Historic New England

Parlor mantle, Daniel B. Eaton home, "The Farm," Meredith, New Hampshire

A black and white photograph of the parlor mantle in the Daniel B. Eaton home, known as "The Farm," in Meredith, New Hampshire. The image shows the mantle with framed photographs, painted vases, and other decorative objects. Above the mantle hang two photographs on either side of a framed item that ...

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 284896

Ref. Code: PC002.USNH.Meredith.185.12

Agreement between Henry Chandler Bowen and contractor, Samuel Underwood, re: construction of a house and barn, October 13, 1845 [2 copies]; includes drafts [2 copies]

1 folder (4 items) (#6.25)

Date: 1845

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285045

Ref. Code: MS006.02.01.01

Specifications of Joseph C. Wells, architect, re: carpentry [2 copies] and masonary work [1 copy] on the house, 1845

Bowen family papers (MS006) Series II, Papers relating to the construction of Roseland Cottage, Woodstock, Connecticut, 1845-1969, undated (bulk: 1845-1851) (#6.25-6.27, 8.1-8.17, OB.1.4-OB.1.5), contains agreements and contracts (includes drafts); bills and receipts; building and construction sp...

Date: 1845

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285046

Ref. Code: MS006.02.01.02

Specifications of Joseph C. Wells, architect, re: construction of the barn, 1845

Bowen family papers (MS006) Series II, Papers relating to the construction of Roseland Cottage, Woodstock, Connecticut, 1845-1969, undated (bulk: 1845-1851) (#6.25-6.27, 8.1-8.17, OB.1.4-OB.1.5), contains agreements and contracts (includes drafts); bills and receipts; building and construction sp...

Date: 1845

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285047

Ref. Code: MS006.02.01.03

Plans for addition to the barn, undated [photocopies]

Bowen family papers (MS006) Series II, Papers relating to the construction of Roseland Cottage, Woodstock, Connecticut, 1845-1969, undated (bulk: 1845-1851) (#6.25-6.27, 8.1-8.17, OB.1.4-OB.1.5), contains agreements and contracts (includes drafts); bills and receipts; building and construction sp...

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285049

Ref. Code: MS006.02.01.04

Correspondence: letters received by Henry Chandler Bowen (1813-1896) re: construction progress on the house, November-May

NOTE: Contains oversize material.

Date: 1845-1848

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285050

Ref. Code: MS006.02.09

Work accounts re: laborers, September 1845 - November 1851; includes Lewis Chamberlin's work account

Bowen family papers (MS006) Series II, Papers relating to the construction of Roseland Cottage, Woodstock, Connecticut, 1845-1969, undated (bulk: 1845-1851) (#6.25-6.27, 8.1-8.17, OB.1.4-OB.1.5), contains agreements and contracts (includes drafts); bills and receipts; building and construction sp...

Date: 1845-1851

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285053

Ref. Code: MS006.02.03.01

Bills and receipts re: supplies, October-November 1846

Bowen family papers (MS006) Series II, Papers relating to the construction of Roseland Cottage, Woodstock, Connecticut, 1845-1969, undated (bulk: 1845-1851) (#6.25-6.27, 8.1-8.17, OB.1.4-OB.1.5), contains agreements and contracts (includes drafts); bills and receipts; building and construction sp...

Date: 1846

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285054

Ref. Code: MS006.02.03.02

Bills and receipts re: Joseph C. Wells, architect, November 20, 1846 and July 12, 1850

Bowen family papers (MS006) Series II, Papers relating to the construction of Roseland Cottage, Woodstock, Connecticut, 1845-1969, undated (bulk: 1845-1851) (#6.25-6.27, 8.1-8.17, OB.1.4-OB.1.5), contains agreements and contracts (includes drafts); bills and receipts; building and construction sp...

Date: 1846-1850

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285055

Ref. Code: MS006.02.03.03

Other bills and receipts, November 1846 - September 1850; includes payment receipts re: Lewis Chamberlin and Edwin Eaton, contractor

Bowen family papers (MS006) Series II, Papers relating to the construction of Roseland Cottage, Woodstock, Connecticut, 1845-1969, undated (bulk: 1845-1851) (#6.25-6.27, 8.1-8.17, OB.1.4-OB.1.5), contains agreements and contracts (includes drafts); bills and receipts; building and construction sp...

Date: 1846-1850

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285056

Ref. Code: MS006.02.03.04

Other materials

Family papers (1 file box)

Date: 1938-1969, undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285070

Ref. Code: MS006.02.14

Clippings re: life at Roseland Cottage

File part

Date: 1938-1969

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285071

Ref. Code: MS006.02.14.01

"Reminiscences of Roseland Cottage," memories of Roseland Cottage as recalled by Anna Mellon

File part

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285072

Ref. Code: MS006.02.14.02

Photographs of the paintings at Roseland Cottage

File part

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285073

Ref. Code: MS006.02.14.03

Photographs: portraits

Subseries A, Photographs: portraits, 1862-1935, undated (#8.18-10.12, OB.3.9), contains black and white photographs and color photographs of individual members of the Bowen family and friends of the family; a mounted photograph (#8.29) and hand-tinted, retouched photograph (#8.25) of Henry Chandler ...

