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IN THIS ISSUE P E O P L E A N D P L A C E S Summer 2005 Happy Birthday to Us Volume V—Number 2 ______By Daphne Abeel

P E O P L E A N D P L A C E S Our big news—the Cambridge Historical Society is 100 years old. In 1905, a Happy Birthday to Us small group of amateur historians, led by Richard Henry Dana III, founded the cover story Society. Research to date has not revealed exactly what motivated them, but

F R O M T H E P R E S I D E N T their first subject of study, as recorded in the organization’s Proceedings, was Letters to Sara Old Cambridge (or West Cambridge)—as distinct from East Cambridge, page 2 Cambridgeport, or North Cambridge. Streams of immigrants were settling those 19th-century neighborhoods, and it appears that the purpose of the Soci- F R O M T H E D I R E C T O R ety was to preserve Cambridge’s earliest history, that is, its Puritan-Anglo- Thank You! Yankee heritage. page 3

S O C I E T Y L E C T U R E Looking Backward: Club 47 and the 1960s Revival page 4

D A N A F E L L O W E V E N T The Worcester House page 5

F R O M T H E L I B R A R Y & A R C H I V E Mark Time The Parmenter-Hunt Diaries page 8

S O C I E T Y N E W S The Restoration of the Chippen- dale Standing Desk

C A L E N D A R O F E V E N T S The Institutes for BioMedical Research hosted the Cambridge Historical page 10 Society’s Grand Centennial Celebration. Here, a group of attendees tours the dra- ______matic interior spaces where transparent surfaces maximize the natural light. Photo courtesy of Marcia Bushnell THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORICAL SOCIETY Over the years, the CHS has evolved from an exclusive club to an organization The Hooper-Lee-Nichols House 159 Brattle Street that is open to all who are interested in the city’s history. Its subjects of interest Cambridge, 02138 include every neighborhood, whatever its location, national, or ethnic identity. Volunteers used to run the Society; it now has a professional staff. Whereas once Tel: 617/547-4252 the group met in members’ homes or in various locations around the city—

Web site: www.cambridgehistory.org including Sanders Theatre, the Harvard Faculty Club, and the Cambridge Latin E-mail: [email protected] School—the Society found a home in 1957 with the acquisition of the Hooper- Lee-Nichols House at 159 Brattle Street. The membership has increased from its original authorized 200 to nearly 500.

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F R O M T H E P R E S I D E N T those dealing with their mutual interest in OFFICERS occultism and theosophy. Letters to Sara

Theodore L. Hansen Another frequent letter writer was Annie President The Cambridge Historical Society is fortu- Kathy Born Fields, the widow of the publisher James nate to possess a series of letters to Sara Vice President Fields and a writer and literary hostess. Her Thorpe Bull. This extensive correspon- Chandra Harrington 75 letters also deal with the supernatural Vice President dence spans the years 1880 to 1910, when and religion. Sara’s third most frequent Maxwell D. Solet she lived in Cambridge. The collection— correspondent was Sarah Orne Jewett, the Vice President which includes several photographs, news- Andrew Leighton prominent Maine author. paper articles, drawings, and poems—was Treasurer Thomas Bracken given to the Society in 1986–88 by Sara’s Sara also corresponded with such notable Secretary granddaughter, Sylvia Bull Curtis. people as Jane Addams, social reformer; Lindsay Leard Coolidge Curator Elizabeth Agassiz, educator and founder of Sara Thorpe was born in 1850, grew up in Daphne Abeel Radcliffe College; Henry Wadsworth Madison, Wisconsin, and in 1870 married Editor Longfellow, whose daughter Annie mar- the renowned Norwegian violinist Ole ried Sara’s brother Joseph; Frances COUNCILORS Bull. In 1879 she moved to Cambridge, Willard, president of the Women’s Chris- Charlie Allen renting ―Elmwood‖ from James Russell Robert Crocker tian Temperance Union; James Russell Lowell. After Ole Bull’s death in 1880, D. Eliot Klein Lowell, editor and professor; and Julia Ellen G. Moot Sara continued to live at ―Elmwood‖ until Ward Howe, author and reformer. The cor- Paula Paris 1889 when she moved into a house built by respondence also includes letters from P. Susan S. Poverman her father at 168 Brattle Street. She was T. Barnum, James Gordon Bennett, news- active in the -Cambridge social and paper publisher; and Booker T. Washing- cultural scene and formed close friendships ADVISORS ton, educator. with important figures of the time.

