Historic New England

Annual dinner, Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Hotel Somerset, January 17, 1906

The members dined on such dishes as Cape oysters, filet of sole, filet of beef, Red Head Duck, Londonderry water and Punch St. Croix. The portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Joseph Sifrède Duplessis decorates the inside of the menu. The Society officers are listed on the back cover. The item has a larg...

Date: 1906-01-17

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310564

Ref. Code: EP001.06.15.005

F. Patterson Smith records

This collection consists primarily of records related to F. Patterson Smiths work as a draughtsman and architect, including original photographs, original drawings and sketches, publications from the period of the projects, postcards, Christmas cards, client biographies, and other original document...

Date: 1889-2002, predominant 1892-1940

Collection: F. Patterson Smith records

GUSN: 310565

Ref. Code: AR025

File Box -- Detail Drawings

File box containing approximately 360 items filed in 25 envelopes. File box has marbled paper cover; side panel is missing and part of top is missing. The majority of the items (approximately 300) are detail drawings or sketches in pencil by Irving and Casson or Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport C...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

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

GUSN: 310566

Ref. Code: CC010.009.008

Annual meeting and banquet, Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Exchange Club, January 16, 1909

The guests dined on Cotuit oysters, halibut, lamb, roast squab, Harlequin Ice Cream and Punch au Rhum. The officers are listed, including William Sumner Appleton the vice-president. The dinner guests are listed. Society activities during 1908 are described. The Society assisted in the purchase and r...

Date: 1909-01-16

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310568

Ref. Code: EP001.06.15.006

Menus - Organizations - Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts - 1915-1927

Sub-series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310569

Ref. Code: EP001.06.16

Annual banquet, Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Copley-Plaza, January 18, 1915

The members dined on such dishes as chicken gumbo, sea bass, squab and fancy ices. An illustration of the John Hancock Memorial, to be placed in Doric Hall in the State House, April 1915, is shown in the program. The presentation of the Knox Trophy and Medals given by the Society is included in the ...

Date: 1915-01-18

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310570

Ref. Code: EP001.06.16.001

Annual dinner, 28th, Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Hotel Somerset, January 17, 1919

The members dined on such dishes as Cotuit oysters, halibut, Point Shirley style, rack of spring lamb and frozen puddding. The presentation of the Knox Trophy and Medals given by the Society is included in the program. The Society officers and guests are listed. The music selections are listed along...

Date: 1919-01-17

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310571

Ref. Code: EP001.06.16.002

Annual dinner, 34th, Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Hotel Somerset, January 17, 1925

The guests dined on such dishes as grapefruit cocktail, filet of whitefish, spring lamb and assorted cakes. The presentation of the Knox Trophy and Medals given by the Society is included in the program. Tablets given by the Society to commemorate historic persons and sites are listed. Busts of John...

Date: 1925-01-17

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310572

Ref. Code: EP001.06.16.003

Annual dinner, 35th, Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Hotel Somerset, January 18, 1926

The members dined on such dishes as mousseline of fresh mushrooms, filet of whitefish, spring lamb and assorted cakes. The presentation of the Knox Trophy and Medals given by the Society is included in the program. A list of tablets and busts given by the Society is printed on the last page. Text on...

Date: 1926-01-18

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310573

Ref. Code: EP001.06.16.004

Annual dinner, 36th, Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Hotel Somerset, January 17, 1927

The guests dined on grapefruit cocktail, filet of whitefish, spring lamb and assorted cakes. The presentation of the Knox Trophy and Medals given by the Society is included in the program. Text on the title page reads "The 221st anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin." The Society seal is sho...

Date: 1927-01-17

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310574

Ref. Code: EP001.06.16.005

Menu, Maine Society Sons of the American Revolution, Riverton Park, Maine, February 22, 1899

The members dined on such dishes as fried smelts, roast turkey, lobster and lettuce mayonaise, frozen pudding and Roman Punch. The dinner took place at the casino in the Riverton amusement park in Portland. A photograph of the casino is on the back cover. An American flag decorates the cover.

