Calendars
November (no year)
Hood’s Sarsaparilla, February 1888
Hood’s, January 1889
Hood’s Sarsaparilla, 1891
Continental Fire Insurance Co. of New York, no date
E.C. Atkins & Co., Indianapolis, Ind., March-August 1901
“The Sisters” by W. Bouguereau, Swift’s Premium Calendar, 1909
Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly, “Popular Actresses and their Favorite Flower” 1902
Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly, 1900
Calendars (Trade Cards) – E1986.002
NYCE Manufacturing Co., Commercial Printers, 1926
The Christian Herald, 1904
The Youth’s Companion, 1907
Stonewall Jackson, 1912
Calendar, 1917
Singer (Sewing Machine), 1896
Spaulding & Co., Goldsmiths, Silversmiths & Jewelers, 1899
Crosby’s Restaurant, 19 School Street, Boston, MA, 1902
Dyer & Co., 337 Essex St., Lawrence, MA, 1885
Rocky Mountain News, 1890
Massachusetts Benefit Life Association, Boston, MA, 1895
Calling Cards – E1986.003
Lillie N. French, Janet Elaine Colcord (b. July 5, 1925), William E. Dorman, Clara M. Keyes, Joseph H. Janes, Mary J. Leavitt, Elmah A. Leavitt, card for Miss Priscilla Bradstreet Dorman and Mr. Carl Sherman Marty, Alice Hopkins, Rosamond Ayers, Agnes G. Chase, Lizzie F. Frye, Hattie E. Andrews, Abbie M. Bixby, W.E. Gillis, Fred Gillis, Frank N. York, Mrs. Peter Strout, N.A. Hopkins, Jennie F. James
Calling Cards (French and Nudd) – E1986.003
Gertrude Holyoke French, Gertrude B. French, Gertie B. French, Ida L. French, Elvin French, Mrs. Elvin French, Winborn M. Nudd, Mr. and Mrs. William Nudd, Amos A. Nudd, Augustus Tufts
Cigar Bands – E1986.008
Civil War Materials – E1986.001
5 Civil War envelopes
6 carte-de-visites (OP8, Civil War cartoon; OP11, Gen’l Corcoran; OP12 – 3 cards, Maj. Gen. Geo. McClellan, Abraham Lincoln hugging George Washington in the clouds, Abraham Lincoln; unnumbered “The Colored Volunteer”)
Envelopes – E1986.014
Some blank; 2 from Pan-American Exposition, 1901, one is addressed to Mrs. Harry E. French; one marked “Miss Spiller”; one addressed “T. Perley Killam, Boxford, Mass.; one from Tremont House in New Haven, CT, marked “J. Fisk – Phot. Poem at death by Byron DeWolfe Nashua NH Jan 9, 1872”; one School of Music DePauw University; one Carl Fischer Inc. of Boston; 2 from Majestic Hotel, St. Louis; 3 from Queen’s [Victoria] Birthday Grand Demonstration at Cornwall; envelope and stationery from Hotel Lincoln, Salem, MA; stationery from D.H. Holmes Co., Ltd., New Orleans, LA; numerous envelopes from Oliver Ditson Company, 150 Tremont St., Boston, MA
Miscellaneous (possibly from Coggin scrapbook)
Piece of wood from Independence Hall, Philadelphia, PA (removed in 1897); Bundle Day advertisement; Red Cross sticker; 2 patriotic WWI postcards; trade card for D.G. Alden Co., 33 Witner Street, Boston; blank greeting card; notebook from Union Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Maine, notes about paintings (?); textured print of American flag; “Gleanings from Natural History” by H.J. Stone, Chelsea, MA, 1875; “Description of the Print Entitled Washington’s Triumphal Entry, New York, Nov. 25th 1783” printed 1861; Program for reception of Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd and members of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition II; “Notice on the Association for the Propagation of the Faith” printed in Paris, 1893; blank Justice of the Peace form (early)
