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Box 1

 Container

Contains 82 Results:

The Casket, handwritten draft of serial publication (with receipt for payment), 1850 - 1887

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Michael McDowell Death Collection is comprised of 76 boxes, and spans the years 1616 – 2005.  The collection was assembled by McDowell based on his interest in the subject matter, and includes correspondence, photographs (including photographic prints, daguerreotypes, tintypes, ambrotypes, and stereographs), memorial cards, jewelry, hairwork, scrapbooks, ledgers, newsclippings, and artifacts.  In most cases the items in this collection were purchased by McDowell, or were given to him by...
Dates: 1850 - 1887

Cemetery deed, Mount Hope Cemetery, Belchertown, Mass., 1869-10

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: Folder 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Michael McDowell Death Collection is comprised of 76 boxes, and spans the years 1616 – 2005.  The collection was assembled by McDowell based on his interest in the subject matter, and includes correspondence, photographs (including photographic prints, daguerreotypes, tintypes, ambrotypes, and stereographs), memorial cards, jewelry, hairwork, scrapbooks, ledgers, newsclippings, and artifacts.  In most cases the items in this collection were purchased by McDowell, or were given to him by...
Dates: 1869-10

Certificate of Death, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 1894-02-27

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: Folder 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Michael McDowell Death Collection is comprised of 76 boxes, and spans the years 1616 – 2005.  The collection was assembled by McDowell based on his interest in the subject matter, and includes correspondence, photographs (including photographic prints, daguerreotypes, tintypes, ambrotypes, and stereographs), memorial cards, jewelry, hairwork, scrapbooks, ledgers, newsclippings, and artifacts.  In most cases the items in this collection were purchased by McDowell, or were given to him by...
Dates: 1894-02-27

Deputization document, Edwin Hoyt execution, Bridgeport, Conn., 1880-05-13

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: Folder 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Michael McDowell Death Collection is comprised of 76 boxes, and spans the years 1616 – 2005.  The collection was assembled by McDowell based on his interest in the subject matter, and includes correspondence, photographs (including photographic prints, daguerreotypes, tintypes, ambrotypes, and stereographs), memorial cards, jewelry, hairwork, scrapbooks, ledgers, newsclippings, and artifacts.  In most cases the items in this collection were purchased by McDowell, or were given to him by...
Dates: 1880-05-13

Envelopes, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: Folder 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Michael McDowell Death Collection is comprised of 76 boxes, and spans the years 1616 – 2005.  The collection was assembled by McDowell based on his interest in the subject matter, and includes correspondence, photographs (including photographic prints, daguerreotypes, tintypes, ambrotypes, and stereographs), memorial cards, jewelry, hairwork, scrapbooks, ledgers, newsclippings, and artifacts.  In most cases the items in this collection were purchased by McDowell, or were given to him by...
Dates: undated

Family record, Thomason family, births, marriages, and deaths, 1829 - 1880

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: Folder 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Michael McDowell Death Collection is comprised of 76 boxes, and spans the years 1616 – 2005.  The collection was assembled by McDowell based on his interest in the subject matter, and includes correspondence, photographs (including photographic prints, daguerreotypes, tintypes, ambrotypes, and stereographs), memorial cards, jewelry, hairwork, scrapbooks, ledgers, newsclippings, and artifacts.  In most cases the items in this collection were purchased by McDowell, or were given to him by...
Dates: 1829 - 1880

Funeral ticket (Hogarth, engraving by Thomas Cook), 1809

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: Folder 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Michael McDowell Death Collection is comprised of 76 boxes, and spans the years 1616 – 2005.  The collection was assembled by McDowell based on his interest in the subject matter, and includes correspondence, photographs (including photographic prints, daguerreotypes, tintypes, ambrotypes, and stereographs), memorial cards, jewelry, hairwork, scrapbooks, ledgers, newsclippings, and artifacts.  In most cases the items in this collection were purchased by McDowell, or were given to him by...
Dates: 1809

“Grand Funeral March,” Charles Sumner, sketch for sheet music cover, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: Folder 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Michael McDowell Death Collection is comprised of 76 boxes, and spans the years 1616 – 2005.  The collection was assembled by McDowell based on his interest in the subject matter, and includes correspondence, photographs (including photographic prints, daguerreotypes, tintypes, ambrotypes, and stereographs), memorial cards, jewelry, hairwork, scrapbooks, ledgers, newsclippings, and artifacts.  In most cases the items in this collection were purchased by McDowell, or were given to him by...
Dates: undated

Invoice, American Burial Case Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, 1876-12-18

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: Folder 9
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Michael McDowell Death Collection is comprised of 76 boxes, and spans the years 1616 – 2005.  The collection was assembled by McDowell based on his interest in the subject matter, and includes correspondence, photographs (including photographic prints, daguerreotypes, tintypes, ambrotypes, and stereographs), memorial cards, jewelry, hairwork, scrapbooks, ledgers, newsclippings, and artifacts.  In most cases the items in this collection were purchased by McDowell, or were given to him by...
Dates: 1876-12-18

Invoice, Byron Read, Funeral Director, 1913-09-29

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: Folder 10
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Michael McDowell Death Collection is comprised of 76 boxes, and spans the years 1616 – 2005.  The collection was assembled by McDowell based on his interest in the subject matter, and includes correspondence, photographs (including photographic prints, daguerreotypes, tintypes, ambrotypes, and stereographs), memorial cards, jewelry, hairwork, scrapbooks, ledgers, newsclippings, and artifacts.  In most cases the items in this collection were purchased by McDowell, or were given to him by...
Dates: 1913-09-29

