George F. Root photographs, ca. 1860-1915.

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George F. Root photographs, ca. 1860-1915.

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Photographs of composer and educator George F. Root and his family, taken ca. 1860-1915. Subjects include Root; his wife Mary Olive Woodman Root; his sister, novelist Clara Louise Burnham; and various children and grandhcildren. There is also a postcard and photographs of the Congregational Church in Sheffield, Mass. where a clock tower was built in memory to Root, among other unidentified views. Photographers include Hartley of Chicago, Ill. and Parker of Newark, N.J., among other unidentified photographers. Includes boudoir cards, cabinet cards, cartes de visite, tintypes, and Kodak card photographs.

19 photographs in 1 narrow box.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7784790

Massachusetts Historical Society

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There are 6 Entities related to this resource.

Root, George F. (George Frederick), 1820-1895

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Composer, music educator and president of Root & Sons Music Co., Chicago, Ill. Acquaintance of Abby Hutchinson Patton a famous singer (Hutchinson Family Singers) and song writer of the nineteenth century. Also a campaigner for Abraham Lincoln and member of the Executive Committee of the American Equal Rights Association after the Civil War. From the description of Letter, June 26, 1891. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 54354828 Geo...

Burnham, Clara Louise, 1854-1927

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American novelist. From the description of Letter : to [Benjamin B.] Hampton, 1922 May 15. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 86157606 Burnam was an author. From the description of Letters, portraits, lists, envelopes, 1894-1895. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78173649 ...

Hartley,

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Root family

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Parker,

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Root, Mary Olive Woodman, b. 1826

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