M. Wyllis Bibbins The Cambridge Historical Society is fortu- Carol M. Cerf The collection of letters total nearly 1,000. Luise M. Erdmann nate to be the custodian of this glimpse of Her most frequent correspondent was the Karen F. Falb life in the late 19th century. Shelagh Hadley poet and landscapist Celia Thaxter, from

George H. Hanford whom Sara received 99 letters. Of note are Ted Hansen, President Swanee Hunt Dennis C. Marnon Brian Pfeiffer Charles M. Sullivan

STAFF

Karen L. Davis Executive Director Lewis Bushnell Associate Director Victoria Hickey Assistant Mark J. Vassar Resident Archivist Candice Allen Todd Altröm Shane LeGault Resident Fellows

The Newetowne Chronicle is published three times annually Sara Thorpe Bull (2nd from left), seen with friends and family, ca. 1893. This photo- by the Cambridge Historical graph is part of the collection donated to the Society by Sylvia Bull Curtis in 1987. Society.

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F R O M T H E D I R E C T O R W E H A D C O M P A N Y Thank You!

As we reach the halfway point in our centen- nial year, we are all aglow over the most suc- cessful fundraiser in the Society’s history. Thanks to the generosity of the Novartis Insti- tutes for BioMedical Research, we were able to mark our milestone birthday by celebrating the restoration and history of the NECCO factory, a beloved landmark on Massachusetts Avenue (see cover story and photos on page 7). We are especially pleased that Novartis, an interna- Three groups of third-grade students from the Gra- ham and Parks School visited the Hooper-Lee- tional pharmaceutical firm, chose to support Nichols House this spring. Teacher Mary DiS- our event with a $10,000 leadership gift. This chiavo (left rear) said, ―As an immigrant child in gift reveals its deep commitment to the Cam- east Cambridge, I never knew this existed. I wanted bridge community. them to know about it.‖ Renny Little and Ted Han- sen (next to DiSchiavo) led tours. Karen Falb (not pictured) led the third group. We are also grateful to all of you for your gen- erous donations that more than quadrupled the Novartis gift, bringing our total raised to nearly$47,000. Most of that money is ear- marked for the operating expenses that enable us to collect, preserve, and interpret Cambridge History and to maintain the Hooper-Lee- Nichols House. For example, $25,000 will be used to match a $50,000 Institutional Preserva- tion Grant we have received from the Cam- bridge Historical Commission to repair the bal- ustrade and replace the roofs on the Hooper- Lee-Nichols House and its garage.

Our centennial exhibition, which opened on June 17 was made possible by the efforts and financial backing of Lindsay Leard Coolidge. Under her direction, the collections committee culled and researched the most significant ob- jects owned by the CHS and reorganized them throughout the house to help us tell stories about our city. Lindsay also wrote and pro- duced a gorgeous catalogue, 100 Years of Cambridge History: Highlights from the Col- lection of the Cambridge Historical Society. A video crew from ARK MEDIA prepares to This free publication will stand as a reminder interview history of science professor Peter of this remarkable year. Please stop by the Galison in the Chandler Room as part of the Hooper-Lee-Nichols House to pick one up if program, ―Einstein’s Letter to FDR.‖ The show you were unable to attend the opening. will be aired on the History Channel next spring. Photos by Lewis Bushnell Karen L. Davis

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A P R I L L E C T U R E from all over the country who came to play Looking Backward: Newport and then Club 47. As photos from the old club were shown, the audience gasped hap- Club 47 and the 1960s Folk pily in recognition. Music Revival

