Historic New England

Massachusetts - North Bridgewater

This file includes one folder, which contains one pamphlet about the Campello Congregational Church. Donald Grey had arranged this under North Bridgewater, Mass., and his arrangement has been maintained. Campello appears to be a neighborhood in Brockton, Massachusetts.

Date: 1865

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 285013

Ref. Code: MS042.05.400

Massachusetts - Norwood

This file includes one folder, which contains one pamphlet about the First Universalist Church in Norwood, Mass.

Date: 1927

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 285014

Ref. Code: MS042.05.410

Massachusetts - Plymouth

This file includes one folder, which contains one pamphlet about the First Church in Plymouth, Mass.

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 285015

Ref. Code: MS042.05.420

Massachusetts - Salem

This file includes one folder, which contains four pamphlets. The pamphlets cover topics such as First Church, South Church, and Old Church of the East Society in Salem, Mass.

Date: 1826-1855

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 285016

Ref. Code: MS042.05.430

Massachusetts - Springfield

This file includes one folder, which contains two pamphlets related to the South Congregational Church and the history of Springfield, Mass.

Date: 1886

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 285017

Ref. Code: MS042.05.440

Massachusetts - Williamstown

This file includes one folder, which contains a program from the Williams College chapel dedication ceremony.

Date: 1905

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 285018

Ref. Code: MS042.05.450

Massachusetts - Worcester

This file includes one folder, which contains four pamphlets about the All Saints Church and other religious sites in Worcester, Mass.

Date: 1988-2002

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 285019

Ref. Code: MS042.05.460

Rhode Island - Bristol

This file includes one folder, which contains two pamphlets about the Catholic Congregational Church in Bristol, Rhode Island.

Date: 1857

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 285020

Ref. Code: MS042.05.470

Rhode Island - Providence

This file includes one folder, which contains three pamphlets about the First Congregational Society and the Grace Church in Providence, Rhode Island.

Date: 1894-1916

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 285021

Ref. Code: MS042.05.480

Vermont (general)

This file includes one folder, which contains one pamphlet about congregational churches in Vermont.

Date: 1865

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 285022

Ref. Code: MS042.05.490

New York (general)

This file includes one folder, which contains two pamphlets about the Glasgow and South Western Railway and the Church of the Holy Trinity in Brooklyn.

Date: 1868-1887

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 285023

Ref. Code: MS042.05.500

Illinois (general)

This file includes one folder, which contains one pamphlet advertising Henry L. Gay, Architect, of Chicago, Illinois.

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 285024

Ref. Code: MS042.05.510

United States (general)

This file includes one folder, which contains three pamphlets about the U.S. Frigate Constitution, the design of meeting houses, and the preservation of stained glass.

Date: 1873

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 285025

Ref. Code: MS042.05.520

Italy (general)

This file includes one folder, which contains one pamphlet, a deck plan for the S. S. Italia. Deck plan is written in Italian.

Date: 1949

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 285026

Ref. Code: MS042.05.530

Agreement between Henry Chandler Bowen and contractor, Samuel Underwood, re: construction of a house and barn, October 13, 1845 [2 copies]; includes drafts [2 copies]

1 folder (4 items) (#6.25)

Date: 1845

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285045

Ref. Code: MS006.02.01.01

Specifications of Joseph C. Wells, architect, re: carpentry [2 copies] and masonary work [1 copy] on the house, 1845

Bowen family papers (MS006) Series II, Papers relating to the construction of Roseland Cottage, Woodstock, Connecticut, 1845-1969, undated (bulk: 1845-1851) (#6.25-6.27, 8.1-8.17, OB.1.4-OB.1.5), contains agreements and contracts (includes drafts); bills and receipts; building and construction sp...

Date: 1845

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285046

Ref. Code: MS006.02.01.02

Specifications of Joseph C. Wells, architect, re: construction of the barn, 1845

Bowen family papers (MS006) Series II, Papers relating to the construction of Roseland Cottage, Woodstock, Connecticut, 1845-1969, undated (bulk: 1845-1851) (#6.25-6.27, 8.1-8.17, OB.1.4-OB.1.5), contains agreements and contracts (includes drafts); bills and receipts; building and construction sp...

Date: 1845

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285047

Ref. Code: MS006.02.01.03

Plans for addition to the barn, undated [photocopies]

Bowen family papers (MS006) Series II, Papers relating to the construction of Roseland Cottage, Woodstock, Connecticut, 1845-1969, undated (bulk: 1845-1851) (#6.25-6.27, 8.1-8.17, OB.1.4-OB.1.5), contains agreements and contracts (includes drafts); bills and receipts; building and construction sp...

