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Association for Gravestone Studies Collection

Carol D. Andrews Collection, 2001-2002
1 box (0.5 linear feet).

Stone of Agnes Crawford,<br />Rutland, Mass., 1760.<br />Attrib. to William Young
Stone of Agnes Crawford,
Rutland, Mass., 1760.
Attrib. to William Young

A resident of New Braintree, Massachusetts, Carol Andrews became interested in the work of gravestone carvers when working on the history of her local cemetery. She has subsequently conducted research on the history and production of carvers from central and western Massachusetts during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

The Andrews Collection contains photographs and research notes arranged in alphabetical order regarding the work of identified Massachusetts carvers. Among the names represented in the collection are Abercrombie, Codner, Colburn, Daugherty, Geyer, Hartwell, Hastings, Kenfield, Kilburn, Kinney, Lewis, New, Park, Pool, Pratt, Rankin, Reed, Sikes, White, and Woods. Andrews assembled more comprehensive representations of the work of the Soules (Beza Sr. and Jr., Coomer, et al.), William Young, and Thomas Harmon. The collection also includes some correspondence with Vincent Luti and Robert Drinkwater relating to her research.

Subjects
  • Sepulchral monuments--Massachusetts.
  • Stone carving--Massachusetts.
Contributors
  • Andrews, Carol D.
  • Association for Gravestone Studies.
  • Drinkwater, Robert.
  • Luti, Vincent.
Types of material
  • Letters (Correspondence).
  • Photographs.
Call no.: PH 031
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