Bob Dylan never made it in Cambridge. This was one of many fascinating stories told by folklorist Millie Rahn, who travels around the country to collect and document the history of the folk music movement. Closer to home, Millie is the folklorist for Club Passim and other regional folk music venues. She pro- duced a documentary on Club 47 for WGBH and is currently at work on a book on the same subject. playing at the Newport Folk Festival in 1967. Later he was a regular at Club Passim, and most recently he performed at the tribute to Club 47 on May 21 on the Cambridge Common. Photo courtesy of Millie Rahn

Club 47 opened as a jazz club in 1958 at 47 Mt. Auburn Street. In 1969, it was reorganized as Passim, and run by Bob and Ray Anne Donlin on Palmer Street ―between the Coops.‖ That location was given the address of 47 Palmer Street to help maintain the connection with Club 47. In 1994, it was reorganized as Club Passim. You can still visit the original site, renumbered 45½ Mt. Auburn Street. The building, which now features a second story with a greenhouse roof, is occupied by Daede- lus Restaurant and Bar, which generously sup- plied refreshments for the event.

Jennifer Hance

Joan Baez in one of her early performances at Club 47. Photo courtesy of Millie Rahn

Club 47 was the center of New England’s folk music revival in the 1960s. got her start there and played every Tuesday night un- til her career took off at the Newport Folk Fes- tival. joined groups onstage and played between sets, but to his regret, he never Folklorist Millie Rahn (r) with Jennifer headlined at Club 47 before his career blos- Hance, who planned the program. Photo by Lewis Bushnell somed. Millie highlighted the careers of Cam- bridge musicians, as well as those of others

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D A N A F E L L O W E V E N T with ―upper-class elegance versus Yankee un- The Joseph Emerson couthness,‖ raged. Worcester had ―lost the game by the end of the 19th century,‖ Sullivan Worcester House said, noting that he died in 1865. (More infor- mation on Worcester is available at http:// History and commerce joined on March 31 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Worcester.) when Hammond Real Estate sponsored the Society’s annual party for Dana Fellows at the The 35-plus-acre estate had dwindled to 3.5 palatial, pink Joseph Emerson Worcester acres, Sullivan explained, the rest having been House. Standing on nearly an acre of land at sold off for development. A former pond, once 121 Brattle Street, the house is on the market known as Dictionary Lake, is now an indenta- for the first time in 50 years. tion in the east lawn. The last owner of the property, William J. J. Gordon, created Pringles, the stacked potato chips that come in a can.

As for potential development of the property, Sullivan brought a sigh of relief from the audi- ence when he noted that new construction and changes visible from the street would need the approval of the Cambridge Historical Commis- sion. Thelma O’Brien

We commend Tod Beaty, proprietor of Hammond’s Cam- bridge office, and Lindsay Allison and Lisa May, the The Joseph Emerson Worcester House listing brokers, for making the history of the house an Photo by Lewis Bushnell integral part of the marketing effort.

Dana Fellows, who donate at least $100 per W E G O T M A I L year to CHS, and new members mingled in the grandly proportioned rooms of the 7,150- Joseph Worcester is buried in square-foot mansion before listening to Charles a lot at the western edge of Sullivan, executive director of the Cambridge the Dell. Today, our salaman- der expert set up his "barrier Historical Commission, describe the house and box" in the Worcester lot as its eventful history. he has been doing for the last four years. He is studying the Built in 1843 by lexicographer Joseph Worces- spotted salamanders that ter—―a forgotten figure,‖ according to Sulli- emerge from the ground in the area of the Worcester lot van—the modified Greek Revival house was and recording their spot pat- originally part of the Vassall-Craigie estate. terns. He is finding that salamanders may return to the same Worcester produced a highly respected diction- small area each year after they make their spring journey to ary that faded in the face of that of a more fa- lay eggs in the vernal pool in the Dell.

mous lexicographer. Sullivan entertained the It is just a coincidence that it is the Joseph Worcester lot group with anecdotes of the battle between where we have been carrying out this study, but last night as Worcester, who took a formalist approach to I was looking at the side yard where "Dictionary Lake" once the English language, and the well known was, I wondered how many salamanders might once have Webster, who favored more vernacular usage. used that pond as salamander habitat.

