COLLECTION GUIDES

1865-1957

Guide to the Collection

Restrictions on Access

亚瑟·阿萨赫尔·舒尔克利夫的文件存放在校外，必须至少索要两份 business days in advance via Portal1791. 研究人员需要6件以上的非现场储存物品 provide additional advance notice. 如果你对申请材料有疑问 校外寄存请og体育官网咨询台617-646-0532或 reference@dh865.com.


Collection Summary

Creator: Shurcliff, Arthur A. (Arthur Asahel), 1870-1957
Title: Arthur Asahel Shurcliff papers
Dates: 1865-1957
Physical Description: 11 record cartons
Call Number: OFFSITE STORAGE
Note:

阿瑟·阿瑟赫勒·舒尔克利夫(1870-1957)原名阿瑟·阿瑟赫勒·舒尔夫. In 1930, he changed his 为了符合古英语的拼写，他把名字改成了Shurcliff.
Repository:
Massachusetts Historical Society
1154 Boylston StreetBoston, MA 02215library@dh865.com

Abstract

这些藏品包括日记、日记、家谱记录、 家庭文件、已发表和未发表的作品、传记和亚瑟的自传 A. Shurcliff, a Boston landscape architect. 还有通信，有私人的，也有 与专业工作有关，包括大都会区委员会(波士顿)项目; 殖民时期的威廉斯堡、老斯特布里奇村、普利茅斯岩石和夸宾水库(马萨诸塞州).), as well as private estate work. Correspondents include his father Asahel M. Shurtleff, his brother Rev. Alfred D. K. Shurtleff and sister Gertrude H. Shurtleff, Alexander and William James, Langdon Warner, Jacques Barzun, Albert B. and J. Cheney Wells, Joseph G. Deering and Nelson A. Rockefeller.

Biographical Sketch

阿瑟·阿瑟·夏克利夫(Arthur Asahel Shurcliff, 1870-1957)出生于马萨诸塞州波士顿. 1930年，为了符合旧英语的拼写，他把自己的名字改成了Shurcliff. He pursued 他于1894年毕业于麻省理工学院工程学专业. After conferring 他和查尔斯·艾略特、弗雷德里克·劳·奥姆斯特德一起进入哈佛大学读研究生 work in landscape architecture. 1896年毕业后，他去了奥姆斯特德公司工作 in Brookline, Massachusetts. In 1899, he and Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. formed the first 在哈佛大学乡村学了四年的景观建筑学课程. In 1905, he married Margaret Homer Nichols, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Howard Nichols of Boston and Cornish, New Hampshire. 在那一年，Shurcliff也在伦敦建立了自己的景观实践 Boston.

从1928年到1932年，Shurcliff担任美国景观建筑师协会主席. 他的工作包括大都会地区委员会和大都会的主要工作 规划委员会在波士顿的城市规划、工程、景观和公园领域 design. 他是威廉斯堡殖民时期修复工程的首席景观设计师， 弗吉尼亚，从1928年成立到1941年. He also served on the Boston Arts Commission.

他从事景观设计，设计和制造家具(与妻子玛格丽特)， 在他去世前一年内，他一直在绘画、素描和发明各种节省劳动力的设备 in 1957.

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Collection Description

舒尔克利夫的收藏包括11个唱片箱的文件. A portion of it is devoted 家族史，记录，照片和私人信件. Several boxes contain his 他同妹妹格特鲁德·霍普·肖特莱夫和弟弟雷夫·肖特莱夫的书信往来. Alfred D. K. Shurtleff. 他的信件中还包括与他的两个朋友亚历山大和 威廉·詹姆斯(哲学家威廉·詹姆斯的儿子)和兰登·沃纳 哈佛大学福格博物馆的亚洲艺术.

Correspondence with J. G. 迪尔林和纳尔逊·洛克菲勒反映了他为他们做的工作. With Albert B. Wells and J. 切尼·威尔斯，这些信件结合了他与他们的私人关系， 他的工作是在他们的私人庄园，他的工作是在他们的修复/重建村，老 Sturbridge Village. 有几个盒子装的是私人信件 interchanges to professional dealings.

通信也揭示了他在普利茅斯岩，普利茅斯，马萨诸塞州和 at Williamsburg. 威廉斯堡的资料中有一本叫《og体育官网》的书 是他为威廉斯堡公司制作的大部头书的一部分 restoration process. 他在大都会区委员会的工作，特别是在 夸宾水库，也通过通信揭示.

本作品集收录了他已发表和未发表的作品样本， 包括写作和出版他的两本书的过程.

他的个人活动和职业活动的主要来源之一是他的日记 spanning the years 1922-1956. 个人和机构账户保存在收藏中.

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Acquisition Information

Gift of Alice W. Shurcliff, Sidney N. Shurcliff, William A. Shurcliff, John P. Shurcliff, Mrs. Francis P. Lowell (Elizabeth Shurcliff), and Mrs. Franz J. Ingelfinger (Sarah P. Shurcliff), May 1969.

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Restrictions on Access

亚瑟·阿萨赫尔·舒尔克利夫的文件存放在校外，必须至少索要两份 business days in advance via Portal1791. 研究人员需要6件以上的非现场储存物品 provide additional advance notice. 如果你对申请材料有疑问 校外寄存请og体育官网咨询台617-646-0532或 reference@dh865.com.

