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101. Sojourner Truth seated with photograph of her grandson

Exhibit Description:: Albumen print of Sojourner Truth, formerly enslaved, seated with photograph of her grandson, James Caldwell of Company H, 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, on her lap. Caldwell was held as a prisoner-of-war by the Confederacy at James Island, South Carolina, 1863-1865.
Attribution Statement:: Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Liljenquist Family collection
Exhibit Tags:: Sojourner Truth James Caldwell 54th Mass. Infantry Regiment Civil War photographs Library of Congress

102. Bust of John Brown, Blue Nose

Exhibit Description:: Photograph of Brackett's bust of John Brown showing a 3D-printed plastic replacement nose. With the plastic nose, conservators were able to make a cast and then a new plaster nose. This photograph was taken in 2016 as the bust was being restored.
Attribution:: Brackett, Edward Augustus
Attribution Statement:: Image courtesy of the Tufts University Permanent Collection
Exhibit Tags:: John Brown Tufts University Tufts University Permanent Collection sculptures Edward Augustus Brackett photographs

103. 3D-Scanning the Busts of John Brown

Exhibit Description:: A tech from 3D Printsmith 3D-scanning both the damaged bust of John Brown and an undamaged plaster copy from the Boston Athenaeum. This was done in order to prepare an exact, 3D-printed copy of the nose and eyebrow for the damaged bust. This photograph was taken in May 2016.
Attribution Statement:: Image courtesy of the Tufts University Permanent Collection
Exhibit Tags:: John Brown Tufts University Tufts University Permanent Collection Edward Augustus Brackett sculptures photographs

104. Bust of John Brown, Missing Nose and Eyebrow

Exhibit Description:: Photograph of Brackett's bust of John Brown showing damage to nose and eyebrow. This photograph was taken in May 2016 prior to the bust's complete restoration.
Attribution:: Brackett, Edward Augustus
Attribution Statement:: Image courtesy of the Tufts University Permanent Collection
Exhibit Tags:: John Brown sculptures Tufts University Tufts University Permanent Collection Edward Augustus Brackett

105. G.L.S. by John Greenleaf Whittier

Exhibit Description:: Poem by John Greenleaf Whittier memorializing the life of George Luther Stearns after his death. Published in the Atlantic Montly, June 1867, pp. 707-708. (Note: The pages have been combined into a single image.)
Attribution:: Whittier, John Greenleaf
Exhibit Tags:: George L. Stearns John Greenleaf Whittier Atlantic Monthly publications

106. Mary E. Stearns Will, Executor's Inventory, 1913

Exhibit Description:: Snippet of the executor's inventory (dated July 14, 1913) of the will of Mary E. Stearns, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The typewritten document gives a list of items donated to Tufts College and their assessed value ($100.00).
Exhibit Tags:: Mary E. Stearns documents objects Stearns Estate Tufts University Middlesex Probate and Family Court

107. 3D-Scanning of the Damaged Bust of John Brown

Exhibit Description:: The damaged bust of John Brown undergoing 3D scanning for restoration. This photograph was taken in May 2016.
Attribution Statement:: Image courtesy of the Tufts University Permanent Collection
Exhibit Tags:: John Brown Tufts University Tufts University Permanent Collection Edward Augustus Brackett sculptures photographs

108. Tufts College, 1899

Exhibit Description:: Photograph of Tufts College from the clay pits on the southeast side of College Avenue. Visible in the center are the willows trees that lined College Avenue. Also visible is the College Avenue bridge over the railroad tracks. Visible Tufts buildings are Curtis Hall, Paige Hall, Goddard Chapel, East Hall, Ballou Hall, Packard Hall, and West Hall.
Attribution Statement:: Courtesy of the Medford Historical Society & Museum
Exhibit Tags:: Tufts University photographs Curtis Hall Paige Hall Ballou Hall Goddard Chapel East Hall Packard Hall West Hall College Avenue Medford Historical Society and Museum Medford