JANET HEYWOOD, vice president, Interpretive Programs ―They duked it out,‖ Sullivan said, with Web- Mount Auburn Cemetery ster—as everyone knows—the clear winner, April 1, 2005 but not before some battles, heavily tinged

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house, enjoyed the garden, refreshments, and Happy Birthday to Us conversation with the landscape historian (continued from page 1) Karen Falb, who has written a report on the

history of the grounds of the Hooper-Lee- The purpose of the CHS remains essentially Nichols House. the same—the collection, preservation, and

interpretation of Cambridge history. Through In October, the CHS plans to celebrate the pub- exhibitions, lectures, neighborhood walks, lication of our centennial book, A City’s Life tours of historic buildings, publications, out- and Times: Cambridge in the 20th Century, at reach and cooperation with other organiza- the Harvard Bookstore. Edited by yours truly, tions—such as the Longfellow House and the the book presents essays by 18 contributors on Cambridge African-American Heritage Trail— politics, the literary scene, folk music, architec- the CHS maintains its vibrant commitment to ture, religion, immigration, growing up in Cambridge, a city, endowed with a rich past, Cambridge, Cambridge neighborhoods and an exciting present and a promising future. ethnic communities, and institutions such as

the Cambridge Plant and Garden Club and To celebrate this milestone year, the CHS has Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. embarked upon a series of centennial events

and is publishing a centennial book. On May The CHS looks forward to the next 100 years 15, the Grand Centennial Celebration—a of growth and service to the community. And fundraiser—was held in the old NECCO build- perhaps we can be forgiven for singing ―Happy ing, now the home of the Novartis Institutes Birthday to Us!‖ for BioMedical Research. Perhaps no other

building in Cambridge illustrates so dramati- cally the continuing shift in Cambridge indus- try from manufacturing to biotech. While the sweet smell of the is gone, No- vartis’ has refitted the interior with a stunning research environment for the 21st century. The exterior of the building has been restored to its original 1927 appearance, which included re- taining the NECCO water tower, now decorated with a double helix painted in pastel NECCO colors. Every speaker—Domenic M. Antonel- lis, president of NECCO, Edward T. M. Tsoi, the architect who led the exterior restoration, Aud- rey J. S. O’Hagan, the architect who led the interior redesign, and Charles M. Sullivan, ex- ecutive director of the Cambridge Historical Commission—provided a part of the story of this Cambridge landmark’s remarkable trans- formation. In addition, Sullivan’s keynote ad- dress placed the building into the context of This 28-page exhibition catalogue was written by Cambridge’s industrial history. The after- CHS curator, Lindsay Leard Coolidge. noon’s presentations ended, appropriately, with a rousing version of ―Happy Birthday.‖

On June 17, the CHS proudly opened its cen- tennial exhibition of the most significant ob- jects collected over the past 100 years. Armed with the exhibition catalogue, guests toured the

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F R O M T H E L I B R A R Y A N D A R C H I V E The Parmenter-Hunt Diaries Mark Time by Giordana Mecagni by Mark Vassar Intern Giordana Mecagni processed a collection of 55 Continuing the explanation of the work of an diaries written by three Cambridge women. Mecagni archivist, this column outlines the components organized and described the diaries and created a finding of a finding aid. The finding aid describes—to aid for the collection.

both the patron and the archivist—the histori- These diaries record the daily lives of three cal background of a collection of documents, members of the Parmenter and Hunt families photographs, and related ephemera. While their from 1849 through 1931. The first two diarists, format varies widely, finding aids all contain Mary Parmenter and Elizabeth Thompson such information as the title of the collection, (Parmenter) Hunt were sisters; the third, Abbie its date range, and information on the donation Brooks Hunt, was Elizabeth’s daughter-in-law. or purchase of the collection. The substance of A descendant donated the diaries to the Cam- the finding aid consists of a historical or bio- bridge Historical Society in 1988 and 1994. graphical sketch, a scope and content note, and

a box and folder list.