Detailed Description of the Collection

Carton 1SH 15Q9 0
Client list, 1943-1953
Carton 1SH 15Q9 0
Office inventory, 1957
Carton 1SH 15Q9 0
Miscellaneous papers, 1950s-1969
Carton 1SH 15Q9 0
Asahel M. Shurtleff journal, 1865-1872

Journals of Asahel M. Shurtleff, made in the office of Arthur A. Shurcliff, April 1949

Bound typescripts.
Carton 1SH 15Q9 0
Portion of a journal by Asahel M. Shurtleff, 21 Nov. 1886-29 Sep. 1911
Carton 1SH 15Q9 0
Fragmentary notes from the life of Asahel M. Shurtleff, dictated 14 Nov. 1914
Carton 1SH 15Q9 0
Brief outline of the life of Asahel M. Shurtleff, 1832-1915, written by Arthur A. Shurcliff, Nov. 1947
Carton 1SH 15Q9 0
Autobiography of Arthur A. Shurcliff, written Winter of 1943-1944, with additions Summer of 1946, Summer of 1947Typescript with photographs.
Carton 1SH 15Q9 0
"Shurtleff Family History"Bound manuscript with photographs.
Carton 1SH 15Q9 0
《og体育官网》作者:乔舒亚·塔克，m.s.D."
Carton 1SH 15Q9 0
"Home Letters," 1893-1924Scrapbook of correspondence.
Carton 2SH 15QA 1
Family information
Carton 2SH 15QA 1
Alfred D. K. Shurtleff correspondence, 1930-1955
Carton 2SH 15QA 1
Gertrude Hope Shurtleff correspondence, 1906; 1928-1937
Carton 3SH 15QB 2
Gertrude Hope Shurtleff correspondence, 1938-1942; 1948-1958
Carton 3SH 15QB 2
Alexander James and family correspondence, 1941-1956
Carton 3SH 15QB 2
William James correspondence, 1941-1957
Carton 4SH 15QC 3
J. G. Deering correspondence, 1948-1955
Carton 4SH 15QC 3
Nelson Rockefeller correspondence, 1941-1957
Carton 4SH 15QC 3
Langdon Warner correspondence, 1942-1955
Carton 4SH 15QC 3
Albert B. Wells correspondence, 1938-1949
Carton 5SH 19MW N
J. Cheney Wells correspondence, 1939-1955
Carton 5SH 19MW N
"Special" correspondence, 1927-1939
Carton 5SH 19MW N
General correspondence, 1888; 1907-1923
Carton 6SH 15QE 5
General correspondence, 1924-1925; 1934; 1935; 1946; 1950-1955
Carton 7SH 15QF 6
Diaries, 26 Dec. 1922-26 Nov. 1956Loose typescripts.
Carton 7SH 15QF 6
Travels, 1930-1940Loose typescripts.
Carton 8SH 15QG 7
Duplicate diaries, 1922-1955
Carton 8SH 15QG 7
Publications
Carton 8SH 15QG 7
Printed material
Carton 9SH 15QH 8
Publications
Carton 9SH 15QH 8
Duplicate printed articles
Carton 9SH 15QH 8
Reports
Carton 9SH 15QH 8
Publications and correspondence about New England Journal, 1929-1931
Carton 9SH 15QH 8
Publications and correspondence about A Man Walks the Earth, 1951
Carton 9SH 15QH 8
Writings: published and unpublished, 1927-1941
Carton 10SH 15QI 9
Landscape work: Plymouth Rock, 1916-1952

Landscape work: Williamsburg

Carton 10SH 15QI 9
"Southern Places," 1931
Carton 10SH 15QI 9
"Palace Parking," 1937
Carton 10SH 15QI 9
《og体育官网》的历史与采访
Carton 10SH 15QI 9
Garden symposia
Carton 10SH 15QI 9
General correspondence

景观设计:波士顿大都会区委员会

Carton 10SH 15QI 9
Quabbin Reservoir, 1940-1945
Carton 10SH 15QI 9
General, 1939-1956
Carton 11SH 15QJ A
Accounts, 1940-1957
Carton 11SH 15QJ A
Agency accounts, 1927-1938; 1941; 1950-1955
Carton 11SH 15QJ A
Windmill data
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Preferred Citation

Arthur Asahel Shurcliff论文，马萨诸塞州历史学会.

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Access Terms

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Persons:

Barzun, Jacques, 1907-
Deering, Joseph G.
James, Alexander R. (Alexander Robertson), 1890-1946.
James, William, 1882-1961.
Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979.
Shurtleff, Alfred D. K.
Shurtleff, Asahel M.
Shurtleff, Gertrude H., 1872-
Warner, Langdon, 1881-1955.
Wells, Albert B.
Wells, Joel Cheney, 1874-1960.

Organizations:

Colonial Williamsburg, Inc.
Metropolitan District Commission (Boston, Mass.).
Old Sturbridge Village.

Subjects:

Account books--1927-1955.
Landscape architecture.
Plymouth Rock (Plymouth, Mass.).
Quabbin Reservoir (Mass.).

Photographs Removed from the Collection

照片和玻璃板底片从收集中移到MHS照片 Archives.

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伊丽莎白·霍普整理文集，修改描述 Cushing, Aug. 1983.

Encoded by Michael Rush, Aug. 2003