Guide to the Wheaton Holden papers, 1845-1990


Brown University Library, Special Collections
Box A, John Hay Library
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: 401-863-2146
E-mail: hay@brown.edu

Published in 2010

Collection Overview

Title: Wheaton Holden collection
Date range: 1845-1990
Creator: Holden, Wheaton Arnold, 1926-1993
Extent: 20 linear feet
Abstract: Architectural historian and documentary filmmaker, Wheaton Holden was a specialist on the life and work of Robert Swain Peabody and Julius Adolph Schweinfurth. This collection contains mostly materials relating to Holden’s research on architect Robert Swain Peabody and his Boston-based firm Peabody and Stearns. Included are Peabody's films, diaries, reminiscences, writings, and processed copies of his correspondence. Also included are files on Peabody and Stearns building projects, with drawings, plans, photographs, and clippings. Finally the collection includes two videos created by Holden: The Peabody Touch and Providence Remembered.
Language of materials: English
Repository: Brown University Library, Special Collections
Collection number: Ms. 2010.033

Scope & content

This collection contains mostly materials relating to Holden’s research on architect Robert Swain Peabody and his Boston-based firm Peabody and Stearns. Included are Peabody's films, diaries, reminiscences, writings, and processed copies of his correspondence. Also included are files on Peabody and Stearns building projects, with drawings, plans, photographs, and clippings. The collection also includes two videos created by Holden: The Peabody Touch and Providence Remembered, as well as numerous other video and audio recordings.

Access Points

Subject Topics

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into six series.

  • Series 1. Peabody and Stearns Background Material
  • Series 2. Photocopied Correspondence and Clippings
  • Series 3. Holden's Notes, etc.
  • Series 4. Materials Related to Peabody and Sterns Building Projects
  • Series 5. Video and audio recordings
  • Series 6. Graphic Material

Biographical note

Architectural historian and documentary filmmaker, Wheaton Holden taught architectural history at Northeastern University for 39 years. He graduated from Brown in 1948 and got his doctorate from Boston University in 1969. He wrote his dissertation on the work of Robert Swain Peabody. Holden was a specialist on the life and work of Robert Swain Peabody and Julius Adolph Schweinfurth.

Access & Use

Access to the collection: There are no restrictions on access, except that the collection can only be seen by prior appointment. Some materials may be stored off-site and cannot be produced on the same day on which they are requested.
Use of the materials: Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. Researchers should note that compliance with copyright law is their responsibility. Researchers must determine the owners of the literary rights and obtain any necessary permissions from them.
Preferred citation: Wheaton Holden papers, Ms. 2010.033, Brown University Library.
Contact information: Brown University Library, Special Collections
Box A, John Hay Library
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: 401-863-2146
E-mail: hay@brown.edu

Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION  
Acquisition: Gift: of Rev. Leila Burt Holden, 07/22/94, A94-125.
Processing information: The films in Box 17 were rehoused into archival films cans and assigned Reel Numbers. There is no longer a Box 17 in this collection.
ABOUT THE FINDING AID  
Author: Finding aid prepared by Gaelen Adam.
Encoding: Finding aid encoded by Gaelen Adam 2010 July 12
Descriptive rules: Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Additional Information

Location of originals: Originals of some of the correspondence in Series 2 are located in the Library and Archives at Historic New England.

Inventory


Series 1. Peabody and Stearns background material

Container Description Date
Box 1 R. S. Peabody Diaries
Box 2 Peabody and Stearns: general
Box 2 Peabody and Stearns: Encyclopedia of Architecture
Box 2 Peabody and Stearns: office workers (photo)
Box 2 Peabody and Stearns: xeroxed photos
Box 2 R. Peabody: obituary
Box 2 Interview manuscripts
Box 2 Early reminiscences
Box 2 R. Peabody: writings
Box 2 R. Peabody: writings and library
Box 2 R. Peabody: sketches
Box 2 Early watercolor sketches
Box 2 Typescripts and genealogy
Box 2 Photo albums and loose photos
Box 2 Portraits

Series 2. Photocopied Correspondence and Clippings

Container Description Date
Box 2 Correspondence Xeroxes
1845-1950
Box 2 Correspondence Xeroxes: cousins
Box 2 Correspondence Xeroxes: sisters
Box 2 Correspondence Xeroxes: other
Box 2 Correspondence Xeroxes: miscellaneous
Box 2 Clippings

Series 3. Holden’s notes, etc.

Container Description Date
Box 2 Wheaton Holden resume
Box 2 Book: table of contents
Box 2 Book chapters (or article?)
Box 2 Bibliography
Box 2 Notes on building project listings
Box 2 Notes in examination "blue books"
Box 2 The Peabody Touch article
Box 2 three letters to Wheaton Holden
Box 2 Peabody and Stearns building projects records form
Box 2 photos
Contents Note: A. Appleton, P. P. Furber, H. H. Richarson [sic], Henry Van Brunt

Box 2 Peabody and Stearns Projects: listed on big printout
Box 2 Boston Society of Architects: Report of Committee on Municipal Improvements
1907

Series 4. Materials related to Peabody and Sterns building projects
Arranged alphabetically by name of locality.

