Historic New England

Papers of Tristram Coffin, Jr. (1632-1704)

Series XIV, Papers of Tristram Coffin, Jr. (1632-1704) 1657-1711 (#C.2.17-C.2.18, OB.1.8), contains legal documents which include Coffin's land deeds; a 1691 arbitrator's document; a 1695 fragment of a Freeholder's meeting held in the Town of Newbury (Coffin's name appears as "Lott Layor"); and two ...

Date: 1657-1711

Collection: Coffin family papers

GUSN: 371818

Ref. Code: MS010.14

Papers of other Coffin family members

Series XV, Papers of other Coffin family members, 1683-1907, undated (#C.2.19-C.2.31), contains papers of other Coffin family members: Charles Coffin (1775-1853), David Coffin (c.1763-c.1838), Enoch Coffin (1669-1728), Holland Coffin (dates unknown), John Coffin (1694-1762), Joshua Coffin (1792-186...

Date: 1683-1907, undated

Collection: Coffin family papers

GUSN: 371819

Ref. Code: MS010.15

Papers of the Coleman family

Series XVI, Papers of the Coleman family, 1785-ca.1861, undated (#C.2.32-C.2.39, OB.2.8, OB.3.12), contains Elizabeth Low (Coffin) Coleman's (1813-1881) diary, which focuses on domestic life and highlights Elizabeth's interaction with family and friends; attendance at tea parties; and trips to Bosto...

Date: 1785-1861, undated

Collection: Coffin family papers

GUSN: 371820

Ref. Code: MS010.16

Coffin family: other Coffin family papers

i720Series XVII, Coffin family: other Coffin family papers, 1666-1987, undated (#C.2.40-C.2.50, OB.1.12), contains genealogical material including a hand-written Coffin family genealogy compiled by Lucy Coffin (1811-1893); a collection of calling/visiting cards; financial records and legal documents...

Date: 1666-1987, undated

Collection: Coffin family papers

GUSN: 371821

Ref. Code: MS010.17

Coffin family: account books (bound)

Series XVIII. Coffin family: account books (bound), 1689-1868, undated (#2.1-3.3, C.2.51-C.2.54, OV.010.1-OV.010.4), contains bound account books, account book indices, a cash book, and daybooks belonging to the Coffin family and Washington Adams (dates unknown). See #C.1.17, C.1.21, C.1.53-C.1.54,...

Date: 1689-1868, undated

Collection: Coffin family papers

GUSN: 371822

Ref. Code: MS010.18

Coffin family: photographic material

Series XIX, Coffin family: photographic material, ca.1839, undated (#1.1-1.19, 1 vertical file folder), contains card photographs, black and white photographs, stereographs, and a lithograph. Most of the card photographs and stereographs are scenes of the White Mountains in New Hampshire (including...

Date: undated

Collection: Coffin family papers

GUSN: 371823

Ref. Code: MS010.19

Howard Johnson's Restaurant and Esso Standard Service Station, Midway on the Maine Turnpike, Kennebunk, Maine

A colored illustration of the Howard Johnson's Restaurant and Esso Standard Service Station in Kennebunk, ME midway on the Maine Turnpike.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 371829

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USME.1510.0040.001

Stereograph of view in Maoli's Garden, Nahant, MA

Several people enjoy themselves in chairs and around Maoli's Garden. The view overlooks a few gazebos and the ocean.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 371830

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.1190.0010.001

Stereograph of Court St. Church, St. Augustine Parish, Mountpelier, VT

Partial view of the alter of the Court st. Church in Montpelier, Vermont. The church no longer exists and has now been replaced by St. Augustine Parish in Montpelier.

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 371831

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USVT.0440.0010.001

Stereograph of John Greenleaf Whittier's Birthplace, East Haverhill, MA

Three people lie on a grassy hill overlooking the exterior of John Greenleaf Whittier's birthplace in East Haverhill, MA.

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 371832

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0770.0010.002

Portraits - Chang and Eng Bunker

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Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 371834

Ref. Code: GC002.04.1510

Chandler & Co., established over a century, Tremont Street, Boston, Mass.

Print depicting a section of Tremont Street in Boston, Mass., with the Chandler & Co. department store building (151 Tremont Street) prominently featured. Print is circa 1920s.

