Historic New England

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

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

The bankers dined on such dishes as bluepoints, broiled Shad, lamb cutlets, broiled quail, Tipsy Cake, cheese and Roman Punch. The menu cover is missing.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310477

Ref. Code: EP001.06.13.020

Menus - Organizations - Society of the War of 1812

Sub-series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310478

Ref. Code: EP001.06.14

New England bill of fare, Society of the War of 1812 in Massachusetts, 7th annual meeting, Hotel Lenox, Boston, Mass., January 8, 1901

The members dined on such dishes as Duxbury clam chowder, Cod Gloucester style, saddle of Maine venison, Medford Punch and Cape Cod Peep. An American flag with an unidentified portrait decorate the menu cover. A toy soldier salutes on the item verso. A colonial family sits down to a meager dinner wi...

Date: 1901-01-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310481

Ref. Code: EP001.06.14.001

Bill of fare, Society of the War of 1812 in Massachusetts, 8th annual meeting, Hotel Somerset, Boston, Mass., January 8, 1902

The menu has such dishes as clam bisque, saddle of venison, Black Duck, hominy cakes and cheese. The cover illustration appears to be a profile portrait of Daniel Webster. Sailors are in the foreground of a harbor scene. "The flowing can" poem is printed on the inside of the item. A place card for M...

Date: 1902-01-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310482

Ref. Code: EP001.06.14.002

Bill of fare, General Society of the War of 1812, 4th biennial meeting, New Algonquin Club, Boston, Mass., June 20, 1902

The menu included such dishes as little neck clams, bass, hot house chicken and sorbet parfait amour. The toasts to the state chapters are listed on the page opposite the menu. A list of sixty historic places and subjects is provided in the item.The officers of the General Society and the Massachuse...

Date: 1902-06-20

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310484

Ref. Code: EP001.06.14.003

Menus, Society of the War of 1812 in Massachusetts, 9th annual meeting, new Hotel Bellevue, Boston, Mass., January 8, 1903

The members dined on such dishes as oxtail soup, fillet of sole, sirloin of beef, harlequin ice cream and Punch Imperial. The menu cover has an illustration of a Continental soldier.

Date: 1903-01-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310542

Ref. Code: EP001.06.14.004

Menu, Society of the War of 1812 in Massachusetts, 10th annual meeting, Hotel Lenox, Boston, Mass., January 8, 1904

The members dined on such dishes as chicken broth à la Creole, planked shad, saddle of Kentucky mutton and cheese. The cover illustration has a hand raised in a toast with the text "My country may she always be right, but my country, right or wrong."

Date: 1904-01-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310543

Ref. Code: EP001.06.14.005

Menu, Society of the War of 1812 in Massachusetts, 11th annual meeting, Copley Square Hotel, Boston, Mass., January 10, 1905

At the meeting and banquet the members dined on bluepoints, filet of turbot, roast yong turkey, roast Black Duck and frozen Tom and Jerry. A sailing ship illustration has the caption "For the freedom of the seas."

Date: 1905-01-10

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310544

Ref. Code: EP001.06.14.006

Menu, Society of the War of 1812 in Massachusetts, 12th annual meeting and banquet, Boston Athletic Association, Boston, Mass., January 8, 1906

The dinner choices of turtle soup, chicken halibut, filet mignon and neapolitan ice cream are paired with cocktails and wine. An American flag decorates the menu cover.

Date: 1906-01-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310545

Ref. Code: EP001.06.14.007

Menu, Society of the War of 1812 in Massachusetts, 13th annual meeting and banquet, Boston Athletic Association, Boston, Mass., January 8, 1907

The members dined on such dishes as chicken gumbo, filet of striped bass, saddle of mutton, squab and maraschino sherbert. A Continental drummer is the cover illustration.

Date: 1907-01-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310547

Ref. Code: EP001.06.14.008

Menu, Society of the War of 1812 in Massachusetts, Inc., 14th annual meeting and banquet, Boston Athletic Association, Boston, Mass., January 8, 1908

The dishes served included Boston Market celery, scallops en croustade, tournedoes of beef, frozen pudding and punch au rhum. A sailor stands at the ready in the cover illustration.

Date: 1908-01-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310548

Ref. Code: EP001.06.14.009

Stewart Ross James papers

The collection includes photographs, watercolor renderings, drawings, blueprints, and ephemera.

