Dorr, George Buchram GBD,Uncle step- (1806-1876) 2020 Century Archives - The Century Association Archives Foundation THE CENTURY ASSOCIATION ARCHIVES FOUNDATIONS About the CAAF CENTURY ASSOCIATION BIOGRAPHICAL ARCHIVE important Materials Earliest Members of the Century Association Publications View all members Online Reference Shelf Collection Access GEORGE B. DORR Board of Trustees How to Donate Merchant/Trustee Centurion, 1864-1876 Century Association Biographical Archive Full Name George Bucknam Dorr Born 23 January 1806 in Boston, Massachusetts Finding Aid to the Collection Died 1 September 1876 in Lenox, Massachusetts Finding Aid to the Platt Buried Mount Auburn Cemetery [, Cambridge, Massachusetts Library Centurions on Stamps Proposed by George Bancroft and C. E. Detmold FDR: A Man of the Elected 5 March 1864 at age fifty-eight Century (Audio File) Hot Buttons: Proposer of: Presidential Campaigns and the Century Frederick Chauncey Association Horace Gray Century Association Henry E. Pierrepont Nobelists When the Clubhouse Century Memorial Was New (Photo Gallery) George 1864 Dorr The list of the members deceased during the year, includes the names of Pierre M. Irving, Alexander T. Stewart, Robert Kelly Weeks, J. Lorimer Graham, Marshal Lefferts, Augustus F. Smith, L. DeForest Woodruff, George B. Dorr, and George Palen. George B. Dorr Member Photograph Albums Collection Album 2, Leaf 69 ://www.centuryarchives.org/caba/bio.php?PersonID=400&Search=b0d5eb155e95e8a874c9c837b5d2f875 1/2 72. R. Stanton Avery Special Collections Dept. New England Historic Genealogical Society 101 Newbury Street Boston, MA 02116 Forty-two years after his class had graduated, in 1866, the degree he failed to take was given him by the Harvard Corporation, on whose board old friends were sitting. After this mishap his father set him to work to gain experience for a business life. At the age of 21, following in the footsteps of his older brother, he betook himself to New York, opening an office at 54 Pine Street and taking rooms at 7 Beaver Street, nearby, as an old New York Directory, of 1830, which he preserved, remains to tell, on whose flyleaf he wrote long after, when he had returned to Boston: Settled in New York 17th Feb'y, 1827. Left New York at the close of November, 1874. Have kept this to show that I was the only man of the name in New York in 1830. George Bucknam Dorr married, on December 21st, 1837, Joanna Hone Howland, eldest daughter of Samuel S. Howland, a leading merchant of New York, who with his brother, Gardiner G. Howland, and William H. Aspin- wall, constituted the large importing firm of Howland and Aspinwall. COPY 73. R. Stanton Avery Special Collections Dept. New England Historic Genealogical Society mbury Street The two Howland brothers were not only great mer- chants in their day but men of broad human interests, as is shown among other things by their building vessels, at their own expense, to aid the Greeks in their war for independence. Joanna Hone Howland's mother was a daughter of Philip Hone, the famous diarist. George B. Dorr and Mr. Howland, his father-in-law-to-be, appear in the 12/20/87 Diary as dining with Mr. Hone the day before the mar- riage, the other guests upon the occasion being: James W. Otis, J. G. Pearson, Robert Ray, John C. Delprat, 2 Peter G. Stuyvesant, Charles A. Heckscher, Peter Scher- merhorn, Samuel Welles of Paris, and William H. Aspin- wall -- a representative list of old New York society. 4 Joanna Hone Howland was but seventeen when she married; George Dorr was thirty-one. But it was a happy marriage. She had unusual grace and charm, the tale of which has come down to me, together with a delightful miniature. I Son of Harrison Gray Otis, Wames William Otis (1800-1869). I Peter Gerard Sturresant (1778-1847), President of 15.4. Historial Society (1836-1839). COPY One Schermer. horn rephew (1781-1852) married Sarah Jines c Sanual (1782-1845) 5.5. Howland of has was Homilton Fish. in 3 4 Peter William Henry Aspirwall Howland Aspirwall (1807-1875), merchants. partner opered Westcoast of U.S. In 1837 still aclerk. 74. Stanton Avery Special Collections Dept. New England Historic Genealogical Society 101 Newbury Street Boston, MA 02116 In 1842, when she and her husband, returning from a trip to England, were on the point of sailing for home on an early steamer of the Cunard Line, she was confined prematurely in the town of Leamington, near Warwick, and died in giving birth to her first child, who also died. Forty years after, travelling through England with 18527 my mother and father, we stopped at Leamington over-night to visit Warwick Castle. My father registered in the hotel book that evening; when he came down to breakfast in the morning, an elderly waiter came to him and said: "Mr. Dorr, I read your name in the book last night and would like to ask if you are any relation of a gentleman of your name who stopped here forty years ago with his young wife, who was taken ill and died in this hotel." Mr. Howland, her father, married twice and had children by both marriages. Joanna was the eldest Catharine thouland Clinton Hunt child of the first marriage; the morris famous youngest of the second (144)-1409) was Catherine, who married Richard Hunt, the arch- & 1889 ? 1828-1895. itect Her I came to know well in later years and once chancing to travel with her through the Tyrol, and driv- ing from Ischl to Berchtesgaden and the Konigssee, speak- ing of my aunt, she told me that the baby clothes the * in 1861 COPY 75. R. Stanton Avery Special Collections Dept. New England Historic Genealogical Society 101 Newbury Street Boston. MA 02116 Howland family had prepared for my aunt's expected child were used for her, born soon after. We came to have a curiously close relation, Kate Hunt and I, united in the memory of one we neither of us had ever seen and who yet seemed in some strange way so close to both. My uncle never married afterward but lived on in New York, ultimately retiring from business, spending his summers at Lenox, where he, his brother Francis, and their two sisters made, from 1850 on, a joint home on a beautiful hilltop looking north to Greylock up the Berk- shire Valley and south across sunlit pasture-lands and orchards to Laurel Lake and down the Housatonic Valley, with its fringing mountains. albert Samuel Dorr's third son, Albert, was by nature a student and should have gone to college but the memory of his experience with the older son whom he had sent there was too fresh in my grandfather's mind and neither he nor the next younger son, Francis, were sent. COPY (1871) 9. My first tup abroad - 22 pg essay Our parents, whom we joined that afternoon, had come out in April, sailing from New York to Liverpool, whence they had gone, as we also when we came, to Chester, and thence to Leamington, a mineral spring resort some thirty miles away. There, arriving in the evening, my father registered in the hotel guest book. When he came down to breakfast the next morning an elderly waiter approached him and said: "Mr. Dorr, I read your name in the registry book last night. May I ask if you are a relative of an American gentleman, Mr. George B. Dorr, who came here in 1842 with his young wife who was taken ill here and died?" It was my father's older half-brother, George Bucknam Dorr, whose name I bear, and his beautiful young wife, Joanna Hone Dorr, the daughter of Samuel S. How- El land of New York. She was taken ill there, as they were 4 on their way back to New York for her confinement, giving birth prematurely to a child who also died. The waiter remembered them well and that he should have done so and should have been there still and in the same position is a striking instance of the conservatism of English life at that time. (Samuel Dorr) 10. the best newspaper published for a broad view of world affairs, whether of exploration, politics or science. When we returned from that last trip, he continued