1786-2004
Guide to the Collection
Work on this collection was sponsored by the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Representative digitized documents from this collection:
Restrictions on Access
Portions of this collection are available as color digital facsimiles (see links below). Where digital facsimiles are available, use of the originals is restricted.
Two cartons of rescue and case reports, 1980-1995, are closed to researchers pending review.
Abstract
This collection consists of the records of the Humane Society of Massachusetts kept from 1786-2004, including meeting minutes, rules, bylaws, membership lists, treasurer reports, account books, bills, estate inventories, lifesaving and rescue case reports, correspondence, and newspaper clippings. The Humane Society is a charitable organization founded in 1786 to rescue the survivors of shipwrecks and ships in distress.
Historical Sketch
The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts was established in 1786 to rescue the survivors of shipwrecks and ships in distress. The Society maintained lifeboats and rescue stations along the Massachusetts seashore and provided instruction in lifesaving. It is widely considered the precursor to the U.S. Coast Guard. The Society later expanded its efforts, supporting the Asylum for the Insane and the Boston Lying-In Hospital and rewarding individuals for heroic personal rescues with medals and monetary awards. The Society remains in existence today.
Collection Description
The records of the Humane Society of Massachusetts from 1786-2004 consist of meeting minutes, rules, bylaws, membership lists, treasurer reports, account books, bills, estate inventories, lifesaving and rescue case reports, correspondence, and newspaper clippings. Lifesaving and rescue case reports make up the bulk of the collection, with references to the reports found in numerous parts of the collection. The case reports include detailed information regarding rescue attempts, victims' names, and medals awarded. Society correspondence consists of letterbooks and loose correspondence relating to all aspects of the Society and its business, including rescue cases, medals awarded, and supplies purchased. Correspondence includes letters written mostly by the recording secretary and other members, such as Robert Bennet Forbes, B. W. Crowninshield, Thomas Motley, Jr., Edward H. Faucon, and Sidney W. Burgess.
The administrative records include the Society rules and bylaws that have changed over the years, the act of incorporation, monthly and annual meeting minutes, and membership lists. The financial records of the Society include treasurer reports, account books and records, property information and records, bills and vouchers, and audited financial statements, including records of the Society's endowment and investments. Newspaper clippings and publicity reports consist of articles of shipwrecks, rescue attempts, medal recipients, and publicity of members of the Society.
Acquisition Information
The bulk of the early material was given to the MHS as a gift by William Caleb Loring in March 1914, including early rescue case reports from 1899-1909 and most of the 18th- and 19th-century materials. The majority of the 20th-century materials were deposited by the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in December 1996 and January 2007.
Restrictions on Access
Portions of this collection are available as color digital facsimiles (see links below). Where digital facsimiles are available, use of the originals is restricted.
Two cartons of rescue and case reports, 1980-1995, are closed to researchers pending review.
Other Formats
This collection is available as color digital facsimiles.
Detailed Description of the Collection
I. Administrative records, 1786-2002digital content
A. Rules and bylaws, 1791-1902digital content
First published in 1788 and later adopted in 1791, the rules, bylaws, and act of incorporation of the Massachusetts Humane Society are located in three folders. The rules, bylaws, and act of incorporation of the Humane Society establish the number of trustees and officers that are allowed to serve, responsibilities of the trustees and officers, frequency of Society meetings, monetary awards and medals given to rescuers, and other important aspects of the Society. The rules and bylaws have been amended over the course of the Society's existence.
Rules and bylaws, 1791–1902
Rules and bylaws, 1791–1902
Rules and bylaws, 1791–1902
B. Meeting minutes, 1857-2002digital content
Eleven volumes of minutes contain records for monthly and annual meetings of the Humane Society of Massachusetts held in Boston, Mass., usually at a board member's house. Monthly meetings recorded attendance, presentations of rescue cases, and votes on awarding medals or money. Annual meeting minutes recorded the election of officers and trustees and discussions about the budget.
Meeting minutes, 1857-1874
In-person visitors must use photostat (1857-1876) or manuscript (1857-1874) copies (vols. 1A and 1B).
Meeting minutes, 1857-1876
PhotostatsMeeting minutes, 1857-1874
Manuscript copiesMeeting minutes, 1876-1888
In-person visitors must use photostat copies (vol. 2A).
Meeting minutes, 1876-1888
PhotostatsMeeting minutes, 1888-1903
In-person visitors must use photostat copies (vol. 3A).
Meeting minutes, 1888-1903
PhotostatsMeeting minutes, 1903-1917
Use photostat copies (vol 4A).
Meeting minutes, 1903-1917
PhotostatsMeeting minutes, 1917-1930
Meeting minutes, 1930-1941
Meeting minutes, 1942-1956
Meeting minutes, 1956-1973
Meeting minutes, 1973-1985
Meeting minutes, 1986-1998
Meeting minutes, 1998-2002
C. Membership, 1786-1838digital content
Membership-related records include a list of member names, some noting their place of residence, from 1786 to 1838, and a list of men who delivered the annual discourse to the Society from 1787 to 1817.
Membership, 1786-1838
Membership, 1786-1838
D. Establishment of the Asylum for the Insane, 1816
This folder contains the history of the establishment of the Asylum for the Insane, an agreement made between the Humane Society of Massachusetts and Massachusetts General Hospital.
II. Financial records, 1786-2004digital content
A. Treasurer reports, 1791-1990digital content
Seven volumes of treasurer reports record payments for materials and supplies, employee salaries, upkeep of lifesaving stations, lists of property including real estate, stocks, bonds, investments, and names of subscribers and annual subscriptions paid to the Society. Also included is an account book kept by Charles Amory, the Society's treasurer, from 1849 to 1864. Amory's entries include travel reimbursements for members, payments for silver and gold medals, rewards for lifesaving heroics, materials and supplies, and returns on investments and stocks.
Annual subscribers, 1791-1813
In-person visitors must use photostat copies (vol. 12A).
Annual subscribers, 1791-1813
PhotostatsAnnual subscribers, 1804-1813; treasurer reports, 1805-1818
Annual subscribers, 1818-1838; treasurer reports, 1818-1826
Treasurer reports, 1831-1881
Treasurer reports, 1881-1908
Treasurer reports, 1908-1926
Treasurer reports, 1926-1990
Charles Amory's treasurer accounts, 1849-1864
B. Account books, 1919-1937
Three account books of the Humane Society record payments to companies for work performed at lifesaving stations, materials, supplies, outstanding bills, and employee salaries.