Date: 1940-1960, undated

Collection: Stewart Ross James papers

GUSN: 310549

Ref. Code: CC013

Menu, Society of the War of 1812 in Massachusetts, Inc., 15th annual meeting and banquet, Hotel Westminster, Boston, Mass., January 8, 1909

The members dined on such dishes as bluepoints, kingfish, sweetbreads, omelette surprise and cheese. A dinner ticket is inside the menu. A portrait of Oliver Hazard Perry is on the cover. Childhood portraits of the Society officers are on the page opposite the menu.

Date: 1909-01-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310550

Ref. Code: EP001.06.14.010

Menu, Society of the War of 1812 in Massachusetts, Inc., 16th annual meeting and banquet, Hotel Westminster, Boston, Mass., January 8, 1910

The members dined on such dishes as Cape Cod oysters, striped bass, roasted French partridge, Tortoni souvenirs and cheese. A sailor holds a flag in the cover illustration.

Date: 1910-01-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310557

Ref. Code: EP001.06.14.011

Menu, General Society of the War of 1812, 11th biennial meeting, Copley-Plaza, Boston, Mass., September 16, 1916

The members dined on such dishes as cream of mushroom soup, sea bass, filet of beef, frozen pudding and Punch 1812. A reproduction is included of the "U.S. frigate Constitution (Old Ironsides)" painted by Marshall Johnson, copyrighted 1896 by A.W. Elson & Company, Boston. The "Old Ironsides" poem by...

Date: 1916-09-16

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310558

Ref. Code: EP001.06.14.012

Menus - Organizations - Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts - 1900-1909

Sub-series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310559

Ref. Code: EP001.06.15

Annual dinner, Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Hotel Somerset, April 19, 1900

The members dined on such dishes as Cotuit oysters, broiled shad, roast spring lamb, roast chicken grouse and strawberries and cream. The music program is listed opposite the menu. A list of officers is included on the last page. The Society's seal is on the upper left corner of the cover. The cover...

Date: 1900-04-19

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310560

Ref. Code: EP001.06.15.001

Annual dinner, Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Hotel Somerset, March 17, 1903

The dishes served included oysters, chicken creole, mushroom patties, filet mignon à la Somerset, frozen pudding and Appollinaris Londonderry. Society officers are listed. The back cover has the Society seal.

Date: 1903-03-17

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310561

Ref. Code: EP001.06.15.002

Annual dinner, Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Hotel Somerset, February 22, 1904

The dishes served included turtle soup, broiled shad, filet mignon, bombe glacé and Apollinaris Londonderry. The officers are listed on the last page. The Society seal is on the back cover. A scene showing the Old North Church and a lantern illustrates the front cover.

Date: 1904-02-22

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310562

Ref. Code: EP001.06.15.003

Annual dinner, Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Hotel Somerset, April 19, 1905

The dishes served included cream of fresh artichokes, medaillon of beef, sweetbreads gourmet, Apollinaris and maraschino punch. A man in a colonial uniform observes a distant battle scene in the cover image. The officers are listed in the menu. The Society seal is on the back cover.

Date: 1905-04-19

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310563

Ref. Code: EP001.06.15.004

Annual dinner, Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Hotel Somerset, January 17, 1906

The members dined on such dishes as Cape oysters, filet of sole, filet of beef, Red Head Duck, Londonderry water and Punch St. Croix. The portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Joseph Sifrède Duplessis decorates the inside of the menu. The Society officers are listed on the back cover. The item has a larg...

Date: 1906-01-17

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310564

Ref. Code: EP001.06.15.005

F. Patterson Smith records

This collection consists primarily of records related to F. Patterson Smiths work as a draughtsman and architect, including original photographs, original drawings and sketches, publications from the period of the projects, postcards, Christmas cards, client biographies, and other original document...

Date: 1889-2002, predominant 1892-1940

Collection: F. Patterson Smith records

GUSN: 310565

Ref. Code: AR025

File Box -- Detail Drawings

File box containing approximately 360 items filed in 25 envelopes. File box has marbled paper cover; side panel is missing and part of top is missing. The majority of the items (approximately 300) are detail drawings or sketches in pencil by Irving and Casson or Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport C...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

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

GUSN: 310566

Ref. Code: CC010.009.008

Annual meeting and banquet, Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Exchange Club, January 16, 1909

The guests dined on Cotuit oysters, halibut, lamb, roast squab, Harlequin Ice Cream and Punch au Rhum. The officers are listed, including William Sumner Appleton the vice-president. The dinner guests are listed. Society activities during 1908 are described. The Society assisted in the purchase and r...