Date: circa 1920, undated

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 371846

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3300.017

Wheel chart advertisement, Apollo Metal Works, 66th Place & South Oak Park Avenue, Chicago, Ill.

Undated interactive wheel chart advertisement showing seven metal finishes available from Apollo Metal Works, Chicago, Ill. The wheel spins so that customers can see what a paricular item or appliance would look like in a certain metal finish. One of the finishes, listed as "Chrom Satin", has fallen...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 371847

Ref. Code: EP001.01.077.01.01.038

Ebenezer Graves journals and related materials, 1849-1989, undated

Contains: "memorandum" books kept by Ebenezer Graves between 1849-1850 and 1853-1855; an undated (circa 1850) letter to Ebenezer from his cousin; a photograph of Ebenezer as an older man; and correspondence relating to S.P.N.E.A.'s 1966 publication of "Journey of a Peddling Trip" in Old-Time New Eng...

Date: 1849-1989, undated

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 371851

Ref. Code: MS029.002.047

Ebenezer Graves "memorandum" book, Conway, Mass., 1849-1850

Ebenezer Graves's 1849-1850 journal details life as a young man in mid 19th century rural western Massachusetts. The first half of the diary focuses on he and his cousin Darwin's adventures as students attending school in Conway, Mass., covering August and September 1849. Ebenezer describes unruly f...

Date: 1849-1850

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 371852

Ref. Code: MS029.002.047.01

Ebenezer Graves peddling journal, 1853-1855

Bound journal containing Ebenezer Graves's "memorandum" of several peddling trips throughout New England and New York between 1853 and 1855. The first trip documented in the journal begins on March 21, 1853, with Ebenezer and his brother Addison both peddling silk. Ebenezer (sometimes with his broth...

Date: 1853-1855

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 371853

Ref. Code: MS029.002.047.02

Letter from D. E. [Darwin E.] Graves to Ebenezer Graves, circa 1850

Undated (circa 1850) letter from Darwin E. Graves to his cousin Ebenezer Graves. Darwin writes assuring Ebenezer that he is alive and well. He apologizes for not being able to return home yet, explaining that he's under contract with a ship and can't leave without completing the voyage. Darwins plan...

Date: circa 1850, undated

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 371854

Ref. Code: MS029.002.047.03

Photograph of Ebenezer Graves, undated

Black and white photographic print depicting Ebenezer Graves (1830-1906) sitting on the front stoop of a an unidenified house. A woman standing inside the doorway is visible, but her features are obscured. location, date, and identity of the photographer are all unknown.

Date: undated

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 371855

Ref. Code: MS029.002.047.04

Letter to S.P.N.E.A. from Ruth Sherman Gardner re: "Journal of a Peddling Trip" in Old Time New England, June 6, 1966

June 1966 letter sent to S.P.N.E.A. headquarters by Ruth Sherman Gardner requesting copies of Old Time New England #203 and #204, specifically due to the inclusion of the "Journal of a Peddling Trip", which was a transcription of parts of Ebenezer Graves's peddling journals.

Date: June 6, 1966

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 371856

Ref. Code: MS029.002.047.05

Letter from Abbott Lowell Cummings to Dorothy Pease, January 20, 1967

Letter from Abbott Lowell Cummings to Dorothy Pease on January 30, 1967, thanking her for sending him a photograph of Ebenezer Graves (see MS029.002.047.04). Miss Pease located descendants of Ebenezer Graves still living in Ashfield, Mass., and obtained a copy of the original photograph from them. C...

Date: January 30, 1967

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 371857

Ref. Code: MS029.002.047.06

Letter from Ellie Reichlin to The Ellsworth American newspaper, Ellsworth, Maine, September 15, 1989

Letter dating September 15, 1989, from Ellie Reichlin, then the Director of Archives at S.P.N.E.A., to the "features" editor at the weekly newspaper The Ellsworth American of Ellsworth, Maine. Reichlin mentions an enclosed copy of "an account of a peddling trip through Hancock and Washington countie...

Date: September 15, 1989

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 371858

Ref. Code: MS029.002.047.07

Typed partial transcript of Ebenezer Graves's peddling journal, undated

Typed partial transcription of Ebenezer Graves's peddling journal; covers April 1854 to December 1855.

