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.
000_1882 Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings Vo 1, 2005.120.001

000_1882 Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings Vo 1, 2005.120.001

82 pages: 47% complete (1% indexed, 100% transcribed, 52% needs review)
00_1832 Cash Ledger, 2005.063.035

00_1832 Cash Ledger, 2005.063.035

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192 pages: 1% complete (0% indexed, 21% transcribed, 20% needs review)
00_1834_Receiving Tomb Public Lot and Crypt Register, 1831.037.001

00_1834_Receiving Tomb Public Lot and Crypt Register, 1831.037.001

Pages without writing were skipped during digitization.

Collaboration is restricted.

220 pages: 4% complete (3% indexed, 92% transcribed, 87% needs review)
00_1852-07-22 Diary of Martha Call 2021.061.001

00_1852-07-22 Diary of Martha Call 2021.061.001

195 pages: 10% complete (1% indexed, 100% transcribed, 89% needs review)
00_1867-08-12 Letter: Superintendent Winsor to Trustees, 1831.016.001.005-001

00_1867-08-12 Letter: Superintendent Winsor to Trustees, 1831.016.001.005-001

2 pages: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
00_1884-01-25_Insight_Vol_1_2017.062.003

00_1884-01-25_Insight_Vol_1_2017.062.003

145 pages: 73% complete (2% indexed, 100% transcribed, 26% needs review)
00_1884-01-25_Insight_Vol_2_2017.062.002

00_1884-01-25_Insight_Vol_2_2017.062.002

144 pages: 50% complete (5% indexed, 100% transcribed, 50% needs review)
00_1885 Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings Vo 2, 2005.120.002

00_1885 Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings Vo 2, 2005.120.002

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90 pages: 10% complete (1% indexed, 86% transcribed, 76% needs review)
1835-04-21 Letter: George W. Bond to Curtis, 2021.022.005

1835-04-21 Letter: George W. Bond to Curtis, 2021.022.005

1 page: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
1841-01-08 Treasurer's Report for 1840, 2021.020.013

1841-01-08 Treasurer's Report for 1840, 2021.020.013

4 pages: 75% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 25% needs review)
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