Mount Auburn Cemetery

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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.
1831 Founding Document: Sweet Auburn Memo of Titles, 1831.021.001

1831 Founding Document: Sweet Auburn Memo of Titles, 1831.021.001

10 pages: 100% complete (90% indexed, 100% transcribed)
1831-1834 Trustees Records of Committees, Volume 1, 1831.003.001

1831-1834 Trustees Records of Committees, Volume 1, 1831.003.001

26 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)
1832-01-10 Original  Deed to Mount Auburn Cemetery, 2021.035.001

1832-01-10 Original Deed to Mount Auburn Cemetery, 2021.035.001

1 page: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)
1833-03-30 Treasurer's Accounts, 2021.020.004

1833-03-30 Treasurer's Accounts, 2021.020.004

4 pages: 100% complete (50% indexed, 100% transcribed)
1834 Report on the Committee to Examine the Garden, 1831.034.010

1834 Report on the Committee to Examine the Garden, 1831.034.010

9 pages: 100% complete (100% indexed, 100% transcribed)
1834-02-01 Treasurer's Report for 1835, 2021.020.006

1834-02-01 Treasurer's Report for 1835, 2021.020.006

5 pages: 100% complete (60% indexed, 100% transcribed)
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