Fisher Family and Petersham-related materials from D. Tatlock
- HF-ID: HF2020-17
- Category: Research Files
- Creator: Tatlock, D.
- Associated Person: Fisher, R.T., Fuertes, L.A., James, A., James, Henry, 2d, Thayer, A.H.
- Date: 1899-2021
- Media: Mixed media
- Keywords: harvard forest history
- Abstract:
- David Tatlock, grandson of R.T. Fisher, sent materials related to R.T. Fisher and his family, Harvard Forest, Petersham and the surrounding area, and various random items.
- Materials received from David Tatlock, 2020
- • photograph of Johnny in Fisher living room, Petersham; card made by D. Tatlock with artwork by Marjorie Tatlock ("From Rabbit")
- • undated article [ca. 1899] about Fisher and study of the Redwood; The Republican, July 6, 1903 letter from Henry James 2d about the Cornell Forestry School
- • Athol Transcript 1926 article, "Petersham Forests" (response to tax article by RTF); undated article [ca. 1899], "Report on Forestry"; postcard sent as sample of modern postcard
- • email correspondence and essay, "The vegetable truck"
- • email correspondence and essay, "Some thoughts on nearby Worcester County"
- • email correspondence regarding the R.T. Fisher portrait
- • email correspondence regarding mural in Keene, NH depicting Thoreau (HDT), Thayer (AHT) and Emerson (RWE) and Thayer's art career and commitment to the environment
- • Abbott H. Thayer 1961 exhibition booklet, Lyman Allyn Museum
- • photocopy of pages 77-86 from Village on a Hill: A History of Dublin, New Hampshire, 1752-2000
- • Article from The New London Conn., Evening Day, January 30, 1961, "Abbott Thayer's Work at Museum; Caritas is Included in Exhibit"
- • photocopies from book of pages about Louis Agassiz Fuertes and Abbott Thayer
- • Postcard of the Fisher House signed by "Gaga" (Georgina Paine Fisher Howland)
- • Chart - Descendants of Charles Jackson Paine
- • "Dreaming Portugal" notecard with photocopies from book, "Across the Wide Missouri" by Bernard DeVoto and article about the coelacanth
- Materials received from David Tatlock, 2021 (folder 1)
- • "Memorial Exhibition Alexander James, 1890-1946 by Corcoran Gallery of Art"
- • Abbott H. Thayer 1961 exhibition booklet, Lyman Allyn Museum
- • "Modern Postcard" with photograph of cat by D. Tatlock
- • photocopy of book pages of geography of Spain and Portugal
- • real photo postcard, "Mt Monadnock from Wapack Lodge" [ca. 1926-1940s]
- • "An Essay on Truth" by Julia Bryant Paine
- • "Roger Remembers" by Roger C. Fenn
- • Harvard Coop Reference list notebook
- • 1897 inscription by R.T. Fisher on first page of book, The History of Tom Jones
- • Various sample postcards including Tatlock House in Brownsville, VT
- Materials received from David Tatlock, 2021 (folder 2)
- • Gerald Thayer & Mary Thayer Birch letters
- • Francis Parkman Book
- • Photograph of Llewellyn [Howland] & note to GPF
- • (3) 4”x6” photographs of D. Tatlock and unidentified women
- • Typewritten manuscript "The Ambivalent Thayers" with edits by D. Tatlock
- • 1934 letter from R.T. Fisher to daughter Anne
- • photocopy of Harvard Class of 1898 25th anniversary report
- Materials received from David Tatlock, 2022
- • Essays by D. Tatlock: "Uncle Jack comes home" and "Prospect Hill Road"
- Archives Location: Map Room, stack 6, drawer 4
- Access: Active
- Provenance: Donated by D. Tatlock