Account book, 1919-1925
Account book, 1925-1932
Account book, 1932-1937
C. Bills and vouchers, 1848-1849
One volume of bills and vouchers of the Humane Society kept from 1848 to 1849 records supplies such as lumber for building boats and lifesaving stations, cordage for ropes, and copper for boat hulls. Entries were made at various locations in Massachusetts. including Boston, New Bedford, Chatham, Hull, Edgartown, and Kingston.
D. Property, 1786-1916
In one folder containing valuation lists of property owned by the Humane Society of Massachusetts from 1786 to 1916, one list records the total value each year, and the other records property values in ten-year intervals. Also included is the name of the Humane Society treasurer and the years served.
E. Estates inventories, wills, and probate records, 1791-1928
Arranged chronologically
Estate inventories, wills, and probate records consist of monetary gifts given to the Humane Society upon the death of the donor. Many of these donations became the backbone of the Society's endowment. See treasurer reports for the performance of the gifts.
F. Audited financial reports, 1969-2004
Arranged chronologically
Audited financial reports of the Humane Society from 1969 to 2004 record income gained from investments in stocks, bonds, and securities.
G. Report on restricted funds, 1939
A 1939 report on restricted funds belonging to the Humane Society sought to document whether or not the restricted funds were being used in accordance with the original wishes of the donor. These funds include legacies, wills, and donations.
III. Lifesaving and rescue records, 1849-1995digital content
A. Rescue and case reports, 1899-1909, 1980-1995digital content
Arranged chronologically by case number.
Lifesaving rescue and case reports record the location of an accident, names and addresses of person or people who made the rescue, names of people saved or lost, witness names and addresses, cause of the accident, correspondence related to the case, and any newspaper clippings regarding the case.
Rescue and case reports 594-634, July 1899-Aug. 1901digital content
Rescue of abandoned schooner Claremont, Stations 27, 28 and 29, 10 Sep. 1900
Wilton H. Carleton rescued by John H. Tilton, 28 Sep. 1900
Assisting schooner Mary G. Powers, Station 26, 27 Oct. 1900
John Pease rescued by Michael J. Long, 27 Oct. 1900
Survivors of schooner Myra B. Weaver rescued by crew of steamer City of Macon, 10 Nov. 1900
Earl G. McAdams rescued by Thomas Scully, 13 Sep. 1900
Annie Carey, John Hickey and Albert Bradley rescued by Elliott C. Hadley, 2 July 1900
Fred Upton rescued by H.S. Monies, 13 Oct. 1900
William Cunningham rescued by C.E. Haskell, 22 Dec. 1900
Mary Mack rescued by Marion Woodbury, 27 Dec. 1900
Herbert F. Black rescued by J.A. Burckhart, 9 Jan. 1901
Wreck of schooner Lily, Nauset, 3 Jan. 1901
Wreck of schooner George B. Davenport, Nashawana, 21 Jan. 1901
Reuben Atkins rescued by Nathan R. Birge et al., 18 Dec. 1900
Harold Reid rescued by R.A. McDonald, 11 Aug. 1900
John Thompson rescued by R.A. McDonald, 8 Jan. 1901
Mrs. W.L. Puffer rescued by Laurence G. Weston, 7 Sep. 1900
Rescue of Marcus E. Howes in a dory by lifeboat crew, Nantucket, Station 50, 6 Feb. 1901
Eliza Green rescued by Thomas J. Muldoon, 21 Feb. 1901
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Ernest and Arthur Silver rescued by N.S. Powers, 17 Feb. 1901
J.J. Dixie and John Callahan rescued by George W. Dixie, 14 Feb. 1901
Rescue of John Vickery by James M. Hynes, 23 Apr. 1901 [Please note that this case contains an account of an attempted suicide.]
Wreck of Henrietta G. Martin, Station 10, 11 May 1901
Wreck of schooner Billow, Station 10, 25 May 1901
Cyril Kerans rescued by Daniel F. Caskin, 27 July 1900
Mary Knowlton rescued by Colson D. Allen, 13 Apr. 1901
Carl E. Bryant rescued by Thomas Courtney, 11 May 1901
Blanche E. Childs and Rosey Savoy rescued by Thomas G. Whiting, 1 June 1901
William Weeks rescued by Carl Mann, 6 June 1901
Jennie Holleran and Hannah Flaherty rescued by John Connolly, 24 June 1901
Attempted rescue of Charles and Marietta Upton by Fred P. Hutchinson, 5 July 1901
Wreck of Hannah Carleton and Sarah L. Davis, Station 44, 27 June 1901
Alma Duby rescued by Ray Van Arsdale, 18 July 1901
Wreck of sloop Sigrid, Annisquam, Station 1, 18 July 1901
Unknown woman rescued by John A. Swift, 12 Aug. 1900
Sylvester Luce rescued by Francis J. Marshall et al., 14 Feb. 1901
Arthur E. Greene rescued by Otis W. Newhall, 22 July 1901
Louise Grant rescued by Terrance Perkins, 15 Aug. 1901
Wreck of schooner Ethelwold, Station 10, 15 Aug. 1901
Rescue and case reports 635-677, Sep. 1901-July 1902digital content
Wreck of schooner St. Thomas, Station 65, 13 Sep. 1901
John Mealia rescued by Richard Smith, 10 June 1901
Mrs. Mary Lewis rescued by Charles Riley, 29 July 1901
Edwin Moore rescued by Dennis McGee, 24 Aug. 1901
Harry Rogers rescued by Thomas F. Patterson, 25 Aug. 1901
Charles Kaplan rescued by George Burke, 25 Aug. 1901
Agnes Ryan and Mildred Dixon rescued by Colin Simson and M.R. Deming, 18 July 1901
