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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
1854-12-26 Winthrop Statue: Richard S. Greenough to Jacob Bigelow, 1831.039.007-008
4 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)
1855 Adams Statue: Contract with Randolph Rogers, 1831.039.005-002
4 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)
1855 Story Statue: Extracts from Records of Trustees, 1851-1855, 1831.039.004-015
4 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)
1855-01 Washington Tower Invoice: G. B. Wheeler, 2021.006.006
2 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)
1855-01-15 Winthrop Statue: Agreement with Richard S. Greenough, 1831.039.007-007
4 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)
1855-03-05 Adams Statue: Trustees Vote, recorded by Henry M. Parker, 1831.039.005-003
1 page: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)
1855-03-05 Otis Statue: Trustees Vote, 1831.039.006-001
1 page: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)
1855-03-15 Trustee Committee Report on the Use of Stone Farm, 2021.004.015
2 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)
1855-03-19 Trustee Committee on Finance: Report by Jacob Bigelow on Expenditures, 2021.027.001
4 pages: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
1855-04-21 Story Statue: Memorial of Subscribers to Story Statue Fund, 1831.039.004-010
3 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)
Subject Categories
Avenues and Paths, Landmarks at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Lot Numbers, Organizations and Companies, People, Places