Living in the Hooper-Lee Nichols House

This August, former HLN House resident Malcolm Fraizer visited us with his daughter, Holly, and his grandchildren, Daniel and Ruth. While I know this building as my office, Malcolm called it home. It was fun for me to hear how the spaces were used back when it was a bustling household. For example, the Bosphorus…

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Cambridge Trees

By Lois Lilley Howe Read January 25, 1950 This article originally appeared in the Cambridge Historical Society Proceedings, Volume 33, pages 94-99 In the records of The Cambridge Plant Club I find that on February 25th, 1901 “Miss Prince of Boston,” no further identified than this, read “an Interesting paper on Trees in our neighborhood.” This was…

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Life in the Hooper-Lee-Nichols House: The Emerson and Dow Years

BY STERLING DOW This paper is from the Cambridge Historical Society Proceedings for the Years 1976-1979, Volume 44 A native of Portland, Maine, Sterling Dow received his undergraduate and graduate education at Harvard, where he taught Classics and the history of ancient Greece until his retirement as John E. Hudson Professor of Archaeology in 1970.…

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Gerry’s Landing And Its Neighborhood

By Mrs. S. M. Gozzaldi Originally read on June 15th, 1918. This article can be found in the Proceedings of the Cambridge Historical Society Volume 13, from the year 1918. When we visit a city or country that is new to us, we try to find out what is of interest in the place, what famous…

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The Story of the Bee

Read the full The Story of the Bee by Mary Towle Palmer (1924) as a PDF here Read the finding aid for The Bee Records, 1861–1934 here Cambridge Proceedings, Volume 17, 1924 EXTRACTS FROM “THE STORY OF THE BEE” BY MARY TOWLE PALMER Since there is no record of the exact pages which Mrs. Palmer…

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Bull Curtis Papers, 1830-1910

Administrative Information Biographical Sketch Sources Scope and Content Note Series Description and Folder Listing View items from the Bull Curtis Papers on Flickr 6 file boxes Processor: Zinaida Tsemel 2.5 linear feet Date: November 2002 Updated: November 2008 Acquisition: The Bull Curtis Papers were donated between 1986-1988 to the Cambridge Historical Society by Sylvea Bull…

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