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Work titleProgressMost recent activityCollaboration
1845 Story Statue: Original Subscription, 1831.039.004-0063 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)10/06/2021 at 04:11 PMUnrestricted
1845 Story Statue: Original Subscription, 1831.039.004-0093 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)11/18/2021 at 03:13 PMUnrestricted
1845-02-28 Bigelow Chapel Stained Glass: David Ramsay Hay to Jacob Bigelow, 1831.041.001-0014 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)04/05/2021 at 11:45 PMUnrestricted
1845-04-21 Bigelow Chapel Stained Glass: Ballantine & Allan to Jacob Bigelow, 1831.041.001-0024 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)07/07/2021 at 05:12 PMUnrestricted
1845-06-14 Bigelow Chapel Stained Glass: Jacob Bigelow to Ballantine & Allan, 1831.041.001-0034 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 08:11 PMUnrestricted
1845-07-02 Bigelow Chapel Stained Glass: Ballantine & Allan to Jacob Bigelow, 1831.041.001-0042 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 08:13 PMUnrestricted
1845-07-15 Bigelow Chapel Stained Glass: Ballantine & Allan to Jacob Bigelow, 1831.041.001-0054 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 08:16 PMUnrestricted
1845-07-31 Bigelow Chapel Stained Glass: Copy, Jacob Bigelow to Ballantine & Allan, 1831.041.001-0063 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 08:18 PMUnrestricted
1845-11-29 Trustee Committee Report on the Joseph Story Fund, 1831.034.0074 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)02/19/2021 at 02:48 PMUnrestricted
1846-01-19 Story Statue: William W. Story to Jacob Bigelow, 1831.039.004-0012 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 05:05 PMUnrestricted
1847-04 Bigelow Chapel Stained Glass: Harnden Co. to Jacob Bigelow_Shipping Invoice, 1831.041.001-0072 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 08:20 PMUnrestricted
1847-09-03 Story Statue: Agreement Between Trustees of the Cemetery of Mt. Auburn & William W. Story, 1831.039.004-013 3 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)09/16/2021 at 02:34 PMUnrestricted
1847-09-23 Story Statue: Contract with William W. Story, 1831.039.004-0144 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)09/16/2021 at 02:25 PMUnrestricted
1848 Story Statue: Doings of the Trustees, 1845-1848, 1831.039.004-0044 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 05:26 PMUnrestricted
1851-03-31 Story Statue: William W. Story to the Trustees, 1831.039.004-0168 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 05:57 PMUnrestricted
1852-10-01 Story Statue: Statement of the Fund for the Statue of the Late Chief Justice Story, 1831.039.004-0114 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/03/2022 at 06:09 PMRestricted
1853-07-05 Bowditch Statue: Trustee Committee Report to Repair Statue, by Bigelow, 1831.039.0011 page: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)08/09/2021 at 07:49 PMUnrestricted
1854 Trustee Committee on Statuary: Legal Opinion on Statuary Appropriation, 1831.039.00210 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)06/15/2021 at 02:45 PMUnrestricted
1854-09-04 Story Statue: Copy of letter from Jacob Bigelow to William W. Story, 1831.039.004-0172 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 05:50 PMUnrestricted
1854-09-04 Trustee Committee on Statuary: Assent of Trustees Appropriating Money, 1831.039.003-0022 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 05:03 PMUnrestricted
1854-12-26 Winthrop Statue: Richard S. Greenough to Jacob Bigelow, 1831.039.007-0084 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)09/22/2021 at 07:03 PMUnrestricted
1855 Adams Statue: Contract with Randolph Rogers, 1831.039.005-0024 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)09/22/2021 at 07:03 PMUnrestricted
1855 Story Statue: Extracts from Records of Trustees, 1851-1855, 1831.039.004-0154 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)09/16/2021 at 02:56 PMUnrestricted
1855-01-15 Winthrop Statue: Agreement with Richard S. Greenough, 1831.039.007-0074 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 07:59 PMUnrestricted
1855-03-05 Adams Statue: Trustees Vote, recorded by Henry M. Parker, 1831.039.005-0031 page: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)09/22/2021 at 07:00 PMUnrestricted
1855-03-05 Otis Statue: Trustees Vote, 1831.039.006-0011 page: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)09/22/2021 at 06:16 PMUnrestricted
1855-04-21 Story Statue: Memorial of Subscribers to Story Statue Fund, 1831.039.004-0103 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)11/18/2021 at 03:15 PMUnrestricted
1855-04-24 Adams Statue: Jacob Bigelow to Geo. W. Bond and Randolph Rogers reply, 1831.039.005-0012 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 06:18 PMUnrestricted
1855-07-02 Winthrop Statue: Jacob Bigelow to George W. Bond, 1831.039.007-0012 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 07:52 PMRestricted
1855-07-19 Adams Statue: Randolph Rogers to Jacob Bigelow, 1831.039.005-0041 page: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)09/22/2021 at 07:00 PMUnrestricted
