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E.J. Barnes Comic Books, 2005 - 2014
Collection
Identifier: 100
Dates:
Majority of material found in 2005-2014
Cambridge Committee of Correspondence Records, 1776
Collection
Identifier: 130
Collection Overview
This collection contains one 11”x5” account book inscribed inside with “Committee of Correspondence, 1776”. The author is unknown. Within the book is handwritten entries regarding whose land was seized or forfeited by Loyalist Cambridge residents. On March 17, 1776, British soldiers set sail for Halifax leaving Boston and its environs with residents loyal to the Crown on board. Names included in the account book include the last Royal Lt. Gov. Thomas Oliver, Major William Brattle, Widow...
Dates:
1776
Cambridge Milk Dealer Records, 1697-1821
Collection — Folder: Record book
Identifier: 070
Collection Overview
This collection contains one record book. The marbled paper front and back covers, as well as the writing on the first and last pages appear to have been written in 1697. This part of the book describes some of the town history of Lancaster, Massachusetts. The rest of the book was recorded between from 1816 to 1821 and describes milk deliveries and payments.
Dates:
1697-1821; Majority of material found in 1816-1821
Elizabeth G. A'Hearn-Dorety Conway Papers, 1937-1948
Collection
Identifier: 067
Collection Overview
This collection contains the uniform, tools, memorabilia, and textbooks from Elizabeth G. A'Hearn-Dorety Conway's time as a student at the Cambridge City Hospital Nursing School.
Dates:
1937-1948
Corcoran’s Department Store Collection
Collection
Identifier: CHC008
Abstract
This collection consists of one flat box of materials relating to Corcoran’s. The collection documents the history and development of a long and successful family-run department store that was an important part of the Cambridge community.
Dates:
1888-1981; Majority of material found within 1940s
Found in:
Cambridge Historical Commission Archives
Daniel White Charity Fund Cash Book
Collection
Identifier: CHC022
Abstract
One ledger, detailing the income, cash account, interest, and other financial aspects of the Daniel White Charity Fund from its inception to early 1959.The fund was called the Daniel White Charity, and its single volume ledger contains entries beginning in October of 1863 and continuing through February of 1959. It records cash amounts paid out to the City, various area banks, local coal and fuel companies, as well as interest amounts accrued.
Dates:
1863-1959
Found in:
Cambridge Historical Commission Archives
Vernon Grant Graphic Novels, 1977-1982
Collection
Identifier: 024
Collection Overview
The collection contains copies of four installments of The Love Rangers and Betsy Grant's biography of Vernon Grant, Adventures of Point-Man Palmer in Vietnam.
Dates:
1977-1982
Olive Pierce Photographs, 1963-2014
Collection
Identifier: 045
Collection Overview
This collection contains and original collection donated by Olive Pierce and an addendum donated posthumously by her family. The original collection, curated by Olive Pierce, contains photographs, books, moving images, audio cassettes, and ephemera from several projects that Olive Pierce worked on during her 40-year career as a documentary photographer. (The collection contains 89 items, including 72 photographic prints.) The photographs include the following:1....
Dates:
1963-2014
Ruth Priest Gray Scrap Book Collection
Collection
Identifier: CHC044
Abstract
This collection of scrap books were prepared by Ruth P. Gray, span a forty-five year time period, and are made up predominantly of newspaper clippings, with a scattering of magazine articles and fliers. The scrap books give a sweeping picture of the environment and life of Cambridge in the latter half of the Twentieth Century. Mrs. Gray was interested in a wide variety of Cambridge subject matter, including obituaries, retirements, fires, personalities, organizations, local color, community...
Dates:
1936-1981
Found in:
Cambridge Historical Commission Archives
Louisa Solano Papers, 1956-2013
Collection
Identifier: 031
Collection Overview
This collection contains printed material, correspondence, broadsides, photographs, and VHS and DVDs of poetry readings that represent the history of the Grolier Poetry Book Shop under Louisa Solano’s ownership. Of interest are the series of folders titled “Envelopes” (under Correspondence in Series 1: Subject Files, 1973-2013) in which poets sent their latest releases to Solano with notes. The Grolier Poetry Prize program brochures (Series 1: Subject Files, 1973-2013) list the year’s winner...
Dates:
1956-2013
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