Container Description Date
Box 4 Bermuda
Box 5 Boston, MA: House of RSP
Box 5 Boston, MA: Monks Bldg.
Box 5 Boston, MA: P.O.
Box 5 Boston, MA: power stations
Box 3 Connecticut
Box 5 Lenox, MA: Wheatleigh
Box 5 Madison, WI: State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Box 3 Maine
Box 3 Massachusetts (Amherst-Pittsfield)
Box 4 Massachusetts (Salem-Yarmouth)
Box 4 Minnesota
Box 4 Miscellaneous
Box 4 Missouri
Box 4 New Hampshire
Box 4 New Jersey
Box 4 New York
Box 5 NYC/NJ: Central RR
Box 4 Ohio
Box 4 Oregon
Box 4 Pennsylvania
Box 4 Rhode Island
Box 5 Weston, MA: Unitarian
Box 5 Whitinsville, MA: High School
Box 4 Wisconsin
Box 5 Worcester, MA: Worcester Academy gymnasium

Series 5. Video and audio recordings

Boston's Railroad Palace and other railroad footage

Container Description Date
Box 8 Boston's Railroad Palace (2)
Box 9 Boston's Railroad Palace
Box 10 Old Railroad Stations (work print)
Box 10 Boston's Railroad Palace
Box 10 Boston's Railroad Palace
Box 10 Roughly edited music for Boston Railroad Palace
Box 11 Boston original
Box 11 Exchange Building, seeing Boston
Box 13 Boston's Railroad Palace
Box 15 Boston's Railroad Palace (9 minutes long; black and white positive with optical track)
5 Jul 1988
Box 15 Boston's Railroad Palace
Box 15 Boston's Railroad Palace (3rd answer print from dupe negative; best print)
Box 16 Boston's Railroad Palace (video)
10 Aug 1988
Reel 19 Early Boston Subjects from the Library of Congress - 1. G.A.R. Parade, Boston; 2. Seeing Boston, 1906; 3. Boston Horseless Fire Department, 1899; 4. Sleighing Scene, Boston, 1903; 5. Panoramic view of Boston Subway from an electric car, 1901
1899-1906
Reel 20 Richardson Railroad Stations - camera original
Box 19 Fall River Railroad Station
Box 20 Railroad
Box 20 Railroad tapes (9)
Box 20 Richardson Stations (rough edit)
Can 1, Reel 32.1 Boston's Railroad Palace (neg heads)
22 Apr 1975
Can 2, Reel 32.2 Boston's Railroad Palace (a-track heads)
22 Apr 1975
Can 3, Reel 32.3 Boston's Railroad Palace (b-track heads)
22 Apr 1975
Can 4, Reel 32.4 Boston's Railroad Palace (tails orig. b roll)
22 Apr 1975
Can 5, Reel 32.5 Boston's Railroad Palace (tails orig. a roll)
22 Apr 1975
Can 7, Reel 33.8 Boston's Railroad Palace (titles pk. Sq. Station)
Can 7, Reel 33.9 Boston's Railroad Palace (pk. Sq. wkpt. outs)
Can 9, Reel 33.11 Boston's Railroad Palace (Park Sq. Station Wkpt. outtakes)