to have his London Times mailed to him in America, and, subscribed to till the following summer, I still have Stumer copies, unopened, that came after he passed on, and have kept some thinking to open them some day and so bring back the period.) Samuel Dorr's second son by his first marriage, George Bucknam Dorr, for whom I was named -- named Bucknam for his father's mother, Catherine Bucknam, and his own great-grandfather, the minister at Medway -- was born on January 23rd, 1806, in his father's house in Boston overlooking the harbor, and was duly recorded in the Town Book. Unlike his older brother, Samuel Fox Dorr, he was sent to Harvard, a member of the Class of 1824, entering at fourteen years of age, which was the approximate average at that time. R. Stanton Avery Special Collections Dept. New England Historic COPY Genealogical Society 101 Newbury Street Boston, MA 02116 (Samuel Dorr) 9. (Note by George B. Dorr, May 28th, 1940: So far, my father's, Charles Hazen Dorr's, account, writ- ten before our last trip together -- he, my mother and 189192 I -- to the Wagner Festival at Bayreuth for the famous Parsifal, first given to the public then, and the Nibelungenlied dramas afterward at Dresden, in full series -- a great performance; and afterward to Egypt for a sail on the Nile, skirting down the coast of Asia Minor to Alexandria, and returning in the Spring by Greece, which we none of us had visited before, and spending a few weeks among old friends in England. On our return, picking up old threads and new, our life was full and my father wrote no more on his story 893 of the past, parting from us quietly at mid-winter. There are many details he would have filled in for me had he lived, for he loved to search out and reconstruct the olden times, which really came to life again as he worked over them. But in talk his thoughts never of their own accord turned back to things gone by, but dwelt in the present always, keeping track of all that went on the whole world over as life unfolded itself to his view from day to day. For this, he always subscribed when we were abroad together to the London Times, then R. Stanton Avery COPY Special Collections Dept. New England Historic Genealogical Society 101 Newbury Street Boston, MA 02116 North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 for Hazen Dorr Page 1 of 2 9 FIFTH GENERATION. 83 dignified manners, of clear and discriminating judgment, and of the highest integrity. In the legitimate and honorable transactions of business as a merchant, he accumulated a large estate, which he left, with the exception of a few legacies, to his children. Mr. Dorr and the deceased members of his family are buried in the family lot at Mount Anburn. His children, all born in Boston, were as follows: 1124-1. SAMUEL Fox, b. Aug. 26, 1801: d. Oct. 19, 1844; m. Eliza- beth Chipman, daughter of Charles Hazen, Esq., of Bos- ton, May 26, 1835; she was born in Boston, Nov. 22, 1816; d. April 23, 1865, in Paris, France. Her remains were brought home and now repose in Mount Auburn. Mr. Dorr was a merchant, and resided in New York. Their children were: (1.) SAMUEL, b. June 11, 1836; grad. Harvard College, 1857; studied law, admitted to the bar in Boston: now resides in New York. (2.) HAZEN, b. Nov. 30, 1837; entered Harvard College in class of 1858, and d. an undergraduate, June 7, 1856. 1125-2 GEORGE BUCKNAM, b. Jan. 23, 1806; Harvard College, of the class of 1824; m. Dec. 21, 1837, Joanna Howe, daughter of Samuel S. Howland, Esq., of New York; she was b. March 16, 1820; d. in Leamington, England, July 5, 1842; she was buried in the family lot at Mount Auburn. Mr. Dorr passed his minority in Boston, the place of his birth, and, with the exception of several years in Europe, has resided chiefly in the City of New York. Since 1858, with his sisters hereafter mentioned, 1816 and his brother, Francis F., he has passed the Summer in months at the family country-seat in Lenox, which occu- pies a site of unsurpassed beauty among the Berkshire hills. Mr. Dorr now resides in Boston. 1126-3. ALBERT HENRY, b. Dec. 8, 1807; a resident of New York: though much engaged in business, his tastes have led him to scholarly pursuits, and to an acquaintance with six or seven of the more important languages. 1127-4. MARTHA ANN, b. Dec. 20, 1809; m. Henry Edwards, Sept. 4, 1828; resides in Boston, and during the Summer months, at Lenox, Mass. Mr. Edwards was b. Oct. 22, 1798, and is a great grandson of the celebrated Jonathan Edwards; a merchant in Boston; a member of the city government, and of the legislature of Mass.: a trustee of Amherst College from 1845, and so continues. He has been, and continues to be, much engaged in behalf of public and benevolent institutions. Their children were as follows:- (1.) HENRY DORR, b. in Paris, France, March 9, 1830; d. April 5, 1830. (2.) HENRY AUGUSTUS, b. May 9, 1832: d. March 2, 1850, an undergraduate of Harvard College, of the class of 1853. He died, while on a voyage for his health, near the coast of South America. (3.) LUCY JANE, b. Jan. 7, 1834; d. Jan. 19, 1836. (4) EMILY ELIZABETH, b. Aug. 17, 1835; d. Sept. 25, 1852. 1128-5. FRANCIS FISKE, b. March 16, 1811; d. in London, Eng., Dec. 8, 1870; a merchant in New York, retiring early from business. he spent much of his time in Europe, but after 1853, usually returning for the Summer, to join his sis- ters and brother at their country-seat at Lenox. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/Print/61157/46155_b289519-00103/89018?landscap... 8/10/2017 HIGHLAWN." MR. GEORGE DORR 1917-1921: Harvard University, Treasurer's Statement Schridge, 1917. SCHEDULE 1 SPECIAL INVESTMENTS June 30, 1917 UNIVERSITY Principal. Net Income. J. Arthur Beebe, Real Estate, Falmouth, $32,000.00 $357.92 " " Boston (sold during year), 3,568.88 John W. Carter, University Houses and Lands, 12,500.00 207.50 George B. Dorr, University Houses and Lands, 115,966.56 1,923.73 George Draper, University Houses and Lands, 48,458.50 803.43 Robert H. Eddy, University Houses and Lands, 56,787.00 941.53 John Davis Williams French, University Houses and Lands, 5,322.09 88.24 John C. Gray, University Houses and Lands, 25,000.00 414.75 Walter Hastings, Real Estate, Sacramento St., Cambridge, 20,000.00 907.73 Henry L. Higginson, University Houses and Lands, 29,676.55 492.19 Insurance and Guaranty, Real Estate, Lucas St., Boston, 4,000.00 Joseph Lee, University Houses and Lands, 10,000.00 165.80 Francis E. Parker, University Houses and Lands, 113,817.44 1,888.08 Henry L. Pierce (Residuary) (part), Equipment at Memorial Hall, 152,098.14 6,844.42 Riverside, 11 shares Harvard Riverside Associates, 11,000.00 Henry Villard, University Houses and Lands, 50,000.00 829.00 William F. Weld, University Houses and Lands, 100,000.00 1,658.00 Edward Whitney, Real Estate, South Boston (sold during year), 309.37 Amounts carried forward, $786,626.28 $21,400.57 59 Digitized by Google Original from UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Note: Earnings and expenditures fear doxation established by G.B.Dorris nonesake George B. Dorr 1806-1876. SCHEDULE 7 UNIVERSITY INCOME AND EXPENDITURE For the year ended June 30, 1917 INCOME Income of the following Funds Charles Allen, $154.50 Walter F. Baker, 97.08 William H. Baldwin, Jr. 103.00 Band Music, 58.86 Caroline M. Barnard Bequest, 2,418.67 John Barnard, 34.35 J. Arthur Beebe Bequest, 13,829.17 Andrew Bigelow, 254.93 Stanton Blake, 257.50 Charlotte F. Blanchard, 245.70 Samuel D. Bradford, 270.38 Martin Brimmer, 2,575.00 James C. Carter, 5,150.00 John W. Carter, 207.50 John Coggan, 77.25 Edwin Conant, 54.69 Edward Erwin Coolidge (part) 764.12 Thomas Cotton, 7.98 John Cowdin, 1,742.50 George B. Dorr, 1,923.73 George Draper, 803.43 R. H. Eddy, 941.58 Harvard Ellis, 5,213.09 Richard W. Foster, 1,077.33 John Davis Williams French, 88.24 Gore, 1,059.41 John C. Gray, 414.75 Henry Harris (12 income), 770.93 Harvard Foundation for Exchanges with French Universities, 1,669.37 Walter Hastings, 907.73 Henry L. Higginson, 3,829.80 Thomas Hollis, 26.78 Thomas Hubbard, 51.50 Nathaniel Hulton, 22.87 Thomas Hutchinson, 12.00 George Baxter Hyde, 257.50 Leonard Jarvis, 868.91 Henry P. Kidder, 515.00 Amount carried forward, $48,757.13 152 Digitized by Google Original from UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Harrard Uncussivity Treasurer's Statement Cambridge. 