Historic New England

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

Architectural renderings of Talcott Library, Northfield Seminary, Northfield, Mass., undated

Two mounted and matted architectural renderings in ink of the Talcott Library at was once The Northfield Seminary for Young Ladies in Northfield, Massachusetts. The renderings shows off the architectural features of the library such as its spire, tower, pointed turrets, and arched entryways, from tw...

Date: undated

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 309921

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0375.001

Menus - Organizations - Kalumet Club

Sub-series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309922

Ref. Code: EP001.06.09

Maine - Rockland

Sub-series

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 309930

Ref. Code: AR001.USME.1575

Architectural rendering of Episcopal Church, Rockland, Maine, undated

This graphite, black and white architectural rendering depicts the St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Rockland, Maine. The church is built shingle-style, a architecture popular in the 19th century that featured roofs in the old New England, colonial style of plain shingles. There is a single cross pe...

Date: undated

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 309937

Ref. Code: AR001.USME.1575.001

Photographs of Joseph Yeomans and his farm, 1977

Series I is a collection of 23 mounted and unmounted, black-and-white photographs of Joseph Yeomans (1904-1985) and interior and exterior photographs of his farm in Saunderstown, Rhode Island, taken in 1977.

Date: 1977

Collection: Grace Trofa photographic collection

GUSN: 309938

Ref. Code: PC061.01

Menu, Bank Presidents Association of Boston, Parker House, Boston, Mass., November 11, 1895

The bankers dined on such dishes as Cotuit Oysters, baked smelts, saddle of venison, apple fritters à la Nemours and frozen Tom and Jerry.

Date: 1895-11-11

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310309

Ref. Code: EP001.06.12.028

Menu, Bank Presidents Association of Boston, Parker House, Boston, Mass., December 9, 1895

The bankers dined on such dishes as boiled Halibut, fillet of chicken à la financiere, Bluebill Widgeon, Opera Bisque and Roman Punch. The envelope has the handwritten date "Dec. 9, 1895" in pencil.

Date: 1895-12-09

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310311

Ref. Code: EP001.06.12.029

Staircase, front hall, Harrison Gray Otis House, Cambridge Street, Boston, Mass.

Staircase and front hall of the Harrsion Gray Otis House showing chairs, a desk, paintings hanging on the wall, a case clock, and the statue of a standing figure, possibly Athena.

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 310322

Ref. Code: PC006.HGO.01.024

Menu, Bank Presidents Association of Boston, Boston, Mass., 1890-1895

The front and back covers are detached. The menu list is missing. The cover illustration has white flowers against a gold frame. The item is in the "Menus-Organizations-Bank Presidents Association of Boston-1890-1895" folder.

Date: 1890-1895

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310323

Ref. Code: EP001.06.12.030

Menus - Organizations - Bank Presidents Assocation of Boston - 1896-1900

Sub-series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310325

Ref. Code: EP001.06.13

Menu, Bank Presidents Association of Boston, Parker House, Boston, Mass., January 13, 1896

The bankers dined on such dishes as boiled chicken Halibut, boiled Philadelphia chicken, apricot tarts, frozen pudding and creme de menthe ice. Pink flowers and a pink bow decorate the menu cover.

Date: 1896-01-13

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310326

Ref. Code: EP001.06.13.001

Menu, Bank Presidents Association of Boston, Parker House, Boston, Mass., February 10, 1896

The dishes served included Cotuit Oysters, broiled Shad, timbales imperial, aux petits pois, Black Duck, Opera Bisque and frozen Tom and Jerry. White flowers and a violet ribbon decorate the menu cover.

Date: 1896-02-10

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310330

Ref. Code: EP001.06.13.002

Menu, Bank Presidents Association of Boston, Parker House, Boston, Mass., December 14, 1896

The menu listing is missing from the item.

Date: 1896-12-14

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310331

Ref. Code: EP001.06.13.003

Menu, Bank Presidents Association of Boston, Parker House, Boston, Mass., January 11, 1897

The bankers dined on such dishes as oysters, saddle of mutton, braised quail, coffee au parfait and Roman Punch.

Date: 1897-01-11

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310333

Ref. Code: EP001.06.13.004

Menu, Bank Presidents Association of Boston, Parker House, Boston, Mass., February 8, 1897

The bankers dined on such dishes as bisque of scallops, roast haunch of venison, fried bananas glacé, Benedictine, Charlotte Russe and Cardimon Punch. Parasols stand in large pots in the cover illustration.

Date: 1897-02-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310335

Ref. Code: EP001.06.13.005

Menu, Bank Presidents Association of Boston, Parker House, Boston, Mass., March 8, 1897

The dishes served included bluepoint oysters, spring lamb, sweetbread croquettes, frozen pudding and frozen Tom and Jerry.

Date: 1897-03-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310336

Ref. Code: EP001.06.13.006

Menu, Bank Presidents Association of Boston, Algonquin Club, Boston, Mass., May 10, 1897

The club served canapées à la Hudson, boiled sandwich trout, Hollandaise, roast spring lamb, panièrs de mérengue, aux fraises and cheese. An image of a Native American man is on the cover with the text "Algonquin Club."

