Roger E. Stoddard collection of photographs of Concord (Mass.)
Overview
Contains album with loose material, including a list of images, plus four separate loose photographs, of Concord, Massachusetts, by Alfred W. Hosmer, Alfred Munroe, and others.
Dates
- Creation: 1875-1895
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
Extent
.25 linear feet (1 box)Contains a photograph album with loose material, plus four separate loose photographs, all featuring Concord, Massachusetts, as a subject. The album includes 50 photographs of Concord buildings, people, rivers, woodlands, and landscape, all by Alfred Munroe. Also included is a typewritten list of images, a postcard depicting the Minot House, a leaflet on Alfred W. Hosmer, and inserted loose photographs. The loose photographs include two by HosmerL: one of Elizabeth Palmer Peabody and an unidentified figure at Concord Philosophy School, and one of a bridge over a river in Concord. Two additional loose photographs, one of Ralph Waldo Emerson's house and another of The Wayside, are included; both are by unidentified photographers, dating around 1892.
Biographical / Historical
Concord, Massachusetts was founded in 1635 by British settlers. Concord was also the site of the Battle of Lexington and Concord, which triggered the American Revolutionary War. It was also home to naturalists and transcendalists such as Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Alfred Munroe (1817-1904) was also a resident of Concord and in the dry goods business. Later in life, he had a career as a landscape and portrait photographer.Alfred W. Hosmer (1851-1903) was a lifelong resident of Concord, Massachusetts. He was a dry goods merchant, photographer, naturalist, and admirer of Henry David Thoreau.
Roger E. Stoddard was a curator of rare books at Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Arrangement
Collection has been minimally processed. Materials have not been arranged.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2010M-109. Gift of Roger E. Stoddard, in honor of Helen and William Bond, 2010.
Processing Information
Processed by Betts Coup, 2019.
Source
- Stoddard, Roger E. (Roger Eliot) (Person)
- Title
- Stoddard, Roger E. (Roger Eliot), collector. Roger E. Stoddard collection of photographs of Concord (Mass.), 1875-1895 (MS Am 3309): Guide.
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Date
- 2019 May 31
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- hou03198
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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