1855-12-31 Otis Statue: Contract with Thomas Crawford, 1831.039.006-0024 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)09/22/2021 at 06:05 PMUnrestricted
1855-12-31 Otis Statue: Copy of Agreement with Thomas Crawford, 1831.039.006-0034 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)09/22/2021 at 06:05 PMUnrestricted
1856 Winthrop Statue: Extract from Richard S. Greenough's letter to C. H. Parker, 1831.039.007-0091 page: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)12/11/2020 at 02:55 PMUnrestricted
1856-03-01 Adams Statue: A.J. Coolidge Receipt for duplicate of agreement between Rogers the artist for statue of John Adams, 1831.039.003-0012 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)09/22/2021 at 07:00 PMUnrestricted
1856-03-11 Adams Statue: Invoice from W.H. Clay, Leghorn, 1831.039.005-0052 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 06:59 PMUnrestricted
1856-04-01 Winthrop Statue: Copy of letter from Jacob Bigelow to Richard S. Greenough, 1831.039.007-0032 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)09/22/2021 at 06:04 PMUnrestricted
1856-04-04 Winthrop Statue: Jacob Bigelow to George W. Bond, 1831.039.007-0142 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 08:06 PMUnrestricted
1856-04-21 Trustee Committee on Statuary: Majority Report, 1831.039.003-0043 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)09/22/2021 at 06:17 PMUnrestricted
1856-04-21 Trustee Committee on Statuary: Minority Report, 1831.039.003-00311 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)09/22/2021 at 06:00 PMUnrestricted
1856-04-25 Winthrop Statue: Testimonial by United States Consul to Paris D. K. McRae, 1831.039.007-0021 page: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 07:53 PMUnrestricted
1856-04-26 Winthrop Statue: Draft from Richard S. Greenough, 1831.039.007-0122 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 08:04 PMUnrestricted
1856-05-13 Winthrop Statue: George W. Bond to Jacob Bigelow, draft to Richard S. Greenough, 1831.039.007-0052 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 07:56 PMUnrestricted
1856-05-19 Otis Statue: American Consul in Rome Testimonial, 1831.039.006-0051 page: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)09/22/2021 at 06:11 PMUnrestricted
1856-05-21 Otis Statue: Thomas Crawford to Jacob Bigelow, Notice of Draft, 1831.039.006-0044 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)09/22/2021 at 06:11 PMUnrestricted
1856-05-24 Adams Statue: Envelope, Randolph Rogers to Jacob Bigelow, 1831.039.005-0072 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 07:12 PMUnrestricted
1856-05-24 Adams Statue: Shipping Invoice from Pakenham Hooker & Co. and Randolph Rogers, 1831.039.005-0062 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)12/02/2021 at 03:55 PMUnrestricted
1856-05-26 Statuary: William B. Bayley & Co., Invoice for Cutting names on Statues in Chapel, 1831.039.006-0122 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 07:49 PMUnrestricted
1856-05-30 Winthrop Statue: Copy, Jacob Bigelow to Richard S. Greenough, 1831.039.007-0062 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 07:57 PMUnrestricted
1856-08-28 Otis Statue: Thomas Crawford Conveyance of Plaster Statue, 1831.039.006-0063 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)09/22/2021 at 06:04 PMUnrestricted
1856-08-28 Otis Statue: Thomas Crawford, Receipt of Payment, 1831.039.006-0132 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 07:50 PMUnrestricted
1856-09-12 Story Statue: Invoice from Bayley for Moving Statue from Athenaeum, 1831.039.004-0022 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 05:09 PMUnrestricted
1857-07-21 Adams Statue: Randolph Rogers to Jacob Bigelow, 1831.039.005-0092 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 07:07 PMUnrestricted
1857-08 Adams Statue: Envelope, Randolph Rogers to Dr. Jacob Bigelow, 1831.039.005-0121 page: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)09/22/2021 at 07:00 PMUnrestricted
1857-12-23 Otis Statue: Jacob Bigelow to Samuel Gridley Howe, 1831.039.006-0082 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 07:38 PMUnrestricted
1858-01-13 Otis Statue: Louisa W. Crawford to Jacob Bigelow, 1831.039.006-0092 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 07:39 PMUnrestricted
1858-01-15 Otis Statue: Copy of letter from Jacob Bigelow to Louisa W. Crawford, 1831.039.006-0072 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)09/22/2021 at 05:55 PMUnrestricted
1858-05-28 Winthrop Statue: T. J. Bayley Invoice for Removing Statue, 1831.039.007-0132 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 08:05 PMUnrestricted
1858-05-29 Winthrop Statue: Final Payment to Richard S. Greenough, 1831.039.007-0172 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 08:08 PMUnrestricted
1858-10-01 Otis Statue: Louisa W. Crawford, Receipt for the Statue by her late husband Thomas Crawford, 1831.039.006-0102 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)09/22/2021 at 06:11 PMUnrestricted
1858-10-21 Otis Statue: Thomas J. Bayley Invoice for Removing Statue, 1831.039.006-0112 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 07:42 PMUnrestricted
