Papers, 1787-1989.

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Lamb family. Papers, 1787-1989.

Papers, 1787-1989.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/672345815

The Lamb family papers is a multi-generational, multi-family archive spanning the years 1787 through 1989. Included in the collection are correspondence (personal correspondence, business letters, greeting cards, post cards, calling cards), bound volumes (notebooks, diaries, ledgers, account books, appointment books, art exhibition visitors' books), manuscripts (short stories, lectures, speeches and addresses), menus and recipes, estate appraisals, architectural sketches and blueprints and site plans, miscellaneous photographs, publications (tracts and pamphlets), certificates, and clippings. The collection also contains the papers of allied families the Rotches and Sargents. Through marriage, the Lambs were also related to the Eliot family and the poet T.S. Eliot. The Lamb, Rotch, Sargent, and Eliot families made their fortunes as bankers, businessmen, and merchants, but they were also artists, writers, ministers, legislators, lawyers, and architects. They socialized with the intellectual and social elites of Boston. The first Lamb to settle in Boston fought in the American War of Independence. They were patrons of Boston's cultural institutions, including the Boston Athenaeum and Museum of Fine Arts. They were philanthropists, giving their time and money to numerous causes, charities and institutions. They were concerned with the betterment of themselves and others. Well educated and worldly, they took long trips to Europe to broaden themselves and further their educations.

6 record storage boxes + 1 flat storage box ; 26 cm.

Boston Athenaeum