Photograph collection, 1954-1991, 1970-1989 (bulk dates).

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Photograph collection, 1954-1991, 1970-1989 (bulk dates).

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Collection of over 700 photographs taken by Daniel Farber, several sets of note cards decorated with photos taken by him, and a set of compact discs with photos by Farber and others. About 570 of the photos are of gravestones and the rest are either nature studies or portraits. The gravestone photos are black-and-white, while the others are color. Most of the gravestones are located in New England, but other eastern seaboard states are also represented, including Pennsylvania, Virginia, and North and South Carolina. Also, most of the gravestones are from the 18th century, although there are also some from the 17th and early 19th centuries. Most of the nature photos are from New England. The portraits are of family and friends. Most of the photos are titled, dated, numbered, and signed by Farber on the back; a few are also signed on the front. The collection also includes some note cards printed with photographs taken by Farber. Nature scenes decorate some cards, whiles gravestones decorate others. In addition, the collection includes the compact disc set "Early American Gravestones: The Farber Collection," issued by the American Antiquarian Society. This set contains almost 15,000 images of early American gravestones from Nova Scotia to Georgia, although focusing on Connecticut and Massachusetts. The photos were taken by Daniel and Jessie Lie Farber, Harriette Merrifield Forbes, and Dr. Ernest Caulfield. The index to the set is found on one of the CDs.

40 boxes (ca.7 linear feet) : ill.

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Farber, Daniel L., 1906-1998

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Daniel Farber was a business executive, civic leader, philanthropist, and a renowned photographer from Worcester, Massachusetts. His parents were Rose Barksy and Louis Farber. He married twice, to Juanita Dill and Jessie Lie, and had two sons. He was an executive in a business founded by his father, L. Farber Co., which supplied shoe insoles and leather shoe welting. He became interested in early American tombstones and was a founding member and a president of the Association for Gravestone Stud...

Caulfield, Ernest, 1893-

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Born in New Haven, Caulfield received his medical degree at Johns Hopkins in 1920. He lectured at Yale and practiced pediatrics in Hartford until sometime in the 1950s. His research on death in early New England led to his avocational interest in and research on gravestone art. From the description of Ernest Caulfield gravestone research collection, ca. 1949-1995. (Hartford Public Library). WorldCat record id: 63284073 ...

Forbes, Harriette Merrifield, 1856-1951.

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Harriette Forbes was an author and historian from Worcester, Ma. Her husband was Judge William Trowbridge Forbes and her daughter, Esther Forbes, was a novelist. Forbes wrote New England Diaries, Orderly Books and Sea Journals, 1923, and Gravestones of Early New England and the Men Who Made Them, 1927. From the description of Glass plate negatives of New England gravestones, 1925-1939. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122559240 Author of Gravestones of Early New Eng...

American Antiquarian Society

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The American Antiquarian Society was founded in Worcester, Mass., in 1812, largely through the efforts of Isaiah Thomas (1749-1831). The Society's original stated purpose was to "encourage the collection and preservation of the Antiquities of our country, and of curious and valuable productions in Art and Nature [that] have a tendency to enlarge the sphere of human knowledge." AAS from its inception attempted to be national in its collecting and its membership, which is by election....

Farber, Jessie Lie

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