Picture Cards (possibly from Julia A. Cummings Album)
One marked “OP7” , 5 marked “OP8”, 7 with no number
Picture Cards (Miscellaneous) – E1986.004
7 marked on back, “Gertie French from Francis Haseltine” with 1885 dates, one is marked on back “Louise Cleaveland”
Political – E1986.015
Democratic ticket for Hancock and English and Republican ticket for Grant and Colfax – incl. Julius Palmer of Boxford (1944.005); Frederick Butler for Senator; C.F. Nelson Pratt for County Commissioner; Ribbon for Denver Typographical Union; fabric banner for “Garfield and Arthur”
Programs (Miscellaneous) – E1986.013
None Boxford (First Baptist Church Malden; Calvary Baptist Church and Institute, Providence, RI (Edward Holyoke, Pastor); Wiltshire Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles, CA; Pan-American Exposition, 1901; “The Mission Play” from Old San Gabriel Mission, CA; “Field Meeting” of Essex Institute and the Topsfield Historical Society; Grand Social Assembly at Union Hall, Topsfield, MA; Psi Upsilon Hop, 1876; Concert and Ball of Washington Club, Haverhill, MA, 1891; Program for reception of Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd and members of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition II; lecture by Rev. J. Nelson Lewis, City Hall, Winchester, MA, 1890; Souvenir from Whittier Homestead, Haverhill, MA; Roland W. Hayes, Symphony Hall, Boston, 1917; Booklet, “Excelsior” by Longfellow; Tourist pamphlet for Castine; Party by the “7” at Central Hall; Program for Handel and Haydn Society, 1883; Program for Handel & Haydn Society, 1855 (1944.005); Poem, “Mary Blane” published in Lowell, MA (1944.005); Zion Lodge Union Pacific System Lunch Menus
Religious Cards – E1986.010
Booklet, “Days of Remembrance” to Harold Melzar from his teacher; card shaped as fan to Gertrude French from her teacher; one card marked “Ida Nudd” on back; cards marked 1952.007.004-5, 1955.001; 2 cards marked “Presented to Clara M. Keyes by A.L. Cleaveland”; Many others unmarked
Religious Pamphlets
Bible reading meetings by Donald Ross at 34 Essex Street (from Leavitt family Bible); “Life Boat” November, 1879; “Something New: ‘Will I Stand’” printed in Glasgow, no date, “Millie” written at top
Rewards of Merit – E1986.009
Elvin French, Samuel K. Coggin, Clara M. Keyes, Gertrude French, Willie Keyes
Trade Cards (Medical) – E1986.006
Some stamped Amos A. Nudd; pamphlet on heart health; Dr. Morse’s Indian Root Pills, c.1867; Jaynes Expectorant, 1847; Scott’s Emulsion booklet; “Toll Gate No.2” by Dr. E.C. Abbey, 1879; Dr. Bedortha’s Water Cure and Medical Gymnasium, 1861
Trade Cards (Soap) – E1986.011
Tenney’s Magic Glycerine Soap; Criterion Soap, 1889; Good-Will Soap, 1887-1888
Trade Cards (folder 1) – E1986.009
Charles H. Lunt, Groceries, Newburyport, MA; Booklet, “The History of the American Flag” from Chase & Sanborn Tea and Coffee Importers, Boston, 1912; Booklet, “Common Wayside Flowers” from Dwinell-Wright Co. White House Coffee & Tea, Boston, 1916; 2 fabric bookmarks (?) from Nebo Cigarettes, NJ; Booklet, “Uses of Tissue Paper” (includes samples) by Dennison Mfg. Co.; Booklet, “The Gateway to Nature” by The Nature Library; Bus tour for Girard, CA; Liberty Hall Bill Posting Co., New Bedford, MA; “Strangers’ Directory” from Boston Evening Transcript (inscribed by Gertrude French); Ocean House, Rye Beach; Booklet, “Stockbridge Manures” stamped “For Sale by Jos. P. Folsom Georgetown, Mass.” 1881