Date: 1909-01-16

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310568

Ref. Code: EP001.06.15.006

Menus - Organizations - Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts - 1915-1927

Sub-series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310569

Ref. Code: EP001.06.16

Annual banquet, Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Copley-Plaza, January 18, 1915

The members dined on such dishes as chicken gumbo, sea bass, squab and fancy ices. An illustration of the John Hancock Memorial, to be placed in Doric Hall in the State House, April 1915, is shown in the program. The presentation of the Knox Trophy and Medals given by the Society is included in the ...

Date: 1915-01-18

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310570

Ref. Code: EP001.06.16.001

Annual dinner, 28th, Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Hotel Somerset, January 17, 1919

The members dined on such dishes as Cotuit oysters, halibut, Point Shirley style, rack of spring lamb and frozen puddding. The presentation of the Knox Trophy and Medals given by the Society is included in the program. The Society officers and guests are listed. The music selections are listed along...

Date: 1919-01-17

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310571

Ref. Code: EP001.06.16.002

Annual dinner, 34th, Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Hotel Somerset, January 17, 1925

The guests dined on such dishes as grapefruit cocktail, filet of whitefish, spring lamb and assorted cakes. The presentation of the Knox Trophy and Medals given by the Society is included in the program. Tablets given by the Society to commemorate historic persons and sites are listed. Busts of John...

Date: 1925-01-17

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310572

Ref. Code: EP001.06.16.003

Annual dinner, 35th, Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Hotel Somerset, January 18, 1926

The members dined on such dishes as mousseline of fresh mushrooms, filet of whitefish, spring lamb and assorted cakes. The presentation of the Knox Trophy and Medals given by the Society is included in the program. A list of tablets and busts given by the Society is printed on the last page. Text on...

Date: 1926-01-18

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310573

Ref. Code: EP001.06.16.004

Annual dinner, 36th, Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Hotel Somerset, January 17, 1927

The guests dined on grapefruit cocktail, filet of whitefish, spring lamb and assorted cakes. The presentation of the Knox Trophy and Medals given by the Society is included in the program. Text on the title page reads "The 221st anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin." The Society seal is sho...

Date: 1927-01-17

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310574

Ref. Code: EP001.06.16.005

Menu, Maine Society Sons of the American Revolution, Riverton Park, Maine, February 22, 1899

The members dined on such dishes as fried smelts, roast turkey, lobster and lettuce mayonaise, frozen pudding and Roman Punch. The dinner took place at the casino in the Riverton amusement park in Portland. A photograph of the casino is on the back cover. An American flag decorates the cover.

Date: 1899-02-22

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310575

Ref. Code: EP001.06.16.006

File Drawer -- Pencil Sketches

File drawer containing 281 items filed in 25 envelopes. File has brown cover and is designed to be used as a drawer in a filing cabinet; however, file covers have come loose. The majority of the items (approximately 240) are rough sketches in pencil by Irving and Casson or Irving and Casson - A. H. ...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

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

GUSN: 310576

Ref. Code: CC010.009.009

Banquet of the General Society of the Sons of the Revolution, triennial meeting, new Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C., April 28, 1908

The menu has such dishes as cherrystone clams, planked Potomac shad, rack of spring lamb, snow balls and Punch en Turban. A list of toasts with individuals and music is included. A separate ticket admits the bearer to the banquet in the new Willard Hotel. The Society seal decorates the item.

Date: 1908-04-28

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 310579

Ref. Code: EP001.06.16.007

Trade Catalogs

Two boxes containing nine catalogues from six different furniture manufacturers. Both British and American companies are represented. Presumably catalogs were used as reference materials. Companies include: Erskine-Danforth Corp.; Fredrick Tibbenham Ltd.; G. T. Rackstraw; Old Colony Furniture; Shaw ...

Date: 1900-1965, undated

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

GUSN: 310581

Ref. Code: CC010.009.010

Portfolio -- Advertisements and Related Ephemera

Portfolio containing containing approximately 200 pieces of ephemera, fifteen of which are loose and the remaining arranged by subject in 53 envelopes. Portfolio has maroon fabric cover with title "Publication de L'Institute de France / Monuments Antiques / II" stamped in gold on front. Contents do ...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

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

GUSN: 310582

Ref. Code: CC010.009.011

Portfolio -- Ephemera and Photograhs

Portfolio containing containing approximately 101 pieces of ephemera, 57 of which are loose and the remaining arranged by subject in 15 envelopes. Portfolio has brown fabric cover with title "Charles Platt" stamped in gold on front. Contents do not relate to title subject in any way; presumably port...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

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

GUSN: 310583

Ref. Code: CC010.009.012

Anniversary dinner, Committee of the City Government of Boston, Spy Pond House, Cambridge, Mass., November 14, 1849

The guests dined on salmon, turkey, game, pastries, puddings and dessert. T.W. Seaver is the proprietor.

