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Established in 1831, Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is the first rural cemetery in the country. 19th-century records tell the story of the initial vision and how it is has evolved as a designed landscape and burial site. Including letters between its founding horticulturalists, commissions for works of art and buildings, trustee minutes and reports, and correspondence to and from the Cemetery. These pages detail all aspects of cemetery business, the rural cemetery movement, and the history of American landscape management and design. Read our transcribing conventions here. Visit our collections database to discover even more of our unique holdings.
Works
1862-11-20 Letter: Superintendent Winsor to Bond, 1831.016.001.003-007
2 pages: 50% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 50% needs review)
1862-11-29 Letter: Superintendent Winsor to Jacob Bigelow, 1831.016.001.001-005
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1862-12-08 Trustee Committee on Grounds, Alice Fountain Proposal, 1831.033.003-018
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1863-01 Annual report of the trustees of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn. January, 1863.
The printed yearly report of the Trustees of Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge and Watertown, Massachusetts from 1863. Jacob Bigelow (President), George William Bond (Treasurer), Charles C. Little (Finance Committee), Charles G. Nazro (Finance Committee), and Daniel L. Winsor (Superintendent)...
7 pages: 14% complete (14% indexed, 85% corrected, 71% needs review)
1863-01-02 Letter: Superintendent Winsor to Jacob Bigelow, 1831.016.001.001-004
2 pages: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
1863-01-26 Trustee Committee on Grounds, Alice Fountain Contract, 1831.033.003-019
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1863-02-01 Improvements to Story Lot: Letter from Curtis to W.W. Story, 2021.015.002
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1863-02-18 Improvements to Story Lot: Winsor to Curtis, 2021.015.003
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1863-03-31 Gatekeeper: James Derby, Jr., to Trustees, 1831.026.058
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1863-04-20 Improvements to Story Lot: Letter from W.W. Story to Curtis, 2021.015.004
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Avenues and Paths, Landmarks at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Lot Numbers, Organizations and Companies, People, Places