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
1858-03-01 Trustee Committee Minority Report on B. F. Wyeth Memorial, 2021.004.061
12 pages: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
1858-03-01 Trustee Committee on Grounds: Filling, grading, trees, 1831.033.003-008
2 pages: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
1858-03-01 Trustee Committee on the Wyeth Memorial, cover letter by Nazro to Curtis, 2021.004.063
1 page: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
1858-03-01 Trustee Committee Report on the Benj. F. Wyeth Memorial, 2021.004.064
6 pages: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
1858-04-01 Trustee Committee on Wyeth Memorial, Letter from Coolidge to B. F. Wyeth, 2021.004.060
3 pages: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
1858-04-08 Trustee Committee on Lots: Letter from Curtis to Bond, Report on Waldo Claim, 1831.036.013
3 pages: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
1858-06-07 Trustee Committee on Lots: Report on Numbering Lots, 1831.036.009
4 pages: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
1858-07-03 Trustee Committee on Harvard College Lot, Letter from Amos Lawrence to A. Gould, 2021.004.011
3 pages: 33% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 67% needs review)
1859-01 Annual Report of the Trustees of the Mount Auburn Cemetery, Together with the Reports of the Treasurer and Superintendent. January, 1859.
The printed annual report of the Trustees of Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge and Watertown, Massachusetts from 1859. Jacob Bigelow (President), George William Bond (Treasurer), Charles C. Little (Finance Committee), Charles G. Nazro (Finance Committee), and Jonathan Mann (Superintendent)...
8 pages: 25% complete (0% indexed, 100% corrected, 75% needs review)
1859-01-31 Trustee Committee on Grounds: Improvements, 1831.033.003-007
2 pages: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
Subject Categories
Avenues and Paths, Landmarks at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Lot Numbers, Organizations and Companies, People, Places