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Scrapbook of the Asher Benjamin Exhibit at the Greenfield Public Library

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1948

Location Note

HGO-01-001-O-C-101

GUSN

GUSN-272359

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  • Scrapbook of the Asher Benjamin Exhibit at the Greenfield Public Library
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Description

Title page reads, "Scrapbook of the Asher Benjamin Exhibit at the Greenfield Public Library Summer of 1948 and 'A Talk to the Greenfield Historical Society on Asher Benjamin' by Edward Caswell Perry, Librarian, Greenfield Public Library April 27, 1948 (in back of scrapbook)."

Includes photographs of houses and churches in Massachusetts and Vermont built by or attributed to Benjamin, or taken from Benjamin designs, including the Alexander House, Springfield.

Details

Descriptive Terms

architecture (discipline)
architects
scrapbooks

Additional Identification Number

Scrapbook no. 53

Physical Description

1 scrapbook ; approx. 75 pages

Collection Code

MS004

Collection Name

Scrapbooks collection

Date of Acquisition

2002

Reference Code

MS004.053

Credit Line

Gift of Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr. June 3, 2002

Places

Greenfield (Franklin county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Greenfield Public Library
Perry, E. Caswell (Edward Caswell), 1912-

Material Type

scrapbooks

Other People

Benjamin, Asher, 1773-1845

Other Organizations

Greenfield Historical Society (Mass.)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

HGO-01-001-O-C-101

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