Historic New England

Page of account book, February 1824

Includes entry for payment made to Alexander Parris for a plan drawn for Charles Russell Codman.

Date: February 1824

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 301903

Ref. Code: MS037.04.02.001

"Piratical Barbarity, or the female captive"

1 booklet

Date: ca. 1825

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 301904

Ref. Code: MS037.06.25.001

Sketches of sailors, inside back cover of book of invoices

1 page of book

Date: ca. 1843

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 301905

Ref. Code: MS037.06.11.001

Invitation to the wedding of Sophia Munroe and William Coombs Codman

1 wedding invitation

Date: 1887

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 301906

Ref. Code: MS037.10.36.001

William Coombs Codman's seaman's journal of a voyage from Boston to Calcutta, entry from March 10, 1841

Entry from the day the ship reached Calcutta. Describes local characters. Includes small sketch.

Date: 1841-03-10

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 301907

Ref. Code: MS037.06.04.001

Invoice to Miss Emily Elwyn from W. C. Philbrick for masonry

1 invoice

Date: 1923

Collection: Langdon family papers

GUSN: 301910

Ref. Code: MS040.03.04.001

Invoice to Mrs. Woodbury Langdon from S. S. Pierce Co. for groceries

Includes items such as a Virginia ham, a hair brush, bacon, paper, wheatmeal biscuits, Ceylon tea, Czarina tea, and marshmallow creme.

Date: 1923

Collection: Langdon family papers

GUSN: 301911

Ref. Code: MS040.03.13.001

Handwritten excerpt from a letter from Susan Quincy to "Aunt Anna," August 30, 1881

The letter discusses a ball held at the Vale which was attended by John Quincy Adams, possibly ca. 1815.

Date: 1881-08-30

Collection: Lyman family papers

GUSN: 301913

Ref. Code: MS017.03.02.001

Resolutions of appreciation of the services of Miss Frances S. Marrett and Miss Sarah M. Lilley

Unanimously adopted by the Perkins Institution Alumnae Association at the annual meeting, June 5, 1913.

Date: 1913-06-05

Collection: Marrett family papers

GUSN: 301915

Ref. Code: MS018.16.14.001

Poem

A poem inscribed with the initials S. M. L. at the top of the page above the date May 29, 1914. It is unclear if the item was addressed to or written by S. M. L. The initials probably stand for Sarah M. Lilley.

Date: 1914-05-29

Collection: Marrett family papers

GUSN: 301916

Ref. Code: MS018.17.01.001

Invitation from Helen Keller to Frances S. Marrett

1 invitation

Date: 1892

Collection: Marrett family papers

GUSN: 301917

Ref. Code: MS018.16.12.001

American Red Cross Blood Donor Center (8)

Two posters advertising blood donorship.

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301919

Ref. Code: MS015.07.01.02.030

Red Cross poster

1 poster

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301920

Ref. Code: MS015.07.01.02.030.001

Civil Defense Organizations and World War II (2)

World War II era ephemera; Bertram Little's official MA Committee on Public Safety identity card; Nina Fletcher Little's Red Cross first aid cards; and an eleven page Army-Navy press release about the Bataan death march, 1944.

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301921

Ref. Code: MS015.07.01.08.02

25 Cent Stamp Album for the purchase of United States War Savings Bonds

1 pamphlet

Date: 1942

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301922

Ref. Code: MS015.07.01.08.02.01

Correspondence, 1959

Photograph: Major Moses Hurd (Robert Carlen Collection). Correspondence: Mary Black, Graham Hood and Beatrix Rumford (AARFAC); ?? Seltzer; Thomas Maytham and Perry Rathbone (MFA, Boston); Robert Vose (Vose Galleries); Wilbur Peat (John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis).

Date: 1959

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301923

Ref. Code: MS015.04.04.06

Letter from Nina Fletcher Little to Mary C. Black, curator of the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection

Letter discusses a Civil War show, a Brewster show, a loan of "Washington Crossing" and "There Shall Be No More War," and the Brazer Guild.

Date: 1959

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301926

Ref. Code: MS015.04.04.06.001

Cold Water Army of Massachusetts pledge

The Cold Water Army was a temperance association of which Lucy Smith Anderson was a member.

Date: undated

Collection: Parson Smith family papers

GUSN: 301927

Ref. Code: MS032.01.08.06.001

Invitation to see Sarah Bernhardt at the Boston Opera House

Written in French.