Trade Cards (folder 2) – E1986.009
Ruler advertising Beach Soap Co., Haverhill, MA; Top of cigar box advertising H. Traiser & Co., Boston; fertilizer ad from calendar; Dean & Roper, Vermont Butter Store, Chelsea, MA; K.G. & Co., Guatemala; cardboard shaped like paint palette for Our Little Beauties pressed cigarettes; United States Printing Co.; Boston Clothing Co., Brockton, MA, 1886; R&J Gilchrist Dry Goods, Boston
Trade Cards (folder 3) – E1986.009
Metal good luck charm, horseshoe with 1901 penny, Emerson, the Clothier, Haverhill, MA; Mahogany Association, Inc., NY; D. Callahan Antiques, 106 Washington St., Chelsea, MA; J.B. Humphrey, Diamond Cutter, 373 Washington St., Boston, MA; Church & Dwight Co., NY; B. Silverman & Lewis Rubin, Antiques, 60 Thornton St., Revere, MA; Samuel Crocket Antiques, Lynn, MA; Wm. B. Carleton, Real Estate, Rock Wool Insulation, 203 Locust St., Danvers, MA; Howe’s House of Antiques by Elmer C. Howe, 73 Newbury St., Boston, MA; circular photograph of Yellowstone Park, Haynes Photo, St. Paul; Notebook and calendar from Darling’s Quick & Sure Fertilizers, advertised by S.W. Howe, Boxford; Miss M. H. Chapman (marked on back given me May 31st 1937); Danvers National Bank (2 blotters); Beecher-Hollins Company Artro Products, 40 Lancaster St., Boston, MA; NYCE Manufacturing Co., Vernfield, PA; Chase & Sanborn’s Coffee and Tea (marked S.H. Gerst on back); Mueller’s Elbow Macaroni; Cassell’s Dictionaries; hints for housekeepers; postcard for the Edison Phonograph; cardboard sewing machine ruler from John “Particular” Loring, “Model Store” 12 Tremont Row, Boston, MA; American Express Co. postcard; blotter from First National Bank of Montclair, Upper Montclair, NJ; The Standard Sewing Machine Company, Cleveland, OH; Estey Organ Company, Brattleboro, VT
Wedding Invitation – E1986.012
Georgia White to Dr. Gerald Dale Dorman, 1929; Jane Callender Dorman to Joseph Lawrence Townsend, 1935; Harriet Cunningham Stimson and Montgomery Reed, 1937; Jessie May Harris and Stephen Augustus Bixby, 1939; Priscilla Roys to Donald Wallace Ross, 1937; Virginia Whitney to Harry Gaylord Dorman, Jr., nd; Virginia Elizabeth Corwin to Theodore Taylor Dorman, 1936; Bessie Gertrude Hurlbutt to Elton Middleton Allen, 1920; Margaret Carlisle Reed to Walter Averill, 1914; Dorothy Knott to Frederick Arthur Buxton, 1923; Mildred Parkhurst to Elmer Hall Walter, 1926; Orin Arthur Swain and Christina Burton, 1924; Ruth Bradford to Nathan Donald Canterbury, 1930; Harriet Headley Summers to Samuel Herrick Dorman, 1935; Alice Georgia Merrill to Benjamin Hallowell Dorman, 1935; Ellen Emma Jones and William Richardson Dorman, 1937; Elizabeth Burdick Rathbone to Franklin Webster Dorman, nd; Sarah Cheever Bailey to John Ferri, 1926; Anna Hooker Morse to Winthrop Perrin Haynes, 1925; Mary Isabella Dorman to Arthur Douglas Rugh, 1934; Katherine Montgomery Reed to Emmet Poe Coughlin, 1919; Gertrude Florence Butterfield to John Colby Sawyer, 1919; birth of Walter Averill, Jr., 1916; calling card for Mr. and Mrs. Milton E. Lord in Rome, Italy; calling card for Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Douglas Rugh in Peiping, China (Belle Dorman)