Distant Echos

Container Description Date
Box 9 Distant Echoes: various pix outs
Box 15 Distant Echoes (original outs?)
Reel 23 Optical Track (Distant Echoes?)
Box 19 Distant Echoes (7)
Box 20 Distant Echoes (3)
Box 22 Distant Echoes - 1st transfer
Box 22 Distant Echoes - 2nd transfer
Can 10, Reel 34.1 Distant Echos (Maplewood Farm)(part 1 work print)
Can 11, Reel 34.2 Distant Echos (Maplewood Farm) (part 2 work print)
Can 7, Reel 34.3 Distant Echos (Maplewood Farm) J2/47 82390-82592
Can 12, Reel 35 Distant Echos (C Roll Titles p-2)
17 Jul 1979
Can 69, Reel 36.1 Distant Echos (P-1 A track)
Can 69, Reel 36.2 Distant Echos (P-2 A track)
Reel 37 Distant Echos (1st answer print from orig with wind sound)
18 Jul 1979
Can 13, Reel 38a Distant Echos (A roll P-1 orig.)
16 Jul 1979
Can 14, Reel 38b Distant Echos (B roll P-1 orig.)
16 Jul 1979
Can 15, Reel 39.1 Distant Echos (or Maplewood Farms?) (orig outs) J2/60 34082-34170
10 Jun 1979
Can 15, Reel 39.2 Distant Echos (or Maplewood Farms?) (orig outs) J2/15 83629-83773
10 Jun 1979
Can 15, Reel 39.3 Distant Echos (or Maplewood Farms?) (orig outs) J2/27 22022-20772
10 Jun 1979
Can 15, Reel 39.4 Distant Echos (or Maplewood Farms?) (orig outs) J2/49 66755-66799
10 Jun 1979
Can 15, Reel 39.5 Distant Echos (or Maplewood Farms?) (orig outs) J2/32 21128-21333
10 Jun 1979
Can 15, Reel 39.6 Distant Echos (or Maplewood Farms?) (orig outs) J2/44 14999-15217
10 Jun 1979
Can 15, Reel 39.7 Distant Echos (or Maplewood Farms?) (orig outs) J2/00 14254-14458
10 Jun 1979
Can 15, Reel 39.8 Distant Echos (or Maplewood Farms?) (orig outs) J2/39 18828-19033
10 Jun 1979
Can 16, Reel 39.9 Distant Echos (or Maplewood Farms?) (orig outs) J1/78 37547-37755
10 Jun 1979
Can 16, Reel 39.10 Distant Echos (or Maplewood Farms?) (orig outs) J2/09 00958-00177
10 Jun 1979
Can 16, Reel 39.11 Distant Echos (or Maplewood Farms?) (orig outs) J2/59 34741-34949
10 Jun 1979
Can 16, Reel 39.12 Distant Echos (or Maplewood Farms?) (orig outs) J2/41 18720-18929
10 Jun 1979
Can 16, Reel 39.13 Distant Echos (or Maplewood Farms?) (orig outs) J2/41 18510-18711
10 Jun 1979
Can 16, Reel 39.14 Distant Echos (or Maplewood Farms?) (orig outs) J2/41 26538-26670
10 Jun 1979
Can 16, Reel 39.15 Distant Echos (or Maplewood Farms?) (orig outs) J2/14 27417-27527
10 Jun 1979
Can 17, Reel 39.16 Distant Echos (or Maplewood Farms?) (orig outs) J2/57 01605-01806
10 Jun 1979
Can 17, Reel 39.17 Distant Echos (or Maplewood Farms?) (orig outs) J2/67 01774-01922
10 Jun 1979
Can 17, Reel 39.18 Distant Echos (or Maplewood Farms?) (orig outs) J2/65 19711-19916
10 Jun 1979
Can 17, Reel 39.19 Distant Echos (or Maplewood Farms?) (orig outs) J2/01 31687-31886
10 Jun 1979
Can 17, Reel 39.20 Distant Echos (or Maplewood Farms?) (orig outs) J1/90 73842-74051
10 Jun 1979
Can 17, Reel 39.21 Distant Echos (or Maplewood Farms?) (orig outs) J2/10 37360-37375 optical
10 Jun 1979
Can 17, Reel 39.22 Distant Echos (or Maplewood Farms?) (orig outs) J2/47 79513-79544
10 Jun 1979
Can 17, Reel 39.23 Distant Echos (or Maplewood Farms?) (orig outs) J2/39 27689-27891
10 Jun 1979
Can 18, Reel 39.24 Distant Echos (or Maplewood Farms?) (orig outs) J2/52 29592-29802
10 Jun 1979
Can 18, Reel 39.25 Distant Echos (or Maplewood Farms?) (orig outs) J2/52 29805-30019
10 Jun 1979
Can 18, Reel 39.26 Distant Echos (or Maplewood Farms?) (orig outs) J2/10 37389-37592
10 Jun 1979
Can 18, Reel 39.27 Distant Echos (or Maplewood Farms?) (orig outs) J2/24 32899-33001
10 Jun 1979
Can 18, Reel 39.28 Distant Echos (or Maplewood Farms?) (orig outs) J2/65 06128-06305
10 Jun 1979
Can 18, Reel 39.29 Distant Echos (or Maplewood Farms?) (orig outs) J1/85 46340-46444
10 Jun 1979
Can 19, Reel 39.30 Distant Echos (or Maplewood Farms?) (orig outs) J2/10 38860-39000
10 Jun 1979
Can 19, Reel 39.31 Distant Echos (or Maplewood Farms?) (orig outs) J2/29 23858-24003
10 Jun 1979
Can 19, Reel 39.32 Distant Echos (orig outs) J1/90 72581-72641
10 Jun 1979
Can 61, Reel 40.1 Distant Echos (var and pic outs) Roll [illegible] 89, 29'598-30'233, 47 43, 52, 29, 64, 13, 19-20, 27, 26, 48, 37, Location footage from [illegible]
Can 61, Reel 40.2 Distant Echos (var and pic outs) B&W [illegible] 4, 49, 21, 50, 72-72, 44-45, 82, 48, NEN [illegible] CAPE) 71, 01, 43, 95, 67, 74, 77, 04, 19, 72-73, 00-01, 31, 54-55, 34, 14
Can 58, Reel 86a Distant Echos (p-2 A roll)
Can 58, Reel 86b Distant Echos (p-2 B roll)

Egypt/Israel

Container Description Date
Box 9 The Voice of Egypt (WKPT) (2)
Box 10 Israel
Reel 26 Israel Footage - shot at silent speed, film lightly scratched
Box 22 The Voice of Egypt (3)
28 Sep 1984
Box 22 More Egyptian Original Stills
Can 52, Reel 77.1 Trip to Israel with outs up Front wkpt. Greece, Israel, Egypt (Slighty Edited Wkpt.)
Feb 1983
Can 53, Reel 77.2 Voice of Egypt Wkpt. Outs (Slightly Edited Wkpt.)
Feb 1983
Can 54, Reel 77.4 Egypt Work Print (Slightly Edited Wkpt.)
Feb 1983
Can 54, Reel 77.5 Egypt Optical wkpt. (Slightly Edited Wkpt.)
Feb 1983