Arthur A. Boyd rescued by Thomas J. Boyd, 2 Aug. 1901
Robert E. May rescued by Louis and Claire Bent, 11 Aug. 1901
A.V. Holt rescued by George Carter, 8 Oct. 1901
Wreck of schooner Viola, Station 60, 24 Nov. 1901
Carrie Gile and Sadie Rea rescued by John B. Currier, 2 Sep. 1901
Gus O'Flagherty rescued by Arthur W. Dennen and Charles Thomas, 6 Sep. 1901
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Waldo E. and Raymond I. Page rescued by Ambrose Fleming, 22 Sep. 1901
Gertrude Gray rescued by Gordon Prince, 25 June 1901
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Margaret Lynch and James Marshall rescued by George W. Dowrey, Jr., 1 Dec 1901
Milford W. Chamberlain's stopping of American Express Wagon and horses, 26 Dec. 1901
Simon and Louis Wolff rescued by Ernest Gannon, 22 Jan. 1902
Mrs. Philip Hook rescued by Firemen Joseph P. Hanton and M.J. Teehan, 8 Feb. 1902
Sadie Forrestall rescued by Royal W. Burgin, 30 Jan. 1902
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Seth L. Ellis rescued by Capt. Elmer F. Mayo, Gold Medal, 17 Mar. 1902
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Mary McGann rescued by Cora B. Fowle, 1 Sep. 1901
Alma Cummings rescued by Robert Thomas and S.C. Patchard, 4 May 1902
John Walsh rescued by Oscar A. Schnabel, 11 May 1902
Robert MacIntosh rescued by Lorenzo, John and Emily Poole, 18 May 1902
5 persons rescued by Sgt. Clarence Huntley, 8 June 1902
5 persons rescued by crew of fishing schooner Francis M. Parker, 8 June 1902
Saving of an unnamed catboat owned by James Halerson, Station 6, 8 June 1902
George Taylor rescued by George W. Woodward, 23 June 1902
Milo Levene rescued by William Gormley, 28 June 1902
James Lyons rescued by John J. Desmond, 8 July 1902
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Thomas O'Connor rescued by Albert Lund, Bartholomew O'Shea and C.F. Coulon, 21 Aug. 1901
David K. Erving rescued by Edward Ormsby, 2 Sep. 1901
Unknown Italian boy rescued by John Sullivan, 13 June 1902
Robert E. Allen rescued by Walter O'Malley, 8 July 1902
Eleanor Tewsbury rescued by Frank Conley and Frank Cornell, 23 July 1902
Rescue and case reports 678-715, Aug. 1902-June 1903digital content
Thomas Woods rescued by Bernard Gately and Susie Chalamel, 4 Aug. 1902
John J. O'Donnell rescued by Albert Burke, 10 Aug. 1902
Miss Delahanty rescued by Joseph W. Vokes, 10 Aug. 1902
Rescue of an unknown female child by William V. Brennan, 12 Aug. 1902
Attempted rescue of Charles V. Taylor by W.G. Oakey and George H. Symonds, 18 Aug. 1902
Runaway horse stopped by Joseph Blanco, 22 Aug. 1902
Margaret E. Donahue rescued by George H. Stowe, 29 Aug. 1902
Catherine Reagan rescued by Grenville Clark, 28 June 1901 [Please note that this case contains an account of an attempted suicide.]
Annie B. Collier, Jeanne Brown, Christine McAdams rescued by Charles P. Middleton and Frederick H. Middleton, 31 July 1902
Frank Knowlton rescued by Pierpont Dutcher, 20 Aug. 1902
Agnes Cusick rescued by Thomas J. Ferns, 22 May 1902
John Hermanson and Alexander Nelson rescued by Robert L. Jackson and Ralph Aiken (Vineyard Sound), 15 Oct. 1902
James F. Noonan rescued by Edward W. Feehan, 3 Oct. 1902
Saving of Schooner Clara, Station 65, 22 Oct. 1902
Crew of tugboat Astra rescued by Alfred Sorensen, Lincoln Russell and William Bowden, 15 Dec. 1902
Wreck of Samuel Lewis, Station 33, Barnstable, 9 Dec. 1902
Alonzo Emery rescued by James W. Hennessey, 13 Dec. 1902
Daniel R. Cornman rescued by Harold O. Shepard, 21 Aug. 1902
4 persons rescued by George H. Fish at Horseneck Beach, 3 Sep. 1902
Crew of Schooner Emeline J. Sawyer rescued by volunteer crew, led by George Bloomer, South Chatham, 18 Jan. 1903
Miss Bresnahan rescued by Mrs. Charles T. Kidder, 17 July 1902
Katharine A. Mahoney rescued by Mary E. Dobbyn, 27 Aug. 1902
Robert V. Brown rescued by Ernest F. Jenkins, 18 Sep. 1902
Abel Casey and George White rescued by Samuel F. Smith and Thomes E. Curley, 22 Dec. 1902
William H. Wall rescued by Thomas H. McLean, 1 Jan. 1903
Edward Flaherty rescued by William W. Scott, 6 Feb. 1903
Mrs. Bradbury and child rescued by Cornelius C. Buckley, 12 Feb. 1903
Crew of Schooner E.H. Foster rescued by crew of fishing Schooner Kineo, 12 Feb. 1903
Edward Ross rescued by Louise N. Barry, 3 Mar. 1903
George Jameson rescued by Timothy Ahern, 8 Mar. 1903
Edward Carr rescued by James F. Sloan (from Firetruck), 27 Mar. 1903
John Dugdale rescued by Thomas F. McNulty, 26 Apr. 1903
Anna Pelky rescued by Dociter Foster, 16 May 1903
Runaway horse and cart stopped by James Corbett, May 1903
Eloie Molo rescued by Timothy Collins, 25 May 1903
Young girl rescued by Nicilis George, 26 May 1903
Lillian Morrison rescued by Eugene E.A. Stack, 22 May 1903
Use of boat at Station 52, Slasconset (no shipwreck involved), 25 May 1903
Stopping of runaway horse by John J. Doherty, 3 June 1903
Use of boat report, Station 3, Rockport, to aid in house fire, Straitsmouth Island, 12 June 1903
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Rescue and case reports 734-777, Aug. 1903-July 1904digital content
Edward Holmes rescued by Walter Marandus, 14 Aug. 1903