1918 SCHEDULE 1 SPECIAL INVESTMENTS June 30,1918 UNIVERSITY Principal. Net Income. J. Arthur Beebe, Real Estate, Falmouth, $32,000.00 $146.96 John W. Carter, University Houses and Lands, 12,500.00 1,026.90 George B. Dorr, University Houses and Lands, 115,966.56 9,523.57 George Draper, University Houses and Lands, 48,458.50 3,979.80 Robert H. Eddy, University Houses and Lands, 56,787.00 4,663.75 John Davis Williams French, University Houses and Lands, 5,322.09 437.45 John C. Gray, University Houses and Lands, 25,000.00 2,053.39 Walter Hastings, Real Estate, Sacramento St., Cambridge, 20,000.00 1,139.44 Henry L. Higginson, University Houses and Lands, 29,676.55 2,437.44 Insurance and Guaranty, Real Estate, Lucas St., Boston, 4,000.00 Joseph Lee, University Houses and Lands, 10,000.00 821.59 Francis E. Parker, University Houses and Lands, 113,817.44 9,347.08 Henry L. Pierce (Residuary) (part), Equipment at Memorial Hall, 152,098.14 6,844.42 Riverside, 11 shares Harvard Riverside Associates, 11,000.00 Henry Villard, University Houses and Lands, 50,000.00 4,106.36 William F. Weld, University Houses and Lands, 100,000.00 8,212.35 Caroline M. Barnard Bequest (part), $1,000 City Real Estate Trustees, 800.00 50.00 7 shares United Zinc Co., preferred, 70.00 Amounts carried forward, $787,496.28 $54,790.50 49 Digitized by Google Original from UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SCHEDULE 7 UNIVERSITY INCOME AND EXPENDITURE For the year ended June 30, 1918 INCOME Income of the following Funds: Charles Allen, $154.50 Walter F. Baker, 97.08 William H. Baldwin, Jr. 103.00 Band Music, 58.86 Caroline M. Barnard Bequest, 2,718.67 John Barnard, 34.35 J. Arthur Beebe Bequest, 10,881.36 Andrew Bigelow, 254.92 Stanton Blake, 257.50 S. Parkman Blake and Robert Parkman Blake Memorial, 2,462.11 Charlotte F. Blanchard, 245.71 Samuel D. Bradford, 270.38 Martin Brimmer, 2,575.00 James C. Carter, 2,621.09 John W. Carter, 1,026.90 Fund of the Class of 1842, 7.94 Class of 1881, 5,917.30 " 1882, 5,150.00 " 1883, 5,029.28 " 1888, 4,761.50 " 1889, 5,051.15 " 1890, 4,429.00 " 1891, 5,150.00 " 1892, 3,500.00 " 1893, 46.35 " 1894, 740.21 " 1896, 775.90 " 1899, 1,489.59 John Coggan, 77.25 Edwin Conant, 54.69 Edward Erwin Coolidge (part) 842.35 Thomas Cotton, 7.98 John Cowdin, 1,742.50 George B. Dorr, 9,523.57 George Draper, 3,979.80 R. H. Eddy, 4,663.80 Harvard Ellis, 5,213.09 Richard W. Foster, 1,077.32 Amount carried forward, $92,992.00 144 Digitized by Google Original from UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Harvari University Cambridge, 1919 SCHEDULE 1 SPECIAL INVESTMENTS June 30 1919 UNIVERSITY Principal. Net Income. J. Arthur Beebe, Real Estate, Falmouth, $31,900.00 Charlotte F. Blanchard, University Houses and Lands, 4,771.33 173.07 Martin Brimmer, Real Estate, Cambridge, 50,000.00 670.00 John W. Carter, University Houses and Lands, 12,500.00 452.93 John Cowdin (part), University Houses and Lands, 32,607.04 1,181.00 George B. Dorr, University Houses and Lands, 115,966.56 4,199.45 George Draper, University Houses and Lands, 48,458.50 1,754.98 Robert H. Eddy, University Houses and Lands, 56,787.00 2,056.56 Richard W. Foster, Real Estate, Cambridge, 20,918.57 280.31 John Davis Williams French, University Houses and Lands, 5,322.09 193.01 Christopher Gore, Real Estate, Cambridge, 20,571.18 275.65 John C. Gray, University Houses and Lands, 25,000.00 905.55 Walter Hastings, Real Estate, Sacramento St., Cambridge, 20,000.00 763.31 Henry L. Higginson, University Houses and Lands, 29,676.55 1,074.95 Real Estate, Cambridge, 70,323.45 1,011.30 Insurance and Guaranty, Real Estate, Lucas St., Boston, 4,000.00 Leonard Jarvis, University Houses and Lands, 16,871.63 611.23 Henry P. Kidder, Real Estate, Cambridge, 10,000.00 134.00 Amounts carried forward, $575,673.90 $15,737.30 52 Digitized by Google Original from UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SCHEDULE 7 UNIVERSITY INCOME AND EXPENDITURE For the year ended June 30, 1919 INCOME Income of the following Funds Charles Allen, $153.60 Walter F. Baker, 4,142.54 William H. Baldwin, Jr 102.40 Band Music, 58.53 Caroline M. Barnard Bequest (part) 2,439.37 John Barnard, 34.15 J. Arthur Beebe Bequest (part), 8,561.53 Andrew Bigelow, 253.44 Stanton Blake, 256.00 S. Parkman Blake and Robert Parkman Blake Memorial, 2,560.00 Charlotte F. Blanchard, 173.07 Samuel D. Bradford, 268.80 Martin Brimmer, 670.00 Godfrey L. Cabot, 420.81 James C. Carter, 2,605.82 John W. Carter, 452.93 Fund of the Class of 1842, 7.99 Class of 1881, 5,882.83 " 1882, 5,120.00 " 1883, 4,999.99 " 1888, 4,721.70 " 1889, 5,022.00 " 1890, 4,403.20 " 1891, 5,120.00 " 1892, 3,500.00 " 1893, 4,732.16 " 1894, 870.66 " 1896, 1,181.39 " 1899, 1,711.87 John Coggan, 76.80 Edwin Conant, 54.37 Thomas Cotton, 7.94 John Cowdin, 1,243.87 George B. Dorr, 4,199.45 George Draper, 1,754.98 R. H. Eddy, 2,056.61 Harvard Ellis, 5,182.72 Richard W. Foster, 280.31 Amount carried forward, $85,283.83 152 Digitized by Google Original from UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Dorr Family in Lenox In a lengthy Feb. 7, 1881 article in The New York Times on "Berkshire in the Winter," the properties of Lenox are characterized. A "country seat [was] laid out or improved [in the 1840's] by the Brothers Dorr, so well known for many years in the social circles of New York, and whose then bachelor domicile in Washington- place almost forty years ago, was noted for the agreeable fashionable reunions. They are all gone, and this pleasant memorial of their latter life-work, with its pictures of landscape in frames of vines and foliage, is now possessed and prized as it ought to be by their surviving sisters. It is a place that every sojourner in Lenox visits at least once " Full article in Series I: Chronology: 1881 Report of the president of Harvard College and reports 1885-1889. - Full View | HathiT Page 1 of 2 Home About Collections Help Feedback = Back to "Full text search" results K Jump to 1 Go IIII - Search in this text "George B. Dorr' Find About this Book Report of the president of Harvard College and reports 1885-1889. View full catalog record Copyright: Public Domain, Google- digitized Get this Book Find in a library Download this page (PDF) Download whole book (PDF) Partner login required ANNUAL REPORTS Add to Collection Login to make your personal collections permanent OF THE Select Collection Add PRESIDENT AND TREASURER Share Permanent link to this book OF http://hdl handle.net/2027/mdp.390 Link to this page HARVARD COLLEGE. http://hdl.handie net/2027/mdp.390 Version: 2012-04-06 10:35 UTC 1885-86. TAS SECURITY CAMBRIDGE. MASS. PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY 1887. Google from UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?num=1&u=1&seq=46&view=image&size=100&id=mdp. 9/22/2013 Page 20F2 36 The following tables are not found, in their present form, in the Treas- urer's books. They are intended to exhibit with some detail the resources and the expenditures of each department of the University. The income of every fund held by the University is given in these tables, and also the sum paid out for the specific object of each and every fund, in case that sum be either less or more than the actual income of the fund. If the object to which the income of a fund is to be applied be a general one, - like salaries, for example,- no separate mention is made in these tables of that appropriation. That particular payment is merged with others of the same kind under the general heading. A balanced summary of these tables will be found on page 57. TABLE No. I. THE UNIVERSITY. RECEIPTS. Income of the unappropriated fund heretofore called the Stock Account, at present accumulating, 84,257.55 Income of the following funds: - Insurance and Guaranty, 6,256.95 Israel Munson, 787.50 Leonard Jarvis, 843.60 Samuel D. Bradford, 262.50 Sever, 450.00 John C. Gray, 1,250.00 George B. Dorr, 5,798.35 Seth Turner, 250.00 Henry T. Morgan. 