Hopedale: Reflections on the Past

Container Description Date
Box 8 Reflections on the Past
Box 10 Hopedale: Reflections on the Past
Box 10 Hopedale: Reflections on the Past
Box 13 Hopedale: Reflections on the Past (2)
4 May 1977
Box 15 Hopedale: Reflections on the Past (1st Answer Print on Striped Stock No Sound)
Box 15 Hopedale: Reflections on the Past
Reel 5 Hopedale: Reflections on the Past - original voice track
31 Mar 1977
Reel 6 Hopedale: Reflections on the Past - final mixed track, 28 minutes. (This transfer was made on the erased stock of the first mix, it is uncut but had to be untangled when core fell out of loose wind before the new transfer was made.)
4 Apr 1977
Reel 7 Hopedale - work pix
Reel 8 Hopedale - music track
Reel 9 Hopedale - new or 2nd voice track
Reel 10 Hopedale: Reflections on the Past - 2nd mixed track, 1025'
15 Apr 1977
Box 20 Hopedale: Reflections on the Past (12)
Box 22 Hopedale: Reflections on the Past (video)
Can 20, Reel 42.1 Hopedale: Reflections on the Past (A track)
26 Apr 1977
Can 21, Reel 42.2 Hopedale: Reflections on the Past (neg)
26 Apr 1977

The House at Lobster Cove

Container Description Date
Box 9 The House at Lobster Cove
Box 10 The House at Lobster Cove (misc small reels)
Box 10 The House at Lobster Cove (outs)
Box 10 The House at Lobster Cove (work prints)
Box 10 The House at Lobster Cove
Box 10 The House at Lobster Cove (7.5 pilot tone sync) (2)
Box 10 Audio for The House at Lobster Cove
Box 14 The House at Lobster Cove (Old Print, Fair Condition; Release Print from 1st Internegative)
1971
Box 14 The House at Lobster Cove
1971
Box 15 The House at Lobster Cove (3rd Print from 2nd Internegative)
Box 18 The House at Lobster Cove (two early answer prints, both poor)
Box 19 The House at Lobster cove
Box 19 Footage from The House at Lobster Cove (great color)
Box 20 The House at Lobster Cove (3)
Box 22 The House at Lobster Cove (video)
24 Sep 1987
Box 24 The House at Lobster Cove (Flower Details, Sea Gulls)
17 Jul 1969
Box 24 The House at Lobster Cove - original
Box 24 The House at Lobster Cove - Various views of Peabody drawings of the exterior, Use first shot House from Cove (original)
Box 24 The House at Lobster Cove - Zoom in on Gate
8 Jul 1969
Box 24 The House at Lobster Cove - Original (details)
Box 24 The House at Lobster Cove - Ruined, emulsion to base, adhesion ruined
Box 24 The House at Lobster Cove
8 Jul 1969s
Box 24 The House at Lobster Cove (2)
Can 30, Reel 61a The House at Lobster Cove (Orpheos Films A Roll)
Can 31, Reel 61b The House at Lobster Cove (Orpheos Films B Roll)
Can 32, Reel 62.1 The House at Lobster Cove (A track)
27 Mar 1978
Can 33, Reel 62.2 The House at Lobster Cove (negative)
27 Mar 1978
Can 66, Reel 63.1 The House at Lobster Cove (internegative)
Can 66, Reel 63.2 The House at Lobster Cove (A track)

The Last Farewell

Container Description Date
Box 10 Last Farewell (3)
Box 13 The Last Farewell (2nd Answer Print from 1st Original)
Box 15 The Last Farewell (reversal with new sound track)
Reel 24 The Last Farewell - Positive Answer Print from 2nd Internegative
Reel 25 The Last Farewell - 1st answer print from 3rd internegative; best version
Box 19 The Last Farewell
Can 6, Reel 33.1 The Last Farewell (B track)
Can 6, Reel 33.2 The Last Farewell (orig outs B.R.P.)
5 Jul 1976
Can 6, Reel 33.3 The Last Farewell (end of voice track)
Can 6, Reel 33.4 The Last Farewell (end of music track)
Can 34, Reel 64.1 The Last Farewell (A Roll)
14 Nov 1974
Can 34, Reel 64.2 The Last Farewell (A and B roll with pix orig outs)
14 Nov 1974
Can 34, Reel 64.3 The Last Farewell (A and B roll with pix orig outs)
14 Nov 1974
Can 34, Reel 64.4 The Last Farewell (A and B roll with pix orig outs)
14 Nov 1974
Can 35, Reel 64.5 The Last Farewell (A and B roll with pix orig outs)
14 Nov 1974
Can 36, Reel 64.6 The Last Farewell (neg)
14 Nov 1974
Can 37, Reel 64.7 The Last Farewell (A-track)
14 Nov 1974
Can 38, Reel 64.8 The Last Farewell (B-track)
14 Nov 1974
Can 39, Reel 64.9 The Last Farewell (B roll)
14 Nov 1974
Can 40, Reel 65.1 The Last Farewell (all outs - CS 23886)
Can 41, Reel 65.2 Carpenter Center Transfer of Farewell. To be used for Optical. Extra Footage with Extra recording of Keep The [illegible] burning at End
Can 42, Reel 65.3 The Last Farewell (2 plays of apple [illegible] for B.R.D.)
Can 42, Reel 65.4 The Last Farewell (sound outs Pk. Sq. Station)
Can 42, Reel 65.5 The Last Farewell (orig. color outs)
Can 42, Reel 65.6 The Last Farewell (all outs)
Can 42, Reel 65.7 The Last Farewell (new sound [illegible] for Farewell)
Can 43, Reel 65.8 The Last Farewell (3 1/4 [illegible])
Can 43, Reel 65.9 The Last Farewell(new outs)
Can 43, Reel 65.10 The Last Farewell W/PIX Orpheus Films, inc.

