Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., was a personal friend of Marian Hooper Adams and her husband, the historian Henry Adams. Adams labeled one of her two matched portraits of Holmes that she mounted in a photographic scrapbook, "Judge O. W. Holmes, Jr. Feb 1884."
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RESEARCH


SPOTLIGHT ON Adams Resources at the MHS


Icon of Adams' Signatures

Consult this list of Adams resources at the MHS for easy access to online presentations of Adams family letters and diaries, descriptions of Adams collections, and biographical information on John Adams and other members of this important American family.

Other resources and information for researchers

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Coming of the American Revolution


Coming of the American Revolution

View letters, diaries, newspapers, and broadsides from the years 1764-1776, as well as tools for using these materials in the classroom.

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SPOTLIGHT ON Early Photographs


Early Photographs

Browse early photographs from our collections, including portraits taken by some of Boston's most notable photographers and depictions of locations in and around Boston, in this online presentation.

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Events

Early American History Seminar
Marital Infidelity and Espionage in the Siege of Boston
5:15PM Tuesday, 7 February 2012

Member Event
A Gilded and Heartbreaking Life: The Photographs of Clover Adams, 1883-1885
6:00PM Wednesday, 8 February 2012

Exhibition
A Gilded and Heartbreaking Life: The Photographs of Clover Adams, 1883-1885
10:00AM Thursday, 9 February 2012

History of Women and Gender Seminar
Performing Civil Rights: Black Women Entertainers, the "Long" Civil Rights Movement, and Second Wave Feminism
5:30PM Thursday, 9 February 2012

MHS Tour
The History and Collections of the MHS
10:00AM Saturday, 11 February 2012

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