Esther Anderson rescued by Nannie Barnes, 19 Aug. 1903
Timothy F. Quinn rescued by John T. Burke, 20 Aug. 1903
Helen Harrington and Ella Hughey rescued by Robert L. Brooks, 29 Aug. 1903
Eddie Schafer rescued by William F. Coakley, 13 Sep. 1903
Unknown elderly man rescued by Arthur W. Pepin, 23 Sep. 1903
Loss of catboat off Cuttyhunk searched for by Capt. Walter F. Grinnell of Arizona, 10 Oct. 1903
Saving of schooner Independence, Rocky Neck Station, 11 Oct. 1903
Runaway horse stopped by Pierce P. Power, 12 Oct. 1903
Annie and Sadie McDonald with baby, rescued by Benjamin Phillips, 20 Oct. 1903
Wreck of schooner Dawson City, Station 35, 24 Oct. 1903
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Evans rescued by Herbert J. Bradley, 27 Nov. 1902
Byron Livingston rescued by Edward Welch, 30 Sep. 1903
Joseph Watson rescued from fire by Lieut. Charles M. Conway and Ladderman Michael J. Dacey, 8 Dec. 1903
Crew of steamer Kiowa rescued by Capt. George A. Ham, 26 Dec. 1903
Wreck of Allen H. Jones, Station 23, 26 Dec. 1903
Use of Station 25 lifeboat by U.S. crew, 27 Dec. 1903
Wreck of Allen H. Jones, Station 20, Use of boat, 26-27 Dec. 1903
Wreck of Belle J. Neal, Point Allerton, Hull, Boat 17, 3 Jan. 1904
Grover W. McCormick rescued by Otis A. Edgarton, Aug. 1903
Wreck of Harriet Rogers, Newburyport, 21 June 1904
Wreck of M.J. Soley, crew rescued by schooner Margaret, 22 Jan. 1904
Frank Marshall rescued by Josephine S. Holohan and Sarah Rogers, 24 Jan. 1904
Edward C. Carlisle rescued employees in burning building, 6 Feb. 1904
Use of lifeboat, Station 23, Cohasset, 21 Feb. 1904
William Monahan rescued by John F. Crotty, 19 Feb. 1904
Runaway horse stopped by Joseph W. Torpey, 1 Mar. 1904
Pauline Nichols rescued by Paris N. Nichols, 6 Nov. 1903
Lovide Lariviere and Frank Michaud rescued by Octave Dion, 19 Mar. 1904
Wreck of Olivia Domingoes, at Brace's Cove, 11 Apr. 1904
Ovila Letourneau rescued by Wilbrod Bouthillette, 4 June 1903
Mrs. R.H. Hartshorn rescued by Walter Thomas, 23 Feb. 1904
John Graves rescued by George T. McCartney, 30 Apr. 1904
Harry Linnell rescued by Michael T. Regan, 7 May 1904
Dorothy Welsh rescued by John McSweeney, 8 May 1904
Ethel Thayer rescued by Patrick McNamara, 19 May 1904
Blanche Senecal and Albert Proulx rescued by Michael F. Fitzpatrick, 24 May 1904
Herbert W. Bryant rescued by John Chapin, 25 May 1904
Wreck of Charles A. Hunt, Station 2, 2 June 1904
Henry Moore rescued by Manuel F. Aresta, 9 June 1904
John Black and John Collins rescued by Charles F. Shackford and Harry Boddington, 24 Apr. 1904
Saving of catboat Musette, Station 65, 28 June 1904
Harold Crafts rescued by Martin Connelly and Morgan Kane, 24 June 1904
Eleanor B. MacKinnon rescued by Ellis C. Higgins, 27 June 1904
Saving of schooner Irving Leslie, Station 14, 23 July 1904
Rescue and case reports 778-824, Aug. 1904-May 1905digital content
Saving of auxiliary schooner Wawa, Station 65, 20-21 Aug. 1904
Denis McQuade rescued by Matthew F. Sullivan, 11 June 1904
Edward Gillis rescued by Agnes Kersey, 18 June 1904
Frank Garnet rescued by Cornelius J. Mahoney, 27 June 1904
Runaway horse stopped by Alfred A. Boudreau, 18 July 1904
Seven persons rescued by A. Frank Bigney, 1 July 1904
Alice M. Ober rescued by Howard F. Colt, 19 July 1904
James Donnelly rescued by Russell B. Clark, 20 July 1904
Runaway horses stopped by George R. Porter, 26 July 1904
Boating party rescued by Donald MacMillan and others, 30 July 1904
Saving of steamer Monohansett, Station 7, 31 July 1904
Michael McManus and James Murphy rescued by Charles W. Stephenson and George F. Zoph, 14 Aug. 1904
Harry Smith rescued by Ernestine F. Atwood and Roy F. Atwood, 22 Aug. 1904
Joseph Gouling rescued by Dennis J. McGuinness. 27 June 1904
Charles O. Carter rescued by Jeremiah Collins and Thomas White, 18 July 1904
Unknown man rescued by William J. Moore, July 1904
[Alex Beaton?] rescued by Hugh F. O'Rourke, 26 Aug. 1904
Runaway horses stopped by Cornelius F. Driscoll, 26 Sep. 1904
Ann Monahan rescued by Daniel O'Neill, 16 Oct. 1904
Wreck of schooner Nautilus, Station 6, 13 Nov. 1904
Wreck of schooner Charles Luling, Station 50, 18 Nov. 1904
Annie F. Marston rescued by William H. Carahar, 8 Aug. 1904
Joseph O'Connell rescued by Patrick E. Foley, 15 Aug. 1904
Raymond Courtney rescued by Fred Burton, 24 Oct. 1904
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Eugene Pratt rescued by Janus Peterine, 8 Sep. 1904
Mrs. Thomas B. Sawtelle and Sarah G. Childs rescued by John J. Crowe, 15 Dec. 1904
John and Janus Ryan rescued by Thomas McMahon, 28 Dec. 1904
John Malla rescued by Wallace M. Humphrey and Edwin A. Ward, 29 Dec. 1904
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William and John Lynch rescued by Joseph B. Burke and Ernest Stolba, 22 Feb. 1905
Frank and Norman Meilbye rescued by James Hourihan, 25 Mar. 1905
Katherine Collins rescued by John A. Carolan, 12 Apr. 1905
Nellie and Mamie Welch rescued by Arthur A. Ross, 19 Apr. 1905
James and Alice Woodford rescued by Thomas J. Gibbon, 27 Apr. 1905
Phillip Lebell rescued by Thomas C. Brown, 17 Oct. 1904