Maplewood Farm

Container Description Date
Can 19, Reel 39.33 Maplewood Farm J2/52 30023-30237
10 Jun 1979
Can 22, Reel 43.1 Maplewood Farm (orig) J2/17 52668-52880
5 Jan 1977
Can 22, Reel 43.2 Maplewood Farm (orig) J1/93 95060-95272
5 Jan 1977
Can 22, Reel 43.3 Maplewood Farm (orig) J1/67 49051-49243
5 Jan 1977
Can 22, Reel 43.4 Maplewood Farm (orig) J2/61 63775-63981
5 Jan 1977
Can 22, Reel 43.5 Maplewood Farm (orig) J1/78 35585-35639
5 Jan 1977
Can 22, Reel 43.6 Maplewood Farm (orig) J2/47 56661-56741
5 Jan 1977
Can 22, Reel 43.7 Maplewood Farm (orig) J2/46 65097-65131
5 Jan 1977
Can 23, Reel 43.8 Maplewood Farm (orig) J1/87 50163-50360
5 Jan 1977
Can 23, Reel 43.9 Maplewood Farm (orig) J2/65 58789-58983
5 Jan 1977
Can 23, Reel 43.10 Maplewood Farm (orig) J2/97 74660-74865
5 Jan 1977
Can 23, Reel 43.11 Maplewood Farm (orig) J2/32 46675-46841
5 Jan 1977
Can 23, Reel 43.12 Maplewood Farm (orig) J2/46 64929-65046
5 Jan 1977
Can 23, Reel 43.13 Maplewood Farm (orig) J2/18 72622-72774
5 Jan 1977
Can 23, Reel 43.14 Maplewood Farm (orig) J2/92 65558-65732
5 Jan 1977
Can 24, Reel 43.15 Maplewood Farm (orig) J1/85 48210-48421
5 Jan 1977
Can 24, Reel 43.16 Maplewood Farm (orig) J2/54 54853-55065
5 Jan 1977
Can 24, Reel 43.17 Maplewood Farm (orig) J2/39 27461-27671
5 Jan 1977
Can 24, Reel 43.18 Maplewood Farm (orig) J1/85 89434-89642
5 Jan 1977
Can 24, Reel 43.19 Maplewood Farm (orig) J2/18 71719-71928
5 Jan 1977
Can 25, Reel 43.20 Maplewood Farm (orig) J2/65 44782-45001
5 Jan 1977
Can 25, Reel 43.21 Maplewood Farm (orig) J2/18 72836-73034
5 Jan 1977
Can 25, Reel 43.22 Maplewood Farm (orig) J2/15 91331-91539
5 Jan 1977
Can 25, Reel 43.23 Maplewood Farm (orig) J2/74 81502-81654
5 Jan 1977
Can 25, Reel 43.24 Maplewood Farm (orig) J2/39 28774-28918
5 Jan 1977
Can 25, Reel 43.25 Maplewood Farm (orig) J2/28 92009-92221
5 Jan 1977
Can 25, Reel 43.26 Maplewood Farm (orig) J2/60 69639-69848
5 Jan 1977
Can 26, Reel 43.27 Maplewood Farm (orig) J2/10 49104-49304
5 Jan 1977
Can 26, Reel 43.28 Maplewood Farm (orig) J2/33 72979-73206
5 Jan 1977
Can 26, Reel 43.29 Maplewood Farm (orig) J1/85 47120-47328
5 Jan 1977