Whether a finding aid contains a historical or biographical sketch depends on whether the collection is the records of an institution or the papers of an individual or family. Information gleaned from the collection itself and from ad- ditional research provides the background and the context in which the records were created. (See next article, by Giordana Mecagni.) Pages from the Parmenter-Hunt diaries The scope and content note reveals how the Photo by Mark Vassar records are arranged. They may be sorted in many ways, but are most often placed in series Elizabeth and Mary were two of eight children according to their function or form. For exam- born to Mary Parker and William Parmenter. ple, CHS’s finding aid for the Grand Army of William, a naval officer, served in the lower the Republic, Post 57, is arranged in series by branch of the Massachusetts General Court in the functions of the various officers (i.e., adju- 1829 and in the in 1836, tant, quartermaster), whereas the records of the and then was elected to the U.S. House of Rep- Parmenter-Hunt family are arranged according resentatives, serving in the 25th through 28th to form (i.e., diaries). In the description of the Congresses. Mary and Elizabeth’s brother Ezra various series in a collection, users will be also was involved in politics—he served as an guided to material appropriate to their research. alderman, a common councilman, and mayor Highlights of the collection may also be dis- of Cambridge (1867). The family lived on Sec- cussed. ond Street in East Cambridge.

Finally, the box and folder list directs users to Mary, who never married, wrote about such the appropriate location in the collection; they aspects of daily life as the weather, the health don’t have to search through hundreds of boxes of her family, and the deaths of relatives and to find a single letter. As one can see, the find- neighbors. Most entries include what she ate, ing aid is an essential tool for making a collec- her activities, and whom she visited. Her first tion accessible. diary, however, recorded the official board notes of the Ladies Union Society of

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Cambridge—the ladies’ auxiliary group to the The Restoration of the East Cambridge Union Temperance Society. Chippendale Standing Desk These notes record the activities of the group by Lindsay Leard Coolidge and include valuable information about mem- bers and officers. During the reorganization of the collections at the CHS, I discovered a significant provenance Elizabeth married Freeman Hunt of New York tracing our Chippendale Standing Desk back to in October of 1853. Hunt was an entrepreneur Abraham Hill, who owned four acres of land in the shipping industry who founded and ed- and a house on Brattle Street in the early ited Hunt’s Merchants’ Magazine, a popular 1700s. The desk descended through the Hill trade journal. Edgar Allan Poe wrote an article and Phillips families of Cambridge and was about him in Godey’s Lady’s Book in 1846, in given to the Society by Grace Treadwell. which Poe evaluated Hunt’s literary accom- plishments as well as describing his physical Examining the desk, I also noticed an old label appearance. Freeman and Elizabeth lived in attached to the back, stating that 6 1/8 inches Brooklyn with his daughter from a previous had been added to the bottom of the legs in marriage, Emma, and Freeman Hunt, Jr., 1939. It was then that I contacted Robert whom Elizabeth bore in 1855. After her hus- Mussey, a prominent furniture restorer in Bos- band’s death, Elizabeth moved back to Cam- ton, to remove the added wood. The Society is bridge with the two children to be closer to her indebted to Mr. Mussey for his meticulous family. work in restoring the desk to its original height, as well as making repairs to the kneewell door Abbie Brooks Hunt was born in 1861, the and broken brasses and replacing missing daughter of Sumner J. Brooks and Jane Bullard veneer. Brooks. Sumner worked in the West Indies trade, and the family lived for several years in ―Hayti.‖ In 1887, Abbie married Freeman Hunt, Jr., a lawyer who was prone to depres- sion and alcoholism. The couple had two chil- dren—Edith and William—before divorcing in 1907.

The three women remained in close contact and often filled in gaps in each other’s diaries. The multiple perspectives of the overlapping diaries offer exceptional insight into the rela- In his final report, Mr. Mussey wrote that the tionships and personalities of the Parmenter- desk is ―extremely unusual, perhaps even Hunt families. The diaries provide commentary unique.‖ He commented on the formality of the on domestic life in the 19th and early 20th cen- desk as seen in its straight legs, extensive ve- turies at a variety of levels, from the local neer and beaded moldings, and the unusual (such as East Cambridge’s move to number the hinged lid of the top case. It is his belief that houses) to the national (such as the Civil War’s the desk was made in Boston or Charlestown effect on everyday lives). and was probably used by a merchant on or near the Boston Harbor docks. To learn more about the Parmenter-Hunt dia- ries or to look at the collection, please contact The perfectly proportioned desk has now as- [email protected]. sumed a prominent place in the reconfigured parlor of the Hooper-Lee-Nichols House with other Colonial furniture.

