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1891-02-16 Letter: John C. Gordon, Beechwood Cemetery Co. Canada, prices for caring for lots, 2014.020.014-0031 page: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)11/22/2021 at 03:27 PM
1891-02-27 Letter: F. P. Shumway, Jr. to J. W. Lovering, advice on fertilizers, 2014.020.014-0051 page: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)10/14/2020 at 01:58 PM
1891-04-04 Letter: James Bruerton to J. W. Lovering, tree from a slip, 2014.020.014-0061 page: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)11/22/2021 at 03:22 PM
1891-04-16 Letter: J. Arthur Beebe to J. W. Lovering, damage done by horse, 2014.020.014-0071 page: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)09/17/2020 at 12:25 AM
1891-05-02 Letter: D. R. Whitney to Mr. Lovering, resodding every 6 or 7 years, 2014.020.014-0081 page: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)07/07/2022 at 12:21 PM
1891-05-25 Letter: Alfred Mudge & Son to J. W. Lovering, catalogue for Cemetery, 2014.020.014-0091 page: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)09/19/2020 at 03:50 PM
1891-06-27 Letter: Henry Emmett, Agent for New England Granite Works to Superintendent, no photography permitted, 2014.020.014-0102 pages; 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)01/21/2021 at 08:01 PM
1891-09-05 Letter: Jno. A. Hardenburg to Superintendent [Lovering], Photo Request for Longfellow monument, 2014.020.014-0121 page: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)10/14/2020 at 02:15 PM
1891-09-08 Letter: Badger Bros. Granite Dealers & Machinists to Superintendent, location of Longfellow monument, 2014.020.014-0131 page: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)02/04/2021 at 03:31 PM
1891-09-09 Letter: H. B. MackIntosh to Mr. Lovering [Superintendent], office error, 2014.020.014-0142 pages; 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)02/19/2021 at 04:24 PM
1891-11-03 Letter: Secretary L. G. Farmer to Mr. Lovering, strong complaints of proprietor, 2014.020.014-0152 pages; 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)10/06/2020 at 05:39 PM
1891-1892 Copying Book: Superintendent Lovering's Letters, 2005.062.016 826 pages; 11% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 88% needs review)12/24/2024 at 07:37 AM
1892-01 Annual Report of the Trustees of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn, for 1891, Together with the Reports of the Treasurer and Superintendent. Sixtieth Year.18 pages; 50% complete (11% indexed, 100% corrected, 50% needs review)08/03/2023 at 06:19 PM
1892-01-22 Letter: Chas. O. Eaton to the Corporation of Mt. Auburn, "old interment mistake", 2014.020.015-0011 page: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)10/02/2023 at 05:44 PM
1892-01-25 Letter: John Hogg to Mr. J. W. Lovering, 1892 January 25, "owner selling lot," 2014.020.015-0021 page: 100% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed)09/28/2023 at 01:36 PM
1892-01-26 Letter: William F. Whittemore to J. W. Lovering, "myrtle graves," 2014.020.015-0032 pages; 100% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed)10/02/2023 at 05:52 PM
1892-01-26 to 28 Letters: Between William F. Whittemore and J. W. Lovering, "myrtle graves," 2014.020.015-0052 pages; 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)10/19/2020 at 08:44 PM
1892-02-08 Letter: H. Derby to J. W. Lovering, Lot 1174 "Myrtle Graves, PC Without Renewal," 2014.020.015-0041 page: 100% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed)04/27/2023 at 09:56 AM
1892-02-11 Letter: Hasket Derby to J. W. Lovering, "myrtle graves," 2014.020.015-0061 page: 100% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed)04/27/2023 at 10:02 AM
1892-02-29 Letter from Bowker, Torrey & Co. to Superintendent Lovering, 1831.018.004-0151 page: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)05/26/2021 at 08:33 PM
1892-03-11 Letter: Charles Merriam to J. W. Lovering, "myrtle graves," 2014.020.015-0071 page: 100% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed)11/09/2024 at 09:31 PM
1892-03-21 Letter: C. McArthur to Mr. J. W. Lovering, "Registry of Deeds," 2014.020.015-0081 page: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)10/19/2020 at 08:49 PM
1892-04-01 Letter: J. W. Lovering to John C. Gray, "watering Brattle Street," 2014.020.015-0091 page: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)09/19/2020 at 02:36 PM
1892-04-16 Letter: P. O'Brien & Son to Mr. Lovering, "Itinerant Cemetery Worker," 2014.020.015-0101 page: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)10/09/2020 at 06:58 PM
1892-04-22 Letter: A. H. Knowlton, Selectman for Littleton, Mass. to Superintendent, "advise on beautification of grounds sought," 2014.020.015-0111 page: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)02/04/2021 at 03:44 PM
1892-05-28 Letter: Mrs. G. H. Lyman to J. W. Lovering, "stamps," Austin lot, 2014.020.015-0122 pages; 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)07/01/2021 at 03:58 PM
1892-06-27 Letter: A. Strauch, Cemetery of Spring Grove, to Supt. Lovering, "swans; letterhead," 2014.020.007-0031 page: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)11/21/2022 at 09:31 PM
1892-07-05 Letter: Charles Merriam to J. W. Lovering, inspection of inscription, 2014.020.014-0111 page: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)09/30/2020 at 09:35 PM
1892-07-12 Letter: Sarah J. Wiggin to J. W. Lovering, Lot 2921, "curb mistaken for fence," 2014.020.015-0131 page: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)07/01/2021 at 04:10 PM
1892-09-01 Letter: Geo. H. Baker, Librarian Columbia College NY, requesting annual reports, 2014.020.015-0141 page: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)07/01/2021 at 04:07 PM
