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
1854 Trustee Committee on Statuary: Legal Opinion on Statuary Appropriation, 1831.039.002
10 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)
1854 Trustees Meeting Minutes, Volume 2, 1831.005.002
279 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)
1854-03 Bigelow Chapel Invoice: Nathaniel Adams, 2021.010.003
2 pages: 50% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 50% needs review)
1854-03 Trustee Committee Report on Duties of the Gatekeeper, 2021.004.030
2 pages: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
1854-03-02 Letter: Superintendent Rufus Howe to the Trustees, 1831.018.001-010
3 pages: 66% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 33% needs review)
1854-03-14 Letter: Superintendent Rufus Howe to Jacob Bigelow, 1831.018.001-011
3 pages: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
1854-03-18 Trustee Committee on Lots: Hook to Parker, Lot 1917, 1831.036.003A, 1831.036.003B
3 pages: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
1854-03-20 Trustee Committee on the Superintendent's House, 2021.004.051
2 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)
1854-04-21 Horticulture Invoice: Winship & Co., Brighton Botanic Gardens and Nurseries, 2021.005.004
2 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)
1854-05 Washington Tower Invoice: Whitcher, Sheldon & Co., 2021.006.015
2 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)
Subject Categories
Avenues and Paths, Landmarks at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Lot Numbers, Organizations and Companies, People, Places