Overview
Records of real estate dealer, of Arlington, Massachusettes.
Dates
- Creation: 1895-1929
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Materials stored onsite. Please contact specialcollectionsref@hbs.edu for more information.
Extent
2.25 linear feet (11 volumes)Alfred Patterson was a real estate broker and insurance agent in Arlington, Massachusetts, at the turn of the twentieth century when Arlington was becoming a rapidly expanding "streetcar suburb" of Boston. His ledgers and cash books record real estate purchases, rent payments, tax and utility payments, and payments for insurance policies by numerous women in the years 1895 to 1920. Patterson's son Francis Alfred Patterson worked for him.
Patterson's appointment books for the years 1897 to 1929 show that, although men were the principals in a majority of transactions, a substantial number of women were involved in real estate transactions. Up to 25 percent of his daily appointments involved women.
Biographical / Historical
Francis Alfred Patterson was a real estate dealer in Arlington, Massachusetts. He was born in 1875 in Saco, Maine. He was married to Alice Maysie Simpson. They had two children, Francis Alfred Jr. and Sarah.
Physical Location
MANU
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of F. Alfred Patterson, Jr. and Sarah Frances Campbell, 1961.
Processing Information
Processed: May 2018 By: Baker Library Special Collections Staff
- Author
- Baker Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- bak00484
Repository Details
Part of the Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School Repository
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