4,097.20 Henry Harris, 1 of income, 748.47 Francis E. Parker. Interest, 84,950 From special investment, 220 5,170.00 John Cowdin, from special investment, 722.9T Walter Hastings, from special investment, 319.99 Peter C. Brooks, 18.40 Thomas Cotton, 7.35 President's, 3,127.25 Parker Fellowships, 2,830.80 John Thornton Kirkland Fellowship, 564.35 Harris Fellowship, 527.60 James Walker Fellowship, 543.20 Rogers Fellowships, 1,597.85 Robert Treat Paine Fellowship, 514.85 John Tyndall Scholarship, 551.10 Sumner Prize, 109.25 Retiring Allowance, 1,586.85 43,193.93 For care of the Sarah Winslow Fund, 6.13 Sale of Quinquennial Catalogues, 28.50 Sale of Anniversary volume, 89.75 " Catalogues, Calendars, and Directories, 818.18 Amounts carried forward, $937.56 843,193.93 Digitized by Google Original from UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN page 1 of 2. MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS. CATALOGUE OF PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS, With a Summary of other Works of Art. EXHIBITED ON THE SECOND FLOOR. ART AUGUST, 1899. BOSTON : ALFRED MUDGE & SON, , PRINTERS, 24 FRANKLIN STREET. 1899. Digitized by Original from UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN page 2of2 76 Gallery of Textiles. The rug was purchased through William Morris of London, who ascribes its date to about the middle of the 16th century. A rug in many points quite similar to this was recently shown in Paris and described by Georges Marye in the Gazette des Beaux Arts as of the 15th Century. This superb specimen was the gift of Frederick Lothrop Ames. FRAME 34. PERSIAN RUG, formerly belonging to the French Minister to Persia. Gift of George B. Dorr. ROTATING FRAMES A. (1806-1876) EGYPTIAN. 1st to 6th century. Gift of Denman W. Ross. ROTATING FRAMES B. LACES. From Various Donors. WOOD CARVING. THE EIGHT PANELS OF OAK, GILDED, 12 ft. X 2 ft. 8 in., were taken from the HôTEL MONTMORENCY, and subsequently built into the Deacon House. They date from the time of, and were probably executed by Jean Goujon. Purchased in part by the Museum, part by the Athenreum. IN THE HALL. CASE 35. ALTAR CLOTH. Of Byzantine design. Birds drinking at fountains. Silk and gold. Hollis Hunnewell. BROCADE DRESSES of a figure of the Virgin from a church in SPAIN. Mrs. John H. Wright, Mrs. Hall and Lyman Nichols. Digitized by Original from UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 9/18/13 Catalogue of the poston Public Latin School, established in 1635 Hathi Trust Henry F- Digital Janks Library. Boston 154 PUBLIC LATIN SCHOOL. Boston Latin * William Newell1 Augustus Sidney Doane School Harv. 1824, A.M., S.T.D. 1853; Harv. 1825, A.M., M.D. 1828. 1852 Usher, Minister of First Parish, Association, Cambridge. 1881 Andrew Cunningham Dorr *George Nichols2 Sec. Amer. Ins. Co. *1868 1896. 1821 James Henry Paine Clifford Dorr Harv. 1825, M.D. 1829. *1858 John B(rooks3) Parker Francis Oliver Dorr Merchant; Treas. B. &L.R.] R. *1870 Harv. 1825. *Gideon Snow George Bucknam Dorr [1806-1876) *Thomas Stevenson4 *1820 Harv. 1824. *1876 Coffin Sumner James Ellison Merchant. Merchant. Webb5 *Benjamin Bucknam Fessen- *Daniel Weld den 9 Harv. 1823. *1825 Lawyer. *1849 George Wadsworth Wells Charles Stephen Francis Harv. 1823, A.M. *1843 James Freeman George Richards Minot With- George Geyer ington6 *Lewis Glover Univ. of Vermont, 1825, A.M., and Harv. 1828. *1858 Harv. 1824, A.M. 1828. 1839 William Goddard Mechanic. *Alfred Greenwood 1815. Harv. 1824. *1868 George Washington Holland *Charles Blanchard *1863 Wholesale Shoe Dealer. *1847 *Frederic B. Callender John Clarke Howard *George Callender7 Harv. 1825, A.M., M.D. 1828. *1844 *1860 Gustavus Callender Charles Russell Lowell Harv. 1826, A.M. Gardner Leonard Chandler Librarian. *1870 Clerk. *William Perkins Matchett Joseph Dall Harv. 1824, A.M. *1834 CHARLES HENRY DAVIS James Murphy Harv. 1825, A.M. 1841, LL.D. Joseph Russell Otis 1868, Rear Admiral U.S.N. *1877 Harv. 1825. *1864 * John James Dixwell *Charles Hamilton Parker Merchant. *1876 Merchant. *1874 1 See Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1884-85, p. 72. Captain of the School. 2 Died in College. a Probably. 4 Died in College. 5 Rev. Dr. Newell of this Class adds this name. 6 Died 11 May. Perhaps the same as the Withington of 1812. T Died Feb. 25. 8 One of the recipients of the LLOYD Gold Medal at the English High School. Grand- son of Master Hunt; son of John Dixwell of our Class of 1783, and brother of E. 8. Dixwell of our Class of 1816. Captain of the School. INTERNET ARCHIVE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Catalog Record: Final reports of the Building committee and | Hathi Trust Digital Library Page 1 of 2 Home About Collections Help Feedback LOG IN Advanced full-text search Search tips Full view only Similar inne Executive Enstruction the livers with the senior . the Final reports of the Building committee and of the treasurer of the Harvard the treasure like rebuilding in the executive Memorial Fundite the Committee of tilty, 28 June, 1070. university Area 20th MN Caquata Action Manager Best By / contents Library Previous English Accurate the Published Cambridge, Free one Williamson endors 1978 http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011204718 9/22/2013 Page 2of2 31 George R. Noyes $20 George Wheatland $100 William Emerson 15 Christopher T. Thayer 100 Francis Brinley 15 E. Hasket Derby IOO $1000 Henry C. Perkins 50 Mrs. Horton, in memory of Wil- liam Horton 50 1819. Edward Pickering 50 Henry Upham $200 Charles G. 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R. 4's of 1950, 4,640.00 160.00 Amounts carried forward, $458,742.43 $3,804.11 58 Digitized by Google Original from UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 5/31/2020 Joanna Hone Howland Dorr (1820-1842) - Find A Grave Memorial Find A Grave Joanna Hone Howland Dorr BIRTH 16 Mar 1820 New York, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA DEATH 5 Jul 1842 (aged 22) Leamington Spa, Warwick Photo added by Sharon Lavash District, Warwickshire, Hawkins England BURIAL Mount Auburn Cemetery Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA PLOT Pine Ave., Laburnum Path, Lot 1151 MEMORIAL ID 136380540 Family Members Parents Spouse Samuel George Shaw Bucknam Howland Dorr 1790-1853 1806-1876 (m. Joanna Esther (marriage) Added by Sharon Lavash Hawkins Hone 1837) 11/21/37 Howland 1799-1848 5/31/2020 Joanna Hone Howland Dorr (1820-1842) - Find A Grave Memorial Siblings ' ? Child of S.S. 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[5] 6/2/2020 Howland & Aspinwall - Wikipedia Pacific Mail Steamship Company In 1848, as a result of the United States's acquisition of California, partners G.S. Howland, S.S. Howland, and William Henry Aspinwall turned their attention from the China trade to California traffic. Improvements in the marine steam engine had begun to make clipper ships and other fast sailing ships obsolete. With other New York businessmen, the Howland and Aspinwall interests formed the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. Pacific Mail eventually became American President Lines, which is now part of Neptune Orient Lines. [6][7][8] Legacy Part of the Aspinwall family fortune was eventually bequeathed, through paternal grandmother Mary Aspinwall Roosevelt, to Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States. References 1. "The Sea Witch" (http://www.eraoftheclipperships.com/seawitchcopyweb.h tml). eraoftheclipperships.com 2009. Retrieved September 25, 2009. 