Historic New England

Account book for labor of James Rundlet, merchant, manufacturer, and investor

First thirty pages torn out. Remaining pages for labor accounts. Laborers mentioned by name, but type of work not specified. Payment made in cash, fabric, and shoes. Back page lists "those who preached in 1826" by name, date, and occasionally by town of origin.

Date: 1826-1830

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194531

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.RM-JR-I-16

Old Newport Houses

"Old Newport Houses - 1875" Boxed portfolio of 29 mounted albumen photographs, presented with "Compliments of Charles McKim" to "William Dean Howells" (possibly his brother in law?), circa 1880. Identity of photographer is not yet known. This album is cited in Vincent Scully's "Shingle Style" a...

Date: ca. 1875

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194532

Ref. Code: PC009.138

John F. Kennedy at newsstand, Boston, 1957

John F. Kennedy whistles as he peruses reading material at a Boston newsstand. He holds a magazine in his right hand.

Date: 1957

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194533

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.012

Account book for labor of James Rundlet, merchant, Portsmouth, N.H., 1811-1816

Labeled "Accounts with Laborers, Truckmen, Servants, Etc." Services include schooling children, sundry garden chores, iron work, and trucking. Illustrates a barter economy. Payment made in cash, fabric and related sundries, shoes, and foodstuffs.

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194537

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.RM-JR-I-17

Lloyd Hendricks snapshot album

Snapshot album compiled by architect Lloyd Hendricks of Pocasset, Massachusetts. Includes some postcards. Among houses represented are the Craddock House and Hall House in Medford, Stone Homestead in Belmont, various homes in Yarmouth, Dennis, Hingham, Lexington, Newburyport, Salem, Marblehead, Ca...

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194534

Ref. Code: PC009.139

Antique purchase, Albany, Vermont, 1951

A man in a trenchcoat, viewed from behind, attempts to fit a large wooden wheel in the back of his car.

Date: 1951

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194549

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.013

Moulton House scrapbook

Removed to scrapbooks. Includes photographs, clippings and related memorabilia (correspondence, invoices) relating to property, its background and ownership by Mr. Harland Little. Includes material relating to residences of similar style in other parts of New England. Date, 1920. Includes some in...

Date: 1920

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194538

Ref. Code: PC009.140A

Little scrapbook

Removed to scrapbooks. Consists of memorabilia, snapshots and clippings, covering among other subjects commencement and class reunion of Bates College (Lewiston, Maine), outings in New Hampshire gardens and garden club activities. Includes letter of acknowledgement for albums from W.S. Appleton, 19...

Date: ca. 1920

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194539

Ref. Code: PC009.140B

Account book of Edward Rundlet, physician and merchant, Portsmouth, N.H., 1851-1853

Labeled "accounts settled." Customer's name appears only when accounts are settled. Entries include payments on taxes, insurance, railroad fees, and assorted household expenses.

Date: 1851-1853

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194543

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.RM-ER-I-2

Hampton Falls Unitarian Church scrapbook

Removed to scrapbooks. Presumed to be part of this collection, consists of clippings relating to Unitarian Church services, photographs of church, and pageant "Ancestor's Sunday" 1952.

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194540

Ref. Code: PC009.140C

Moulton House scrapbook

Removed to scrapbooks. Consists of genealogical notes, architecture of the house and letters of interest received by the Littles.

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194542

Ref. Code: PC009.140D

Moulton House Legendary and Historical Notes

Removed to scrapbooks. Legendary and historical notes on the Jonathan Moulton House owned by Mr. Harland Little.

Date: 1920-1950

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194544

Ref. Code: PC009.140E

Moulton House manuscript material

Removed to Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection. Separated from this collection and filed with "miscellaneous manuscripts: semibound." Volume of original and manuscript copies of documents relating to the Moulton Family of Hampton, New Hampshire. Compiled by Jennie Brooks of Salem, Massachusetts.

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194546

Ref. Code: PC009.140F

Account book of Edward Rundlet, physician and merchant, Portsmouth, N.H., 1855-1863

Scattered monthly accounts noting amount paid or due. Type of services or merchandise not indicated. Entries paid out include taxes, postal due, and insurance fees.

Date: 1855-1863

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194547

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.RM-ER-I-1

Keeping dry, Albany, Vermont, 1951

A man sits on a wooden bench with a handkerchief on his head to protect him from the rain. A woman holds an umbrella over him.

Date: 1951

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194555

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.014

Couple at auction, Albany, Vermont, 1951

Two elderly women sit together and talk at an antiques auction in Vermont.

Date: 1951

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194556

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.015

Sweet briar waltz : recreation march

The cover depicts two maidens dancing around a tree. A cherub plays a lute above them.

Date: 1873

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 194562

Ref. Code: EP001.10.TMP.069

Account book of Edward Rundlet, physician and merchant, Portsmouth, N.H., 1858-1860

Financial entries covering specific foodstuffs and household items, taxes, and large sums paid to Mechanics and Traders Bank. Prices given for all items, but there are no monthly or yearly totals evident.

