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China Doll

Collection

Identifier: TN038.1

Scope and Contents A female porcelain doll with stiff cloth body, blonde hair, and blue painted eyes. Doll is dressed (from inner-most to outer-most) in cream-colored pantaloons edged in rick-rack; a short cream chemise (waist-length); nude-colored cotton stockings; a cream window-pane patterned petticoat (with extended hem); dark brown painted cloth shoes with reddish-pink trim and tied laces; a full skirt and sleeved blouse separates of matching striped light- and dark- green silk or faux-silk fabric (the...

Dates: 19th century

Found in: Fine Art Collections

China Doll

Collection

Identifier: TN038.2

Scope and Contents

A female porcelain doll with blue glass eyes, stiff cloth body, and dark hair arranged in a center part and cut short. Doll is dressed (inner-most to outer-most) in yellowed pantaloons trimmed with lace; nude-colored cotton stockings; red faux-leather shoes with pink fabric bows and metal buckles; a cream colored petticoat with bands and eyelet at bottom; and a dress of pale ivory with maroon trim at the waist, sleeves, neck, and hem.

Dates: 19th century

Found in: Fine Art Collections

Coert Du Bois papers, 1897-1961.

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: Mss-21

Scope and Contents The career papers, 1804-1961, of Coert du Bois mainly consists of letters, notes, and diaries reflecting du Bois' service in the U.S. Army as a lieutenant and Chief of Engineers with the 10th Engineers in France (1917-1918); State Dept as Consul to Naples (1920) and to Port Said (1922); administrator of the Visa Office in Washington, D.C. (1924-1927); Consul general at Batavia, Java (1927-1930); foreign service inspector at Naples, Italy (1931-1937); a member of the Anglo-American Caribbean...

Dates: 1897-1961

Found in: R. Stanton Avery Special Collections

Correspondence to Mary E. Welch, 1859-1881.

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Mss-634

Scope and Contents

This collection includes nine letters written from Ann Mulheran in Seltanaveeny [Ireland]. Ann had apparently worked for the Welch/Walsh family. Her letters provide news from Ireland, comments about the American Civil War, and her plans to emigrate to Australia. There are also thirteen letters written by Mary Welch's daughter Elizabeth "Lizzie" Welch at school in Sheffield, Mass., circa 1865, and three letters written by her son Frank Welch in 1881.

Dates: 1859-1881

Found in: R. Stanton Avery Special Collections

Dutch Halberd Head

Collection

Identifier: TN223.1

Scope and Contents

A full-sized early 17th century halberd head, decorated with stylized mermaids and armed mermen at the cross, and mounted on a modern wooden pole. Said to have been used in the processions of Massachusetts Colonial Governors.

Dates: Circa 1616

Found in: Fine Art Collections

Earl Carnes Munn papers, 1933-1981.

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Mss-44

Scope and Contents

Genealogical correspondence and research notes on the Munn, Meserve (also spelled Meservey, Meservy), and allied families, particularly those of Carnes, Casey, Clayton, and Webster, 1670-1981. Research on the Meserve, Carnes, and allied families dates from Clement Meserve, who immigrated to Portsmouth, NH from England in 1670. Concluding the collection is correspondence, bills, receipts, and memoranda generated by Munn during his genealogical investigations, 1933-1980.

Dates: 1933-1981

Found in: R. Stanton Avery Special Collections

Elizabeth Royall

Collection — Frame: 1

Identifier: TN008.1

Scope and Contents

Considered the earliest surviving post-mortem portrait in North America, this portrait is believed to depict Elizabeth Royall, daughter of Isaac Royall Jr. of Medford, Mass. at the time of her death around 1747. She is shown lying in bed in a nightgown, framed in blue curtains.

Dates: Circa 1747

Found in: Fine Art Collections

Ella Florence Elliot papers, 1620-1956.

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: Mss-46

Content Description Genealogical correspondence and research notes compiled 1897-1947. The research, centering on New England Families, 1620-1947, is in part the ancestry of Ella Elliot, including the families of Drake, Elliot, Hicks,Tucker, Ring, Urann and Spencer. Most of the material, however, is unrelated to Miss Elliot's ancestry and reflects genealogical research of a professional nature. This material includes vital records of New York and New England, particularly Mass. and N.H. There is a small amount...

Dates: 1620-1956.

Found in: R. Stanton Avery Special Collections

Francis Apthorp Foster papers, 1891-1963.

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: Mss-26

Scope and Contents Consist in large part of Foster's diary, from 1915 through 1963 in 46 volumes. The diaries record the weather, gardening activities, walks taken, birds seen and meetings attended. The diaries will be of interest chiefly to historians of ornithology and of natural history. The papers consist largely of membership and award certificates from various patriotic and historical societies to which Foster belonged. There are also copies of speeches which Foster gave before some of these societies,...

Dates: 1891-1963

Found in: R. Stanton Avery Special Collections

Francis Charles Foster papers, 1844-1915.

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: Mss-27

Scope and Contents Consist chiefly of diaries, kept from 1857 until just before his death in 1915. They record few personal feelings, but are a meticulous account of the weather, personal expenses and charities. Most of the letters are from the period of his Grand Tour in Europe (1854-1856). They include some sent to him by his father. There are also a few letters by Francis from other periods of his life and material on his Harvard career. At the end of the collection is a group of photographs of Foster, his...

Dates: 1844-1915

Found in: R. Stanton Avery Special Collections

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China Doll

China Doll

Coert Du Bois papers, 1897-1961.

Correspondence to Mary E. Welch, 1859-1881.

Dutch Halberd Head

Earl Carnes Munn papers, 1933-1981.

Elizabeth Royall

Ella Florence Elliot papers, 1620-1956.

Francis Apthorp Foster papers, 1891-1963.

Francis Charles Foster papers, 1844-1915.

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