Date: undated

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 371859

Ref. Code: MS029.002.047.08

Fifth Census; or, enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States, 1830

Publication (1 folder)

Date: 1830

Collection: Parson Smith family papers

GUSN: 371877

Ref. Code: MS032.07.02.40

Owner-contractor agreement between J. N. Patterson and M. H. Stone, Concord, New Hampshire, June 10, 1889

Owner-contractor agreement dated June 10th, 1889 between Joab N. Patterson and M. H. Smith. In the agreement, Patterson agrees to pay $1400 for Smith to construct a house on Patterson's property on Rumford Street in Concord, N. H., to replace a building that had previously burnt down. Agreement deta...

Date: 1889

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 371879

Ref. Code: MS029.002.048

Contract and receipt between Daniel Eastman and selectmen of Salisbury, Mass., July 11, 1761

Contract dated July 11th, 1761, detailing the agreement between the selectmen of the town of Salisbury, Mass., and Daniel Eastman, a carpenter. Eastman is to construct part of a barn for the town's east parsonage. Included is a receipt also dated July 11th, 1761, signed by Daniel, acknowledging paym...

Date: 1761

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 371882

Ref. Code: MS029.002.049

Papers of George and Jabez Fisher, Cambridge, Mass., 1831-1869

Includes: contract between Jabez Fisher, a tanner, and Nathaniel J. Rand, a housewright, regarding payment and sale of land in Cambridge, Mass., dated 1831; business letter written to George Fisher by Charles Pendleton, dated 1845; and a receipt for $10 special tax paid to the United States Internal...

Date: 1831-1869

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 371884

Ref. Code: MS029.002.050

Specifications of the house to be built at the farm purchased for the poor, undated

Manuscript containing a set of undated (possibly 1850s) specifications for a house to be built on farmland purchased for the benefit of "the poor" (an almshouse). Location and issuing muncipality are unidentified.

Date: undated

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 371889

Ref. Code: MS029.002.051

Invoice to Richard Collins from John L. Crowley, Charlestown, Mass., October 9, 1896

Invoice to Richard Collins from John L. Crowley containing an itemized list of costs, including materials (wood planks of various types, shingles, nails, cement) and four days of labor. Invoice is dated "Oct. 9/96" at Charlestown and has been marked as paid.

Date: 1896

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 371890

Ref. Code: MS029.002.052

Personal and professional papers

Includes the following: Travel pouch w/ personal ephemera Sketchbooks (4) Red Glass Sample (fragile) Old Mounts, 1890 G. F. Marlowe Misc. Correspondence, 1916 G. F. Marlowe Misc. Correspondence, 1916 - 1921 Byfield Chapel, 1916-1921 McSweeney, 1921 Blank stationery The Observer, Sunday...

Date: 1890-1924, undated

Collection: George F. Marlowe architectural collection, 1890-1946, undated

GUSN: 371938

Ref. Code: AR043.01

Architectural drawings and sketches

Includes the following: Proposed Faculty Alumnae Club, Wellesley College (copies) Dolgeville Town Hall, NY Homestead Association Floorplans and Renderings Sketches, Renderings, and Plans 1913-1930 (1 of 2) Greater Gardiner Housing Association Floorplans, Gardiner, Maine Goodyear Tire and R...

Date: 1913-1930, undated

Collection: George F. Marlowe architectural collection, 1890-1946, undated

GUSN: 371939

Ref. Code: AR043.02

Photographs

Includes the following: Merchant National Bank, New Bedford photograph approximately 1913-1915 Photographs of Buildings (unidentified houses, Bulfinch Church in Lancaster, MA and Rome) Arthur C. Haskell Photographs (2), unidentified and undated Babson College, Paul Webber Photographer "An Ol...

Date: 1913-1915

Collection: George F. Marlowe architectural collection, 1890-1946, undated

GUSN: 371940

Ref. Code: AR043.03

2017 Acquisition -- 2 of 2

This series contains mounted design drawings and black and white photographs depicting a variety of furnishings manufactured by A. H. Davenport Co., Irving and Casson, and their successor Irving and Casson - A.H. Davenport Co. A large portion of the design drawings depict ecclesiastical furnishing...