Date: 1858-1860

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194563

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.RM-ER-II-3

Account book for James Rundlet May, physician, Portsmouth, N.H.

Records expenditures for a Memorial Day celebration kept by the "Memorial Committee." Itemized costs for the brass band, musicians, printing costs, etc. Also lists city appropriations and contributions. Includes a brief letter from the Memorial Committee appointing the writer to manage the account.

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194567

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.RM-JRM-I-2a

Sketches of European Churches

Album compiled by architect J.W. Ames. Includes detailed sketches of European churches, interiors, circa 25 photographs; 10 pen and ink sketches.

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194568

Ref. Code: PC009.142

Historic houses in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine

Removed to scrapbooks, 1995. Album of clippings illustrated with line engravings of historic houses in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine. Part of series titled "Old Homes, Old Families" plus other articles, not from this series, relating to the same subject. Houses documented include...

Date: 1890s

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194575

Ref. Code: PC009.143

Account book of James Rundlet May, physician, Portsmouth, N.H., 1881-1882

Small monthly record of personal expenses. Items such as stamps, telegrams, food, and clothing are listed. Includes summary by type of expenditure: clothing, gifts, and traveling for a two year period. Cost of journeys to Boston, New York, Washington, Norwich, and Windsor are itemized. Names men...

Date: 1881-1882

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194570

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.RM-JRM-I-2ab

Account book of Jonathan Sayward, merchant, York, Maine, 1741

Concerns small shipping transactions of foodstuffs (rum and molasses) and various drygoods. Also contains figures for lumber lengths, religious poetry, and two brief accounts of ocean trips from Maine to Boston and Rhode Island. These include weather observations. Names mentioned: Capt. Josiah Beal,...

Date: 1741

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194573

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.SY-1-3

Account book and memorandum for Samuel Lord, financial investor, Portsmouth, N.H., 1851-1878

An accounting of income and expenditures. Lists property holdings and investments with values. Profit losses are itemized and clients listed by name. Also includes a yearly financial summary (state of affairs) in a journal format, mentioning topic of interest in the cotton manufacturing trade. The 1...

Date: 1851-1878

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194578

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.RM-SL-I-5

Bungalow designs

Removed to scrapbooks, 1995. Bungalow designs compiled from newspapers, circa 1910-1920. Floor plans, renderings and photographs of various styles by Glenn Saxton, Charles Sedgwick and others.

Date: ca. 1915

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194576

Ref. Code: PC009.144

Columbian Portfolio: World's Fair 1893

Columbian portfolio. Photographs of World's Fair 1893. 22 halftone plates, plus color supplements (10) Illustrating individual buildings and general views with explanatory text. Color supplement published July 2, 1893 by Chicago Tribune Art Supplement and photomechanicals published by The Jones Br...

Date: 1893

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194579

Ref. Code: PC009.145

Views of Massachusetts and Vermont

4x7 albumen prints, exposed in the 1880s, probably by an amateur photographer. Quality and pictorial interest are above average. Views include: Provincetown, Massachusetts; Hyde Park, Massachusetts; Boston, Massachusetts; Moon Island Pumping Station and Sewarage Plant, Bellows Falls, Vergennes, Ru...

Date: ca. 1880

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194583

Ref. Code: PC009.146

Cash book of Jonathan Sayward Barrell, merchant, York, Maine, 1818-1835

Record of accounts listing customers, personal travel expenses, laborers' wages, and banking transactions. Includes some brief memoranda about "putting out" son, Joseph, to Stephen Lowell in Boston. Also, includes contracts of employment with live-in laborers.

Date: 1818-1835

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194598

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.SY-I-12a

House and Family Album

34 pages of gaslight prints, 3-4 prints per page, documenting interiors, pasttimes, pets, and family members. Locality not identified. Views include parade, attic storage, decorations. Pictorial quality is very good; print quality is variable. Dates to circa 1900. A avaluable study album for int...

Date: ca. 1900

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194596

Ref. Code: PC009.147

Views of New York State

Largely views of New York State, including Vassar College, circa 1890s. 61 photographs

Date: ca. 1895

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194597

Ref. Code: PC009.148

Views of Families in Massachusetts

28 albumen prints, 4x7, circa 1886. Includes views of families posed in front of their homes in Hyde Park, Massachusetts. Pictorial quality above average.

Date: ca. 1886

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194600

Ref. Code: PC009.149

Travel Album of W. B. Storer

Travel album (10 1/2 x 12) evidently compiled or owned by W.B. Storer whose name appears on the cover. Of particular interest is a large group of cartes de visites documenting various regional styles of Russian military dress, issued by a St. Petersburg photographer. Thre are also photographs of exc...

Date: 1860-1870

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194606

Ref. Code: PC009.151

Art Masterpieces of Europe

30 leaves of "art masterpieces" from collections in Milan, Venice, Florence, Rome, Paris, London. Carte de visite size, but not mounted in the usual fashion on cards. Two pages include larger size views, dating probably from the 1870s. Overall this album constitutes an interesting record of taste...

