United States -- Massachusetts
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Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Figgis and Her Baby - Champion Jersey - Property of Dreamworld Farm, Scituate, Mass., 1870s-1930s
Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/143
Scope and Contents
Photograph by Marr of the champion Jersey cow, Figgis, and her baby who are the property of Dreamworld Farm in Scituate, Massachusetts, USA in 1904 in a barn.
Dates:
1870s-1930s
Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Helen Hopekirk, 08 July 1925
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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1280
Scope and Contents
Letter, 8 July 1925, Massachusetts, Helen Hopekirk to Donald Tovey. Inviting Tovey to stay when he comes to Boston to give a lecture recital, informing Tovey of an admirer, Edward Ballantine, based at the University of California. Holograph signed.
Dates:
08 July 1925
Notebook No.98, February 1842- April 1842
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 4: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/98
Scope and Contents
This brown leather notebook contains Charles Lyell's notes from his travels through Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to New York. Notes are in pencil and ink and are primarily daily journal entries, lists, and sketches. The covers are plain, and the edges of the pages are tipped in green ink. There is a plan for New York on p. 37. The index is located at the back of the notebook. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied...
Dates:
February 1842- April 1842
Notebook No.121, 14 September 1845-25 September 1845
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 5: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/121
Scope and Contents
This notebook contains a record of Charles and Mary Lyell’s visit to the United States of America, from the end of the voyage on RMS Britannia and their arrival in Boston, to the beginning of their travels throughout parts of New England. The Lyells travel from Boston, Massachusetts to Lynn, Salem, Wenham Lake to New Hampshire, Portsmouth and the White Mountains finally to Maine, Kennebeck [sic Kennebec] River, Gardiner and Portland.
The notes are comprised of commentary about politics...
Dates:
14 September 1845-25 September 1845
"Ramla", the First to Finish Long Distance Test, 1870s-1930s
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Identifier: Coll-1434/2315
Scope and Contents
Photograph from The Journal of Heredity of "Ramla", a pure Arab mare that was first to finish a long distance test in 1919. She completed the 300 mile test from Ethan Allen, Vermont to Camp Devens, Massachusetts in 57 hours and 26 1/2 minutes and received a perfect condition mark of 92.9% for total performance.
Dates:
1870s-1930s