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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 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.
1860 Copying Book: Secretary's Letters and Treasurer's Letters, 2005.062.003

1860 Copying Book: Secretary's Letters and Treasurer's Letters, 2005.062.003

Letterpress Copying Book. Bound ledger of Secretary's and Treasurer's Correspondence, October 30, 1860-June 27, 1870, pp. 1-485. Including the correspondence of Henry B. MacKintosh and Austin J. Coolidge.

521 pages: 99% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)
1860-01 Annual Report of the Trustees of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn, Together with the Reports of the Treasurer and Superintendent. January, 1860.

1860-01 Annual Report of the Trustees of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn, Together with the Reports of the Treasurer and Superintendent. January, 1860.

The printed yearly report of the Trustees of Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge and Watertown, Massachusetts from 1860. Jacob Bigelow (President), George William Bond (Treasurer), Charles C. Little (Finance Committee), Charles G. Nazro (Finance Committee), and Jonathan Mann (Superintendent)...

8 pages: 62% complete (0% indexed, 101% corrected, 38% needs review)
1860-03-05 Trustee Committee on Iron Fence to Stone Farm, 2014.004.017

1860-03-05 Trustee Committee on Iron Fence to Stone Farm, 2014.004.017

3 pages: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
1860-06-06 Bigelow Chapel Invoice: Joseph J. Pickett, 2021.010.006

1860-06-06 Bigelow Chapel Invoice: Joseph J. Pickett, 2021.010.006

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1860-11-05 Trustee Special Committee Report on Room for Corporation, 2021.004.022

1860-11-05 Trustee Special Committee Report on Room for Corporation, 2021.004.022

2 pages: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
1860-12-01 Trustee Committee on Lots: Report by Curtis, re: Jonathan Mann, 2021.025.001

1860-12-01 Trustee Committee on Lots: Report by Curtis, re: Jonathan Mann, 2021.025.001

2 pages: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
1861-01   Favorite   Share    Flag textsAnnual Report of the Trustees of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn, Together with the Reports of the Treasurer and Superintendent. January, 1861.

1861-01 Favorite Share Flag textsAnnual Report of the Trustees of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn, Together with the Reports of the Treasurer and Superintendent. January, 1861.

The printed yearly report of the Trustees of Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge and Watertown, Massachusetts from 1861. Jacob Bigelow (President), George William Bond (Treasurer), Charles C. Little (Finance Committee), Charles G. Nazro (Finance Committee), and Jonathan Mann (Superintendent)...

8 pages: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% corrected, 100% needs review)
1861-01-07 Trustee Committee on Grounds: Apple Resignation, 1831.033.003-014

1861-01-07 Trustee Committee on Grounds: Apple Resignation, 1831.033.003-014

4 pages: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
1861-01-23 Trustee Committee Report on Receiving Tomb, 2021.004.016

1861-01-23 Trustee Committee Report on Receiving Tomb, 2021.004.016

2 pages: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
1861-06 Envelope for Trustee Committee Reports on Reorganization of Duties of Officers, Etc., 2021.004.032

1861-06 Envelope for Trustee Committee Reports on Reorganization of Duties of Officers, Etc., 2021.004.032

2 pages: 0% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
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