109. Obituary of Mrs George Luther Stearns, 1902

Exhibit Description:: Obituary for Mary E. Stearns, printed in The Medford Historical Register, Volume 5, Number 1 (January 1902), pp. 21-22.
Attribution:: The Medford Historical Register
Attribution Statement:: Courtesy of the Medford Historical Society & Museum
Exhibit Tags:: publications Mary E. Stearns Medford Historical Register Medford Historical Society and Museum

110. Old Windmill Tower on the Stearns Estate

Exhibit Description:: Photograph of several people near the old windmill tower on the Stearns Estate off of College Avenue.
Attribution:: Davenport, George E.
Attribution Statement:: Courtesy of the Medford Historical Society & Museum
Exhibit Tags:: photographs College Avenue Stearns Estate Medford Medford Historical Society and Museum

111. Residence of George L. Stearns

Exhibit Description:: Etching of the Stearns Estate as seen from College Avenue in Medford, showing the Evergreens mansion and several outbuildings.
Attribution Statement:: Courtesy of the Medford Historical Society & Museum
Exhibit Tags:: Stearns Estate George L. Stearns Mary E. Stearns drawings Medford Historical Society and Museum Medford College Avenue

112. Obituary, Mrs. Stearns of Medford, November 1901

Exhibit Description:: Photocopy of a newspaper obituary for Mary E. Stearns of Medford, November 1901.
Attribution Statement:: Courtesy of the Medford Historical Society & Museum
Exhibit Tags:: publications Mary E. Stearns Medford Historical Society and Museum

113. Photograph of the Stearns Mansion, 1899

Exhibit Description:: Photograph of the Stearns Estate "Evergreens" mansion in Medford, MA, 1899.
Attribution Statement:: Courtesy of Medford Historical Society & Museum
Exhibit Tags:: photographs Stearns Estate Mary E. Stearns George L. Stearns Medford Medford Historical Society and Museum buildings

114. Lefavour Map of Tufts College, 1948

Exhibit Description:: Map of Tufts College in 1948 produced by R.W. Lefavour.
Attribution:: Lefavour, R.W.
Attribution Statement:: Tufts Digital Collections and Archives
Exhibit Tags:: maps Tufts University Tufts DCA College Avenue Medford Somerville Boston

115. College Ave., Tufts College, Medford, Mass. Postcard

Exhibit Description:: Postcard of the "Willows" on College Avenue in Medford.
Attribution Statement:: Courtesy of the Medford Historical Society & Museum
Exhibit Tags:: photographs College Avenue Stearns Estate Medford Medford Historical Society and Museum

116. Road to the Stearns Estate

Exhibit Description:: Photograph of the road off of College Avenue leading to the Stearns Estate mansion.
Attribution Statement:: Courtesy of the Medford Historical Society & Museum
Exhibit Tags:: Stearns Estate photographs Medford Historical Society and Museum Medford College Avenue

117. Mary E. Stearns Will Excerpt, 1901

Exhibit Description:: Excerpts from the handwritten will of Mary E. Stearns, who died in December 1901. The excepts itemize a number of specific objects in her house that she would like to be donated to Tufts College after her sons are finished with them. The text reads, "Also to hold for the use and enjoyment of the said Henry during his life the following described articles of personal property situated in the house where I now reside namely: my tall "grandfather's clock" on the front stairway, the "highboy," the cabinet, the tripod table, the old English mirror, all the old-fashioned chairs which belonged to my deceased husband, the bust of John Brown, the bust of George L. Stearns, the bust of Beethoven, the bust of Emerson, the bust of Clytie, the Venus of Milo, and the several paintings painted by my old friend Christopher P. Cranch, excepting only the one hereinbefore given to Lenora Cranch Scott, said articles all to be kept, preserved and used by him during his life in the house where I now live and not elsewhere."
Attribution:: Stearns, Mary E.
Exhibit Tags:: Mary E. Stearns Frank P. Stearns Tufts University George L. Stearns Middlesex Probate and Family Court documents Stearns Estate Henry L. Stearns

118. Charles Sumner (Whitney)

Exhibit Description:: Statue of Charles Sumner by Anne Whitney, 1900, located in General MacArthur Square near Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA. The design for the sculpture had originally been submitted for a competition in Boston and had won. However, when the organizers found out the sculptor was a woman, they rejected her design and chose the install the statue designed by the runner up (this statue is now located in the Boston Public Garden). Whitney's friends later arranged to have the sculpture placed outside Harvard Yard. Photograph taken August 2017.
Attribution:: Whitney, Anne
Exhibit Tags:: Charles Sumner sculptures Cambridge