2. D. Blethen Adams Levy (2009). "Captain Robert "Bully" Waterman" (http:// www.maritimeheritage.org/captains/waterman.htm). The Maritime Heritage Project. Retrieved September 25, 2009. 3. Kienholz, M. (2008). Opium Traders and Their Worlds-Volume One: A Revisionist Exposé of the World's Greatest Opium Traders (https://books. google.com/books?id=2YIO9qral4MC&pg=PT403).iUniverse. p. 403. ISBN 9780595910786. Retrieved 31 January 2018. 4. "Obituary: William H. Aspinwall" (https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.ht ml?res=9C04E5D6173DE43BBC4152DFB766838E669FDE) (PDF). New York Times. January 19, 1875. Retrieved December 16, 2008. 5. "William Henry Aspinwall" (https://www.panamarailroad.org/aspinwall.htm I). www.panamarailroad.org. The Panama Railroad. Retrieved 31 January 2018. 6. Somerville, Col. Duncan S., The Aspinwall Empire, p. 22, Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc., Mystic, CT, 1983. 7. Niven, John, The American President Lines and its Forebears 1948-1984, p. 15, University of Delaware Press, Newark, NJ, 1987. 8. 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Edit your search or learn more U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current DEATH, BURIAL, CEMETERY & OBITUARIES Name Joanna Hone Dorr Birth 16 Mar 1820 New York, New York County (Manhattan), New York, United States of America Death 5 Jul 1842 Leamington Spa, Warwick District, Warwickshire, England Warwickshire, England, Church of England Burials, 1813-1910 DEATH, BURIAL, CEMETERY & OBITUARIES View Image Name Joanna Hone Dorr Birth abt year U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 DEATH, BURIAL, CEMETERY & OBITUARIES View Image Name Joanna Dorr Spouse George B Dorr Father Samuel S Howland Birth abt 1819 5/31/2020 Joanna Esther Hone Howland (1799-1848) - Find A Grave Memorial ? Find A Graye Joanna Esther Hone Howland BIRTH 31 Jan 1799 DEATH 27 Sep 1848 (aged 49) Westchester County, New York, USA BURIAL Green-Wood Cemetery Brooklyn, Kings County Photo added by Bob Collins (Brooklyn), New York, USA PLOT 3101/94 MEMORIAL ID 28865385 . Originally interred at New York Marble Cemetery, 2nd Avenue in Manhattan, New York. Family Members Added by Bob Collins Spouse Children Samuel ? Child of Shaw S.S. Howland Howland 1790-1853 Joanna (m. Hone (marriage) Howland 1818) Dorr 1820-1842 Caroline Howland Russell 1821-1863 5/31/2020 Joanna Esther Hone Howland (1799-1848) - Find A Grave Memorial Louisa Howland Hoppin 1826-1897 Emily Aspinwall Howland Chauncey 1833-1897 Joseph Howland 1834-1886 Catharine Clinton Howland Hunt 1841-1909 Maintained by: CMWJR Originally Created by: Superkentman Added: 8 Aug 2008 Find a Grave Memorial 28865385 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 31 May 2020), memorial page for Joanna Esther Hone Howland (31 Jan 1799-27 Sep 1848), Find a Grave Memorial no. 28865385, citing Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, USA ; Maintained by CMWJR (contributor 50059520) . 6/1/2020 Catharine Clinton Howland Hunt (1841-1909) - Find A Grave Memorial ? Find A Grave Catharine Clinton Howland Hunt BIRTH 25 Nov 1841 New York, USA DEATH 10 Feb 1909 (aged 67) Luxor, El Lo sor, Egypt BURIAL Island Cemetery Newport, Newport County, Photo added by Bobby Kelley Rhode Island, USA MEMORIAL ID 133051087 . Catharine married Richard Morris Hunt on April 2, 1861. They had five children. Richard and Catharine had a summer residence in Newport. Family Members Parents Spouse Samuel Richard Shaw Morris Hunt Howland 1827-1895 1790-1853 Joanna Esther Hone Howland 1799-1848 6/1/2020 Catharine Clinton Howland Hunt (1841-1909) - Find A Grave Memorial Siblings Children ? Child of Richard S.S. Howland Howland Hunt 1862-1931 Joanna Hone Catharine Howland Howland Dorr Hunt Hunt 1820-1842 1868-1963 Caroline Joseph Howland Howland Russell Hunt 1821-1863 1870-1924 Louisa Esther Howland Morris Hunt Hoppin Woolsey 1826-1897 1875-1901 Emily Herbert Aspinwall Leavitt Howland Hunt Chauncey 1877-1960 1833-1897 Joseph Howland 1834-1886 Created by: Marilyn Kosanke Added: 19 Jul 2014 Find a Grave Memorial 133051087 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 01 June 2020), memorial page for Catharine Clinton Howland Hunt (25 Nov 1841-10 Feb 1909), Find Guide to the Hunt family papers, 1858-1899 and undated (bulk 1878-1897) aliba REDWOOD LIBRARY & ATHENAUM Collection overview: Title: Hunt family papers Date range(inclusive 1858-1899 and undated dates): Bulk dates: 1878-1897 specifical Creator: Hunt family Extent: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder) Abstract: Letters addressed to members of the Hunt family, particularly renowned architect Richard Morris Hunt (1827-1895) and his wife Catherine Hunt 1840 (1830-1909), who were both summer residents of Newport, Rhode Island. Language of materials: English Repository: Redwood Library & Athenaeum, Newport, Rhode Island Collection number: RLC.Ms.555 Access and use: Access to the collection: Access is open to members and researchers at the Redwood Library and Athenaeum. Use of the materials: This collection is owned by the Redwood Library and Athenaeum. Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the Special Collections Librarian of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum. Preferred citation: Hunt family papers, RLC.Ms.555, Redwood Library and Athenaeum. Administrative information: About the collection Acquisition: Gift of Mrs. Catherine Hunt Paxton, 1968 Oct 15 Processing information: Prior to processing in 2014, this collection was found in the Steel Cabinet Collection: Drawer 7, Folder 11. About the finding aid Author and Encoding: Elizabeth Delmage, 2014 Jun Descriptive rules: Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) Page 1 of 4 Additional information: Related Materials: Alan Burnham papers, 1874-1999, (bulk 1940-1982), Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. (see Series V.: Richard Morris Hunt family papers) American Institute of Architects/American Architectural Foundation Collection, Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Hunt family papers, 1758-1908, MSA 682-686, MSB 91, MS Size B, Vermont Historical Society. Bibliography: Baker, Paul R. Richard Morris Hunt. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1980. Stein, Susan. The architecture of Richard Morris. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986. Sponsor: Funding for processing and cataloging this collection was provided by the van Beuren Charitable Foundation. Biographical note: Richard Morris Hunt (1827-1895) was born on October 31, 1827, in Brattleboro, Vermont, the son of U.S. Congressman Jonathan Hunt (1787-1832) and Jane Maria Leavitt (1801-1877). After Jonathan Hunt died of cholera in 1832, he left his wife a sizeable estate which enabled her to provided their five children: Jane Maria (1822-1907), William Morris (1824-1879), Jonathan (1826-1874), Richard Morris, and Leavitt (1830-1907) with the best educational and social experiences. The Hunt family lived in New Haven, Connecticut, New York City, and Boston before traveling to Europe in 1843 and remaining there for nearly twelve years. While in Europe, Richard Morris Hunt took an interest in architecture and became the first American to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 1855, he returned to New York to establish his own architecture practice and soon became one of the prominent leaders in his profession by introducing the county to Beaux-Arts, Renaissance Revival, and High Victorian Gothic architecture. He also established the first American architectural school at his Tenth Street Studio Building and co-founded the American Institute of Architects. Hunt was recognized for designing elaborate homes and interiors for wealthy patrons and by assisting in the creation of the face of New York with his designs of the façade and entrance to the Metropolitan Museum, the New York Tribune