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
1871-01-10 Horticulture Voucher: From H. B. MacKintosh, 2021.005.036
2 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)
1871-01-11 Trustee Committee Final Report on Purchase of Land West of Cemetery, 1831.033.030
2 pages: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
1871-01-25 Trustee Committee Report on Superintendent's House, 1831.033.031
3 pages: 33% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 67% needs review)
1871-02-06 Trustee Committee on Ballots, 2021.004.057
2 pages: 50% complete (50% indexed, 100% transcribed, 50% needs review)
1871-02-23 Trustee Special Committee Report on Nominating Officers to Standing Committee, 2021.004.078
2 pages: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
1871-03-08 Engine House & Vicinity: Superintendent Folsom to Trustees, 1831.033.037A
5 pages: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
1871-03-08 Trustee Committee on Green Houses, Folsom letter to Bradlee, 1831.033.033
2 pages: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
1871-03-08 Trustee Committee on Grounds-: Superintendent Folsom to Trustees, 1831.033.036
5 pages: 60% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 40% needs review)
1871-03-08 Trustee Committee Report on Land West of the Cemetery, 1831.033.032
3 pages: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
1871-04-10 Trustee Committee on Grounds: Coolidge Purchase, 1831.033.034
2 pages: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
Subject Categories
Avenues and Paths, Landmarks at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Lot Numbers, Organizations and Companies, People, Places