Association for Gravestone Studies
Association for Gravestone Studies Collection, 1975-2008
Dorchester, Mass., 1681
Photo by Daniel Farber
Founded in 1977, the Association for Gravestone Studies (AGS) is an international organization dedicated to the study and preservation of gravestones of all periods and styles. Based in Greenfield, Mass., the AGS sponsors conferences, workshops and exhibits, and publishes an annual journal, Markers, and quarterly bulletin. Their mission is to promote the study of gravestones from historical and artistic perspectives, expand public awareness of the significance of historic grave markers, and encourage individuals and groups to record and preserve gravestones.
The AGS Collection consists of the central records of the organization plus a growing number of photographic archives of gravestone art donated by members and associates. Offering critical documentation of gravestones, tombs, and cemeteries throughout the country, but especially New England, these collections include:
- AGS Book Collection
- AGS Ephemera Collection
- Friedrich Karl Azzola Collection
- Alford Marble Works Records
- Carol D. Andrews Collection
- Peter Benes Collection
- Eric J. Brock Collection
- Warren F. Broderick Collection
- Alice Bunton Collection
- Frank Calidonna Collection
- Cemetery Inscriptions Collection
- Michael Cornish Collection
- Edwin S. Dethlefsen Collection
- Edward H. Duane Collection
- Joseph Dudley Memoir and Diary
- L. Sidney Eslinger Collection
- Daniel and Jessie Lie Farber Collection
- Jonah B. Griswold Ledgers
- Historic Burying Grounds Initiative Collection
- Margaret R. Jenks Collection
- Allan I. Ludwig Collection
- Nanette Napoleon Collection
- Carol A. Perkins Collection
- Portland Granite Company Records
- Susanne S. Ridlen Collections
- Barbara Rotundo Collection
- Robert Bayard Severy Collection
- Thomas W. and Margaret Tenney Collection
- Ralph L. Tucker Collection
- Una F. Weatherby Collection
- Elizabeth W. Whitaker Collection
- Gray Williams Collection
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See also the AGS Newsletter online:- Sepulchral monuments.
- Stone carving.
- Association for Gravestone Studies.