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285049

Ref. Code: MS006.02.01.04

Correspondence: letters received by Henry Chandler Bowen (1813-1896) re: construction progress on the house, November-May

NOTE: Contains oversize material.

Date: 1845-1848

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285050

Ref. Code: MS006.02.09

Work accounts re: laborers, September 1845 - November 1851; includes Lewis Chamberlin's work account

Bowen family papers (MS006) Series II, Papers relating to the construction of Roseland Cottage, Woodstock, Connecticut, 1845-1969, undated (bulk: 1845-1851) (#6.25-6.27, 8.1-8.17, OB.1.4-OB.1.5), contains agreements and contracts (includes drafts); bills and receipts; building and construction sp...

Date: 1845-1851

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285053

Ref. Code: MS006.02.03.01

Local History

This subseries contains pamphlets, articles, and other publications that Nina Fletcher Little has categorized as pertaining to local (i.e., New England) history. This includes catalogues for exhibitions on local topics; guides to Boston area historical research institutions; and publications on hist...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301827

Ref. Code: MS015.03.03.05

American Fine Art Paintings

This subseries includes numerous exhibition catalogues, along with articles and other publications. Many of the exhibition catalogues feature paintings loaned by the Littles. The publications were originally contained in two document boxes, bearing labels from Nina Fletcher Little. The division of t...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301828

Ref. Code: MS015.03.03.06

American Folk Art Paintings and Sculptures

This subseries includes exhibition catalogues and scholarly articles, along with some auction catalogues and other publications. Many of the exhibition catalogues feature paintings loaned by the Littles. The publications were originally contained in three document boxes, bearing labels from Nina Fle...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301829

Ref. Code: MS015.03.03.07

Additional Publications Added by Selina Fletcher Little

This subseries is made up of issues of The Old Print Shop Portfolio, a gallery catalogue produced by Harry Shaw Newman's Old Print Shop in New York City. These catalogues were found with a carton of publications that Selina Fletcher Little indicated should be incorporated into the Exhibition Catalog...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301830

Ref. Code: MS015.03.03.08

Rules for obtaining rights of lands granted to soldiers by the United States Congress

Signed by Secretary of War James McHenry.

Date: 1796

Collection: Casey family papers

GUSN: 301839

Ref. Code: MS008.03.04.23.001

Collectors Clubs

This series contains news clippings, correspondence, photographs, ephemera, exhibition files, and other papers related to several decorative arts collectors' clubs in which Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little were members. Many of the clubs originated in the late 1920s and early 1930s, and the Littl...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301832

Ref. Code: MS015.04.01

Lectures, Seminars, and Forums

These papers document the Littles' involvement in the field of American decorative arts and material culture as lecturers, seminar faculty and sponsors, and museum board members. Much of the series relate to Nina Fletcher Little's work as a lecturer from the 1930s through the 1970s. The lecture file...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301833

Ref. Code: MS015.04.02

Old Sturbridge Village

This series contains a variety of papers related to Nina Fletcher Little's work with Old Sturbridge Village living history museum in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. Little served as a trustee beginning in 1955 and was a member of the institution's curatorial committee. General papers related to her work ...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301834

Ref. Code: MS015.04.03

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection

In 1954, Nina Fletcher Little was hired as a consultant for a new folk installation at Colonial Williamsburg sponsored by Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. Little catalogued and helped design gallery arrangements for the collection. The papers in this series document Little's work with the Colonial Williams...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301835

Ref. Code: MS015.04.04

Nina Fletcher Little Correspondence

This series contains Nina Fletcher Little's professional correspondence as well as letters and receipts pertaining to Nina and Bertram K. Littles' collection of artwork and decorative objects. There are several distinct clusters within this series. The first seventeen folders are a chronological seq...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301836

Ref. Code: MS015.04.05

Nina Fletcher Little Professional Scrapbook

This series consists of a single scrapbook compiled by Nina Fletcher Little. The volume is a commercially manufactured "Elite Scrap Book" from Samuel Ward in Boston. Nina Little maintained this scrapbook from 1930 to 1944. It contains letters, news clippings, programs, pamphlets, and small publicati...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301837

Ref. Code: MS015.04.06

Awards

This series contains plaques, trophies, certificates, and other objects given to Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little as awards or honors. There are also several folders of papers and certificates related to awards.