Building, the pedestal for the Statue of Liberty, and various mansions along Fifth Avenue which have since been destroyed. Hunt became one of the most fashionable architects of the Gilded Age and is best known for his spacious Newport cottages. Hunt was responsible for the designs of the Griswold House (the Newport Art Museum), Ochre Court, Marble House, Belcourt Castle, and the Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island. He also designed the Biltmore House for the Vanderbilt family in Asheville, North Carolina, the largest private home in the United States. Richard Morris Hunt married Catherine Clinton Howland (1830-1909) daughter of Joanna Esther Hone and Samuel Shaw Howland of New York on April 2, 1861, and the couple had five children: Richard Howland (1862-1931), Catherine Howland (b. 1868), Joseph Howland (1870-1924), Esther Morris (1875- Page 2 of 4 1901), and Herbert Leavitt (1877-1960). Hunt died on July 31, 1895, at his summer residence in Newport and is buried at the Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery. His son, Richard Howland Hunt, took over Hunt's architectural firm after his death, while Mrs. Hunt continued to live between their summer home in Newport and New York City until her own death in 1909. Scope and content note: This collection consists of letters addressed to members of the Hunt family, particularly architect Richard Morris Hunt (1827-1895) and his wife Catherine Hunt (1830-1909) concerning Hunt's architecture practice, social gatherings, and Catherine Hunt's efforts to collect books from various authors for a fundraiser in 1897. A letter to their daughter, Esther Morris Hunt (1875-1901), is also included. Letter fragments, probably saved for the autographs, from prominent figures of the time such as Julia Ward Howe, Henry James, and Edith Wharton are also found within this collection. Arrangement: This collection is arranged in alphabetical order by the sender of the letter. Inventory: Box Item Title Date Manuscripts 1 Thomas Bailey Aldrich to Mr. Whitman 1887 Nov 19 Box 1 2 Henry W. Bellows to Richard Morris Hunt 1858 Dec 3 3 George Henry Calvert to Richard Morris 1878 Jan 30 Hunt 4 Henry Chauncey to Catherine Hunt undated 5 William C. Church to Richard Morris Hunt 1887 Apr 12 6-9 Charlotte Cushman to Catherine Hunt 1895 Aug 13-Sep 9 and undated 10 Charles DeKay to Catherine Hunt 1899 Jan 19 11 Annie Fields to Catherine Hunt 1897 Nov 19 12-13 Edward E. Hale to Catherine Hunt 1897 Dec 7-11 14 Julia Ward Howe letter fragment undated 15-17 Henry [James?] to Catherine Hunt 1865 Feb 28-Oct 4 18 Henry James autograph 1909 19 George Kennan to Catherine Hunt 1897 Dec 12 20 Rodolfo Lanciani to Richard Morris Hunt undated 21 Steele MacKaye to Catherine Hunt 1882 Jul 27 22-23 Silas Mitchell to Catherine Hunt 1897 Nov 3-14 24 Thomas Nelson Page to Catherine Hunt 1897 Nov 23 25 William B. Rice to Catherine Hunt 1897 Nov 13 26 Frances Hopkinson Smith to Catherine undated Hunt 27 Douglas Smyth to Richard Morris Hunt 1883 May 12 Page 3 of 4 Box Item Title Date Manuscripts 28 Edmund Clarence Stedman to Catherine 1897 Nov 16 Box 1 Hunt 29 Frank R. Stockton to Esther Morris Hunt 1897 Nov 8 30 Ruth McEnery Stuart to Catherine Hunt undated 31 Henry T. Tuckerman to Catherine Hunt 1866 Apr 14 32 Henry T. Tuckerman to Richard Morris 1871 Dec 7 Hunt 33 Edith Wharton letter fragment undated 34 D. W. Willard to Richard Morris Hunt 1883 Apr 14 35-38 Unidentified letters to Mr. and Mrs. 1885-1897 and undated Richard Morris Hunt Access terms: Names: Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 Bellows, Henry W. (Henry Whitney), 1814-1882 Calvert, George Henry, 1803-1889 Chauncey, Henry Church, William Conant, 1836-1917 Cushman, Charlotte, 1816-1876 DeKay, Charles, 1848-1935 Fields, Annie, 1834-1915 Hale, Edward Everett, Sr., 1822-1909 Hunt, Catherine Clinton Howland, 1830-1909 Hunt, Richard Morris, 1828-1895 Kennan, George, 1845-1934 Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo, 1847-1929 MacKaye, Steele, 1842-1894 Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914 Page, Thomas Nelson, 1853-1922 Smith, William B. Smyth, Douglas Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908 Stockton, Frank R., 1834-1902 Stuart, Ruth McEnery, 1856-1917 Tuckerman, Henry T. (Henry Theodore), 1813-1871 Willard, D. W. (Dudley Wilson), 1892-1934 Subjects: Newport (R.I.)-Social - life and customs Genre terms: Autographs (manuscripts) Letters (correspondence) Page 4 of 4 020 Alan Burnham papers, 1874-1999, bulk 1940-1982 I Avery Drawings & Archives Collections I Columbia University Libraries Finding Aids DLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES Avery Drawings & Archives Collections ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS (http://archivesportal.library.columbia.edu/repository.php? tps://archivesportal.library.columbia.edu/) r=nnc-a) Archival Collections Portal (https://archivesportal.library.columbia.edu > Avery Drawings & Archives Collections tp://archivesportal.library.columbia.edu/repository.php?r=nnc-a) > Alan Burnham papers, 1874-1999, bulk 1940-1982 Alan Burnham papers, 1874-1999, bulk 1940-1982 Series V: Richard Morris Hunt Family Papers Table of Contents Contains correspondence, clippings, photographs, negatives, notes, publications, student Summary (/ead/nnc- papers, and other reference materials Burnham collected regarding an unfinished project for a a/ldpd_10249151#summary) biography on Richard Morris Hunt. This series contains a manuscript written by Hunt's wife, Arrangement (/ead/nnc- Catherine Howland Hunt, documenting Hunt's life and professional career. Burnham originally a/ldpd_10249151#arrangement) index the papers in 1939, and a revised edited version of the Catherine Howland Hunt manuscript can be found in an oversized file. This series contains correspondence between Description (/ead/nnc- Burnham and a variety of professionals and students regarding Hunt or the Hunt manuscript a/ldpd_10249151#description) dating from 1940 to 1981. Burnham collected photographs, negatives, and illustrations that he Using the Collection planned to use in a published version of the manuscript. This series also contains a scrapbook (/ead/nnc- in memoriam of Hunt assembled by Catherine Howland Hunt in an overside file and a letter a/ldpd_10249151#using_collection) removed from the scrapbook from Catherine Howland Hunt to Joseph H. Hunt. Finally, this series contains an edited manuscript, with notes by Burnham, of Paul R. Baker's biography of About the Finding Aid / Processing Information Richard Morris Hunt published in 1986 by The MIT Press. ://findingaids.library.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-a/ldpd_10249151/dsc/5 1/6 20 Alan Burnham papers, 1874-1999, bulk 1940-1982 I Avery Drawings & Archives Collections I Columbia University Libraries Finding Aids (/ead/nnc- Box 37: Folder 5 Articles 1952, 1956 a/ldpd_10249151#about_findaid) Contains Burnham's articles for the AIA Journal and Subject Headings Society of Architectural Historians (/ead/nnc- a/ldpd_10249151#subjects) Box 37: Folder 6 Chronological Biographic Material undated History Biographical Note Includes Burnham's notes on the chronology of Hunt's life (/ead/nnc- a/ldpd_10249151#history) Box 37: Folder 7 Correspondence (1 of 3) 1940 - 1969 Box 37: Folder 8 Correspondence (2 of 3) 1940 - 1969 Box 37: Folder 9 Correspondence (3 of 3) 1970 - 1981 Container List Box 37: Folder 10 General Notes (1 of 3) 1884 - 1972 View All (/ead/nnc- Includes summary outline of life of Hunt (1940), list of dpd_10249151/dsc#view_all) designed buildings, negatives, and slide > Series I: NYC Reference (/ead/nnc- Box 37: Folder 11 General Notes (2 of 3) undated a/ldpd_10249151/dsc/1) Includes lists of known buildings and general notes > Series II: General Reference (/ead/nnc- Box 37: Folder 12 General Notes (3 of 3) 1957 - 1980 a/ldpd_10249151/dsc/2) Includes list of Hunt Family names (Index of Hunt Family Subseries III: Professional Papers) Papers (/ead/nnc- /Idpd_10249151/dsc/3) Box 37: Folder 13 H.W. Beecher House - Masonry Specifications 1874 Series IV: A.I.A. Contains the masonry specifications for Hunt's design for Committee on Housing the Beecher House (/ead/nnc- a/ldpd_10249151/dsc/4) ://findingaids.library.