Date: ca. 1870

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194609

Ref. Code: PC009.152

Receipt of Jonathan Sayward Barrell, merchant, York, Maine, 1765-1814

Receipts for purchase of drygoods, livestock, servicing livestock, and state and parish taxes. All receipts include a signature or personal marking. As executor for Jonathan Sayward (father), the writer kept receipts of bequests to family members. Includes mention of bequest money to be used as part...

Date: 1765-1814

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194610

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.SY-I-12b

Carte-de-Visite album

Carte-de-visite (1860s) album in good condition (5x6 inches). Original ownership unknown. The sequence appears to be in original order with an unusual portrait of a disabled man at the end. Locality appears to be Manchester, New Hampshire.

Date: 1860

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194611

Ref. Code: PC009.153

Edith Erley, Christmas 1905

Postcard album, inscribed "Edith Erley, Christmas, 1905" with decorative cover, dimensions 8x14 1/2. Included are views of the following: Maine: Waterville, Old Orchard, Poland Springs, Portland, Rockland, Lewiston, York, Kennebunk, Wells Beach New Hampshire: Manchester, Somersworth, Portsmouth ...

Date: 1905

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194618

Ref. Code: PC009.154

Cashbook for Jonathan Sayward Barrell, merchant, York, Maine, 1820-1823

A combination of accounts: expenses incurred on trips from Maine to Boston, and business transactions and accounts relating to shipping. Includes extensive figures for cords of wood.

Date: 1820-1823

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194614

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.SY-I-12c

Cashbook of Jonathan Sayward Barrell, merchant, York, Maine, 1818-1820

A brief monthly listing of cash received, merchandise and names of customers are not mentioned. Possibly a partial account as monthly amounts received are very small.

Date: 1818-1820

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194615

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.SY-I-14a

Aroostook County potato picking, Maine, 1954

A young girl wearing a kerchief kneels in a field as she picks potatoes and places them in a large basket. Other pickers and barrels can be seen across the field.

Date: 1954

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194413

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.064

Tug of war, Caledonia County, Vermont, 1958

A crowd cheers on an enormous outdoor game of tug-of-war.

Date: 1958

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194414

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.065

Waiting, Enosburg Falls, Vermont, 1958

Two elderly women wearing dresses sit on the steps outside of a large building, possibly a church.

Date: 1958

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194415

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.066

Northern Vermont family, 1960

When Reed stopped to take a picture of this family in their yard, they asked for a minute to tidy up. The mother did not feel that she had enough presentable clothes for all of her children, and made some of them stay indoors--they can just be seen looking out the window.

Date: 1960

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194416

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.067

Springtime, Stowe, Vermont, 1971

A tractor plows a large field on a beautiful spring day in Vermont. A farmhouse can be seen in the distance.

Date: 1971

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194417

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.068

Audrey, Stowe, Vermont, 1949

This portrait is the earliest photograph in the exhibition. Although the sitter was never pleased with it, thinking it made her look too stern, for Reed it held all the promise of the medium he was just starting to understand. He knew the sitter, but still found that the photograph offered discoveri...

Date: 1949

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194418

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.069

Self-portrait, Boston, 1953

Verner Reed held his camera up to a mirror to take this self-portrait.

Date: 1953

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194419

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.070

Robert Frost, Boston, 1954

The poet Robert Frost (1874-1963) was long associated with the New England states of Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire. He became one of the best-known poets in the country. Reed took this picture of Frost autographing a book for Life while covering the Boston Arts Festival.

Date: 1954

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194423

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.071

Al Duca, Boston, 1954

Artist Al Duca is exhaling cigarette smoke in this informal portrait. The knick-knacks on the window ledge behind him are illuminated by exterior light, which is the only light source in the picture.

Date: 1954

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194424

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.072

T.S. Eliot, Cambridge, Mass., 1955

T. S. Eliot (1888-1965), who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1948, earned both of his degrees from Harvard University, where he also went on to become the Charles Eliot Norton Professor of Poetry. Here he is shown surrounded by his students at Harvard in a photograph that Reed made while on as...

Date: 1955

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194427

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.073

Senator George Aiken, Putney, Vermont, 1956

George Aiken (1892-1984) was a U.S. senator for 34 years (1941-1975). Even so, he was fondly called Governor Aiken throughout his years in Washington, a carryover from his term as the Governor of Vermont (1937-1941). Aiken was a dedicated environmentalist. In 1984, Vermont designated a 5,000-acre pa...

Date: 1956

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194429

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.074

President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Newport, R.I., 1958

The Eisenhower years coincided with Reed's career with Life. Reed was often called upon to cover presidential visits in case something newsworthy occurred. He recalls the particular agony of this assignment in Newport: "The only reason I was there was because it was Life's policy to have a photograp...

Date: 1958

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194432

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.075

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