Historic New England

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

Six Room Grade School Building, undated

Graphite on board elevation of a Six Room Grade School Building, by E. M. Corbett, architect. The location and date are unknown though the building appears to be mid twentieth century.

Date: undated

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 371946

Ref. Code: AR001.UNK.040

Ecclesiastical Furnishings and Interior Elevations

1 folder

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 371947

Ref. Code: CC011.016.001.001

Studies of Residence for Austin Cheney, Esq. at South Manchester, Conn., 1908

A half sized set of architectural drawings with a hand penciled cover page titled "Studies of Residence for Austin Cheney, Esq. at South Manchester, Conn." and dated July 11,1908. The six drawings contained in the set appear to be diazo print copies, colored with colored pencil. The set includes the...

Date: 1908

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 371948

Ref. Code: AR001.USCT.1400.002

Benches

1 folder

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 371949

Ref. Code: CC011.016.002.001

Chaise Longue

1 folder

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 371951

Ref. Code: CC011.016.002.002

Desks

1 folder

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 371952

Ref. Code: CC011.016.002.003

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

Recipe sheets

Two recipe sheets. Author and location unknown.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 370155

Ref. Code: EP001.14.01.009

Every Lady's Cook Book, Mrs. T. J. Crowen, published by Kiggins and Kellogg, New York, N.Y.

Cookbook by Mrs. T. J. Crowen, "written for all classes of people". Owned by Mrs. F. G. Stevenson.

Date: 1856

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 370158

Ref. Code: EP001.14.02.001

Recipe book in reused ledger

Recipe book written in a reused ledger.

Date: circa 1863

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 370161

Ref. Code: EP001.14.02.002

Receipts for common cooking, Sarah G. Child

Bound collection of recipes for various cakes, tips on oreserving various fruits, guidelines for choosing meats, and knitting instructions, written down by Sarah G. Child in 1867. Contains a written index towards the end.

Date: 1867

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 370162

Ref. Code: EP001.14.02.003

Gedney House, south and west walls of original chamber

.04 linear feet (1 photograph0

Date: 10/22/1963

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 370166

Ref. Code: PC006.GED.01.047

Receipt book, Abigail Lewis Goodrich, Wells, Vermont

Collection of recipes written down by Abigail Lewis Goodrich. Also contains a letter from a niece detailing several receipes. The book was gifted to S.P.N.E.A. by Abigail's granddaughter, Ada Carter Hopson.

Date: circa 1870

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 370163

Ref. Code: EP001.14.02.004

The Book of Beverages: one hundred summer and winter drinks, published by Thomas O'Kane, New York, New York

Manual on mixing summer and winter beverages (mostly alcoholic).

Date: 1870

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 370164

Ref. Code: EP001.14.02.005

Recipe book, J. A. Rollins

Recipe book containing handwritten notes and pasted-in printed text. Name "J. A. Rollins" written on inside cover.

Date: 1870s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 370165

Ref. Code: EP001.14.02.006

Gedney House, street front showing sheathing

.04 linear feet (1 photograph)

Date: undated

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 370167

Ref. Code: PC006.GED.01.048

Gedney House, south end wall juncture of house and lean-to showing decay

.04 linear feet (1 photograph)

Date: undated

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 370170

Ref. Code: PC006.GED.01.049

Gedney House, rear wall during renovation encased

.04 linear feet (1 photograph)

Date: undated

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 370173

Ref. Code: PC006.GED.01.050

Blank notebook of household recipes, Boston, Mass.

Blank notebook titled "Household Recipes". First 12 pages have been cut out. "Boston" is written in ink on the spine.

Date: 1875-1900

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 370171

Ref. Code: EP001.14.03.001

Recipe scrapbook, M. S. Curtis

Scrapbook of recipes compiled by M. S. Curtis in 1885. Includes both handwritten and printed recipes.

Date: 1885

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 370172

Ref. Code: EP001.14.03.002

Recipe book, Boston, Mass.

Notebook of recipes and household tips (re: stain removal, etc.). Includes both handwritten and pasted-in printed recipes. Contains index in the back.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 370175

Ref. Code: EP001.14.03.003

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