Date: 1862-1935, undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285075

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01

Barney, Susan E. (Tappan) (dates unknown) [4 photographs]

File part

Date: 1887, undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285078

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.01

Beecher, Henry Ward (1813-1887) [1 photograph]

File part

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285080

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.02

Bowen, Clarence Winthrop (1852-1935) [5 photographs]

NOTE: See also #11.10 for related material

Date: 1901, undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285081

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.03

Bowen, Edward Augustus (1847-1926) [3 photographs]

File part

Date: 1871-1872, undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285083

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.04

Bowen, Ellen (Holt) (1834-1903) [4 photographs]

File part

Date: 1884, undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285089

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.05

Bowen, Franklin Davis (1860-1940) [1 photograph]

File part

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285090

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.07

Bowen, George (1789-1846) [2 photographs]

File part

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285094

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.08

Bowen, Henry Chandler (1813-1896) [5 photograph]

NOTE: Henry Chandler Bowen, hand-tinted and retouched photograph removed from #8.30

Date: 1891-1893, undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285097

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.09

Bowen, Henry Chandler (1813-1896), mounted photograph [1photograph]

NOTE: See #8.25 for item removed [hand-tinted and retouched photograph]

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285099

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.10

Bowen, Henry Elliot (1845-1919) [1 photograph]

File part

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285101

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.11

Bowen, Herbert Wolcott (1856-1927), U.S. Consulate-General, Barcelona, Spain, October 15 [1 photograph]

File part

Date: 1897

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285102

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.12

Bowen, John Eliot (1858-1890) [3 photographs]

File part

Date: 1890, undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285103

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.13

Bowen, Lucy Maria (Tappan) (1825-1863) [4 photographs]

File part

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285105

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.14

Bowen, Lydia Wolcott (Eaton) (1793-1864) [1 photograph]

File part

Date: 1862

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285106

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.15

Bowen, Paul Holt (1868-1895) [2 photographs]

File part

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285108

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.16

Grenfell, Wilfred (dates unknown); includes signature [1 photograph]

File part

Date: 1935

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285112

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.18

Hardy, Arthur Sherburne (1847-1930) [3 photographs]

File part

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285116

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.19

Hardy, Grace Aspinwall (Bowen) (1850-1940): holding doll, Lena Rivers [2 photographs]

NOTE: See SPNEA textiles and household objects collection #2000.440, Museum Collection, for Grace Aspenwall's doll, Lena Rivers

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285119

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.20

Holt, Constance (1879-1968) [1 of 2] [6 photographs]

File part

Date: 1883-1905, undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285121

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.21

Holt, Constance (1879-1968) [2 of 2] [3 photographs]

NOTE: Group photograph with Constance Holt, undated, removed from #11.1

Date: 1883-1905, undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285124

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.22

Holt, George Chandler (1843-1931) [5 photographs]

File part

Date: 1895, undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285125

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.23

Holt, Hamilton (1872-1951); includes 1949 U.S. Navy photograph and undated clipping [3 photographs]

File part

Date: 1949, undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285130

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.24

Holt, Henry Chandler (1881-1955) [10 photographs]

File part

Date: 1885-1897, undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285133

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.25

Holt, Mary Louisa (Bowen) (1848-1925) [1 of 2] [9 photographs]

File part

Date: 1867-1887, undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285134

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.26

Holt, Mary Louisa (Bowen) (1848-1925) [2 of 2] [4 photographs]

File part

Date: 1867-1887, undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285136

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.27

Holt, Stuart (1876-1900) [1 of 2] [6 photographs]

File part

Date: 1877-1898, undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285138

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.28

Holt, Stuart (1876-1900) [2 of 2] [7 photographs]

Photogrpahs (1 folder)

Date: 1877-1898, undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285140

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.29

Side view of Otis House, showing retaining wall, after the demolition of the West End

A black and white photograph showing the eastern side of the Otis House from what used to be a parking lot next to the building. The image was taken after the demolition of the West End, during which the Otis House was one of very few structures that wasn't torn down. Visible above the roof of the O...

Date: ca. 1959

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 285160

Ref. Code: PC006.HGO.01.016

Photographs: groups

Subseries B, Photographs: groups, 1866-1965, undated (bulk, 1886-1898) (#10.13-10.31, 11.1-11.14), contains black and white photographs, color photographs, and related letters. The subseries includes group photographs of the Bowen family with such acquaintances as orator Henry Ward Beecher (1813-18...

Date: 1866-1965, undated, predominant 1886-1898

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285161

Ref. Code: MS006.03.02