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.
1845-11-29 Trustee Committee Report on the Joseph Story Fund, 1831.034.007

1845-11-29 Trustee Committee Report on the Joseph Story Fund, 1831.034.007

4 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)
1846-01-19 Story Statue: William W. Story to Jacob Bigelow, 1831.039.004-001

1846-01-19 Story Statue: William W. Story to Jacob Bigelow, 1831.039.004-001

2 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)
1846-07-22 Letter from Jacob Bigelow to Henry M. Parker, 1831.014.003-006

1846-07-22 Letter from Jacob Bigelow to Henry M. Parker, 1831.014.003-006

1 page: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)
1847-09-23 Story Statue: Contract with William W. Story, 1831.039.004-014

1847-09-23 Story Statue: Contract with William W. Story, 1831.039.004-014

4 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)
1847-12 Perimeter Fence: Charles W. Cummings Estimate, 2021.018.001

1847-12 Perimeter Fence: Charles W. Cummings Estimate, 2021.018.001

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