Historic New England

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 achitectural 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 achitectural 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 achitectural 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

Ecclesiastical Furnishings, Architectural fittings

1 folder

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 371953

Ref. Code: CC011.016.002.004

Ecclesiastical Furnishings, Chairs

1 folder

Date: 1918, 1959, undated

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

GUSN: 371954

Ref. Code: CC011.016.002.005

Ecclesiastical Furnishings, Fonts

1 folder

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 371955

Ref. Code: CC011.016.002.006

Ecclesiastical Furnishings, Hymn Boards

1 folder

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 371956

Ref. Code: CC011.016.002.007

Ecclesiastical Furnishings, Kneelers

1 folder

Date: 1936, undated

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

GUSN: 371957

Ref. Code: CC011.016.002.008

Ecclesiastical Furnishings, Organs

1 folder

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 371958

Ref. Code: CC011.016.002.009

Ecclesiastical Furnishings, Reredos

1 folder

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 371959

Ref. Code: CC011.016.002.010

Massachusetts - Falmouth

Sub-series

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 371960

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0382

Sketch Plans for a Seaside Residence, undated

A set of architectural sketches measuring 20.5" x 13". The drawings are ink on paper, designed for Dr. Hunt and titled: Sketch of East Elevation South West Elevation First Floor Plan Seconf Floor Plan

Date: undated

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 371963

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0382.001

Set of Alterations to "Vinland" Newport, RI for H. McKay Twombly, Esq., 1907

This set of six drawings includes: Untitled elevation rendering, ink on paper First Story, pencil on mounted trace Second Floor, pencil on mounted trace Third Story Plan, pencil on mounted trace West Elevation, copy East Elevation, copy

Date: 1907, undated

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 371964

Ref. Code: AR001.USRI.0500.019

Ecclesiastical Furnishings, Stations of the Cross

1 folder

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 371966

Ref. Code: CC011.016.002.011

Ecclesiastical Furnishings, Support Furnishings

1 folder

Date: 1917, 1935, undated

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

GUSN: 371967

Ref. Code: CC011.016.002.012

Ecclesiastical Furnishings, Tabernacles

1 folder

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 371968

Ref. Code: CC011.016.002.013

Tables

1 folder

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 371969

Ref. Code: CC011.016.002.014

New Hampshire - Unity

File

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 371970

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USNH.2445

New Hampshire - Unity - General - Postcards

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 371971

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USNH.2445.0020

Maine - East Eddington

File

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 371972

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USME.0855

Maine - East Eddington - General - Postcards

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 371973

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USME.0855.0020

Maine - North Grantham

File

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 371974

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USME.1235

Maine - North Grantham - Mounted

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 371975

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USME.1235.0010

Corridor, 2003, photograph 3 of 5

Five photographs from Lorna Simpson's color video, Corridor, 2003 exhibited in Yankee Remix: Artists Take on New England. This photograph depicts a woman with a washing basin and pitcher on the left and a woman changing into a day dress on the right. This exhibition at Mass MoCA was a collaboration ...

Collection: Lorna Simpson photographs, Corridor, 2003

GUSN: 372028

Ref. Code: PC088.003

Corridor, 2003, photograph 4 of 5

Five photographs from Lorna Simpson's color video, Corridor, 2003 exhibited in Yankee Remix: Artists Take on New England. This photograph depicts a woman walking down a corridor with a lit candle on the left and a woman on the telephone looking out a window on the right. This exhibition at Mass MoCA...

Collection: Lorna Simpson photographs, Corridor, 2003

GUSN: 372029

Ref. Code: PC088.004

Corridor, 2003, photograph 5 of 5

Five photographs from Lorna Simpson's color video, Corridor, 2003 exhibited in Yankee Remix: Artists Take on New England. This photograph depicts a night scene with a woman entering a room with a lit candle on the left and a woman dressed in evening wear on the telephone, standing by a window on the...

Collection: Lorna Simpson photographs, Corridor, 2003

GUSN: 372030

Ref. Code: PC088.005

"Pulpit in Brattle Street Church, Boston, Mass., about 1871"

Right center view of the pulpit of the Brattle Street Church, Brattle Square, Boston, Mass., 1871. The photographer is unidentified

Date: 1871

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 372589

Ref. Code: PC001.02.03.005

Ticket, Stadium Exercises, Harvard Class Day, June 20, 1933

Ticket of admission to Harvard Stadium for Harvard Class Day, June 20, 1933. The front of the ticket has an illustration of the Harvard University crest. Ticket reverse is printed with "Section 17, Row O, Seat 15."

Date: June 20, 1933

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 372600

Ref. Code: EP001.11.02.03.018

Ticket, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lowell Courses, 1869-1870

Ticket for "Professor [William] Watson's Course on Machines and Motors" given by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lowell Institute in 1869-1870. The Lowell Institute's courses were a series of free evening continuing education classes offered to working people of any gender and taught by ...

Date: 1869-1870

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 372601

Ref. Code: EP001.11.10.01.005

Ticket, Grand Temperance Lecture, undated

Ticket to a "Grand Temperance Lecture." Location and date unknown.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 372603

Ref. Code: EP001.11.10.01.006

Ticket, World's Columbian Exposition Chicago, 1st May to 30th Oct. 1893

This ticket contains harmful imagery including stereotyped depictions of indigenous people. Historic New England acknowledges historical records/objects may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and time in which they were made. Historic New Englan...

Date: 1893

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 372604

Ref. Code: EP001.11.08.04.06

Ticket, "Galatea", Boston Ideal Comic Opera Company, circa 1878-1887

Ticket for a performance of "Galatea" by the Boston Ideal Comic Opera Company. Lists managers Rich & Van Osten. Ticket dates between 1878, when the Company was founded, to 1887, when it changed its name to "The Bostonians."

Date: circa 1878-1887, undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 372605

Ref. Code: EP001.11.04.01.023

Ticket, Frank S. Davidson's Comedy Co., Coalport, Penn., undated

Undated ticket for Frank S. Davidson's Comedy Co. in Coalport, Penn.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 372607

Ref. Code: EP001.11.04.02.021

Ticket, Coalport Opera House, Coalport, Penn., undated

Undated ticket for the parquette section at the Coalport Opera House in Coalport, Penn. The reverse of the ticket contains an advertisement for Merchant's Gargling Oil Linement, made by M. G. Oil Co. in Lockport, New York.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 372608

Ref. Code: EP001.11.04.02.022

Ticket, Coalport Opera House, Coalport, Penn., undated

Undated ticket for the parquette section at the Coalport Opera House in Coalport, Penn. The reverse of the ticket contains an advertisement for Merchant's Gargling Oil Linement, made by M. G. Oil Co. in Lockport, New York.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 372609

Ref. Code: EP001.11.04.02.023

Rand Brook, Storrsville, Dana, MA., 27127-A

The image depicts Rand Brook in Storrsville, Dana, Massachusetts. The brook is surrounded by trees and large rocks. There is a person standing on a rock in the background near the flowing water.

Date: 1895-1940

Collection: Donald W. Howe photographic collection of Quabbin Valley views, 1900s-1930s

GUSN: 373266

Ref. Code: PC031.001.003.27127-A

River Scene, Dana, MA., 27128-A

The image depicts a river bordered by dense vegetation and trees in Dana, Massachusetts. The river curves through the landscape, with clusters of bushes and grass growing along the banks.

Date: 1895-1940

Collection: Donald W. Howe photographic collection of Quabbin Valley views, 1900s-1930s

GUSN: 373267

Ref. Code: PC031.001.003.27128-A

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