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
1872-03-13 Bust of Jacob Bigelow: Trustee Special Committee Testimonial by Bradlee_1831.014.004-004
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1872-03-13 Trustee Committee on Lots, From Architects Ware and VanBrunt about FreelandTomb, 1831.036.023B
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1872-04-09 Superintendent Folsom to President Bradlee, 1831.033.002A
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1872-05-18 Trustee Committee on Lots, Freeland Tomb, 1831.036.023A
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1872-07-23 Sphinx: Jacob Bigelow to J. T. Bradlee, 1831.011.001-003
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1872-08-03 Horticulture Invoice: Parker & Gannett, 2021.005.037
2 pages: 50% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 50% needs review)
1872-08-07 Sphinx: Blair & Skinner to Colonel Folsom, 1831.011.004-001
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1872-08-25 Sphinx: Jacob Bigelow to J. T. Bradlee, 1831.011.001-001
Letter from Jacob Bigelow to J.T. Bradlee about the final details regarding the completion of the Mount Auburn Sphinx, August 25, 1872.
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1872-10-01 Horticulture Invoice: T. P. Emerson, 2021.005.038
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1872-10-15 Horticulture Invoice: Dennis McCarthy, 2021.005.040
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Subject Categories
Avenues and Paths, Landmarks at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Lot Numbers, Organizations and Companies, People, Places