Ephraim R. Jeffries and George L. Boucher rescued by George E. Fernandes, 5 Feb. 1905
William U. Hubbard and A. Endicott Dennett rescued by Ethel M. Seaver, 20 Apr. 1905
Runaway horses stopped by James E. Whitten, 17 May 1905
James Gray rescued by James J. Gallagher, 20 May 1905
Alice and James Cooney rescued by Thelma M. McNee, 30 May 1905
Walter Whitney rescued by Joseph G. Toland, 10 June 1905
Rescue and case reports 825-868, June 1905-Dec. 1905digital content
Saving of cat boat Tisiphone, Monomoy Point Station, 26 June 1905
Unknown sailboat saved by Station 29, Bass Cove, 26 June 1905
Runaway horse stopped by Frank Dobbratz, 27 Apr. 1905
John Geoghagen rescued by Thomas McGown, 15 June 1905
Hobart F. Perin rescued by Edwy L. McDonald, 28 June 1905
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Mr. and Mrs. John Martin rescued by John W. Farrell and James L. Martin, 10 June 1905
Hyman Goldman, Ettie Zagar and Ellis Reisman rescued by Gabriel Farrell Jr., 15 June 1905
Margaret Fowkes, Lucy Bogrine and Jessie Doyle rescued by Thomas F. Stoddart, 13 July 1905
Susie and Rena Pilsbury and Helen Smart rescued by Guy F. Bragdon, 15 July 1905
Harry Pearson, Charles Terrio and Ralph Axford rescued by Ira. C. Kimball, 18 July 1905
Edith Freeman rescued by Thomas J. Burkette, 4 Aug. 1905
Hattie Crane and Elsie Stockwell rescued by Charles S. Wheeler, 7 July 1905
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Adam Hagarty rescued by Thomas Lawrence, W.J. Higgins, Thomas F. Taylor and Nels P. Nelson, 18 June 1905
Waldo Carter rescued by William P.C. O'Brien, 5 July 1905
Jeremiah Leary rescued by Charles E. Bedell, 6 Aug. 1905
Attempted rescue of Lewis H. Lawrence and Eliza Miller by Richard B. Edwards, 17 Aug. 1905
Minnie Green rescued by Frank S. Maloney, 24 Aug. 1904
Runaway horse stopped by Samuel B. Roos, 1 June 1903
Mrs. George Ackerman rescued by Frank E. Erickson, 20 Oct. 1905
Ernest Smith rescued by Stephen McGinley, 23 Oct. 1905
George Kerr rescued by Charles Southgate Jr., 12 July 1905
Six men rescued by Bessie Bell and John J. Gleason, 9 Sep. 1905
George Levallee and Henry Mongeau rescued by Edward A. Bigelow, 13 Nov. 1905
Crew of schooner Charlotte L. Morgan rescued by George Childs, 25 Nov. 1905
Attempted rescue of James Hartnett by William F. Hartnett and rescue of William F. Hartnett by William D. Putney, 16 Dec. 1905
Grace Giddings rescued by Harry E. Davey, 18 Dec. 1905
Mrs. Hallock H. Hill rescued by George H. Williams and J. Gregg Minchin, 21 Dec. 1905
Lena S. Salsman rescued by Thomas J. Flanigan, 27 Dec. 1905
Runaway horse stopped by Albert Novak and Frederick Hoar, 5 Jan. 1906
Little girl rescued by George F. Jewett, 23 Jan. 1906
Bertha F. Kimball rescued by Leo A. Hyde, 26 Jan. 1906
Isaac and Rachel Naiman rescued by Rosa Naiman, 27 Jan. 1906
Percy Larivee rescued by William D. Sohier, 28 Jan. 1906
Emma and Herbert Larsen rescued by Eugene Kinnure, 29 Jan. 1906
Saving of steamship Devonia, Station 30,15 Feb. 1906
John Allen rescued by William Murray, 14 Aug. 1905
Runaway fire horses stopped by James. M. Synnott, 1 Dec. 1905
Earle Hathaway rescued by George L. Boyd, 2 Dec. 1905
Rescue and case reports 869-910, Jan. 1906-Aug. 1906digital content
Bernard S. Stearns rescued by Frank A. Chase, 3 Jan. 1906
Wreck of Clara C. Lane, Station 15, 19 Mar. 1906
Josephine Mullen rescued by Clarence Osborne, 8 Jan. 1906
Viola Lewis rescued by Frank E. F. Hawthorne, 27 Jan. 1906
Daniel Reardon rescoued by John F. Milan, 12 Feb. 1906
James Cameron rescued by John McKinnon and Daniel McDonald, 5 Mar. 1906
Redmond M. Fallon rescued by John Akins 14 Apr. 1906
Daniel McLaughlin rescued by Elmer F. Thomas, 11 May 1906
Ethel Cox rescued by John McNamee, 22 May 1906
Thomas Welsh rescued by Peter B. Peterson, 28 May 1906
Saving of Verona, Station 13 (Nahant), 3 June 1906
Saving of schooner Rosa Muellas, Station 65, 20 Mar. 1906
Saving of schooner Mary Gabrell, Station 29, 7 June 1906
Saving of a power-boat, Station 10, Marblehead, 17 June 1906
John and John J. Coffey rescued by Edward M. and George A. Hammann and Earl Blackstone, 21 Feb. 1906
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Jules Medeiros and Manuel Miguel rescued by Patrick Cunningham, 13 May 1906
Leo Mahoney rescued by Richard P. Dunn and Joseph Clancy, 13 June 1906
John Hamilton rescued by Henry D. Leary, 20 Sep. 1906
John Smith rescued by Denis F. Ryan, 20 June 1906
Robert Cheverie rescued by James Riley, 5 July 1906
Elizabeth C. Gaffney rescued by Frank J. Mahoney, 9 Aug. 1905
Albert Goulart rescued by Patrick C. Carew, 10 May 1906
Laura McCann rescued by Roger Corrigan, 10 June 1906
Willie Hamilton rescued by John McGovern, 28 June 1906
John Thompson Jr. rescued by Parker M. and Jerome Gamage, 7 July 1906
Saving of schooner Gov. Russell, Station 29, 9 Aug. 1906
Sumner H. Williams Jr. rescused by Alexander Ducharme, 26 Aug. 1906
Saving of sailing-dory Old Girl, Station 13, 3 Sep. 1906
Saving of Powerboat Molli, Station 13, 8 Oct. 1906
Runaway horse stopped by Joseph M. Russell, 21 May 1906
Earl Donovan rescued by William Doyle, 23 July 1906
