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Historic New England saves and shares historic homes, open space, collections, and stories from the past to today. We are the oldest and largest regional heritage organization in the nation.
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Digital Collections:
(151)
1.
A. Piatt Andrew Guestbooks, 1902-1930, Gloucester, Mass. (MS061)
2.
Abigail B. Homer family papers (MS035)
3.
Account books collection (MS002)
4.
Alice Augusta Rogerson Brown photographic collection, c. 1900-1909 (PC018)
5.
Arabella Chandler McClintock Bellamy Fabric Design Collection (GC006)
6.
Architectural Heritage Foundation collection (CC006)
7.
Arland A. Dirlam architectural collection (AR006)
8.
Arthur C. Haskell photographic collection, 1910s-1930s (PC030)
9.
Arthur Elliot graphic collection (GC005)
10.
Arthur Little and Herbert W.C. Browne architectural collection (AR004)
11.
Baldwin Coolidge photographic collection, ca. 1878-1917 (PC022)
12.
Barrett family papers (MS007)
13.
Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House collection (MS036)
14.
Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little papers (MS015)
15.
Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-ca. 1920 (PC015)
16.
Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s (PC016)
17.
Boston Elevated Railroad station design competition drawings collection (AR024)
18.
Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s (PC017)
19.
Bowen family papers (MS006)
20.
C. G. Sargent's Sons collection (CC016)
21.
Camp Wapello, Friendship, Maine collection (CC015)
22.
Cartes-de-visite photographic collection, ca. 1858-1866 (PC008)
23.
Cartes-de-visite photographic collection, ca. 1858-1899 (PC008)
24.
Casey family papers (MS008)
25.
Chelsea, Mass. Glass Plate Negative Collection, 1906-1910. (PC069)
26.
Codman family papers (MS001)
27.
Coffin family papers (MS010)
28.
Cooper-Frost-Austin family papers (MS039)
29.
Daguerreotypes collection, ca. 1845-1865 (PC005)
30.
Desroches Family Photographic Collection (PC071)
31.
Digitized Museum Collections
32.
Domestic interiors photographic collection (PC002)
33.
Donald W. Howe photographic collection of Quabbin Valley views, 1900s-1930s (PC031)
34.
Edwin Ginn house (proposed) architectural collection (AR021)
35.
Edwin J. Lewis, Jr. Architectural Drawings Collection (AR031)
36.
Edwin Whitefield graphic collection, 1860s-1880s (GC004)
37.
Eleanor Raymond photographic collection (PC043)
38.
Elizabeth (Tyson) Vaughan (1871-1949) papers (MS013)
39.
Elizabeth (Tyson) Vaughan photographic collection (PC062)
40.
Emma Lewis Coleman photographic collection, 1880s (PC021)
41.
Ephemera collection, 2011 donation (EP002)
42.
Ephemera collection (EP001)
43.
Frank Chouteau Brown professional architectural collection (AR003)
44.
Frank Tingley architectural collection (AR013)
45.
Frederick A. Stahl architectural collection (AR017)
46.
Frederick B. Quimby photographic collection, 1890s (PC042)
47.
General architectural and cartographic collection (AR001)
48.
General marine photographic collection (PC055)
49.
General photographic collection (PC001)
50.
George A. Clough architectural collection (AR005)
51.
George E. Noyes photographic collection, 1860s-1940s (PC038)
52.
Gropius family papers (MS012)
53.
Halfdan M. Hanson (1884-1952) architectural collection (AR010)
54.
Halliday Historic Photograph Company photographic collection, 1890s-1930s (PC027)
55.
Harriot Appleton Curtis photographic collection (PC023)
56.
Harrison Gray Otis (1765-1848) professional papers (MS020)
57.
Henry G. Peabody photographic collection, 1880s-1900s (PC040)
58.
Henry L. Hadcock photographic collection, 1880s-1900s (PC026)
59.
Henry M. Francis architectural collection (AR007)
60.
Hiram Harlow photographic collection, 1890s-1920s (PC029)
61.
Historic American Buildings Survey architectural collection (AR018)
62.
Historic New England institutional records (IA001)
63.
Historic New England properties architectural collection (AR019)
64.
Historic New England properties photographic collection (PC006)
65.
Horace Parker Chandler photographic collection (PC019)
66.
H.P. Hood Company records (CC001)
67.
Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I (CC010)
68.
Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II (CC011)
69.
J. H. Williams collection (PC059)
70.
Jacob Luippold architectural collection (AR016)
71.
James Means Collection, 1885-1964 (MS062)
72.
James Wallace Black photographic collection of the Boston Fire, 1872 (PC013)
73.
Jewett family papers (MS014)
74.
John Booras collection of glass plate negatives (PC066)
75.
John Codman (1898-1989) family papers (MS037)
76.