1892-11-01 Letter: W. S. La Baw, Harvard Veterinary School, to Mr. Lovering about gray mare, 2014.020.015-0151 page: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)09/17/2020 at 02:55 PM
1893-01 Annual report of the trustees of the Cemetery of Mount AuburnAnnual Report of the Trustees of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn, for 1892, Together with the Reports of the Treasurer and Superintendent. Sixty-First Year.16 pages; 6% complete (6% indexed, 12% corrected, 6% needs review)10/17/2022 at 05:18 AM
1894-01 Annual Report of the Trustees of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn, for 1893, Together with the Reports of the Treasurer and Superintendent. Sixty-Second Year.16 pages; 6% complete (6% indexed, 19% corrected, 13% needs review)04/19/2022 at 01:58 PM
1895-01 Sixty-Third Annual Report. Mount Auburn Cemetery. January 1, 1895.12 pages; 25% complete (25% indexed, 33% corrected, 8% needs review)04/18/2022 at 09:18 PM
1896-01 Annual Report of the Trustees of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn, for 1895, Together with the Reports of the Treasurer and Superintendent. Sixty-Fourth Year.18 pages; 55% complete (0% indexed, 100% corrected, 44% needs review)06/09/2025 at 05:53 PM
1896-03-17 to 1896-12-17 Copying Book: Superintendent Scorgie 2005.062.0201032 pages; 6% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 93% needs review)06/13/2022 at 05:27 PM
1896-11-30 Letter from Grew to John Evans, forwarded to Lovering, 1831.018.004-0382 pages; 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)05/26/2021 at 08:41 PM
1897-01 Annual Report of the Trustees of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn, for 1896, Together with the Reports of the Treasurer and Superintendent. Sixty-Fifth Year.19 pages; 10% complete (11% indexed, 100% corrected, 89% needs review)12/04/2022 at 04:53 PM
1898-01 Annual Report of the Trustees of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn, for 1897, Together with the Reports of the Treasurer and Superintendent. Sixty-Sixth Year.18 pages; 22% complete (6% indexed, 100% corrected, 78% needs review)05/07/2022 at 11:04 AM
1898-07-20 Letter: Superintendent James Scorgie to Cimitiere du Pere la Chaise, 2004.046.001-0011 page: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% translated, 100% needs review)01/11/2022 at 02:46 PM
1898-08-06 Cimitiere Pere la Chaise to Superintendent Scorgie, 2004.046.001-0022 pages; 50% complete (0% indexed, 100% translated, 100% needs review)04/14/2022 at 07:28 PM
1899-01 Annual Report of the Trustees of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn, for 1898, Together with the Reports of the Treasurer and Superintendent. Sixty-Seventh Year.18 pages; 50% complete (6% indexed, 100% corrected, 50% needs review)05/04/2022 at 07:34 AM
1904 Cambridge Hospital memo, kept by Treasurer, 2021.021.0311 page: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)03/24/2021 at 11:20 AM
1904-02-15 Letter: Bullard to Dill, 2021.021.0301 page: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)03/18/2021 at 06:56 PM
1907 Trustees Meeting Minutes, Volume 8, 1831.005.008395 pages; 6% complete (1% indexed, 100% transcribed, 93% needs review)01/04/2024 at 04:56 PM
1911-01-04 Letter: March to Dill, 2021.021.0272 pages; 100% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed)04/20/2022 at 11:01 AM
1911-01-11 Letter: March to Dill, 2021.021.0281 page: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)03/20/2021 at 01:56 PM
Adams Statue: Memo with Addresses for Randolph Rogers, Jacob Bigelow, 1831.039.005-0112 pages; 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)06/22/2020 at 04:53 PM
Founding Document: Agreement between Mass Hort Society and D. Haggerston, Gardener 1832, December 20 18325 pages; 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/25/2021 at 04:30 PM
Founding Document: Copy of an Old Report for Laying out Sweet Auburn as a Cemetery, 1831.010.0022 pages; 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)06/15/2021 at 02:49 PM
Founding Documents: Mount Auburn Regulations, 1831.010.0093 pages; 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)07/09/2020 at 04:54 PM
Horticulture Invoices (2): Thos. Dunwoodie, & Robert Hezlitt, 18682 pages; 100% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed)11/22/2023 at 10:04 PM
Massachusetts Horticultural Society Contract with James W Russell, Gardener, 1834-02-065 pages; 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/25/2021 at 04:40 PM
Story Statue: List of Original Subscribers to Story Statue Fund, 1831.039.004-0082 pages; 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)10/06/2021 at 04:11 PM
Story Statue: Original Subscriptions from Salem, 1831.039.004-0073 pages; 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)10/06/2021 at 04:11 PM
Washington Tower Invoice: Bryant and Blaisdell, 1852-03-082 pages; 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 09:41 PM
Winthrop Statue: Envelope circa 1854, Dr. Jacob Bigelow from Richard S. Greenough, 1831.039.007-0041 page: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)06/25/2020 at 06:40 PM
zDEMO Copying Book4 pages; 100% complete (25% indexed, 100% transcribed)02/21/2022 at 07:05 PM
zDEMO Letter: Guidebooks2 pages; 100% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed)08/24/2022 at 04:37 PM
zDEMO Letter: HitchingPostMemo2 pages; 50% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 50% needs review)06/02/2021 at 06:37 PM
zDEMO Trustees Minutes3 pages; 100% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed)07/24/2020 at 05:34 PM
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