Ural Leach rescued by Carlton W. Kingsbury, 3 Aug. 1906
Mollie Garvey and John Kelley rescued by Harry Kiley, 7 Aug. 1906
John Himmelfarb and Morris Krantzman rescued by Charles B. Warburton, 28 Aug. 1906
Isabel Bowditich rescued by Mary Lawlor, 1 Sep. 1906
Fred LeBlanc rescued by Edward P. McEvoy, 18 Sep. 1906
William Fitzgerald rescued by Thomas F. Maher, 29 Sep. 1906
J. Herritz rescued by Rachel Harris, 18 Aug. 1906
Earl Green rescued by Oscar E. Holbrook, Joseph W. Kilkenny, and Nicholas O'Neill, 17 Dec. 1906
Elmer Jones rescued by Gabriell Farrell Jr., 27 May 1906
Barney Gross et al.rescued by James Farrell and Gabriel Farrell Jr., 18 Aug. 1906
Joseph S. Murdock rescued by Newell S. Gilman, 23 Aug. 1906
Rescue and case reports 911-956, Sep. 1906-Oct. 1907digital content
Willien Deneautt Jr. rescued by Marc A. Perkins, 9 Sep. 1906
Robert Webster, powerboat Pearle, rescued by Station 30, 27 Dec. 1906
Franco and John Scirappa rescued by Dominco Cataldo, 2 Jan. 1907
John J. Trant rescued by James F. Danchy, 11 Jan. 1907
Neil J. Willett rescued by Joseph M. Paulsen, 15 Aug. 1906
Virgil D. White rescued by Walter R. Carroll, 21 Aug. 1906
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Leonard J. and James P. Brewer rescued by Albion F. Rich, 27 Feb. 1907
Wallace E. Young rescued by William Thompson, 8 Sep. 1906
Patrick F. Gannon rescued by Florus W. Carrier, 16 Mar. 1907
Marien F. Balcom rescued by Georg Reheuser, 7 Apr. 1907
Mary Curran rescued by Daniel J. Reardon, 26 Apr. 1907
Wreck report, Dory #20 of Swapscott, Station 13, 19 May 1907
Mildred Gibbons rescued by Frank J. Holden, 15 Apr. 1907
Crew of Schooner Rowena rescued by Schooner Volant, 3 Jun. 1907
Wreck Report, Schooner Rowena, Station 2, 3 June 1907
H. Nelson, O. Peterson, J. Olson rescued by Frank J. Johnson and Edward F. Kelly, 16 June 1907
George Wayland rescued by Clarence Friend, 21 Jun. 1907
Marie E. Gillis rescued by Marie Ballem, 2 Jul. 1907
Elmira F. Dionne rescued by Mary H. Flavin, 15 Jul. 1907
Wreck report, Sloop Almond, Station 13, 21 July 1907
Mrs. John Beatle and Harry Riley rescued by Edward J. Welch, 16 Aug. 1906
Albert Grosgro rescued by Charles M. Young, 27 Jun. 1907
Francis Lynch rescued by George C. Dunlevy, 8 Jul. 1907
Unknown woman and baby rescued by Joseph I. Sawyer, 14 Jul. 1907
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Daniel Mooney and Frank Rooney rescued by Joseph E. Burke, 30 Aug. 1906
Unknown man rescued by Raymond L. O'Connor, 23 Jun. 1907
Herbert M. Bacon rescued by Douglas Flatlery, 5 July 1907
Unknown man rescued by George W. Blake, 6 Aug. 1907
Sarah Sulkins rescued by Leo Cheinstein, 24 Aug. 1907
Runaway horse stopped by Winfield W. LeGacy, 10 Sep. 1907
Wreck Report, Princess of Avon, Station 13, 25 Sep. 1907
Runaway horse stopped by Leslie G. Rich, 14 Oct. 1907
Hugh Hoffman rescued by John Muckian, John F. Kane, Fred C. McGray and John Connelly, 11 Dec. 1906
Samuel Snyder rescued by Max Shriber, 9 Aug. 1907
Charles and John Brophy rescued by Gabriel Farrell Jr., 17 Sep. 1907
Isabelle Drury rescued by W.H. Raymenter and Rachael Longley, 22 Aug. 1907
Unknown man rescued by Robert J. Jones, 11 Sep. 1907
Two men rescued by Robert Bacon and John S. Reed, 11 Oct. 1907
Alice Ash rescued by Frederick Ray, 19 July 1907
Mary M. Hughes rescued by Albert O. Hughes, 29 July 1907
John P. Manning rescued by Charles L. Stevens, 24 Aug. 1907
- Murphy rescued by Arther N. Thomas, 20 Oct. 1907
Rescue and case reports 957-991, Nov. 1907-June 1908digital content
Unknown man and horses rescued by Henry L. Cheney, 2 Nov. 1907
Daniel R. Redmond rescued by Joseph Donaghue, 26 Nov. 1907
Amadee Martel rescued by Archie C. Cormler, 23 June 1907
Frank Steele rescued by John M. Edmunds, 1 Nov. 1907
Katherine Jackson rescued by Mary Eva Chase, 15 Nov. 1907
Malcolm MacQueen, Thomas Bruce, and Charley Crane rescued by John Finley, 23 Nov. 1907
George A. Durand rescued by Harold W. Lewis, 13 Dec. 1907
Runaway horses stopped by Arba G. Stearns, 24 Dec. 1907
Ruth Foster rescued by Philip J. Fanning and Chester B. Heath, 18 Jan. 1908
Wreck Report, Schooner Fortuna, Station 17, 24 Jan. 1908
Crew of steamship St. Cuthbert rescued by crew of Cymric, 8 Feb. 1908
Unknown man rescued by Harold R. Peterson, 26 Dec. 1907
Clifford E. Jacobs rescued by Arthur Wittekind and Ernest J. Flannigan, 27 Dec. 1907
Mary Parker rescued by Robert A. Stone, 4 Jan. 1908
John Danckert rescued by John M. Collins, 18 Jan. 1908
John Barrett rescued by Carl V. Anderson, 27 Jan. 1908
Mamile Corners, Margaret Daley, and Catherine Hennessey rescued by Arthur J. Cox, 28 Aug. 1907
Robert Boville rescued by Patrick H. Murray, 26 Dec. 1907
Liston and Ralph Evans, Harold snd Ella Alexander rescued by Michael J. Leary, 6 Jan. 1908
John and William Gill rescued by Frank Kennedy, 19 Jan. 1908
Marcellus Kidder rescued by Edward C. Lockhart, 22 Jan. 1908
Albert Volk, John Haley, Matthew McIntire rescued by Arthur G. Blair, 23 Jan. 1908
Attempted rescue of Joseph M. Mason by Rev. Edmund C. Sliney, 29 Feb. 1908
Wreck Report, Steamship Silvia, Station 44, 14 Mar. 1908