Date: 1899-02-22

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310575

Ref. Code: EP001.06.16.006

File Drawer -- Pencil Sketches

File drawer containing 281 items filed in 25 envelopes. File has brown cover and is designed to be used as a drawer in a filing cabinet; however, file covers have come loose. The majority of the items (approximately 240) are rough sketches in pencil by Irving and Casson or Irving and Casson - A. H. ...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

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

GUSN: 310576

Ref. Code: CC010.009.009

Banquet of the General Society of the Sons of the Revolution, triennial meeting, new Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C., April 28, 1908

The menu has such dishes as cherrystone clams, planked Potomac shad, rack of spring lamb, snow balls and Punch en Turban. A list of toasts with individuals and music is included. A separate ticket admits the bearer to the banquet in the new Willard Hotel. The Society seal decorates the item.

Date: 1908-04-28

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310579

Ref. Code: EP001.06.16.007

Trade Catalogs

Two boxes containing nine catalogues from six different furniture manufacturers. Both British and American companies are represented. Presumably catalogs were used as reference materials. Companies include: Erskine-Danforth Corp.; Fredrick Tibbenham Ltd.; G. T. Rackstraw; Old Colony Furniture; Shaw ...

Date: 1900-1965, undated

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

GUSN: 310581

Ref. Code: CC010.009.010

Portfolio -- Advertisements and Related Ephemera

Portfolio containing containing approximately 200 pieces of ephemera, fifteen of which are loose and the remaining arranged by subject in 53 envelopes. Portfolio has maroon fabric cover with title "Publication de L'Institute de France / Monuments Antiques / II" stamped in gold on front. Contents do ...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

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

GUSN: 310582

Ref. Code: CC010.009.011

Portfolio -- Ephemera and Photograhs

Portfolio containing containing approximately 101 pieces of ephemera, 57 of which are loose and the remaining arranged by subject in 15 envelopes. Portfolio has brown fabric cover with title "Charles Platt" stamped in gold on front. Contents do not relate to title subject in any way; presumably port...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

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

GUSN: 310583

Ref. Code: CC010.009.012

Trade Catalog -- Danersk Furniture, Erskine-Danforth Corporation

Trade catalog titled "Danersk" with dark leather binding. Title and logo are stamped in gold on front. Inside front cover has printed label with company name of Erskine-Danforth Corporation (New York, NY). Album contains 120 pages with 60 black-and-white photographic prints depicting furniture manuf...

Date: 1921, undated

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

GUSN: 310585

Ref. Code: CC010.009.010.001

Trade Catalog -- Shaw Furniture Company

Trade catalog titled "Shaw Furniture Company" with dark leather binding. Title is stamped in gold on front. Inside front Album contains 32 pages with 16 black-and-white plates. Also included in the back of the catalog are 66 loose photographic prints. All images depict furniture manufactured by Sha...

Date: 1900-1930, undated

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

GUSN: 310587

Ref. Code: CC010.009.010.002

Trade Catalog -- Frederick Tibbenham. Ltd.

Portfolio with gray fabric cover and fabric ties. "J. E. Purdy & Co. / 146 Tremont St. / Boston" is stamped in gold on front cover. Portfolio contains 54 loose photographic prints depicting furniture manufactured by Frederick Tibbenham, Ltd. in England. Model numbers, dimensions and a brief desctipt...

Date: 1900-1930, undated

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

GUSN: 310588

Ref. Code: CC010.009.010.003

Trade Catalog -- The Manor House

Trade catalog consisting of a portfolio titled "Eighteenth Century English Furniture" with dark brown binding. Title is stamped in gold on front. Portfolio contains 52 loose black-and-white photographic prints. All images depict furniture manufactured by The Manor House, a line created by the Baker ...

Date: 1932-1940, undated

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

GUSN: 310589

Ref. Code: CC010.009.010.005

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

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