Records, 1871-1971 (bulk 1871-1940s).

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Records, 1871-1971 (bulk 1871-1940s).

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Annual reports of the CSU (1875-1916), CSU by-laws, records of meetings and members (1870s-1890s), business correspondence, program information, financial records, records of library accessions, two scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, a sonnet by John Lothrop Motley, and a framed reproduction of a portrait of Gen. William Brattle.

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Cambridge Historical Commission

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Motley, John Lothrop, 1814-1877

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John Lothrop Motley (1814-1877) was an American author. From the description of John Lothrop Motley notes on New England history, ca. 1840. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122640035 From the guide to the John Lothrop Motley notes on New England history, ca. 1840, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) John Lothrop Motley was born on 15 April 1814 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA. He was educated at Harvard College, 1827-1831. After graduat...

Cambridge Social Union (Cambridge, Mass.)

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Cambridge Center for Adult Education (Cambridge, Mass.)

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W.W. Vaughan and a group of like-minded citizens founded the Cambridge Social Union in 1871, with a piano, lending library, and reading room. Soon literacy and other classes were started, taught mostly by Harvard College students. A.W. Abbot started a Boys' Club. CSU was incorporated in 1876 and that same year moved. In 1889 it moved to the William Brattle House. In 1890 CSU built Brattle Hall next door to the William Brattle House. During World War I, CSU suffered a decline in gifts and contrib...

Brattle, William, 1706-1776

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Physician, preacher, lawyer, attorney and general. From the description of Day book, 1753-1761. (New England Historic Genealogical Society). WorldCat record id: 47635077 ...