119. Excerpt from Medford Walling Map, 1855

Exhibit Description:: Excerpt from a map of Medford, 1855, showing South Medford, with the George L. Stearns Estate highlighted in green and Tufts College highlighted in blue near the center of the image.
Attribution:: Walling, Henry Francis; Kollner, Augustus
Attribution Statement:: Courtesy of the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library.
Exhibit Tags:: maps Medford Tufts University Stearns Estate Boston Public Library

120. Excerpt from Medford Brainard Map, 1880

Exhibit Description:: Excerpt from the Brainard map of Medford, 1880, showing South Medford. The Evergreens (Stearns Mansion) and the Willows (College Avenue) are labeled in the lower left.
Attribution:: Brainard, Charles H.; O.H. Bailey & Co
Attribution Statement:: Courtesy of the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library.
Exhibit Tags:: maps Medford Stearns Estate College Avenue Boston Public Library

121. Stearns Estate Marker

Exhibit Description:: Plaque in front of Cousens Gym in Medford, MA, commemorating the former site of the Stearns Estate. The plaque reads, "Site of the Stearns Estate: A waystation on the Underground Railroad, a haven for slaves seeking freedom. 1850-1860. Placed here by members of the Tufts community, who continue to honor the tradition of sanctuary. Dedicated April 8, 1987." The plaque was dedicated one day shy of the 120th anniversary of the death of George L. Stearns. This photograph was taken in August 2017.
Exhibit Tags:: Stearns Estate Cousens Gymnasium Tufts University photographs Medford plaques College Avenue

122. Letter about P.T. Barnum's Donation to the E.H. Chapin Memorial Scholarship, 1891

Exhibit Description:: Letter from the office of P.T. Barnum describing a donation to the E.H. Chapin Memorial Scholarship at Tufts College, 1891.
Attribution Statement:: Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives
Exhibit Tags:: P.T. Barnum Edwin H. Chapin Tufts University Tufts DCA letters documents Connecticut Boston

123. Universalist Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 (July 3, 1819)

Exhibit Description:: The first page of volume 1, number 1, of the Universalist Magazine (July 3, 1819) published in Boston by Henry Bowen and edited by Hosea Ballou I and Hosea Ballou II.
Attribution Statement:: Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives
Exhibit Tags:: Hosea Ballou I Hosea Ballou II Universalist Magazine Tufts DCA publications Boston

124. Edmonia Lewis

Exhibit Description:: An albumen silver print photograph of Edmonia Lewis the sculptor after she relocated to Rome from Boston.
Attribution:: Rocher, Henry
Attribution Statement:: Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

125. College Avenue Photographic Postcard

Exhibit Description:: Photographic postcard of the College Avenue Bridge leading to the Willows. Visible to the far left is the Stearns Estate mansion.
Attribution Statement:: Courtesy of the Medford Historical Society & Museum
Exhibit Tags:: photographs College Avenue Stearns Estate Medford Medford Historical Society and Museum

126. George L. Stearns Grave Monument, Mount Auburn Cemetery

Exhibit Description:: Grave monument for the George L. Stearns at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, MA. The text reads, "George Luther Stearns. The virtues of this rare man were celebrated at this death by the eloquence of Emerson, and in the poetry of Whittier. An unexampled honor, in his time he sheltered the exiled Hungarians together with John Brown. He saved Kansas to freedom. Almost alone in 1863 he organized the colored regiments, which turned the scale in favor of the Union cause. He expended a fortune in public and private benefactions." Photograph taken in August 2017.
Exhibit Tags:: George L. Stearns Cambridge photographs sculptures John Greenleaf Whittier Ralph Waldo Emerson

