Mount Auburn Cemetery

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Mount Auburn Cemetery
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.
1843-02-06 Letter: Superintendent Rufus Howe to the Trustees, 1831.018.001-002

1843-02-06 Letter: Superintendent Rufus Howe to the Trustees, 1831.018.001-002

2 pages: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
1843-03-17 Estimate on Barn, John Chamberlin to Superintendent Howe, 1831.018.001-003

1843-03-17 Estimate on Barn, John Chamberlin to Superintendent Howe, 1831.018.001-003

2 pages: 50% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 50% needs review)
1843-09-14 Trustee Committee Report on Water from Fresh Pond, 1831.034.008

1843-09-14 Trustee Committee Report on Water from Fresh Pond, 1831.034.008

6 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)
1843-09-17 Copy of Letter from Jacob Bigelow to Judge Story, 1831.014.004-001

1843-09-17 Copy of Letter from Jacob Bigelow to Judge Story, 1831.014.004-001

4 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)
1844-04-22 Letter to Dr. Jacob Bigelow from Waldo Higginson, 2021.017.005

1844-04-22 Letter to Dr. Jacob Bigelow from Waldo Higginson, 2021.017.005

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1844-04-24 Letter from Jacob Bigelow to Henry M. Parker, 1831.014.005

1844-04-24 Letter from Jacob Bigelow to Henry M. Parker, 1831.014.005

2 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)
1844-09-10 Letter from Jacob Bigelow to Henry M. Parker, 1831.014.003-004

1844-09-10 Letter from Jacob Bigelow to Henry M. Parker, 1831.014.003-004

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1844-10 Jacob Bigelow to Henry M. Parker, 1831.014.003-003

1844-10 Jacob Bigelow to Henry M. Parker, 1831.014.003-003

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