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-a/ldpd_10249151/dsc/5 2/6 D20 Richard Morris Hunt House (Hypotenuse), Newport Rhode Island The "Hypotenuse" is particularly interesting as a house owned by the architect Richard Morris Hunt, 1870-1881. The house is a rich and varied composition of ornamental detail from several periods probably put together by Hunt. There is also a large room added later which is attributed to McKim, Mead, and White. The original plan and later additions and alterations are not clear, but the house would seem to have developed through at least four major phases. The original house seems to have been a very small, center chimney style building, which now comprises the entrance hall and stair hall at the center of the house. The floor framing of this part of the house is clearly separate from the rest and earlier, w.historic-structures.com/ri/newport/hunt_house.php 2/5 2020 Century Archives - The Century Association Archives Foundation THE CENTURY ASSOCIATION I ARCHIVES FOUNDATION About the CAAF CENTURY ASSOCIATION BIOGRAPHICAL ARCHIVE Important Materials Earliest Members of the Century Association Publications View all members Online Reference Shelf Collection Access HENRY E. PIERREPONT Board of Trustees How to Donate Real Estate/Trustee Centurion, 1865-1888 Century Association Biographical Archive Full Name Henry Evelyn Pierrepont Born 8 August 1808 in New York (Brooklyn), New York Finding Aid to the Collection Died 29 March 1888 in New York (Brooklyn), New York Finding Aid to the Platt Buried Green-Wood Cemetery [, Brooklyn, New York Library Centurions on Stamps Proposed by George B. Dorr, George Bancroft, and Lewis M. Rutherfurd FDR: A Man of the Century (Audio File) Elected 4 February 1865 at age fifty-six Hot Buttons: Presidential Campaigns and the Century Archivist's Note: Father of William A. Pierrepont; grandfather of Seth Low Pierrepont. Founder of Association Green-Wood Cemetery. Century Association Nobelists Proposer of: Seconder of: When the Clubhouse William A. Perry Eugene A. Hoffman Was New (Photo Joseph C. Hutchinson Gallery) Henry E. Purpont J.M. Minor 1865. Died 1888. Robert R. Raymond Century Memorial Henry E. Pierrepont Member Photograph Albums Collection Album 2, Leaf 76 ://www.centuryarchives.org/caba/bio.php?PersonID=1038 1/2 9/7/2020 Carole Owens: Remarkable history of the hill I The Bennington Banner I Bennington Breaking News, Sports, Weather, Traffic Subscribe Bennington Banner (/) Main menu George (isoc Carole Owens: Remarkable history of the hill Posted Tuesday, March 28, 2017 7:16 am By Carole Owens STOCKBRIDGE - A series of events found me at Cranwell waiting out the Nor'easter of 2017. The representatives of Miraval and the Cranwell staff could not have been nicer. They kept me safe and warm. By way of thank you, here is a slice of the history of their hill. Lenox was incorporated in 1767 and the first land grant recorded in Colonial Proprietor's Record Book on Oct. 25, 1770 was "75 acres to Timothy Way and Samuel Jerome." Way has faded from memory, but Samuel Jerome was the great grandfather of Jenny Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill, and therefore progenitor of Winston Churchill. In 1787, Lenox became the Berkshire shire town (county seat) bringing to Lenox all those who had business with the court. On the 13th of June, 1803, for the sum of $75, the hill was sold to Ezra Blossom - the Gaoler of Lenox (jailer/sheriff). Eleven years later, when Blossom wanted to sell, his advertisement gives us a description of You have Brossom Farm: "2endre Subscribe with a good orchard which makes abputi @harrelseps 2 free (http://neni.news/subscribetoday/) starteson the premiseasnealer 10000 and Mel untimisteed and a convented (https://nen newzware.com/ss70v2/neni/ remaining web & eEdition access. rpage=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.benningto https://www.benningtonbanner.com/stories/carole-owens-remarkable-history-of-the-hill,502582 1/11 9/7/2020 Carole Owens: Remarkable history of the hill I The Bennington Banner I Bennington Breaking News, Sports, Weather, Traffic buildings." Blossom sold the land for $1,200. The Lenox Academy for Boys was founded in 1803. It marked the very beginning of the long attraction of the literate and the literati to Lenox. On April 30, 1850 Blossom Farm was sold to Charles Hotchkiss, headmaster of the Lenox Academy for Boys. Natural beauty and educated residents combined to make Lenox a magnet for great American artists and writers. Lenox became known as the American Lake District In September, 1853, Hotchkiss sold to author and clergyman Henry Ward Beecher. Standing on the brow of his hill, Beecher wrote, "From here I see the very hills of heaven," and he claimed he could see "a range of 60 miles by the simple turn of the eye." ARTICLE CONTINUES AFTER ADVERTISEMENT The $4,500 to purchase Blossom Farm was raised by a grateful congregation and a grateful publisher. Unfortunately the preacher and famous author was named correspondent in a divorce case, and the woman was a member of Beecher's congregation. His fortunes began to unravel. Beecher was forced to sell the Lenox property. It sold to General John F. Rathbone for the tidy sum of $8,000. Sudden name change Before he knew of the scandal, Rathbone wrote to Beecher that it was his intent to rename the property Beecher Hill. .Beecher wrote back, "If you call it by the name indicated in your letter, I shall esteem it a greater compliment than if I had received a title from an English University." When Rathbone learned of the scandal, he named the hill Wyndhurst. The Beecher farm house was set aside so that Rathbone could build his new house on the brow of the hill. It was a stately residence, large, well-proportioned, and with a mansard roof. It was one of the early Berkshire cottages. Even as the courthouse moved to Pittsfield in 1868, the next wave was forming. By 1882, Lenox's reputation as a Gilded Age resort was established. Our hill received a second Berkshire cottage. United States Naval Captain John S.Barnes purchased from Joseph J. Clark a part of the hill "in consideration of $10,000." Next door to Wyndhurst, Captain Barnes built (or renovated and enlarged) Coldbrooke with the help of the architectural firm of Peabody and Stearns. Landscape architect Ernest Bowditch designed the grounds and gardens. The zenith of the cottage period was drawing near. ARTICLE CONTINUES AFTER ADVERTISEMENT In 1893 Lenox was dubbed "the Queen of resorts" and Rathbone sold Wyndhurst to John Sloane Youthav &mazing 000. Sloane razed the house but retained Print Subscr the ibers name register At Wyndhurst for free he 2 free Stores Tudor mansia line as 99 cents 16K by Peab 6httpsi (http://nenj.news/subscribetoday/) remaining web & eEdition access. rpage=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.benningto https://www.benningtonbanner.com/stories/carole-owens-remarkable-history-of-the-hill,502582? 