Christmas collection, 1843-1936.

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Christmas collection, 1843-1936.

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A small collection of materials pertaining to the family tradition of the Bowditch and Dixwell families of Boston of holding private Christmas plays and performances from 1836 to 1936. The collection includes printed theater broadsides and playbills, programs, poems, songs, and manuscripts, 1843-1936. Also included are a typescript reminiscence of Christmas in 1857; ribbons and a publication on the fiftieth anniversary of the Bowditch Family Christmas tree in 1886; and a script of the centennial anniversary of the first celebration in 1936. The celebrations were held in Boston, Brookline, and Cambridge. Family members represented include Epes S. Dixwell, Henry I. Bowditch, and J. Ingersoll Bowditch.

1 oversize box.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7358135

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Bowditch, Henry I. (Henry Ingersoll), 1808-1892

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Henry Ingersoll Bowditch, the son of Nathaniel Bowditch and Mary Ingersoll Bowditch, was a physician, author and abolitionist from Salem, Massachusetts. From the description of Life in the woods for a fortnight : or a trip to Katahdin & Moosehead Lake in the summer of 1856. 1856. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 704274320 U.S. specialist in diseases of the chest. From the description of Henry Ingersoll Bowditch letter, 1882, Apr. 7, Boston, to Dr. S. McMurtry. ...

Dixwell family.

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Dixwell, Epes Sargent, 1807-1889.

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Bowditch family.

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Bowditch, Jonathan Ingersoll, 1806-1889

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