127. List of Objects for Transport, Tufts University Gallery, 1998

Exhibit Description:: A list of objects to be delivered to Fine Arts Express by the Tufts University Gallery in September 1998. The first two in the list are the busts of John Brown and George L. Stearns, at that point identified only as "Bust of a bearded man" and "Bust of a man."
Attribution Statement:: Courtesy of the Tufts University Permanent Art Collection
Exhibit Tags:: Tufts University John Brown George L. Stearns sculptures Tufts University Permanent Collection documents

128. Thomas Sims Anniversary Broadside

Exhibit Description:: Broadside advertising an event featuring a speech by Theodore Parker for the anniversary of the kidnapping and return to slavery of Thomas Sims under the Fugitive Slave Act.
Attribution Statement:: Courtesy of the Boston Public Library
Exhibit Tags:: Thomas Sims Theodore Parker Boston Public Library broadsides publications

129. Harriet Tubman

Exhibit Description:: Engraving of Harriet Tubman, "conductor" on the Underground Railroad.
Attribution:: Darby, John G.
Attribution Statement:: Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Exhibit Tags:: Harriet Tubman drawings publications Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery

130. Frederick Douglass

Exhibit Description:: Quarter-plate ambrotype photograph of Frederick Douglass in 1856.
Attribution:: Unknown artist
Attribution Statement:: Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Exhibit Tags:: Frederick Douglass Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery photographs

131. Tufts Library Rules, 1860

Exhibit Description:: Tufts College Library rules written by Hosea Ballou II, then president of Tufts College.
Attribution:: Ballou, Hosea II
Attribution Statement:: Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives
Exhibit Tags:: Hosea Ballou II Ballou Hall Tufts University Tufts DCA documents

132. Hosea Ballou II Plaque

Exhibit Description:: Bronze bas-relief plaque of Hosea Ballou II, the first president of Tufts University, on the exterior wall of Ballou Hall, the first building on campus.
Attribution Statement:: Copyright Tufts University
Exhibit Tags:: Hosea Ballou II Tufts University photographs plaques Ballou Hall Medford

133. Hosea Ballou II Gravesite, Mount Auburn Cemetery

Exhibit Description:: Monument at the grave of Hosea Ballou II, the first president of Tufts Unviersity, at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA.
Exhibit Tags:: Hosea Ballou II sculptures Cambridge Tufts University

134. Reverse of the Robert Gould Shaw and 54th Massachusetts Regiment Memorial

Exhibit Description:: Reverse of the Robert Gould Shaw and 54th Massachusetts Regiment Memorial in Boston. The text reads, "To the Fifty-fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Infantry The White Officers taking life and honor in their hands cast in their lot with men of despised race unproved in war and risked death as inciters of servile insurrection if taken prisoners besides encountering all the common perils of camp march and battle. The Black Rank and File volunteered when disaster clouded the union cause served without pay for eighteen months till given that of white troops faced threatened enslave- ment if captured were brave in action patient under heavy and dangerous labors and cheerful among hardships and privations. Together they gave to the nation and the world undying proof that Americans of African descent possess the pride courage and devotion of the patriot soldier. One hundred and eighty thousand such Americans enlisted under the union flag in MDCCCLXIII–MDCCCLXV." This photograph was taken in August 2017.
Exhibit Tags:: Boston 54th Mass. Infantry Regiment Robert Gould Shaw Civil War sculptures Augustus Saint-Gaudens

135. Leonard Carmichael to George R. Sands & Son, 1950

Exhibit Description:: Letter from Tufts College president Leonard Carmichael to George R. Sands & Son, a conservator in Cambridge, 1950. It was this letter that allowed Tufts University Art Registrar Laura McDonald to put two and two together and realize the noseless bust was that of John Brown. The letter reads, "Gentlemen: Tufts College has a marble bust of John Brown, sculptured by Edward A. Brackett. Some time ago in an accident the nose was broken on this bust. Would it be possible for someone in your organization using contemporary photographs of John Brown to prepare a new nose that could be cemented to the bust? If this is feasible, would you be willing to indicate the cost of your work? Very truly yours, Leonard Carmichael"
Attribution:: Carmichael, Leonard
Attribution Statement:: Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives
Exhibit Tags:: Tufts University Tufts University Permanent Collection Tufts DCA letters documents Edward Augustus Brackett sculptures Cambridge

