Code: CC010.006.006

Interior Settings

Photo album. Album has a heavy textured dark brown covering and is held together with two metal brads. Front cover is loose. Album has 52 olive green pages; four of the pages are blank. Album contains 118 mounted black-and-white photographs. Album is last of three that contain photographs of furn...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

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

GUSN: 309636

Ref. Code: CC010.006.007

Menu, The American Antiquarian Society, Parker House, Boston, Mass., April 28, 1897

The group had such dishes as oysters, spring lamb, apricot tarts, strawberry shortcake and to drink, frozen Tom and Jerries. A Roman soldier and a Native American are on two coins with weapons in the background in the cover illustration. Henry L. Kyser, the printer, is located at 169 Tremont Street.

Date: 1897-04-28

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309658

Ref. Code: EP001.06.07.014

Dinner of the Committee on Printing of the City Council of Boston, Revere House, Boston, Mass., September 28, 1850

The bill of fare has such dishes as baked Blackfish, Virginia Ham, compote of pigeons, venison and meringue baskets. Pink flowers decorate the menu. The city seal is on the menu verso.

Date: 1850-09-28

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309662

Ref. Code: EP001.06.07.015

Bill of fare, Boston Light Dragoons dinner for 160, Revere House, October 18, 1853

The bill of fare has such dishes as Leg of South Shore Mutton, quail, fillet of beef, meringue bakets and Roman Punch. The dinner took place at 5 1-2 o'clock. An image of Revere House is on the menu cover.

Date: 1853-10-18

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309667

Ref. Code: EP001.06.07.016

Dinner for 28 persons, Revere House, Boston, Mass., April 17, 1856

The bill of fare has such dishes as Westphalia Ham, chicken salad, calf's head, duck and meringue baskets. The border of the menu cover is decorated.

Date: 1856-04-17

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309677

Ref. Code: EP001.06.07.017

Dinner by the city government of Boston, in honor of Rear Admiral Mehemet Pasha and suite, Revere House, Boston, Mass., May 25, 1858

Mehemet Pasha was a Turkish Admiral who visited the United States. The bill of fare has such offerings as baked shad, roast lamb, cold dishes, side dishes, game and a selection of desserts. An embossed border decorates the menu with the seals of Boston and the United States.

Date: 1858-05-25

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309680

Ref. Code: EP001.06.07.018

Complimentary dinner to H.R.H. the Grand Duke Alexis, Revere House, Boston, Mass., December 9, 1871

The Grand Duke of Russia visited the United States as part of a goodwill tour in 1871-1872 and was entertained in Boston. The menu courses are listed in French with wines and liqueurs. The envelope has the name "T.C. Stearns" engraved on it. The envelope has "Grand Duke Alexis" handwritten in pencil...

Date: 1871-12-09

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309693

Ref. Code: EP001.06.07.019

Ladies' night dinner, Papyrus Club, Revere House, Boston, Mass., February 15, 1879

Club members dined on fillet of sole, fois gras, quail, Charlotte Russe and champagne punch. "The Loving Cup of the Papyrus" poem and the music offerings are printed in the menu.

Date: 1879-02-15

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309714

Ref. Code: EP001.06.07.020

Anniversary dinner, Committee of the City Government of Boston, Spy Pond House, Cambridge, Mass., November 14, 1849

The guests dined on salmon, turkey, game, pastries, puddings and dessert. T.W. Seaver is the proprietor.

Date: 1849-11-14

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309715

Ref. Code: EP001.06.07.021

Dinner for forty-five gentlemen, Taft's Hotel, Point Shirley, Mass., August 9, 1850

The gentlemen enjoyed clam chowder, fish, Leg of South Down Mutton, roast pig, wild goose, puddings, pastries and ice cream. Pink flowers decorate the menu.

Date: 1850-08-09

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309718

Ref. Code: EP001.06.07.022

Complimentary dinner given to Robert A. Southworth, by Republicans of the Charlestown District, Tremont House, Boston Mass., February 24, 1887

Southworth was secretary of the Republican State Committee. The invited guests, listed on the menu verso, included Massachusetts Governor Oliver Ames and other persons in state government. The guests dined on English turbot, beef, Green Goose, lamb cutlets and Roman Punch. The Bunker Hill Monument d...

Date: 1887-02-24

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309725

Ref. Code: EP001.06.07.023

Duplicate Photographs

Photo album. Album is unbound and covers are separated. Album covers have a fabric covering with leather corners. Album has 100 loose pages; fourteen of the pages are blank. Album contains 93 mounted black-and-white photographs. Photographs are of a variety of objects manufactured by A. H. Davenport...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

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

GUSN: 309724

Ref. Code: CC010.006.008

Second anniversary dinner of the Roxbury Reserve Guard Association, United States Hotel, Boston, Mass., February 22, 1867

The diners enjoyed turtle soup, turkey, venison steak, Cabinet Pudding and other dishes.

Date: 1867-02-22

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309726

Ref. Code: EP001.06.07.024

House for W.A. Gardner, Beverly, Mass.

This is a perspective drawing, graphite drawing on paper. It depicts a stone dwelling, three-four stories, featuring three gables and chimneys. The exterior is funished with tall, lean trees and shrubery. A marble, or possibly stone, staircase and handrails line the front of the dwelling.

Date: 1916

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 309727

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0200.002

Massachusetts - Newburyport

Sub-series

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 309731

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0725

House for C.G. Pendill Esq., Newburyport, Mass.

This is a perspective, graphite drawing on paper, depicting a wood dwelling. The dwelling is colonial style, with a center pathway leading to an arched door. There is a deck/balcony off the left side. The entire dwelling is surrounded by a manicured lawn, complete with shrubery and tall trees.

Date: 1924-1944

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 309733

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0725.001

Mixed media artwork of an unidentified church, location unknown

This is a large presentation of an unidentified church with gothic windows and rounded archways. The bulidng also contains a large tower that serves as a main entrance to the building. Medieval, gothic, window slits take up most of the building space, save for the larger, arched windows on the base ...

Date: undated

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 309743

Ref. Code: AR001.UNK.027

Perspective drawing of unidentified church, location unknown, undated

This large perspective of an unidentified church is neatly outlined with pen. The church has turrets, pointed archways, stained glass windows, and circular windows. The bottom appears to be modeled after marble. It is a take on the gothic style. Intricately shaped tiles are drawn on the roofs of...

Date: undated

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 309746

Ref. Code: AR001.UNK.028

Dinner of the Massachusetts Reform Club, Young's Hotel, Boston, Mass., February 28, 1896

The members dined on bisque of clams, sirloin of beef, roast Philadelphia capon and Tipsy Cake. The currency system was the dinner topic addressed by speakers James H. Eckels, Horatio G. Curtis and F.W. Taussig. Eckels was Comptroller of the Currency under President Grover Cleveland. Henry L. Kyser,...

Date: 1896-02-28

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309797

Ref. Code: EP001.06.07.025

Menus - Organizations - Dinners held at clubs and halls

Sub-series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309800

Ref. Code: EP001.06.08

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

Menu, Bank Presidents Association of Boston, Parker House, Boston, Mass., November 11, 1895

The bankers dined on such dishes as Cotuit Oysters, baked smelts, saddle of venison, apple fritters à la Nemours and frozen Tom and Jerry.

Date: 1895-11-11

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310309

Ref. Code: EP001.06.12.028

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