Merrimack Valley Textiles Museum

Container Description Date
Can 60, Reel 44a Merrimack Valley (Hopedale: Reflections on the Past) (orig Eco)
19 Apr 1974
Can 60, Reel 44b Merrimack Valley (Hopedale: Reflections on the Past) (orig Eco)
19 Apr 1974
Can 27, Reel 45.1 Merrimack Valley Textiles Museum (orig outs)
15 Nov 1976
Reel 45.2 Merrimack Valley Textiles Museum (orig outs)
15 Nov 1976
Can 59, Reel 46.1 Merrimack Valley Textiles Museum (orig work print)
Can 59, Reel 46.2 Merrimack Valley Textiles Museum (orig work print)
Can 28, Reel 47.1 Merrimack Valley Textiles Museum (print and orig outs)
3 Mar 1975
Can 29, Reel 47.2 Merrimack Valley Textiles Museum (Lazarre Reading of Narration)
3 Mar 1975
Can 29, Reel 47.3 Merrimack Valley Textiles Museum (print and orig outs)
3 Mar 1975
Can 29, Reel 47.4 Merrimack Valley Textiles Museum (Voice Track #1)
3 Mar 1975
Can 29, Reel 47.5 Merrimack Valley Textiles Museum (Voice Track #2)
3 Mar 1975
Can 29, Reel 47.6 Merrimack Valley Textiles Museum (Ron & Lief J. 3 1/4 175)
3 Mar 1975
Can 56, Reel 89.1 Merrimack Valley Textiles Museum (orig outs)
15 Nov 1976
Can 29, Reel 89.2 Merrimack Valley Textiles Museum (orig outs)
15 Nov 1976
Reel 89.3 Merrimack Valley Textiles Museum (orig outs)
15 Nov 1976

Mount Washington Among the Clouds

Container Description Date
Box 8 Among the Clouds
Box 11 Among the Clouds (audio) (32)
Reel 21 Mount Washington Cog Railway - workprint for Among the Clouds?
Reel 1 Clouds - color workprint outs
Reel 2 Among the Clouds - various outs
Reel 3 Clouds - workprint outs
Reel 4 Clouds - workprint outs
Box 18 Among the Clouds out-takes (5)
Box 21 Among the Clouds (3)
13 Jul 1988
Reel 49 Mount Washington Among the Clouds (1st answer print)
Can 70, Reel 50a Mount Washington Among the Clouds (A roll)
6 Mar 1974
Can 70, Reel 50b Mount Washington Among the Clouds (B roll)
6 Mar 1974
Reel 51 Mount Washington Among the Clouds (16mm mag)
28 Jun 1988
Can 73, Reel 52.1 Mount Washington Among the Clouds (narration and music tracks)
Can 73, Reel 52.2 Mount Washington Among the Clouds (narration and music tracks)
Can 67, Reel 53.1 Mount Washington Among the Clouds (negative)
25 May 1976
Can 67, Reel 53.2 Mount Washington Among the Clouds (a track)
25 May 1976
Reel 54 Mount Washington Among the Clouds (new print 1982)
2 Jan 1982
Can 72, Reel 55.1 Mount Washington Among the Clouds (original mixed sound edited & rejected & last segment removed (Strickhouser ending))
7 May 1974
Can 72, Reel 55.2 Mount Washington Among the Clouds (orig outs)
7 May 1974
Can 72, Reel 55.3 Mount Washington Among the Clouds (new outs)
7 May 1974
Can 72, Reel 55.4 Mount Washington Among the Clouds (Last original outs A.T.C.)
7 May 1974
Can 72, Reel 55.5 Mount Washington Among the Clouds (Last wkpt. outs A.T.C.)
7 May 1974
Can 72, Reel 55.6 Mount Washington Among the Clouds (orig outs)
7 May 1974
Can 65, Reel 56.1 Mount Washington Among the Clouds (orig outs)
7 May 1974
Can 65, Reel 56.2 Mount Washington Among the Clouds (orig outs)
7 May 1974
Reel 57 Mount Washington Among the Clouds (print 1 from neg)
Reel 58 Mount Washington Among the Clouds (print with later edits)
Reel 59 Mount Washington Among the Clouds (Print with soft spots in sound)
29 Jun 1981
Can 71, Reel 60.1 Mount Washington Among the Clouds (Print)
7 Apr 1974
Can 71, Reel 60.2 Mount Washington Among the Clouds (Print)
7 Apr 1974
Reel 85 Mount Washington Among the Clouds (4th Answer Print)
Can 55, Reel 88.1 Mount Washington Among the Clouds (short 'e' roll)
6 May 1974
Can 55, Reel 88.2 Mount Washington Among the Clouds (B track)
6 May 1974
Reel 88.3 Mount Washington Among the Clouds (B track)
6 May 1974

The Peabody Touch

Container Description Date
Box 5 The Peabody Touch
Box 8 The Peabody Touch (2)
Box 9 The Peabody Touch: orig. outs
23 Dec 1983
Box 10 The Peabody Touch (3)
Box 11 The Peabody Touch
Box 20 The Peabody Touch (6)
Box 20 The Peabody Touch (exposures)
Box 21 The Peabody Touch
5 Sep 1989
Box 21 The Peabody Touch - U-Matic Dub from 2" edited Master, with sub-titles, New
3 Nov 1987
Can 44, Reel 67 The Peabody Touch (P.1, A roll)
3 Jan 1984
Can 45, Reel 68 The Peabody Touch (P.1, B roll)
3 Jan 1984
Can 46, Reel 69 The Peabody Touch (p-2 C roll hicon rev)
23 Apr 1988
Reel 70 The Peabody Touch (1st reversal answer print w/ mag sound)
Can 62, Reel 71.1 The Peabody Touch (parts #1& 2 color internegative L.G. & Mag track)
Can 62, Reel 71.2 The Peabody Touch (color internegative)
Can 63, Reel 72.1 The Peabody Touch (music and voice tracks)
Can 63, Reel 72.2 The Peabody Touch (music and voice tracks)
Can 64, Reel 73.1 The Peabody Touch (orig rev mag stripe outs)
2 Mar 1982
Can 64, Reel 73.2 The Peabody Touch (orig rev mag stripe outs)
2 Mar 1982
Reel 74.1 The Peabody Touch (orig rev. b&w outs)
2 Mar 1982
Can 47, Reel 74.2 The Peabody Touch (orig rev. b&w outs)
2 Mar 1982
Can 48, Reel 75.1 The Peabody Touch (part 1 work print)
21 Dec 1983
Can 49, Reel 75.2 The Peabody Touch (part 2 work print)
21 Dec 1983
Can 50, Reel 76a The Peabody Touch (p-2 A roll orig. rev.)
23 Apr 1988
Can 51, Reel 76b The Peabody Touch (p-2 B roll orig. rev.)
23 Apr 1988

