Historic New England

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

This letter may contain harmful and racist language related to the infantilization of disabled individuals and 19th century American attitudes towards persons of Asian descent. Historic New England acknowledges historical records / objects may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting atti...

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

Letter from Nina Fletcher Little to Mary C. Black, curator of the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection

Letter discusses a Civil War show, a Brewster show, a loan of "Washington Crossing" and "There Shall Be No More War," and the Brazer Guild.

Date: 1959

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301926

Ref. Code: MS015.04.04.06.001

Cold Water Army of Massachusetts pledge

The Cold Water Army was a temperance association of which Lucy Smith Anderson was a member.

Date: undated

Collection: Parson Smith family papers

GUSN: 301927

Ref. Code: MS032.01.08.06.001

Invitation to see Sarah Bernhardt at the Boston Opera House

Written in French.

Date: 1917-03-03

Collection: Parson Smith family papers

GUSN: 301928

Ref. Code: MS032.04.03.01.001

Civil War muster roll

A Civil War muster roll for the Windham Infantry Militia, 1862.

Date: 1862

Collection: Parson Smith family papers

GUSN: 301929

Ref. Code: MS032.07.01.24.001

Account book

1 account book

Date: ca. 1808

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 301930

Ref. Code: MS025.01.02.005.001

Boards for house construction

1 page from account book

Date: ca. 1808

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 301931

Ref. Code: MS025.01.02.005.001.001

Laborers

1 page from account book

Date: 1808

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 301932

Ref. Code: MS025.01.02.005.001.002

Harvard College certificate of admission for J. R. May

James Rundlet May's certificate of admission to Harvard College signed by the president of Harvard, James Walker, July 20, 1858.

Date: 1858-07-20

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 301934

Ref. Code: MS025.07.05.002.001

Passport

Item

Date: 1850

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 301935

Ref. Code: MS025.04.003.001

Letter from Jonathan Sayward to an unidentified recipient

A letter, addressed to dear sir!, from Jonathan Sayward to an unidentified recipient, August 22, 1784.

Date: 1784-08-22

Collection: Sayward family papers

GUSN: 301936

Ref. Code: MS031.01.02.01.001

Receipt for portrait of Sarah "Sally" Barrell by Joseph Blackburn

1 receipt

Date: 1762-07-12

Collection: Sayward family papers

GUSN: 301938

Ref. Code: MS031.01.02.03.001

Professional papers of Thomas Lincoln Casey (1831-1896): Washington Monument, Washington, D.C.

Series XXXVIII, Professional papers of Thomas Lincoln Casey (1831-1896): Washington Monument, Washington, D.C., 1848-1895, undated (#40.1-42.30), contains professional correspondence; notes; memoranda; sketches; work diaries; reports; engineering calculations; test results for building materials; fi...

Date: 1846-1895, undated

Collection: Casey family papers

GUSN: 301937

Ref. Code: MS008.38

Appointment of Jonathan Sayward as justice of the peace for King George III

1 appointment

Date: 1768

Collection: Sayward family papers

GUSN: 301939

Ref. Code: MS031.01.02.05.001

"The First Maine Novelist"

Written by "Miss Cheever," possibly in the 1940s, about Sally Sayward Barrell Keating Wood.

Date: 1940s

Collection: Sayward family papers

GUSN: 301940

Ref. Code: MS031.01.05.01.001

Letter from Amy Lowell to William Sumner Appleton, Jr.

Addressed to "dear Sumner" and signed "affectionately yours, Amy Lowell."

Date: undated

Collection: Weld-Appleton family papers

GUSN: 301941

Ref. Code: MS005.01.009.001.001

Letter from Amy Lowell to William Sumner Appleton, Jr.

Written on September 9, 1906, and addressed to "dear Sumner" and signed "affectionately yours, Amy Lowell."

Date: 1906-09-09

Collection: Weld-Appleton family papers

GUSN: 301942

Ref. Code: MS005.01.009.001.002

Letter from William Sumner Appleton, Sr. to Harriot Curtis

Written on April 30, 1834, and addressed to "my dear Hattie" and signed "your affectionate bro'er, W. S. Appleton."

Date: 1834-04-30

Collection: Weld-Appleton family papers

GUSN: 301943

Ref. Code: MS005.01.016.001.001

Decorative Arts and Furnishings

This subseries includes articles, auction catalogues, and museum guidebooks in addition to many exhibition catalogues. Correspondence or other papers accompanied several of the publications. The publications were originally contained in three document boxes. Nina Fletcher Little labeled the boxes wi...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301823

Ref. Code: MS015.03.03.01

Individual Artists

In addition to exhibition catalogues, this subseries includes many articles from historical and decorative arts periodicals. They were originally contained in three document boxes. Nina Fletcher Little labeled the boxes with date spans, though the publication dates of the catalogues and articles wit...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301824

Ref. Code: MS015.03.03.02

Ceramics

This subseries has fewer exhibition catalogues than other subseries. Rather, it contains a wide variety of publications including pamphlets, newsletters, articles, and other scholarly sources on ceramics. Nina Fletcher Little's involvement in the China Students' Club of Boston and the Wedgwood Club ...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301825

Ref. Code: MS015.03.03.03

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