Mount Auburn Cemetery

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2 Mount Auburn Cemetery Trustees Records

Trustees records (1831-1930) including meeting minutes, agendas, reports, and letters that document every detail of the business of the Cemetery from hiring a gatekeeper and gardener to managing large swaths of land as an early non-profit.

Horticulture

A selection of documents highlighting horticultural practices at Mount Auburn Cemetery. Includes letters, invoices, and other material that deal with the purchasing, growing, and care of plants

1 Mount Auburn Cemetery Letters and Invoices

Letters (1831-1930) to and from lot owners and families about care of their lots; letters and invoices from vendors doing business with the Cemetery; letters with artists and architects about commissions for the Cemetery; and founding documents that document the collaborative nature of the...

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...

3 Mount Auburn Cemetery Copying Books and Ledgers

Copies of letters (1860-1924) written by Mount Auburn's Superintendents, Secretaries, Treasurers, to and from Lot Proprietors. Providing a first hand account of the creation of a greenhouse and nursery, appointment of a Gardener's position, the installation of fountains in the ponds, and the...

5 Mount Auburn Tutorial Documents

Use these examples to see how to transcribe the different types of documents to be transcribed: letters to and from the Cemetery in different handwriting, standardized trustee meeting minutes and reports with special headings, and copies of early letters that were copied into letterpress...

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