Providence Remembered

Container Description Date
Box 5 Providence Remembered
Box 12 Providence Remembered videos (12)
Box 13 Providence Remembered (Master)
28 Apr 1988
Box 13 Providence Remembered (Super Beta)
Box 13 Providence Remembered (Safety master)
Box 22 Providence Remembered
20 Apr 1988
Box 23 Holden Providence - Tape B, Rhode Island Historical Society - Postcards, Pans and Zooms (2 of 3), Market Square, Trains on Bridge
23 May 1986
Box 23 Providence - Tape 2 on VHS Dave Zucconi's Football Journal at en, Last 4 games of 1954 Season
18 Mar 1986
Box 23 Tape A, Tape 4 on VHS, Rhode Island Historical Society, Postcards Tilts, Crown Hotel, Westminster
23 May 1986
Box 23 Providence - Ocean State
18 Mar 1986 - 29 Mar 1986
Box 23 Providence - Tape 3 on VHS, Tape J, 2nd Union Station, Biltmore Hotel, Railroad Station Interior Exterior with Trains
Box 23 Providence 1
5 Mar 1986
Box 23 Providence - Tape #3 on VHS, Tape L, Interior of Arcade, Providence Civic Center
Box 23 Providence - Tape #3 on VHS, Tape M, Houses on Benefit St., Providence Court House
Box 23 Providence - Tape #3 on VHS, Tape N, Carrie Tower Brown University, Brown University Lower Campus
Box 23 Providence - Tape #2 on VHS, Tape D, Providence Buildings, Line Pratt inter-view, Ocean State
18 Mar 1986
Box 23 Providence Odyssey - B&W Stills to be time coded, then bumped down to VHS for editing, Tape R. (1 of 2)
Box 23 Providence Remembered - Final Replacement Shots to be time coded
Box 23 Providence Remembered - Reshoot, Newest Shots, This Old House at end
18 Mar 1986
Box 23 Providence Remembered - Tape #9 on VHS, Tape DD, Stills #3, Colonial Line Schedule, S.S. Providence, etc., Colonial Line Schedule, Pembroke Hall
Box 23 Providence Shoot - #1 Antoinette Downing Exteriors
5 Mar 1986
Box 23 Providence Shoot - Tape #2 on VHS, George Kellner, Hold on old car barn
4 Apr 1986
Box 23 Providence, Rhode Island - #3 Visual Time Code and Exterior shots - Architecture Providence, Rhode Island. Downtown 0-50 min, Benefit of next 25 min., Brown next 12 min., More is Brown and other last 15 min.

Yours Truly, Thomas Nast

Container Description Date
Box 9 Yours Truly: T. Nast mixed black and white rev. orig. and ekta. orig. out-takes and trims
24 Oct 1983
Box 14 Yours Truly, Thomas Nast (1st Answer Print from 1st Original with Mag Sound)
Box 14 Yours Truly, Thomas Nast (4)
Box 15 Yours Truly
Box 15 Thomas Nast Narration (6)
Reel 22 Thomas Nast workprint final outs
Reel 11 Thomas Nast Mag voice outs - Cyril Nast full interview
Reel 12 Thomas Nast - head track - EFX
Reel 13 Yours Truly, Thomas Nast - 1st answer print from internegative, scratched at head, poor sound
Reel 14 Thomas Nast - narration - head track
Reel 15 Thomas Nast - music - head track (this film has vinegar syndrome)
Reel 16 Yours Truly - streaked print, poor sound
Reel 17-18 Thomas Nast Mag voice outs - John Willis xmas interivew, W.A.H end comment (not used)
Box 18 Yours Truly/Th. Nast (workprint and orig mag mix)(2)
Box 19 Nast workprint
Reel 81 Yours Truly(poor sound, picture?)
Reel 82 Yours Truly(poor sound, good print)
Can 57, Reel 83.1 Yours Truly(A track)
1 Nov 1983
Can 57, Reel 83.2 Yours Truly(72 neg)
1 Nov 1983
Reel 84 Yours Truly (C Roll H Con)
24 Oct 1983
Can 68, Reel 90.1 Yours Truly: Thomas Nast (A roll orig)
25 Oct 1983
Can 68, Reel 90.2 Yours Truly: Thomas Nast (B roll orig)
25 Oct 1983
Can 43, Reel 90.3 Yours Truly: Thomas Nast
25 Oct 1983