Runaway horse stopped by John T. Crosson, 17 Apr. 1906
Gertrude Leisk rescued by Rosy F. Levine, 2 July 1907
Thelma Mayo rescued by Douglas G. Williamson, 15 Jan. 1908
Wreck Report, saved Dory, Station 13, 3 May 1908
Runaway horse stopped by Thomas M. Grady, 7 May 1908
Katherine and Mary Burke rescued by Jennie Burke, 18 May 1908
Herbert Emmons rescued by Edward M. Neilson, 18 May 1908
Wreck Report, Small power boat, Station 13, 9 June 1908
Olive P. Drewett rescued by Lulu Dalton, 27 May 1908
William Whipple rescued by Thomas Sullivan, 18 June 1908
Abraham Sternan and William Harden rescued by William Pickett and Elmer E. Southwick, 25 June 1908
Rescue and case reports 992-1029, July 1908-Jan. 1909digital content
George Duncan rescued by Eric H. Wetterlow, 9 Sep. 1906
Bridie L. McGraw rescued by Patrick H. Fitzpatrick, 23 May 1908
Michael Stannie rescued by Oliver K. Phinney, 29 May 1908
Clyde Rayfuse rescued by James T. McCauley, 17 June 1908
Thomas F. Leonard rescued by Edward J. Brougham, 20 June 1908
Nadine Bowman rescued by Edward L. McKendrew, 20 July 1908
Use of Boat Report, Station 13, Rescuing men on Ledge, 6 Aug. 1908
Mrs. Peter Carrton and daughter rescued by Ralph A. Cook, 26 May 1908
Francis Crowley rescued by William C. Doherty, 9 June 1908
Thomas J. Dunn rescued by Timothy O'Connor, 3 July 1908
Messrs. Pecker and Tarbell rescued by Walter Bowman, 12 July 1908
Louis Davidson rescued by Alexander Morton and Meyer Morrill, 19 Aug. 1908
Walton Scully rescued by John F. Conroy, 27 Aug. 1908
Wreck Report, unknown sloop, Station 10, 27 Aug. 1908
John and James Gaquin and Michael Whooley rescued by Cornelius Kelleher, 12 July 1908
Ralph Sterling rescued by Thomas E. Saint, 18 July 1908
John Gilmore rescued by Thomas E. Melville, 22 July 1908
Edwin Sullivan rescued by Harold McDermott, 8 Aug. 1908
Edward Getchel rescued by Katherine McDaniels, 13 Aug. 1908
William H. Edmonds rescued by William A. O'Brien and Roy H. Hetherrington, 23 Aug. 1908
Wreck Report, Mary Brewer, Station 13, 11 Oct. 1908
Wreck Report, Mary Brewer, Station 10, 11 Oct. 1908
Wreck Report, Power Boat, Station 3, Ownder by Chas. Johnson, 20 Oct. 1908
Wreck Report, Schooner Hugh G., Station 13, 21 Nov. 1908
Captain Bellaty rescued by Thomas A. Kennedy and Michael F. Crosson, 12 Aug. 1907
William Port rescued by Horace L. Briggs, n.d.
J. George Porteous rescued by Everett H. Reed, 13 July 1908
Maud A. Finnell rescued by Charles Nelson, 24 Aug. 1908
Crew of Schooner Eric rescued by crew of Schooner Conqueror, Captain Robertson Giffin, 30 Oct. 1908
Joseph Dupine rescued by William N. Titus Jr., 4 Sep. 1908
Edith Forbes rescued by John E. Westerburg, 8 Oct. 1908
John R. Nickerson rescued by Newton J. Bishop, 20 Dec. 1908
Frank Lepper and Lillia Holden rescued by Charles H. Farrell, 26 Dec. 1908
Albert F. Donahue rescued by Owen J. McGaffigan, 1 Jan. 1909
Attempted rescued of William L. Meehan by William Mateer, 10 Jan. 1909
Wreck Report, Schooner Helena, Station 30, 30 Jan. 1909
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Francis Calnan rescued by William O'Loughlin, 9 Jan. 1909
Rescue and case reports 1030-1070, Feb.-Dec. 1909digital content
Owen MacMillan rescued by Russell Gates and Irving J. Rich, 8 Feb. 1909
Two unknown boys rescued by William M. Foley, 12 Feb. 1909
Clara B. Armstrong rescued by Nathan B. McLoud and Nellie Wilcox, 7 July 1908
Two Boys rescued by Albert W. Briggs; Fred Beer rescued by John Seymour; Patrick O'Connor Drowned, 16 Dec. 1908
Paul McCaffery rescued by Charles A. Lyle, 1 July 1908
Wreck Report, Yawl Keewaydin, Station 35, 8 Apr. 1909
Runaway horse stopped by David C. Newman, 22 Apr. 1909
Explosion prevented by J.F. Cunningham and Peter Walsh, 13 May 1909
Wreck Report, gasoline launch Spare Time, Station 13, 31 May 1909
John McAndrew rescued by Haven H. Keith, 26 May 1909
Neil E. Duffy rescued by James W. Marriman, 12 June 1909
Wreck Report, Schooner Priscilla, Station 41, 15 June 1909
Frank D. Foster rescued by Frank B. Mitchell, 23 June 1909
Charles Ward rescued by Gacimo Zumbo, 26 June 1909
Runaway horses stopped by John P. Starkey, 15 June 1909
Robert Hopkins rescued by Fred Ainsmith, 17 June 1909
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Herbert Welch rescued by Robert F. Thorpe, 25 July 1909
Charles Galvin rescued by Patrick J. Dooley, 2 Aug. 1909
Nathan Mendlow rescued by M.R. Connolly, 15 Aug. 1909
Wreck Report, knockabout Yankee and unnamed 24-foot powerboat, Station 13, 15 Aug. 1909
Wreck Report, schooner Constance, Station 10, 17 Aug. 1909
Wreck Report, Naptha Launch Chummie, Station 17, 5 Sep. 1909
Margaret Kenney rescued by Cornelius A. Kelleher, 17 June 1909
Thomas Menton rescued by Arthur B. Ryan and Martin J. Bentley, 27 June 1909
Runaway horse stopped by J. Joseph Evans, 10 July 1909
Jessica Dowsell and Abigail Fuller rescued by Hinman Knowlton, 15 July 1909
Thomas Mannix rescued by E.C. Taylor and R.G. Williams, 28 July 1909
Grace A. Winchester and Julia McShane rescued by Frank J. Ayer, 29 July 1909
William H. Watson rescued by Andrew J. Sullivan, 30 July 1909