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Has anyone seen Katharine Calendar of Events Moffatt Whipple? Saturday, July 2 and 9 The National Society of the Colonial Dames of Time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., rain or shine America is seeking information on a ―lost‖ Cambridge Discovery Days portrait of Katharine Moffatt Whipple by John Free walking tours throughout the city Under the auspices of the Historic Cambridge Greenwood that was last documented in Cam- Collaborative, the CHS will be offering the fol- bridge. Katharine Moffatt of Portsmouth, New lowing tours. On July 2, ―The British Loyalists of Hampshire, was born in 1732 and married Wil- Brattle Street,‖ led by Ted Hansen, ―The History liam Whipple, a signer of the Declaration of of West Cambridge near Fresh Pond‖ led by Independence, in 1770 or 1771. She always Karen F. Falb, and ―Architecture at MIT‖ led by lived in her family home, now known as the Jennifer Hance. On July 9, ―Four Centuries of Moffatt-Ladd House. The portrait, which origi- Stylish Houses‖ led by Karen L. Davis, ―A nally hung in the house, is believed to have Guided Tour of the Hooper-Lee-Nichols House‖ descended to her great-niece Catherine led by Lewis Bushnell. Whipple Langdon Roberts, who married the Reverend Andrew Preston Peabody of Cam- A brochure listing times and meeting places for bridge. Three of their children lived into the more than 25 tours has been mailed to CHS members. For more information, visit 20th century; the last surviving was Caroline www.cambridgema.gov/historic. Eustis Peabody of Appleton Street. Wednesday, August 10 The National Society of the Colonial Dames of Time: 5:30–7:30 p.m. America in the State of New Hampshire has Fee: $35 for members; $45 for nonmembers owned the Moffatt-Ladd House since 1911. Charles River Cruise They are currently working with ANTIQUES D’Arcy MacMahon, a founder of the Head of the magazine on an issue devoted to the entire col- Charles Regatta, will narrate our cruise, which lection of the Society, to be published in 2006, will begin at the CambridgeSide Galleria and and seek any information on the portrait. head upstream. D’Arcy will talk about the history of the regatta and will describe the challenges Please contact Lindsay Leard Coolidge, Cura- and quirks of the course from the starting line to tor, CHS, if you know anything about the the finish, with comments on the various boat painting or the family. clubs along the way. Hearty hors d’oeuvres and a ______cash bar.

Thursday, September 22 Time: 6:30–8:30 p.m. Place: Hooper-Lee-Nichols House, 159 Brattle Street Fee: $5 for members; $10 for nonmembers An Ecological Look at Cambridge History Join urban historian Sam Bass Warner for an unusual and stimulating perspective on our city’s history. Warner lived in Cambridge for many years and has written numerous books, including the groundbreaking Streetcar Suburbs: The Proc- ess of Growth in Boston 1870-1900. He is cur- rently a visiting professor in the Department of At Mayfair 2005 on May 1, Ellen Moot, Ted Hansen, Jim Urban Studies & Planning at MIT. Shea, Joan Sawyer, and Bruce Harris braved the rain and cool weather to set up and host the Historic Cambridge Collaborative’s booth in . Photo by Lewis Bushnell

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We would like to thank the following businesses and individuals for their contributions to our centennial fundraiser.