LOC/WKRT

Container Description Date
Box 9 Western Subjects in the Library of Congress Papa Print Collection (workprint)
Box 11 LOC football, Lynn, Mass
Box 11 LOC original
Reel 27 Black House exterior, etc.; Black House Servants - B&W and color workprint original made from [?] tight edit
Box 19 Library of Congress original and WKPT

Interviews

Container Description Date
Box 10 Interviews
30 Jul 1981
Box 10 Leland Whiting (main reel)
Jan 1977
Box 10 Interview with Mrs. Stearns at the Bancroft Library
10 Jan 1978
Box 10 Interview with Weaver in Red Ship Museum
22 Jul 1971
Box 16 Dr. Wheaton Holden RI Historical Society (video) - Waterfront Scenes, soccer in unidentified stadium
31 Jul 1986
Box 16 Dr. Wheaton Holden RI Historical Society (video) - A Little Bit of All Outdoors, Market Square Building
31 Jul 1986

Unidentified/Miscellaneous

Container Description Date
Box 8 Early black and white footage from 1930-1936 and footage of kids in 1958
Box 9 Last White Line
Box 10 6 miscellaneous reels
Box 10 Bow Dupe
Box 10 Unlabeled (2)
Box 10 Illegible
10 Jul 1976
Box 10 Retape of narration (3)
30 Jun 1978
Box 11 Misc small tracks (2)
Box 11 Unidentified (3)
Box 15 Unidentified Game Film (middle to late 1930s; negative copy)
Box 15 Trinity Church, Fall River
Box 15 Home Movies and Last White Line
Box 16 Currier and Ives (video)
Box 21 Currier and Ives (video) (8)
Reel 28 Parade Footage (Armistice Day Parade?)
Reel 29 World War II films
Reel 30 Unlabeled Film (1 of 2)
Reel 31 Unlabeled Film (2 of 2)
Box 18 Unlabeled reel
Box 19 Unlabeled reel
Box 19 Music
Box 19 List of shot numbers, edge numbers, and descriptions
Box 20 Archive I and II
1982
Box 20 Merrimac Valley (9)
Box 20 War Memorial Dedication
Box 20 Unlabeled
Box 20 Iactos Scuba Tape
Box 21 Narration
Box 22 BSO in China - recorded from WGBH
28 May 1979
Box 22 BSO Marathon - Part 2 DBX, 100th Birthday, Final third - all pops introducing John Williams - new conductor
3 Mar 1980
Box 22 Nostalgia Showcase - Program 3 Air Tape
10 Jan 1985
Box 24 Untitled (10)
Box 24 Sailboat (original)
Can 7, Reel 33.5 Boston's Railroad Palace/The Last Farewell (extra poppies in orig. position)
Can 7, Reel 33.6 Boston's Railroad Palace/The Last Farewell (Poppies shot in work print position)
Can 7, Reel 33.7 Boston's Railroad Palace/The Last Farewell (color & b&w work Print)
Can 8, Reel 33.10 Boston's Railroad Palace/The Last Farewell (orig outs W/PIX)
Can 54, Reel 77.3 The Peabody Touch (voice track)/Israel-Egypt (Eco only)(Original)
Feb 1983
Reel 77.6 The Peabody Touch (voice track)/Israel-Egypt(Eco only)
Feb 1983
Reel 80 VO Transfer
Reel 87 Last White Line (Space Copy)

Series 6. Graphic material and miscellaneous

Container Description Date
Box 5 Postcards
Box 5 Photos: illustrations
Box 5 Photos: original, early
Box 5 Photos: original
Box 5 Photos and negatives (1 roll)
Box 5 Photos: negatives only
Box 5 Photos: slides
Box 5 Photos: slides - Merrimack Valley Textile Museum
1976, 1978
Box 5 Drafts: fragments
Box 5 Chapter 4
Box 5 Peabody, Ephraim
Box 5 Boston Preservation Alliance
Box 5 Society of Architectural Historians: New England
Box 5 printed: R. S. Peabody: A Holiday Study
1908
Box 5 printed: R. S. Peabody address
1902
Box 6X Oversize Xeroxes (mostly of architectural drawings)
1902
Box 7X Boston: Exchange Building, State Street
Feb 1889
Box 7X NYC-NJ: Central RR office building plans and drawings
Box 7X Photos: early-late prints (mounted)
Box 7X Photos: early-late print
Box 7X C. H. Blackhall: The American Hotel
Box 7X Boston, MA: Fiske Bldg.
Box 7X Boston, MA: Public Bath
Box 7X Brookline, MA: Runkle School
Box 7X Groton, MA: Groton School gymnasium
Box 7X Lawrenceville, NJ: Lawrenceville School gymnasium
Box 7X Marlboro, MA: Public Library
Box 7X Radnor, PA: house
Box 7X St. Louis, MO: church
Box 7X St. Louis, MO: security bldg.