Edwin Ward rescued by Joseph Dean, 31 July 1909
Wreck Report, sloop Cruiser, Station 1, 26 Sep. 1909
Gerald Haskins and Peter Corrigan rescued by Raymond W. McNine and Walter Luby, 30 July 1909
John Guard rescued by Fred A. Bedell, 21 Aug. 1909
Joseph W. Murphy rescued by John R. Fitzgerald, 23 Aug. 1909
J.J. Crowley rescued by Michael Doyle, 20 Sep. 1909
Wreck Report, schooner Clarina, Station 10, 24 Nov. 1909
Attempted rescue of woman and child by Victor M. Durgin, 19 Apr. 1909
William J. Clarkson rescued by Patrick Campbell, 27 Aug. 1909
Adolph Beer rescued by Lieut. P.H. Harrison, 1 Nov. 1909
Attempted rescue of John Reardon by Henry Hogan, 3 Dec. 1909
Rescue and case reports, 1980-1995
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Rescue and case reports, 1980-1995
This carton is closed pending review.
B. Lifesaving stations, 1849-1910digital content
Three volumes recording the location of sixty-eight lifesaving stations and lighthouses located on the Massachusetts shore consist of detailed lists of the amount of equipment kept at each station, including oars, sails, life-belts, buckets, blankets, etc.; the condition of the equipment; the name of the keeper and active captain of each station; structures located on the property of the lifesaving station, including boathouses and houses, what condition the structure was in, and the year it was built and painted. Also included are the dimensions of the lifesaving stations, boathouses, and boats located at each station.
Lifesaving stations, 1849-1910
Lifesaving stations, 1856-1909
Lifesaving stations, 1855-1893
C. Logbook, 1877-1889digital content
One logbook kept by the recording secretary includes daily entries listing medals awarded, improvements needed at stations, supplies ordered and received, sale of stations, and transfers of supplies and materials between stations.
Logbook, 1877-1889
D. Lifebuoy reports, 1950-1961
One folder containing reports of the lifebuoy service provided by the Humane Society from 1950 to 1961 record the location of the buoys, number present, condition, date last replaced, number of buoys sent, and the person responsible for the buoys.
IV. Correspondence, 1854-1969
A. Letterbooks, 1854-1910
Nineteen letterbooks of retained copies of outgoing correspondence include letters written by Robert Bennet Forbes, Benjamin W. Crowninshield, and Sidney W. Burgess regarding all aspects of the Humane Society, including outfitting lifesaving stations with new equipment and supplies, sale of old boats, lifesaving boat construction and design, condolence letters to families of accident victims, payroll numbers, and money and medals awarded.
Letterbook, 6 Feb. 1854-20 May 1857
Letterbook, 8 July 1857-24 Aug. 1861
Letterbook, 2 Sep. 1861-21 June 1863
Letterbook, 27 July 1866-15 Sep. 1870
Letterbook, 15 Sep. 1870-6 Apr. 1872
Letterbook, 13 Dec. 1871-4 Mar. 1882
Letterbook, 10 Apr. 1872-10 Dec. 1873
Letterbook, 15 Dec. 1873-18 Mar. 1875
Letterbook, 18 Mar. 1875-25 Jan. 1876
Letterbook, 25 Jan. 1876-25 Sep. 1876
Letterbook, 25 Sep. 1876-8 Jan. 1877
Letterbook, 22 Mar. 1877-3 June 1877
Letterbook, 27 June 1888-13 May 1889
Letterbook, 13 May 1889-13 Apr. 1889
Letterbook, 13 Apr. 1891-6 Mar. 1894
Letterbook, 7 Mar. 1894-28 Oct. 1899
Letterbook, 20 Oct. 1899-25 June 1902
Letterbook, 20 Oct. 1903-25 June 1908
Letterbook, 8 June 1905-28 Feb. 1910
Benjamin William Crowninshield's personal letterbook, 9 Aug. 1907-28 Feb. 1910
The personal letterbook of Benjamin William Crowninshield contains outgoing copies of letters sent to friends and business acquaintances regarding daily activities, real estate, finances, and other business matters.
B. Loose correspondence, 1875-1878; 1950-1969
Arranged chronologically
Papers relating to the affairs of the Humane Society of Massachusetts include correspondence written by Thomas Motley, Jr., James F. Alcorn, and Benjamin W. Crowninshield. Also included is a folder of letters and the deposition of James F. Alcorn concerning the wreck of the brig Metropolis and subsequent rescue efforts of the Humane Society. Other loose correspondence from 1950 to 1961 includes letters written to and from Alexander Houston, secretary of the standing committee, regarding the lifebuoy program initiated by the Humane Society, and correspondence from 1950 to 1969 between the Humane Society and the United Fund of Massachusetts regarding donations and contributions made by the Humane Society.
V. Newspaper clippings and publicity reports, 1959-1965
Publicity reports consist of newspaper clippings and letters regarding Humane Society award winners, articles about people who have saved lives, and members of the Humane Society.
Preferred Citation
Humane Society of Massachusetts records, Massachusetts Historical Society.
Access Terms
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Items Removed from the Collection
Photographs and other visual materials have been removed to the MHS Photo. Archives.
Printed materials have been removed and cataloged in ABIGAIL.
Medals have been removed and have been cataloged in ABIGAIL individually.