About
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
1870-04-25 Trustee Committee on Nominating Secretary and Treasurer, 2021.004.080
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1870-05-02 Superintendent's House: Letter from Folsom about Repairs, 2021.020.003
3 pages: 66% complete (67% indexed, 100% transcribed, 33% needs review)
1870-05-02 Trustee Committee on Grounds, 1831.033.025C
2 pages: 100% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed)
1870-05-06 Trustee Committee on Grounds: Sawyer, 1831.033.003-027B
3 pages: 100% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed)
1870-05-07 Superintendent's House: Contract for Repairs with H. W. Macurdy, 2021.012.002
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1870-05-10 Trustee Committee on Grounds: Surveying Land, 1831.033.003-027C
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1870-05-28 Trustee Committee on Lots, Folsom to Rand about Lot Curbing Regulations, 1831.036.019
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1870-06-30 Receiving Tomb: Letter from Folsom to Bigelow, 2021.011.003
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1870-07-08 Receiving Tomb. Letter from Folsom to Bigelow, 2021.011.004
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1870-07-21 Trustee Committee on Lots, Report on Trull and Blaney Tomb Repairs, 1831.036.017.001
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Subject Categories
Avenues and Paths, Landmarks at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Lot Numbers, Organizations and Companies, People, Places