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
1871-04-12 Trustee Committee on Grounds: Bradlee, Receiving Tomb, 1831.033.035
4 pages: 100% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed)
1871-04-22 Trustee Committee on Grounds-Fitchburg Railroad to Trustees, 1831.033.039
2 pages: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
1871-04-24 Trustee Special Committee Report, Coolidge Ave Claims, 2021.019.001
6 pages: 83% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 17% needs review)
1871-05-09 Trustee Committee on Grounds: Folsom to Bradlee, 1831.033.038
6 pages: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
1871-05-10 Trustee Special Committee, Coolidge Ave Claims, Letter to Cambridge Mayor, 2021.019.002
3 pages: 100% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed)
1871-06-08 Letter from Jacob Bigelow to the Trustees about Purchasing Land, 1831.033.040-001
7 pages: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
1871-08-09 Sphinx: "Memorial Work of Art" Report of Trustee Committee on Grounds, 1831.011.003
3 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)
1871-09-02 Sphinx: Colonel Folsom to J. T. Bradlee, 1831.011.005-002
4 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)
1871-11-06 Sphinx: Colonel Folsom diagram of Sphinx and model in shed, 1831.011.005-004
1 page: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)
1871-11-06 Sphinx: Colonel Folsom to J. T. Bradlee, 1831.011.005-003
4 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)
Subject Categories
Avenues and Paths, Landmarks at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Lot Numbers, Organizations and Companies, People, Places