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Thwing family. Thwing family papers, 1629-1935.

Title: Thwing family papers, 1629-1935.

Papers of the interrelated Thwing and Haven families, compiled by Annie (Haven) Thwing, including genealogical information on the two families and their ancestors. Original materials include letters, legal documents, and photographs of several generations of the two families, including papers of Nathaniel Thwing, in particular related to lands of the Kennebec (Me.) Purchase of which he was a proprietor; James Thwing, Supply Clap Thwing, Samuel Thwing, Annie H. Thwing, Thomas Haven, and Supply Clap. The bulk is family correspondence. There are also estate papers, including wills and inventories, for several members of the family; one vol. of materials primarily related to Walter E. Thwing; and several deeds and plans of lands in Boston.

ArchivalResource: 1 box, 2 v., 1 extra tall v., and 1 oversize box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30629517 View

Thwing, Annie Haven, 1851-1940. Boston estates research materials, 1830-1822.

Title: Boston estates research materials, 1830-1822.

Collection of typescript extracts taken from Boston estates records, 1630-1822, created and bound by historian and author Annie Haven Thwing of Boston and Roxbury, Mass. Collection includes vols. of extracts from deeds, compiled by street, from the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds; property plans that were recorded with the deeds; a history of the streets; and notes about Boston churches, schools, taverns, and theaters, among other buildings. The volumes were created while doing research for her book, "The Crooked and Narrow Streets of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822," published in 1920, and created in conjunction with her card index (now available on CD-ROM).

ArchivalResource: 27 v. in cases.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/60378534 View

Thwing, Annie Haven, 1851-1940. Annie Haven Thwing scrapbooks, 1864-1934.

Title: Annie Haven Thwing scrapbooks, 1864-1934.

Scrapbooks complied by historian and author Annie Haven Thwing of Boston and Roxbury, Mass., include letters and postcards received, 1864-1934, from Charles F.D. Belden, Horace Howard Furness, Edward Everett Hale, Miles Hanson, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Fanny Bowditch Dixwell Holmes, Alice James, Catherine and Isabella Scott, Charles F. Thwing, and Frederick H. Wines, among others. Letters pertain to personal and business matters, including friends and family activities and events; philanthropic activities; her historical interests and research, and the publication of her book, "The Crooked and Narrow Streets of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822," in 1920. Also include photomechanical prints and newspapers clippings of portraits of American political figures; clippings, postcards, and sketches pertaining to the history of Boston; photographs of Thwing, the Thwing family home on Orr Island, Me., and other subjects; and newspaper reviews of her book.

ArchivalResource: 8 vols. in cases and 1 narrow box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/59005105 View