Invoice, burial and monument, Worcester, Mass., 1939-03-18

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Identifier: Folder 11
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Michael McDowell Death Collection is comprised of 76 boxes, and spans the years 1616 – 2005.  The collection was assembled by McDowell based on his interest in the subject matter, and includes correspondence, photographs (including photographic prints, daguerreotypes, tintypes, ambrotypes, and stereographs), memorial cards, jewelry, hairwork, scrapbooks, ledgers, newsclippings, and artifacts.  In most cases the items in this collection were purchased by McDowell, or were given to him by...
Dates: 1939-03-18

Invoice, C.H. Robinson Marble Monuments and Tombstones, 1875-11-01

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Identifier: Folder 12
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Michael McDowell Death Collection is comprised of 76 boxes, and spans the years 1616 – 2005.  The collection was assembled by McDowell based on his interest in the subject matter, and includes correspondence, photographs (including photographic prints, daguerreotypes, tintypes, ambrotypes, and stereographs), memorial cards, jewelry, hairwork, scrapbooks, ledgers, newsclippings, and artifacts.  In most cases the items in this collection were purchased by McDowell, or were given to him by...
Dates: 1875-11-01

Invoice and check, “to bury the body of William Brozie who died this day in the Home of the Friendless”, 1879-11

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Identifier: Folder 13
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Michael McDowell Death Collection is comprised of 76 boxes, and spans the years 1616 – 2005.  The collection was assembled by McDowell based on his interest in the subject matter, and includes correspondence, photographs (including photographic prints, daguerreotypes, tintypes, ambrotypes, and stereographs), memorial cards, jewelry, hairwork, scrapbooks, ledgers, newsclippings, and artifacts.  In most cases the items in this collection were purchased by McDowell, or were given to him by...
Dates: 1879-11

Invoice, Edward E. Burns and Son Funeral Home, 1947-11-04

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Identifier: Folder 14
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Michael McDowell Death Collection is comprised of 76 boxes, and spans the years 1616 – 2005.  The collection was assembled by McDowell based on his interest in the subject matter, and includes correspondence, photographs (including photographic prints, daguerreotypes, tintypes, ambrotypes, and stereographs), memorial cards, jewelry, hairwork, scrapbooks, ledgers, newsclippings, and artifacts.  In most cases the items in this collection were purchased by McDowell, or were given to him by...
Dates: 1947-11-04

Invoice for digging grave, Town of Newbury-Port (Mass.?), 1789-03

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Identifier: Folder 15
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Michael McDowell Death Collection is comprised of 76 boxes, and spans the years 1616 – 2005.  The collection was assembled by McDowell based on his interest in the subject matter, and includes correspondence, photographs (including photographic prints, daguerreotypes, tintypes, ambrotypes, and stereographs), memorial cards, jewelry, hairwork, scrapbooks, ledgers, newsclippings, and artifacts.  In most cases the items in this collection were purchased by McDowell, or were given to him by...
Dates: 1789-03

Invoice for digging grave, Campton, N.H. (handwritten), 1827-07-02

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Identifier: Folder 16
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Michael McDowell Death Collection is comprised of 76 boxes, and spans the years 1616 – 2005.  The collection was assembled by McDowell based on his interest in the subject matter, and includes correspondence, photographs (including photographic prints, daguerreotypes, tintypes, ambrotypes, and stereographs), memorial cards, jewelry, hairwork, scrapbooks, ledgers, newsclippings, and artifacts.  In most cases the items in this collection were purchased by McDowell, or were given to him by...
Dates: 1827-07-02

Invoice, George H. Bellows, Undertaker and Coffin Maker, Troy, N.Y., 1871-11-27

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Identifier: Folder 17
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Michael McDowell Death Collection is comprised of 76 boxes, and spans the years 1616 – 2005.  The collection was assembled by McDowell based on his interest in the subject matter, and includes correspondence, photographs (including photographic prints, daguerreotypes, tintypes, ambrotypes, and stereographs), memorial cards, jewelry, hairwork, scrapbooks, ledgers, newsclippings, and artifacts.  In most cases the items in this collection were purchased by McDowell, or were given to him by...
Dates: 1871-11-27

Invoice, Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden, Mass., 1921-05-16

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Identifier: Folder 18
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Michael McDowell Death Collection is comprised of 76 boxes, and spans the years 1616 – 2005.  The collection was assembled by McDowell based on his interest in the subject matter, and includes correspondence, photographs (including photographic prints, daguerreotypes, tintypes, ambrotypes, and stereographs), memorial cards, jewelry, hairwork, scrapbooks, ledgers, newsclippings, and artifacts.  In most cases the items in this collection were purchased by McDowell, or were given to him by...
Dates: 1921-05-16

Invoice, J.H. Mulville, Undertaker and Funeral Director, 1901-12-04

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Identifier: Folder 19
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Michael McDowell Death Collection is comprised of 76 boxes, and spans the years 1616 – 2005.  The collection was assembled by McDowell based on his interest in the subject matter, and includes correspondence, photographs (including photographic prints, daguerreotypes, tintypes, ambrotypes, and stereographs), memorial cards, jewelry, hairwork, scrapbooks, ledgers, newsclippings, and artifacts.  In most cases the items in this collection were purchased by McDowell, or were given to him by...
Dates: 1901-12-04

Invoice, James H. Corcoran, Undertaker and Funeral Director, Lynn, Mass., 1923-12-29

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Identifier: Folder 20
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Michael McDowell Death Collection is comprised of 76 boxes, and spans the years 1616 – 2005.  The collection was assembled by McDowell based on his interest in the subject matter, and includes correspondence, photographs (including photographic prints, daguerreotypes, tintypes, ambrotypes, and stereographs), memorial cards, jewelry, hairwork, scrapbooks, ledgers, newsclippings, and artifacts.  In most cases the items in this collection were purchased by McDowell, or were given to him by...
Dates: 1923-12-29