2/11 9/7/2020 Carole Owens: Remarkable history of the hill I The Bennington Banner I Bennington Breaking News, Sports, Weather, Traffic by barns, greenhouses, formal gardens, and all the necessities of life in the grand style. It was the new standard in Berkshire cottages. By 1928, the party was over; the Gilded Age ended; the cottages relics of a former era. On the hill, an ambitious plan for a Berkshire Hunt Club combined three former estates - Wyndhurst, Coldbrooke and Blantyre. Coldbrooke became the "bachelor building" with 14 bedrooms; Wyndhurst was the "clubhouse" plus a golf course and riding trails. In 1933, the country was suffering the Great Depression, and the club was swamped in debt. The land on the hill was sold for the (approximately) $9,000 due in taxes. Edward Cranwell emerged the sole owner. In 1939, Cranwell gave the property to the Jesuits to use as a school, and they in turn, named the school Cranwell Preparatory School. From nameless fallow land to Blossom farm to Wyndhurst, Cranwell School, and the Cranwell Resort, the owners on the hill represent periods in the growth and development of Lenox from rural village to shire town to American Lake District to Gilded Age resort. Happy 250th Lenox. A Berkshire writer and historian, Carole Owens is a regular Eagle contributor. TALK TO US If you'd like to leave a comment (or a tip or a question) about this story with the editors, please email us (mailto:news@benningtonbanner.com). 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Houland Any the an took all at they you birth previs they to Chil V who aln died Parents had durid in handon chobest Browning ank Doan Trargeneiff great Fuerian novelit Spert the on Phine y tweeks in Dayly before sex arrived Gp. 11) To Heidelberg where Mrs Dorri Grungers brother- Deorge Cabot Ward - had been a student whom letter home created interest in Mary 3 On to Dresden Meremberg To Switzeland for 4 weeks Hugh Davids of Genera, Lake Lucerne, pasle To Paris, briff Comments on politics To LOADDON brother who USA, had "arthdrown except for there lof3 Epp, Ronald From: Nini Gilder [cbg@gilder.com] Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 12:15 PM To: Epp, Ronald Subject: Re: George Dorr's antecedants Dear Ron, Bood to hear from you and glad the Dorr material was helpful. My book is still in progress and it should fill the gap you seek. David Wood's book may help in a general way but, even there, the Dorrs aren't mentioned. Highlawn was demolished when G.B. D. jr. sold it at the turn of the century, and a rather baronial brick house was built on the beautiful site. It was called Blantyre and is the most pricey place to stay and eat in the Berkshires (owned by the Red Lion Inn). The Dorrs seem to have been more or less forgotten in local published works which made me look to other sources to sort out the brothers and their professions. I have one nice 1874 clipping from a local paper and a poor picture of the house published in a now-rare book of photographs by E.A. Morley entitled Lenox. For my research on some 50 Lenox country houses (some like Highlawn long-gone, some extant) I am constantly using the collections at the Lenox Library, Lenox Historical Society, Berkshire Atheneaum and to a lesser extent the Berkshire Historical Society but Dorrs just don't crop up. Let me know if you do plan a trip this way as I would be glad to show you Blantyre and my file on the Dorrs. Since George B. Dorr was such a figure at the Somerset Club in Boston I wondered if there was published tribute by a fellow member after his death. (The Century Club in NY does memorial tributes which are often very interesting and more personal than published obits.) Please do keep in touch, I am glad to share my research because without exception I learn new things in the process! Best Wishes, Cornelia Gilder 413-243-0161 > From: "Ronald Epp" > Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2003 16:15:10 -0400 > To: "Nini Gilder" > Cc: > Subject: Re: George Dorr's antecedants > > Dear Ms. Gilder: > > How kind of you to respond with such extensive information about > George B. Dorr and his relatives. You have provided me with key > information that I did not have in my possession. I will acknowledge > your contribution when my book is published. > > I've requested a couple of titles on Lenox history that may contain > references to the Dorr cottagers (Palmer's History of Lenox and > Richmond > (MA) and David Wood's Lenox; Massachusetts shire town) but I was unable to > find any publication data on your "book on Lenox country houses." Is it a > work in progress? > > My wife and I frequent Lenox, less often since we moved to New > Hampshire from south of Hartford, CT. two years ago. As members of the 1 2 of 3 > Trustees of Reservations we would frequently visit Bartholemew's > Cobble and other TOR properties in your area as well as Tanglewood, of > course. Naumkeag was one of our favorites as well; we never visited > Wharton's home which clearly now relates to my invesitigations of Mr. > Dorr's relationship with landscape architect Beatrix Farrand, a close > relative of Wharton > > I appreciate your references to the sources and repositories of > information for the Dorr ancestry. I have yet to delve into Harvard's > archives except online and I will explore the Mount Auburn Cemetary > records since I have some of Mr. Dorr's correspondance with them when > he felt that the grave sites of his parents were not being propoerly > tended. > > George B. Dorr's life prior to his adulthood greatly interests me and > appreciate your suspicion that he and brother William likely came > often to Highlawn. Do you know of any local social histories that > would capture the essence of life in this 1860's era? > > It would interest me to know whether you have found the Berkeshire > Athenaeum Local History Room, the Berkshire Historical Society, or the > Lenox Historical Society useful to your inquiries with special > reference to Highlawn and the Dorr family. Your judgment might spare > me an unproductive trip to these historical repositories. > > If Elizabeth and I journey to western Massachusetts perhaps we could > meet. > > Please call me "Ron". > > Very appreciatively, > > Ron Epp > Home : 47 Pond View Dr. Merriumack, NH 03054 Phone: 603-424-6149 > > Original Message > From: "Nini Gilder" > To: ir.epp@snhu.edu> > Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 9:41 AM > Subject: George Dorr's antecedants > > >> Dear Dr. Epp, >> I have just returned from a two-week trip to Alaska - a place George > B. >> Dorr would have loved - and found your letter. I wish I could come >> to > hear >> your talk to the Bar Harbor Historical Society. >> My knowledge of the Dorrs comes through my research for a book on > Lenox >> country houses. Here in Lenox George B. Dorr's relatives on both >> sides > of >> his family established substantial estates in the 1840s and 50s. George's uncle Samuel Gray Ward is considered the pioneer Lenox >> "cottager." He and Anna Barker Ward built the first big house of the >> area called "Highwood" (now part of Tanglewood) in 1845. In 1853 >> Francis Fiske Dorr (1811-1870) bought a house he named "Highlawn" >> which he had rented previously. Francis had two brothers George >> Bucknam (1806-1876) and Charles Hazen (father of the second George >> B.) and two sisters Susan Elizabeth and Martha Ann Dorr (later >> Edwards) They > were >> the children of Samuel and lucy Fox Dorr of Boston. The second George 2 (1853-1944) 3 of 3 >> B. Dorr was the lone descendant of these five brothers and sisters >> (after the death of his older brother William in his twenties). While >> the Charles > Dorrs >> gravitated to Maine, all the others summered in Lenox. The first >> George > B. >> and Francis were in business together in New York as import merchants >> and lived together on Ninth Street in NYC. I have pieced together >> this genealogical material from Harvard Alumni records (on the first >> George B. who was the most active family member in Lenox), the >> Ancestry.com web site, Mt. Auburn Cemetery records, New York City >> Directories. I am always interested in learning more and would be > most >> eager to know if you have run into any references to Highlawn in >> Lenox > where >> I suspect George B. and his brother William came often as children. >> I'd be very interested to have a copy of your paper when it is done. >> Please let > me >> know if you have further questions I might be able to answer. >> >> Best Wishes >> >> Cornelia B. Gilder >> 413-243-0161 >> P.O. Box 430 >> Tyringham, MA 01264 >> >> 3