Blake family papers, 1867-1964.

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Blake family papers, 1867-1964.

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Family papers of inventor and physicist Francis Blake (1850-1913), mainly correspondence of his wife Elizabeth (Hubbard) Blake, and their children Agnes (later Fitzgerald) and Benjamin S. Blake. Frequent correspondents include Elizabeth's sisters Charlotte (Hubbard) Young and Louisa (Hubbard) Jackson Canda, among other Hubbard family members; and Benjamin's wife Ruth (Field) and her mother Amelia D. Field. Also includes financial papers; medical papers; Harvard University and First Corps Cadet papers of Benjamin S. Blake; and materials relating to landscaping by the Olmsted Brothers at the family estate, Keewaydin. Bound volumes include two financial journals of Francis Blake, engagement diary, checkbooks and bank books of Benjamin S. Blake; scrapbooks, financial volumes, and narratives of the infancies of Agnes and Benjamin, kept by Elizabeth Blake.

17 cartons (stored offsite), and 2 oversize v. and 1 oversize box (stored onsite)

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Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Young, Charlotte Wright Hubbard, b. 1851.

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Canda, Louisa Sewall Hubbard Jackson, b. 1846.

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Blake, Ruth Field.

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Blake, Francis, 1850-1913

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Physicist and inventor. From the description of Papers, 1866-1913. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79294489 ...

Field, Amelia D.

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Olmsted Brothers

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The Olmsted Brothers firm was formed in 1898 by John Charles Olmsted and Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. These two stepbrothers were the son and stepson of Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr., an early American landscape architect and designer of New York's Central Park. The Olmsted Brothers completed numerous large projects, including comprehensive park systems, universities, exposition grounds, libraries, hospitals, and state capitols. The two stepbrothers were also among the founding members of the America...

Hubbard family.

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Blake, Benjamin Sewall, b. 1877

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Fitzgerald, Agnes Blake, b. 1876

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Blake, Elizabeth Livermore Hubbard, 1849-1941

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Keewaydin (Weston, Mass.)

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Blake family.

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