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301838

Ref. Code: MS015.04.07

Nina F. Little papers

This series unites a variety of Nina Fletcher Little's personal papers. It is divided into the following subseries: Early Writings, Brookline Organizations, "An Evening With Nina Aboard the Yacht Cristina," and Miscellaneous Loose Papers. The archival processor, rather than Selina Fletcher Little...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301840

Ref. Code: MS015.05.01

Biographical Materials and Personal Photographs

The biographical materials assembled in this series include articles, news clippings, and personal papers related to Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little and their folk art collection. Examples include numerous magazine profiles, obituaries, images, and items related to the auction of part of the Lit...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301841

Ref. Code: MS015.05.02

Colleagues of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

News clippings, correspondence, and other papers related to colleagues of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little. These papers were found together in one carton, arranged alphabetically by colleague with several additional articles and publications stored out of alphabetical order at the end. The se...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301842

Ref. Code: MS015.05.03

Early Writings

Poems and essays by Nina Fletcher Little, written from the ages of eight to eighteen, when her name was Nina Jarvie Fletcher. Includes some photocopies received from Selina Fletcher Little.

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301843

Ref. Code: MS015.05.01.01

Brookline Organizations

This subseries contains papers related to Nina Fletcher Little's involvement in the following interrelated Brookline charitable organizations: the Brookline Friendly Society, a public health and family services charitable organization, of which Nina Fletcher Little served as president from 1947-1957...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301844

Ref. Code: MS015.05.01.02

Binder "An Evening with Nina Aboard the Yacht Cristina"

Scrapbook of memories from a black tie dinner honoring Nina Fletcher Little held on April 1, 1977. Carl Crossman and Roger Howelett of the Childs Gallery hosted the dinner at their home, 257 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston. The Yacht Christina is a reference to the steam yacht owned by Nina F. Little's ...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301845

Ref. Code: MS015.05.01.03

Miscellaneous Loose Papers

Sub-series

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301846

Ref. Code: MS015.05.01.04

Cogswell's Grant

This series relates to Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little's home in Essex, Massachusetts, Cogswell's Grant. This tidewater farm was the Littles' summer home from 1937 until their deaths in 1993. In 1962, Nina Fletcher Little initiated plans to bequeath the property, buildings, and the outstanding f...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301847

Ref. Code: MS015.06.01

Little Collection Catalogues and Inventories

This series illustrates the different methods the Littles employed for documenting their personal collection of artwork and objects. The series includes a set of binders containing catalogue worksheets, as well as a set of card catalogues. Both cover the collections in Brookline and Essex, Massachus...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301848

Ref. Code: MS015.06.02

Subject Files

Miscellaneous files related to Cogswell's Grant, including maintenance records, papers related to the donation to SPNEA, and Essex town issues. Those files that were organized by Selina Fletcher Little appear first, while files added to this subseries by the archival processor appear after Selina Li...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301849

Ref. Code: MS015.06.01.01

Financial Records

This series contains bound volumes of check stubs from the First National Bank, Ipswich, for expenses related to Cogswell's Grant. It also includes three account ledgers for the farm, covering the years 1938-1981. The entire subseries is restricted.

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301850

Ref. Code: MS015.06.01.02

Appraisals

This series contains two appraisals related to Cogswell's Grant. One, conducted by R. M. Bradley & Co. in 1984, appraises the land and buildings and was conducted in conjunction with the establishment of preservation restrictions. The other is for the contents of the house and was conducted by Rolan...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301851

Ref. Code: MS015.06.01.03

Publications

This series contains articles, booklets, and a book concerning Cogswell's Grant.

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301852

Ref. Code: MS015.06.01.04

Photographs

Professional and family photographs, negatives, slides, and transparencies of Cogswell's Grant, 1936-1985. Includes room interiors, landscapes, aerial views, and farm activities. Also includes several Christmas cards printed by Bertram K. Little featuring images of the property.

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301853

Ref. Code: MS015.06.01.05

Collection Inventory Binders

This subseries consists of six binders containing catalogue worksheets for Little collection objects, as well as correspondence, clippings, and other documents related objects. There are separate inventories for the collections in Brookline and Essex, Massachusetts, as well as a separate inventory f...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301854

Ref. Code: MS015.06.02.01

Card Catalogues

This subseries contains eight boxes of catalogue cards. There are separate catalogues for the Littles' collections in Brookline and Essex, Massachusetts, as well as a catalogue of objects they sold or donated. Most of the objects cataloged here are two-dimensional works of art, such as paintings and...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301855

Ref. Code: MS015.06.02.02

Bertram K. Little papers

The papers of Bertram K. Little (1899-1993) organized in this series thoroughly document Little's career in publishing and non-profit management, and illustrate his expertise in history, decorative arts, and historic preservation. His involvement in dozens of museums and preservation organizations -...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301856

Ref. Code: MS015.07.01

SPNEA Papers

The papers in this subseries cover a wide array of topics, but are arranged together in this subseries because they are products of Bertram K. Little's work for SPNEA. This arrangement was created by the collections processor, in order to avoid moving some of the papers to the SPNEA/Historic New Eng...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301857

Ref. Code: MS015.07.01.01

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