Date: 1897-05-10

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310337

Ref. Code: EP001.06.13.007

Menu, Bank Presidents Association of Boston, Country Club, Brookline, Mass., June 14, 1897

The bankers dined on such dishes fois gras, pommes de terre Parisienne, ris de veau à la financière and pudding glacé. The item is in the shape of a briefcase and folds open to the menu.

Date: 1897-06-14

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310340

Ref. Code: EP001.06.13.008

Menu, Bank Presidents Association of Boston, Parker House, Boston, Mass., November 8, 1897

The dishes served included fried smelts stuffed, roast goose, noisettes of venison, apple fritters, frozen plum pudding and frozen Tom and Jerry. A windmill scene is surrounded by purple and yellow flowers on the cover illustration.

Date: 1897-11-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310342

Ref. Code: EP001.06.13.009

Menu, Bank Presidents Association of Boston, Parker House, Boston, Mass., December 13, 1897

The hotel served Cape Oysters, cream of peanuts soup, Spanish Mackerel, lobster à la Newburg, Black Duck, apricot méringues and Roman Punch.

Date: 1897-11-13

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310344

Ref. Code: EP001.06.13.010

Arabella Chandler McClintock Bellamy Fabric Design Collection, 1905-1913

This collection contains fabric swatches, fabric designs, and a few fashion drawings that were designed or collected by Arabella Chandler McClintock Bellamy, who resided in Dorchester, Massachusetts in the early twentieth century. The fabric samples and designs most likely date from 1909 to 1915. Th...

Date: 1905-1913

Collection: Arabella Chandler McClintock Bellamy Fabric Design Collection, 1905-1913

GUSN: 310351

Ref. Code: GC006

Menu, Bank Presidents Association of Boston, Parker House, Boston, Mass., January 10, 1898

The dishes served included turtle soup, roast capon, noisettes of venison, Bluebill Widgeon, Nesselrode Pudding and frozen Tom and Jerry.

Date: 1898-01-10

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310467

Ref. Code: EP001.06.13.011

Menu, Bank Presidents Association of Boston, Parker House, Boston, Mass., February 14, 1898

The bankers dined on such dishes as bluepoint oysters, broiled Shad, fillet of beef, patties of lobster, fried bananas, frozen pudding and Roman Punch.

Date: 1898-02-14

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310468

Ref. Code: EP001.06.13.012

Menu, Bank Presidents Association of Boston, Parker House, Boston, Mass., March 14, 1898

The bankers dined on such dishes as broiled striped bass, roast spring lamb, patties of oyster crabs, strawberry shortcake and frozen Tom and Jerry. The item is decorated with a plaid bow.

Date: 1898-03-14

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310469

Ref. Code: EP001.06.13.013

Menu, Bank Presidents Association of Boston, Parker House, Boston, Mass., April 10, 1899

The bankers dined on such dishes as consommé à l'Americaine, broiled Spanish Mackerel, roast spring lamb à la Dewey, fillet of beef à la Morro Castle, bouchées of lobster à la McKinley and apricot tarts à la Manila. Admiral George Dewey's flagship the Olympia is seen on the menu cover.

Date: 1899-04-10

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310471

Ref. Code: EP001.06.13.014

Menu, Bank Presidents Association of Boston, Parker House, Boston, Mass., November 13, 1899

The bankers dined on such dishes as Cape oysters, broiled smelts, roast goose, fried bananas and frozen Tom and Jerry. A man and woman are dressed in 17th century costumes with white wigs in the cover illustration.

Date: 1899-11-13

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310472

Ref. Code: EP001.06.13.015

Menu, Bank Presidents Association of Boston, Parker House, Boston, Mass., January 8, 1900

The bankers dined on such dishes as boiled Halibut, saddle of mutton, filets of chicken, Black Duck, frozen pudding and frozen Tom and Jerry. A female figure wearing a cap and wooden clogs fishes on a riverbank in the illustration.

Date: 1900-01-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310473

Ref. Code: EP001.06.13.016

Menu, Bank Presidents Association of Boston, Parker House, Boston, Mass., April 9, 1900

The dishes served included broiled Bluefish, roast spring lamb, apricot tarts au maraschino, Charlotte Russe and Roman Punch. A yellow butterfly decorates the menu cover.

Date: 1900-04-09

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310474

Ref. Code: EP001.06.13.017

Menu, Bank Presidents Association of Boston, Parker House, Boston, Mass., April 9, 1900

The dishes served included broiled Bluefish, roast spring lamb, apricot tarts au maraschino, Charlotte Russe and Roman Punch. A red and black butterfly decorates the menu cover.

Date: 1900-04-09

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310475

Ref. Code: EP001.06.13.018

Menu cover, Bank Presidents Association of Boston, Boston, Mass., undated

The menu is missing. The menu cover has a green bow.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310476

Ref. Code: EP001.06.13.019

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