An eclectic collection of materials generated and collected by the Richardson family and related families (Smith and Eaton). Collection consists of materials relating to four generations of the Richardson family. Papers include photocopy of H. Richardson & Co. catalogue; resolutions upon the death of Henry Richardson from various Masonic lodges (1867); photographs and documents relating to Joseph S. Richardson's military service, particularly his...

Manuscript written by Hunt in 1926, given to Allen French May 30, 1926, and used in preparing the biographical sketch of Hunt that French later wrote for the Memoirs of Members of the Social Circle in Concord (Fifth Series, published 1940). Hunt discusses his childhood and the domestic life of the old Hunt House and the problems of farming the land on Punkatasset Hill. He also refers to antislavery sentiment within his family and to the tension caused...

Records, 1795-1821, include: bound volume, 1795-1821, containing constitution, membership list, minutes of meetings, lists of officers and Standing Committee members, records of donations (an entry for Jan. 13, 1801, recording a gift by John Thoreau, father of Henry, of Hannah More's Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education; other Thoreau family donations recorded later); bound volume, 1795-1819, containing records of book purchases and...

Ernest Hemingway witnessed many of the seminal conflicts of the twentieth century, and he recorded them with matchless power. Now, this landmark volume brings together Hemingway's most important writings on war. Edited and with an introduction by Hemingway's grandson Sean and featuring a personal foreword by the author's only living son, Patrick, this volume includes selections from Hemingway's first book of short stories, In Our Time, as well as...

This collection contains Cambridge related photographs from the Boston Herald photograph collection (or photo morgue) that was sold in 2011. The photographs are by staff and contributing photographers, including major wire services (i.e., Associated Press, Acme Newspictures, Newspaper Enterprise Association), covering the 1920s to the 1990s. The collection is organized by year and includes a variety of subjects, including buildings, fires, protests,...

Records, 1861-1865, as follows. Three ms. record volumes: one (bound), 1861-1865, primarily in hand of Harriette Moore, containing membership list with records of dues paid, minutes, records of articles made, boxed, and sent to soldiers, copied letters of acknowledgement and thanks, and printed report for 1862 (pasted in); one (bound), 1861-1863, in hand of Grindall Reynolds, containing records of meetings and of articles made, boxed, and sent (the...