Joseph Collins Wells architectural drawings (AR035)
77.
Joseph Everett Chandler diaries collection (MS009)
78.
Katrina Kipper Photographic Collection (PC070)
79.
Langdon family papers (MS040)
80.
Lantern slides collection (PC007)
81.
Laura Maria Barr photographic collection (PC014)
82.
Lesley Dillingham Bangs Photograph Collection (PC058)
83.
Little family papers (MS016)
84.
Locke-Ober Cafe collection (CC008)
85.
Louis Woodbury photographic collection, ca. 1890s-1900s (PC052)
86.
Luther Briggs, Jr. architectural collection (AR002)
87.
Lyman family papers (MS017)
88.
Maginnis and Walsh architectural collection, circa 1898-1932, undated (AR038)
89.
Marrett family papers (MS018)
90.
Martha Codman Karolik Manuscript Collection, 1856-1964 (MS060)
91.
Martha Usher Osgood papers (MS030)
92.
Mary H. Northend photographic collection, 1904-1926 (PC034)
93.
Massachusetts Film Office Archives (CC017)
94.
Merwin House collection (MS041)
95.
Miscellaneous manuscript collection (MS029)
96.
Nathaniel L. Stebbins photographic collection (PC047)
97.
Nevin and Sanderson Architectural Drawings Collection (AR032)
98.
Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection (MS028)
99.
Non-Historic New England periodicals (SC002)
100.
Norman Morrison Isham photographic collection (PC032)
101.
Northfield and Athol, Massachusetts Amateur Photography Collection (PC072)
102.
Norton family photographic collection (PC035)
103.
O. W. Stevens collection of glass plate negatives, 1898-1912 (PC067)
104.
Ogden Codman, Jr. architectural collection (AR022)
105.
Old-Time New England (SC001)
106.
Oliver Lane papers (MS019)
107.
Original art collection (GC001)
108.
Parson Smith family papers (MS032)
109.
Pauline Cashman Condon Wedding Collection, 1918 - 1919 (MS059)
110.
Pedro Tovookan Parris papers (MS034)
111.
Perry Paint collection (CC002)
112.
Personal photographic collection (PC004)
113.
Phillips family film collection (MR001)
114.
Phillips family papers. Anna Pingree (Wheatland) Phillips (1870-1938) papers (MS043)
115.
Phillips family papers. James Duncan Phillips (1876-1954) papers (MS047)
116.
Phillips family papers. Margaret (Duncan) Phillips (1847-1926) papers (MS048)
117.
Phillips family papers. Nannie Jencks (Borden) Phillips (1877-1963) papers (MS049)
118.
Phillips family papers. Stephen Clarendon Phillips (1801-1857) papers (MS050)
119.
Phillips family papers. Stephen Henry Phillips (1823-1897) papers (MS045)
120.
Phillips family papers. Stephen "Stevie" Phillips (1907-1971) papers (MS044)
121.
Photograph albums collection (PC009)
122.
Pierce family papers (MS023)
123.
Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s (GC002)
124.
Quincy family collection (MS053)
125.
Remmert W. Huygens architectural collection (AR012)
126.
Richard Cheek Plan Book Collection (placeholder title) (EP005)
127.
Richard J. S. Gutman and Kellie O. Gutman Summer Camp collection, 1886-2010 (MS056)
128.
Riegel-Emory family papers (MS024)
129.
Robert Bayard Severy photographic collection (PC045)
130.
Rose Standish Nichols unpublished manuscript collection, 1920s-1995 (MS058)
131.
Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980) (AR029)
132.
Rundlet-May family papers (MS025)
133.
Sayward family papers (MS031)
134.
Scrapbooks collection (MS004)
135.
Sears and Cutting families papers (MS026)
136.
Sears family of Waltham photographic collection (PC060)
137.
Soule Photographic Art Company photographic collection, 1880s-1890s (PC046)
138.
St. Andrews Architectural Drawings Collection (AR034)
139.
Stewart Ross James papers (CC013)
140.
Thomson & Thomson/New England News Company photographic collection, ca. 1904-1916 (PC048)
141.
Trade card albums collection (EP003)
142.
Tucker family papers (MS033)
143.
Verner Reed photographic collection, 1950-1972 (PC044)
144.
View books graphic collection, 1880s-1920s (GC003)
145.
Wallace Nutting photographic collection, 1910s-1930s (PC039)
146.
Weld-Appleton family papers (MS005)
147.
White Mountains stereo views collection, 1850s-1890s (PC051)
148.
Wilfred A. French photographic collection, 1880s (PC025)
149.
William T. Clark photographic collection, 1920s-1930s (PC020)
150.
Yankee Publishing Collection, 1890-1939 (PC053)
151.
Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950 (PC053)
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