136. Note about Possible Stolen Bust of John Brown, 1977

Exhibit Description:: A handwritten note dated May 4, 1977, stating that the bust of John Brown may have been stolen in 1952. There are no records on this, but it is likely the bust was simply misplaced.
Attribution Statement:: Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives
Exhibit Tags:: Tufts University sculptures documents Tufts DCA

137. Bust of George L. Stearns (Morse), After Restoration

Exhibit Description:: The bust of George L. Stearns by Samuel Morse after its restoration in 2016.
Attribution:: Morse, Samuel
Attribution Statement:: Image courtesy Tufts University Permanent Collection
Exhibit Tags:: George L. Stearns sculptures Tufts University Permanent Collection

138. Henry L. Stearns, Tufts Matriculation Book, 1863

Exhibit Description:: Page from Tufts College's Matriculation Book, showing that Henry L. Stearns of Medford signed up for classes on August 18, 1863.
Attribution Statement:: Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives
Exhibit Tags:: Tufts University Tufts DCA Henry L. Stearns documents

139. Detail of the Robert Gould Shaw and 54th Massachusetts Regiment Memorial

Exhibit Description:: Detail of part of the Robert Gould Shaw and 54th Massachusetts Regiment Memorial in Boston. This photograph was taken in August 2017.
Attribution:: Long, Jules
Exhibit Tags:: Boston 54th Mass. Infantry Regiment Civil War sculptures Augustus Saint-Gaudens photographs

140. Henry David Thoreau

Exhibit Description:: Photograph of Henry David Thoreau.
Attribution Statement:: Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Exhibit Tags:: Henry David Thoreau photographs Library of Congress

141. Grave of Edward "Needles" Hallowell, Mount Auburn Cemetery

Exhibit Description:: Gravestone of Edward "Needles" Hallowell and his wife at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA.
Exhibit Tags:: plaques Cambridge Edward N. Hallowell

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101. Sojourner Truth seated with photograph of her grandson

102. Bust of John Brown, Blue Nose

103. 3D-Scanning the Busts of John Brown

104. Bust of John Brown, Missing Nose and Eyebrow

105. G.L.S. by John Greenleaf Whittier

106. Mary E. Stearns Will, Executor's Inventory, 1913

107. 3D-Scanning of the Damaged Bust of John Brown

108. Tufts College, 1899

109. Obituary of Mrs George Luther Stearns, 1902

110. Old Windmill Tower on the Stearns Estate

111. Residence of George L. Stearns

112. Obituary, Mrs. Stearns of Medford, November 1901

113. Photograph of the Stearns Mansion, 1899

114. Lefavour Map of Tufts College, 1948

115. College Ave., Tufts College, Medford, Mass. Postcard

116. Road to the Stearns Estate

117. Mary E. Stearns Will Excerpt, 1901

118. Charles Sumner (Whitney)

119. Excerpt from Medford Walling Map, 1855

120. Excerpt from Medford Brainard Map, 1880

121. Stearns Estate Marker

122. Letter about P.T. Barnum's Donation to the E.H. Chapin Memorial Scholarship, 1891

123. Universalist Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 (July 3, 1819)

124. Edmonia Lewis

125. College Avenue Photographic Postcard

126. George L. Stearns Grave Monument, Mount Auburn Cemetery

127. List of Objects for Transport, Tufts University Gallery, 1998

128. Thomas Sims Anniversary Broadside

129. Harriet Tubman

130. Frederick Douglass

131. Tufts Library Rules, 1860

132. Hosea Ballou II Plaque

133. Hosea Ballou II Gravesite, Mount Auburn Cemetery

134. Reverse of the Robert Gould Shaw and 54th Massachusetts Regiment Memorial

135. Leonard Carmichael to George R. Sands & Son, 1950

136. Note about Possible Stolen Bust of John Brown, 1977

137. Bust of George L. Stearns (Morse), After Restoration

138. Henry L. Stearns, Tufts Matriculation Book, 1863

139. Detail of the Robert Gould Shaw and 54th Massachusetts Regiment Memorial

140. Henry David Thoreau

141. Grave of Edward "Needles" Hallowell, Mount Auburn Cemetery