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The 9th Cambridge Open Archives
The 9th Annual Cambridge Open Archives: “Living and Dying in Cambridge” A Rare Opportunity to View Mount Auburn’s Archival Materials Can you imagine having the chance to examine an amazing selection of primary documents, ephemera, and photographs while discussing the history … Continue reading
Significant Monuments Exhibit
Explore our new online exhibit, Mount Auburn’s Significant Monuments (click the image below to launch the exhibit in a new window). Written by Melissa Banta with Meg L. Winslow, with excerpts from their publication The Art of Commemoration and America’s … Continue reading
Urgent Repair Needed for Monument to Express Service Founder
By Meg L. Winslow, Curator of Historical Collections and Melissa Banta, Historical Collections Consultant Mount Auburn has long been a leader among historic cemeteries in conserving irreplaceable examples of American funerary sculpture. In 2013, the stewardship of the Cemetery’s monuments … Continue reading
Researching Mount Auburn’s Thirty Most Significant Monuments
by Marilynne K. Roach, Historian In 2015 I had the good fortune to join Mount Auburn Cemetery’s IMLS project to research and document thirty of their most significant monuments. My job was to conduct off-site research before the grant’s end … Continue reading