Date: 1917-03-03

Collection: Parson Smith family papers

GUSN: 301928

Ref. Code: MS032.04.03.01.001

Civil War muster roll

A Civil War muster roll for the Windham Infantry Militia, 1862.

Date: 1862

Collection: Parson Smith family papers

GUSN: 301929

Ref. Code: MS032.07.01.24.001

Account book

1 account book

Date: ca. 1808

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 301930

Ref. Code: MS025.01.02.005.001

Boards for house construction

1 page from account book

Date: ca. 1808

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 301931

Ref. Code: MS025.01.02.005.001.001

Laborers

1 page from account book

Date: 1808

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 301932

Ref. Code: MS025.01.02.005.001.002

Harvard College certificate of admission for J. R. May

James Rundlet May's certificate of admission to Harvard College signed by the president of Harvard, James Walker, July 20, 1858.

Date: 1858-07-20

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 301934

Ref. Code: MS025.07.05.002.001

Passport

Item

Date: 1850

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 301935

Ref. Code: MS025.04.003.001

Letter from Jonathan Sayward to an unidentified recipient

A letter, addressed to dear sir!, from Jonathan Sayward to an unidentified recipient, August 22, 1784.

Date: 1784-08-22

Collection: Sayward family papers

GUSN: 301936

Ref. Code: MS031.01.02.01.001

Receipt for portrait of Sarah "Sally" Barrell by Joseph Blackburn

1 receipt

Date: 1762-07-12

Collection: Sayward family papers

GUSN: 301938

Ref. Code: MS031.01.02.03.001

Professional papers of Thomas Lincoln Casey (1831-1896): Washington Monument, Washington, D.C.

Series XXXVIII, Professional papers of Thomas Lincoln Casey (1831-1896): Washington Monument, Washington, D.C., 1848-1895, undated (#40.1-42.30), contains professional correspondence; notes; memoranda; sketches; work diaries; reports; engineering calculations; test results for building materials; fi...

Date: 1846-1895, undated

Collection: Casey family papers

GUSN: 301937

Ref. Code: MS008.38

Appointment of Jonathan Sayward as justice of the peace for King George III

1 appointment

Date: 1768

Collection: Sayward family papers

GUSN: 301939

Ref. Code: MS031.01.02.05.001

"The First Maine Novelist"

Written by "Miss Cheever," possibly in the 1940s, about Sally Sayward Barrell Keating Wood.

Date: circa 1940-1949

Collection: Sayward family papers

GUSN: 301940

Ref. Code: MS031.01.05.01.001

Letter from Amy Lowell to William Sumner Appleton, Jr.

Addressed to "dear Sumner" and signed "affectionately yours, Amy Lowell."

Date: undated

Collection: Weld-Appleton family papers

GUSN: 301941

Ref. Code: MS005.01.009.001.001

Letter from Amy Lowell to William Sumner Appleton, Jr.

Written on September 9, 1906, and addressed to "dear Sumner" and signed "affectionately yours, Amy Lowell."

Date: 1906-09-09

Collection: Weld-Appleton family papers

GUSN: 301942

Ref. Code: MS005.01.009.001.002

Letter from William Sumner Appleton, Sr. to Harriot Curtis

Written on April 30, 1834, and addressed to "my dear Hattie" and signed "your affectionate bro'er, W. S. Appleton."

Date: 1834-04-30

Collection: Weld-Appleton family papers

GUSN: 301943

Ref. Code: MS005.01.016.001.001

Decorative Arts and Furnishings

This subseries includes articles, auction catalogues, and museum guidebooks in addition to many exhibition catalogues. Correspondence or other papers accompanied several of the publications. The publications were originally contained in three document boxes. Nina Fletcher Little labeled the boxes wi...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301823

Ref. Code: MS015.03.03.01

Individual Artists

In addition to exhibition catalogues, this subseries includes many articles from historical and decorative arts periodicals. They were originally contained in three document boxes. Nina Fletcher Little labeled the boxes with date spans, though the publication dates of the catalogues and articles wit...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301824

Ref. Code: MS015.03.03.02

Ceramics

This subseries has fewer exhibition catalogues than other subseries. Rather, it contains a wide variety of publications including pamphlets, newsletters, articles, and other scholarly sources on ceramics. Nina Fletcher Little's involvement in the China Students' Club of Boston and the Wedgwood Club ...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301825