1859-10-08 Adams Statue: Letter from Randolph Rogers to Treasurer, 1831.039.005-0102 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)09/01/2021 at 02:13 PMUnrestricted
1859-12-01 Bowditch Statue: Invoice for Painting, 2021.010.0092 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)08/17/2021 at 09:24 PMUnrestricted
1868-02-21 Story Statue: Letter from George William Bond, 1831.039.004-0032 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)09/16/2021 at 02:35 PMUnrestricted
1868-03-10 Story Statue: A.J. Coolidge to Edward Austin, 1831.039.004-0192 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 06:14 PMUnrestricted
1868-03-10 Story Statue: Report of Committee on Lots on Fund for repair of Story Lot & Story Statue Fund, 1831.039.004-0183 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 06:08 PMUnrestricted
1868-03-26 Story Statue: Story Statue Fund, 1831.039.004-0122 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)10/06/2021 at 04:12 PMUnrestricted
1868-04-21 Story Statue: Report of Committee on Statue Fund, 1831.039.004-0052 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 05:28 PMUnrestricted
1871-08-09 Sphinx: "Memorial Work of Art" Report of Trustee Committee on Grounds, 1831.011.0033 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 04:52 PMUnrestricted
1871-09-02 Sphinx: Colonel Folsom to J. T. Bradlee, 1831.011.005-0024 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 04:55 PMUnrestricted
1871-11-06 Sphinx: Colonel Folsom diagram of Sphinx and model in shed, 1831.011.005-0041 page: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)11/11/2021 at 04:52 PMUnrestricted
1871-11-06 Sphinx: Colonel Folsom to J. T. Bradlee, 1831.011.005-0034 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 04:57 PMUnrestricted
1871-12-04 Sphinx: John T. Bradlee to Colonel C. W. Folsom, 1831.011.005-0052 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 06:15 PMUnrestricted
1871-12-20 Sphinx: Hallowell Granite to C.W. Folsom, 1831.011.004-0022 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 04:54 PMUnrestricted
1872-02-29 Sphinx: Colonel Folsom to J. T. Bradlee, 1831.011.005-0011 page: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 04:56 PMUnrestricted
1872-03-13 Bust of Jacob Bigelow: Trustee Special Committee Testimonial by Bradlee_1831.014.004-0042 pages: 100% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed)06/28/2022 at 10:02 PMUnrestricted
1872-07-23 Sphinx: Jacob Bigelow to J. T. Bradlee, 1831.011.001-0031 page: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 04:34 PMUnrestricted
1872-08-07 Sphinx: Blair & Skinner to Colonel Folsom, 1831.011.004-0011 page: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 04:53 PMUnrestricted
1872-08-25 Sphinx: Jacob Bigelow to J. T. Bradlee, 1831.011.001-0012 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 04:33 PMUnrestricted
1872-10-25 Sphinx: Jacob Bigelow to J.T. Bradlee, 1831.011.001-0021 page: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 04:59 PMUnrestricted
1872-10-28 Sphinx: Jacob Bigelow to J. T. Bradlee, 1831.011.001-0042 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 04:40 PMUnrestricted
1872-11-01 Sphinx: Jacob Bigelow to J. T. Bradlee, 1831.011.001-0052 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 04:45 PMUnrestricted
1872-12-06 Bust of Jacob Bigelow: Invoice from Henry Dexter, 2021.014.0012 pages: 100% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/01/2023 at 03:22 PMUnrestricted
1873-01-08 Sphinx: Jacob Bigelow to the Proprietors, 1831.011.0022 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)03/24/2021 at 05:25 PMUnrestricted
1874-06-23 Winthrop Statue: Richard S. Greenough to John T. Bradlee, 1831.039.007-0102 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 08:03 PMUnrestricted
1874-07-25 Winthrop Statue: Richard S. Greenough to John T. Bradlee, Relating to Eye of the Statue, 1831.039.007-0162 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/20/2021 at 08:01 PMUnrestricted
1887-01-10 Bowditch Statue: Letter from T. H. Bartlett, Sculptor, to Superintendent, shipping Statue to Paris, 2014.020.010-0031 page: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)03/16/2021 at 06:23 PMUnrestricted
1887-07-15 Bowditch Statue: Letter from Charles P. Bowditch to Jas. W. Lovering, 2014.020.010-0161 page: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/12/2022 at 03:25 PMUnrestricted
Adams Statue: Memo with Addresses for Randolph Rogers, Jacob Bigelow, 1831.039.005-0112 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)06/22/2020 at 04:53 PMUnrestricted
Story Statue: List of Original Subscribers to Story Statue Fund, 1831.039.004-0082 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)10/06/2021 at 04:11 PMUnrestricted
Story Statue: Original Subscriptions from Salem, 1831.039.004-0073 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)10/06/2021 at 04:11 PMUnrestricted
Winthrop Statue: Envelope circa 1854, Dr. Jacob Bigelow from Richard S. Greenough, 1831.039.007-0041 page: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)06/25/2020 at 06:40 PMUnrestricted
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