Fay family collection, 1790-1976.

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Fay family collection, 1790-1976.

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Papers, chiefly relating to the activities of Joseph Story Fay during the period when he lived in Woods Hole and the activities of his heirs, Henry Howard Fay, Sarah Bryant Fay, and Joseph Story Fay, Jr. Includes items relating to Fay's daughter Sarah Bryant Fay, including loose photos and albums of her photographs, and Fay's son, Henry H. Fay and great-granddaughter Elizabeth Spooner Fay; biographical data and recollections relating to Joseph Story Fay and other members of the family; clippings and memorabilia; copies of Fay's publications on various matters including "The Track of the Norseman" (1876); and genealogical materials. An important part of the collection concerns the Fay Rose Garden, developed by Michael Henry Walsh with correspondence, account books, ledgers, from the Walsh garden, Walsh's yearly catalogs, photographs of the gardens in Woods Hole, photographs of competition plants at Massachusetts Horticultural Society; and prizes awarded to Joseph Story Fay and Sarah Bryant Fay by the society for roses, flowers, and vegetables.

15 boxes.

Woods Hole Historical Collection

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Massachusetts Horticultural Society

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The Arnold Arboretum has had a long association with its sister institution the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. However, it was during Donald Wyman's tenure as Horticulturist of the Arnold Arboretum, from 1935 to 1969, that the relationship florished. In addition to being a Trustee of the Society, Wyman also served on many of the Society's committees. The various Prize Committes required visiting many Massachusetts' estates and gardens and these visits were often documented through photogra...

Fay, Henry H. (Henry Howard), 1848-1929

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Fay, Sarah Bryant, 1856-1936

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The daughter of Joseph Story and Sarah Smith Fay, Sarah Bryant Fay grew up in Boston and Woods Hole, Mass. She never married and probably suffered from polio as a child. An accomplished painter, Fay travelled widely. From the description of Papers, 1806-1915 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232008800 ...

Fay, Anna Maria, 1828-1922 or 1923

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Coolidge, Baldwin, 1845-1928

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Baldwin Coolidge was born in Woburn, Massachusetts on July 7, 1845. He was the son of Mary (Manning) and Benjamin Coolidge and the great-grandson of Loammi Baldwin, Revolutionary War patriot and engineer for the Middlesex Canal. Coolidge grew up in Lawrence and became that city’s first engineer at age 33 before he changed careers and opened up his first photography studio in Boston in 1878. The photographer returned to live in a Baldwin family home in Woburn in 1889, around the time that the pho...

Fay family.

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Family of Joseph Story Fay who was born in Cambridgeport, Mass., and died in Boston; cotton merchant, industrialist, and businessman; active in cotton shipping business in Savannah, Ga. (1827 and 1837- 1861) where he was involved with Padelford, Fay & Company; was involved with whaling in New Bedford, Mass., and thus became familiar with Woods Hole, Mass., where he purchased a summer home. In later years he spent less time in Savannah and became more involved with textile mills in Lowell, Ma...

Peabody & Stearns (Boston, Mass.)

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Parkman's summer house was razed in the 1890s for the Jamaica Plain Project; a memorial stone marks its former site. From the description of Plans for Francis Parkman's house in Jamaica Plain : manuscript, 1873-1874. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612876823 ...

Fay, Maria Denny

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Fay, Gaston

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Fay, Elizabeth Spooner

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Fay, Joseph Story, 1812-1897

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Fay, Joseph Story, 1847-1912

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Walsh, Michael Henry, 1848-1922

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