About
Established in 1831, Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is the first rural cemetery in the country. 19th-century records tell the story of the initial vision and how it is has evolved as a designed landscape and burial site. Including letters between its founding horticulturalists, commissions for works of art and buildings, trustee minutes and reports, and correspondence to and from the Cemetery. These pages detail all aspects of cemetery business, the rural cemetery movement, and the history of American landscape management and design. Read our transcribing conventions here. Visit our collections database to discover even more of our unique holdings.
Works
1850-01-08 Perimeter Fence: Payment to Charles W. Cummings and George W. Smith, 2021.018.008
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1850-03-12 Letter: Superintendent Rufus Howe to Trustees, 1831.018.001-005
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1850s Trustee Committee, Vote to Amend By-Laws, 1831.026.019
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1850s-12 Letter: Superintendent Rufus Howe to Charles P. Curtis, 1831.018.001-012
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1851 Trustee Committee Report on Burials in the Park Street Receiving Tomb, 2021.004.008
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1851-02 Perimeter Fence: Letter from Bryant & Blaisdell, 2021.018.014
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1851-03-04 Perimeter Fence: From Gridley J. F. Bryant, 2021.018.013
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1851-03-31 Story Statue: William W. Story to the Trustees, 1831.039.004-016
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1852 Trustee Committee on Lots, Vote to Purchase Lots 56 and 315, 1831.036.002A
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1852 Trustee Committee on Lots: Vote to Purchase Lots 56 and 315, 1831.036.002
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Subject Categories
Avenues and Paths, Landmarks at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Lot Numbers, Organizations and Companies, People, Places