Sweet Auburn Winter 2004 2005

Inside this Issue…

Woodland Restoration Project at Consecration Dell by Dennis Collins

Can You Name That Plant?

Preservation of the Lodge Tomb
The final resting place of three U.S. Senators and possibly designed by Shephard S. Woodcock, the Lodge Tomb on Oxalis Path has undergone preservation measures.

Piper Morris, New Vice President of Development at Mount Auburn

Annual Fund 2004-2005

Recent Biographies of Mount Auburn Cemetery Residents
Longfellow – A Rediscovered Life by Charles C. Calhoun; Poe & Fanny by John May; and Harriet Jacobs: A Life by Jean Fagan Yellin.

Wildlife Habitat Improvement at Willow Pond

Red Sox Nation

Biographical Note: Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (1842-1924) by Bree Detamore
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, buried on Indian Ridge Path, was a Civil Rights leader, author, editor, and a charter member of the Boston Chapter of the NAACP.

Mount Auburn Forever

Birds and Birding at Mount Auburn Cemetery: An Introductory Guide
This new bird guide, with text by Christopher Leahy and illustrations by Clare Walker Leslie, introduces visitors to the birds and wildlife habitats at Mount Auburn.