About
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
1852-12-07 Letter: Superintendent Rufus Howe to Henry M. Parker, 1831.018.001-007
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1853-04-04 Letter to Jacob Bigelow from the Superintendent of the Fitchburg Railroad, 2021.017.003
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1853-08 Letter: Superintendent Rufus Howe to the Trustees, 1831.018.001-008
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1853-11-01 Letter: Superintendent Rufus Howe to Henry M. Parker, 1831.018.001-009
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1854-03 Bigelow Chapel Invoice: Nathaniel Adams, 2021.010.003
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1854-03 Trustee Committee Report on Duties of the Gatekeeper, 2021.004.030
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1854-03-02 Letter: Superintendent Rufus Howe to the Trustees, 1831.018.001-010
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1854-03-14 Letter: Superintendent Rufus Howe to Jacob Bigelow, 1831.018.001-011
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1854-03-18 Trustee Committee on Lots: Hook to Parker, Lot 1917, 1831.036.003A, 1831.036.003B
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1854-05-23 Trustee Committee on Lots: Bond to Curtis, Lot417, 1831.036.005A, 1831.036.005B
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Subject Categories
Avenues and Paths, Landmarks at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Lot Numbers, Organizations and Companies, People, Places