$10,000 and above The Banker Real Estate Company Suzanne Revaleon Green Novartis Institutes for Bill & Judy Bibbins Marjorie Gutheim BioMedical Research Tom and Judy Bracken Shelagh Hadley Janet & Ronald Burns Max R. Hall $2500–$4999 Ken & Marcia Bushnell Henry H. Hammond Cambridge Trust Company Robert Bushnell & Jean Patel David F. Hannon Channing Real Estate Bob & Ruth Crocker Pamela Hart Coldwell Banker Residential Henrietta Davis & Richard Bock Harvard Bookstore Brokerage Karen Davis & Lewis Bushnell Harvest Restaurant Dr. & Mrs. Francis de Marneffe Mr. & Mrs. John Henn $1500–$2499 Dudley & Borland, Ellis & Jill Herold Hammond Real Estate Andrews Insurance Agency, Inc. Irving House, Ms. Rachael Solem Regatta Riverview Residences Lois Edgerly Carol R. Johnson Crosby Forbes Ann R. Karnovsky $1000–$1499 Martha & Donald Harleman John R. Kennedy Ambit Press Robert & Nancy Hurlbut Jan Kinasewich Citizens Bank William & Sheila King Catherine Korsgren Lindsay & Charles Coolidge Mohandas & Joanne Kini Karen Kosko George Hanford Andy & Phebe Leighton Alice Mackey Ted & Sally Hansen Henry & Carol Lukas Mrs. Olive Malcolm Renny & Jean Little Robert Mann Elizabeth & Jack Meyer Fred & Maria Meyer Ruth Marshall The Stubbins Associates, Inc. Lindsay Miller & Peter Ambler Charlotte B. Moore Geoffrey & Clare Nunes Mrs. Marshall Moriarity $500–$999 RE/MAX Destiny Eva Moseley Kathleen & John Born Summit Mortgage Mount Auburn Hospital Carr Foundation Cynthia Sunderland & Gerrit Zwart Thomas D. Mullins Community Mapping, Inc. Dorothy & Detlev Vagts Ken Nakayama & Kate Anderson East Cambridge Savings Bank Herbert & Dorothy Vetter Paula Paris Luise M. Erdmann Peter & Susie White Carole Perrault Karen & Peter Falb Nancy & Fred Woods John W. Pratt Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Kania, Jr. Harriet Provine Jerrold & Sue Hickey Up to $149 Irving W. Rabb Dennis C. Marnon Daphne Abeel Robert B. Rettig Massachusetts Institute Mardges Bacon Gillian Richardson of Technology Jeffrey Berman & Beth Luchner Riley to the Rescue Catering Masse’s Hardware Linda Cabot Black Patricia H. Rogers Dr. & Mrs. Larry Nathanson Helen Brooks James & Ann Roosevelt C. Brendan Noonan & Co., Inc. Levin H. Campbell, Jr. S + H Construction Sue & Leo Poverman Carol M. Cerf James Shea Jo & Mike Solet Alfred D. Chandler Martin Slobodkin & Teresa Craig Tags Hardware Patricia Chute Charles Smith Tides Foundation, Mr. & Mrs. Loring Conant Artis B. Spears & Ms. Swanee Hunt Henrietta Davis & Richard Bock Jacqueline Tynes Sean Denniston Mayor Michael Sullivan $250–$499 Richard Doring Stephen Surette Charlie Allen Elizabeth M. Dunn Daniele C. Thomas Cambridge Landscape Company Mrs. DeCoursey Fales Mary A. Tonougar Judge & Mrs. Levin Campbell Charlotte Fleetwood Terry Votta Chandra D. Harrington Polly Gardner Katherine N. Winslow John & Ellen Moot Richard L. Gardner Mrs. Barbara P. Worcester Eleanor M. Garvey Carolyn and Ben Woznick $150–$249 Gladys P. Gifford Anne C. Wyman Joe & Carol Bain Elizabeth Goodfellow Esther S. Yntema Mr. & Mrs. James J. Baker Nancy Goodwin

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The Mission of the Cambridge Historical Society

The Cambridge Historical Society acts as a living repository for Cambridge’s traditions and history. It maintains property entrusted to it and collects, pre- serves, and interprets items of historical and antiquar- ian significance. The Society encourages research and involvement in these efforts by its members and the community at large. In so doing, it promotes a better understanding of history as an important factor in the everyday affairs of the city and its residents.

THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORICAL SOCIETY The Hooper-Lee-Nichols House 159 Brattle Street Cambridge, MA 02138 ______

―You cannot not know history.‖ PHILIP JOHNSON (1906-2005)

Johnson, one of the most significant architects of the 20th century, designed the house at 9 Ash Street, Cambridge, in 1941, when he was a student at the Graduate School of Design.

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