Date: 1849-11-14

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309715

Ref. Code: EP001.06.07.021

Dinner for forty-five gentlemen, Taft's Hotel, Point Shirley, Mass., August 9, 1850

The gentlemen enjoyed clam chowder, fish, Leg of South Down Mutton, roast pig, wild goose, puddings, pastries and ice cream. Pink flowers decorate the menu.

Date: 1850-08-09

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309718

Ref. Code: EP001.06.07.022

Complimentary dinner given to Robert A. Southworth, by Republicans of the Charlestown District, Tremont House, Boston Mass., February 24, 1887

Southworth was secretary of the Republican State Committee. The invited guests, listed on the menu verso, included Massachusetts Governor Oliver Ames and other persons in state government. The guests dined on English turbot, beef, Green Goose, lamb cutlets and Roman Punch. The Bunker Hill Monument d...

Date: 1887-02-24

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309725

Ref. Code: EP001.06.07.023

Duplicate Photographs

Photo album. Album is unbound and covers are separated. Album covers have a fabric covering with leather corners. Album has 100 loose pages; fourteen of the pages are blank. Album contains 93 mounted black-and-white photographs. Photographs are of a variety of objects manufactured by A. H. Davenport...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

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

GUSN: 309724

Ref. Code: CC010.006.008

Second anniversary dinner of the Roxbury Reserve Guard Association, United States Hotel, Boston, Mass., February 22, 1867

The diners enjoyed turtle soup, turkey, venison steak, Cabinet Pudding and other dishes.

Date: 1867-02-22

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309726

Ref. Code: EP001.06.07.024

House for W.A. Gardner, Beverly, Mass.

This is a perspective drawing, graphite drawing on paper. It depicts a stone dwelling, three-four stories, featuring three gables and chimneys. The exterior is funished with tall, lean trees and shrubery. A marble, or possibly stone, staircase and handrails line the front of the dwelling.

Date: 1916

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 309727

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0200.002

Massachusetts - Newburyport

Sub-series

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 309731

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0725

House for C.G. Pendill Esq., Newburyport, Mass.

This is a perspective, graphite drawing on paper, depicting a wood dwelling. The dwelling is colonial style, with a center pathway leading to an arched door. There is a deck/balcony off the left side. The entire dwelling is surrounded by a manicured lawn, complete with shrubery and tall trees.

Date: 1924-1944

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 309733

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0725.001

Mixed media artwork of an unidentified church, location unknown

This is a large presentation of an unidentified church with gothic windows and rounded archways. The bulidng also contains a large tower that serves as a main entrance to the building. Medieval, gothic, window slits take up most of the building space, save for the larger, arched windows on the base ...

Date: undated

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 309743

Ref. Code: AR001.UNK.027

Perspective drawing of unidentified church, location unknown, undated

This large perspective of an unidentified church is neatly outlined with pen. The church has turrets, pointed archways, stained glass windows, and circular windows. The bottom appears to be modeled after marble. It is a take on the gothic style. Intricately shaped tiles are drawn on the roofs of...

Date: undated

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 309746

Ref. Code: AR001.UNK.028

Dinner of the Massachusetts Reform Club, Young's Hotel, Boston, Mass., February 28, 1896

The members dined on bisque of clams, sirloin of beef, roast Philadelphia capon and Tipsy Cake. The currency system was the dinner topic addressed by speakers James H. Eckels, Horatio G. Curtis and F.W. Taussig. Eckels was Comptroller of the Currency under President Grover Cleveland. Henry L. Kyser,...

Date: 1896-02-28

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309797

Ref. Code: EP001.06.07.025

Menus - Organizations - Dinners held at clubs and halls

Sub-series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309800

Ref. Code: EP001.06.08

Complimentary dinner to the Honorable T. Jefferson Coolidge, Algonquin Club, Boston, Mass., May 24, 1892

T. Jefferson Coolidge was a great-grandson of United States President Thomas Jefferson. The guests had little neck clams, Penobscot salmon, Nesselrode Pudding and Tom and Jerry Punch.There is a loose card in the menu which gives the banquet time as 6:30 p.m. The Massachusetts seal is hand drawn on t...

Date: 1892-05-24

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309803

Ref. Code: EP001.06.08.001

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