Date: 1917-1959, undated

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

GUSN: 371941

Ref. Code: CC011.016

Photographs

This subseries contains three mounted, undated photographs. Boards are 13 x 10 inches. Two photographs depict interior elevations of churches; one with the words "Henry VIIs chapel, Westminster Abbey" on the photograph. One photograph depicts a large screen with "Children's chapel, St. Mark's Churc...

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 371944

Ref. Code: CC011.016.001

Design Drawings

This subseries contains mounted, mostly undated, design drawings rendered in pencil on tissue paper. Drawings are various sizes mounted on 13 x 10-inch boards. A portion of drawings feature added pencil shading or watercolor. A small portion of the drawings show expanded details of the piece. A sma...

Date: 1917-1959, undated

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

GUSN: 371945

Ref. Code: CC011.016.002

Let's serve cocktails, Taylor Wine Company, vineyardists & producers, Hammondsport, New York

Recipe book for preparing cocktails and accompanying appetizers published by the Taylor Wine Company.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 370134

Ref. Code: EP001.14.06.014

Deluxe Osterizer recipes, John Oster Manufacturing Company, Milwaukee, Wis.

Recipes made using the company's "Osterizer" blender.

Date: 1955

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 370135

Ref. Code: EP001.14.06.015

Old Upham House recipe book, Melrose, Mass.

Recipe book containing engravings of the interior and exterior Phineaus Upham House in Melrose, Mass. Recipes are for various sweets and confections.

Date: 1915

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 370138

Ref. Code: EP001.14.04.009

The best cook book in the world is the Boston Daily Globe, Boston, Mass.

Recipe booklet advertising the work of the Household Department of the Boston Daily Globe, including a sample of the recipes that are published by the department.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 370139

Ref. Code: EP001.14.04.010

Magic yeast recipes, Northwestern Yeast Co., Chicago, Ill.

Book of recipes made using Magic Yeast, by the Northwestern Yeast Co. of Chicago, Ill.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 370140

Ref. Code: EP001.14.04.011

Reliable recipes no. 1, Reliable Flour Co., 103 Broad St., Boston, Mass.

Book of recipes made using products of the Reliable Flour Company in Boston, Mass. Also includes advertisements for Marston's Restaurant & Luncheon Rooms, also of Boston.

Date: 1907

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 370141

Ref. Code: EP001.14.04.012

Book of cooking recipes, Lydia Percival, Lenox, Mass.

Written on the front of the booklet: "Cooking Recipes - Written by Great-Great-Aunt Lydia Percival probably at the time of her engagement 24 November, 1817 (see last page). She married in 1818 and left Lenox, Mass. for western New York."

Date: circa 1817

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 370145

Ref. Code: EP001.14.01.001

Recipe book belonging to Elizabeth Dove

Recipe book compiled and written by an Elizabeth Dove. Location is unknown.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 370146

Ref. Code: EP001.14.01.003

Bound collection of recipes

Handwritten compilation of various recipes.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 370147

Ref. Code: EP001.14.01.004

Receipts for making pickles by Henry Burt

Single sheet recipe listing two different recipes of making pickles by Henry Burt.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 370148

Ref. Code: EP001.14.01.005

Recipe for "rheubarb" pie

Recipe for rheubarb [sic] pie. Author and location unknown.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 370149

Ref. Code: EP001.14.01.006

Bound recipe book

Bound book of handwritten recipes. Author and location unknown.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 370150

Ref. Code: EP001.14.01.007

Receipts for cakes, dumplings, and puddings

Large piece paper folded to make 8 pages. Contains recipes for various cakes, puddings, and dumplings. Author and location unknown.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 370152

Ref. Code: EP001.14.01.002

Cake recipe and poem by Matilda M. Lewis, Rutland, Vermont

Recipe for "plain cake" written by Matilda M. Lewis (later Matilda Goodrich) of Rutland, Vermont. On the reverse is a poem dedicated to her younger cousin, Melissa A. Goodrich (later Melissa Carter). The recipe was gifted to S.P.N.E.A. by Melissa's daughter, Ada Carter Hopson. Written in pencil unde...

Date: 1840s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 370154

Ref. Code: EP001.14.01.008