Ref. Code: MS015.03.03.03

Architecture

This subseries contains pamphlets, brochures, articles, and other publications on historic architecture. Many relate to specific historic house museums, while others offer advice on dating historic structures. The publications were originally contained in a single document box, with a cardboard divi...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301826

Ref. Code: MS015.03.03.04

Local History

This subseries contains pamphlets, articles, and other publications that Nina Fletcher Little has categorized as pertaining to local (i.e., New England) history. This includes catalogues for exhibitions on local topics; guides to Boston area historical research institutions; and publications on hist...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301827

Ref. Code: MS015.03.03.05

American Fine Art Paintings

This subseries includes numerous exhibition catalogues, along with articles and other publications. Many of the exhibition catalogues feature paintings loaned by the Littles. The publications were originally contained in two document boxes, bearing labels from Nina Fletcher Little. The division of t...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301828

Ref. Code: MS015.03.03.06

American Folk Art Paintings and Sculptures

This subseries includes exhibition catalogues and scholarly articles, along with some auction catalogues and other publications. Many of the exhibition catalogues feature paintings loaned by the Littles. The publications were originally contained in three document boxes, bearing labels from Nina Fle...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301829

Ref. Code: MS015.03.03.07

Additional Publications Added by Selina Fletcher Little

This subseries is made up of issues of The Old Print Shop Portfolio, a gallery catalogue produced by Harry Shaw Newman's Old Print Shop in New York City. These catalogues were found with a carton of publications that Selina Fletcher Little indicated should be incorporated into the Exhibition Catalog...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301830

Ref. Code: MS015.03.03.08

Rules for obtaining rights of lands granted to soldiers by the United States Congress

Signed by Secretary of War James McHenry.

Date: 1796

Collection: Casey family papers

GUSN: 301839

Ref. Code: MS008.03.04.23.001

Collectors Clubs

This series contains news clippings, correspondence, photographs, ephemera, exhibition files, and other papers related to several decorative arts collectors' clubs in which Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little were members. Many of the clubs originated in the late 1920s and early 1930s, and the Littl...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301832

Ref. Code: MS015.04.01

Lectures, Seminars, and Forums

These papers document the Littles' involvement in the field of American decorative arts and material culture as lecturers, seminar faculty and sponsors, and museum board members. Much of the series relate to Nina Fletcher Little's work as a lecturer from the 1930s through the 1970s. The lecture file...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301833

Ref. Code: MS015.04.02

Old Sturbridge Village

This series contains a variety of papers related to Nina Fletcher Little's work with Old Sturbridge Village living history museum in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. Little served as a trustee beginning in 1955 and was a member of the institution's curatorial committee. General papers related to her work ...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301834

Ref. Code: MS015.04.03

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection

In 1954, Nina Fletcher Little was hired as a consultant for a new folk installation at Colonial Williamsburg sponsored by Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. Little catalogued and helped design gallery arrangements for the collection. The papers in this series document Little's work with the Colonial Williams...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301835

Ref. Code: MS015.04.04

Nina Fletcher Little Correspondence

This series contains Nina Fletcher Little's professional correspondence as well as letters and receipts pertaining to Nina and Bertram K. Littles' collection of artwork and decorative objects. There are several distinct clusters within this series. The first seventeen folders are a chronological seq...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301836

Ref. Code: MS015.04.05

Nina Fletcher Little Professional Scrapbook

This series consists of a single scrapbook compiled by Nina Fletcher Little. The volume is a commercially manufactured "Elite Scrap Book" from Samuel Ward in Boston. Nina Little maintained this scrapbook from 1930 to 1944. It contains letters, news clippings, programs, pamphlets, and small publicati...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301837

Ref. Code: MS015.04.06

Awards

This series contains plaques, trophies, certificates, and other objects given to Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little as awards or honors. There are also several folders of papers and certificates related to awards.

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301838

Ref. Code: MS015.04.07

Nina F. Little papers

This series unites a variety of Nina Fletcher Little's personal papers. It is divided into the following subseries: Early Writings, Brookline Organizations, "An Evening With Nina Aboard the Yacht Cristina," and Miscellaneous Loose Papers. The archival processor, rather than Selina Fletcher Little...

Collection: Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers

GUSN: 301840

Ref. Code: MS015.05.01

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