Historic New England

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