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The Magnet and the Iron: John Brown and George L. Stearns

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1. Lefavour Map of Tufts College in Medford and Boston

Creator:
Lefavour, R.W.
Attribution Statement:
Tufts Digital Collections and Archives

2. Stock photos of the Medford/Somerville campus, including the MIDI lab in Halligan Hall, Aidekman Arts Center, the front of Cousens Gym and the athletic fields. Photo 043

Creator:
Schutzengel, Aaron

3. Map of Tufts College

Creator:
Blanchard Printing Co.

4. Chase Map of Tufts College in Medford and Boston

Creator:
Chase, Ernest Dudley

5. Pansy Park, ca. 1910

6. Front entrance to Eaton Hall, ca. 1950

Creator:
Unknown
Attribution Statement:
Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives

7. Stock photos of the Medford/Somerville campus, including the outside of Tisch Library, East Hall, Dowling Hall, Carmichael Hall, and the Hillel Center. Photo 003

Creator:
Loeb, Brian

8. Alfred C. Lane excavating the Stearns Estate, November 22, 1934

Creator:
Munro, Melville S.

9. Tufts College: Pansy farm #4, basketing pansies (B)

Creator:
Bolles, Edwin C.

10. View of the Hill from Stearn's estate

Creator:
Rollins, Edwin B.

11. Ballou Hall, ca. 1860

Attribution Statement:
Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives

12. Tufts Campus View (Painted), n.d.

Creator:
Unknown

13. Construction of Counsens Gymnasium, 1931

Creator:
Munro, Melville S.

14. Cousens Gymnasium, 1952

Creator:
Unknown

15. Gov. Andrew [John Albion]

Attribution Statement:
Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives

16. Goddard Chapel

17. Old College Hill Railroad Station site now occupied by Tufts College Press

Creator:
Unknown

18. Stearns Village, n.d.

Creator:
Unknown
Attribution Statement:
Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives

19. Letter from John Brown to Mary E. Stearns, 1859 November 29

Attribution:
Brown, John
Attribution Statement:
Image courtesy of the West Virginia State Archives, John Brown/Boyd B. Stutler Collection

20. A Study of the Campus at Tufts College Showing the Positions of the Present Buildings and Suggesting Possible Locations for Future Buildings, 1932

Attribution:
College Architects: Andrews, Jones, Biscoe & Whitmore
Attribution Statement:
Tufts Digital Collections and Archives

21. John Brown Bust Cabinet Card (Warren)

Attribution:
Warren, W. Shaw
Attribution Statement:
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Photography Collection, The New York Public Library

22. Ballou's Pictorial, October 11, 1856

Attribution:
Ballou, Maturin Murray
Attribution Statement:
Tufts Digital Collections and Archives

23. Robert Gould Shaw (Lewis)

Attribution:
Lewis, Edmonia
Attribution Statement:
Image courtesy of the Museum of African American History, Boston and Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA

24. Charles Sumner

Attribution:
Brackett, Edward Augustus
Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift by subscription to Harvard College, 1858. Image © Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College.

25. John Brown's Hair, Given to Mary E. Stearns

Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the Medford Historical Society & Museum

26. Edward Augustus Brackett (Shorey)

Attribution:
Shorey, Carleton E.
Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the Winchester, Massachusetts, Archival Center

27. College Avenue Bridge and College Hill Station, 1885

Attribution Statement:
Tufts Digital Collections and Archives

28. Rev. Thomas Starr King

Attribution:
Unknown artist
Attribution Statement:
Image courtesy of the Tufts University Permanent Collection, AI 70026

29. Letter from Lydia Maria Child to John Brown, October 26, 1859

Attribution:
Child, Lydia Maria
Attribution Statement:
Image courtesy of kansasmemory.org, Kansas State Historical Society, Copy and Reuse Restrictions Apply

30. Untitled (College Hill from Medford)

Attribution:
Champney, Benjamin (attributed)
Attribution Statement:
Image courtesy of Tufts University Permanent Collection, AI 07400

31. Tufts College, about 1865, from a map drawn by Prof. Charles E. Fay

Attribution:
Fay, Charles E.; The Tuftonian
Attribution Statement:
Tufts Digital Collections and Archives

32. Bust of George Luther Stearns (Morse), Before Restoration

Attribution:
Morse, Samuel
Attribution Statement:
Image courtesy of the Tufts University Permanent Collection

33. Wendell Phillips Medallion, 1871

Attribution:
Lewis, Edmonia
Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

34. Sergeant Henry F. Steward

Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Gift of Mary Silsbee Emilio, 1920

35. John Brown with Beard

Attribution:
Lawrence, Martin M. (attributed)
Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the Library of Congress

36. John Brown (mural), 1939

Attribution:
Curry, John Steuart
Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Arthur Hoppock Hearn Fund, 1950

37. Cabinet Card of John Brown Bust (A.C. Russell)

Attribution Statement:
Image courtesy of the West Virginia State Archives, John Brown/Boyd B. Stutler Collection

38. Paul Curtis House, Massachusetts Historical Commission Paperwork (2/2)

Attribution:
Massachusetts Historical Commission
Attribution Statement:
J. Herzan and B.R. Pfeiffer. Paul Curtis House. National Register of Historic Places, 1976 (on file at Massachusetts Historical Commission, Boston).

39. View Towards Medford from East Hall, 1875

Attribution Statement:
Tufts Digital Collections and Archives

40. The Last Moments of John Brown (Hovenden)

Attribution:
Hovenden, Thomas
Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stoeckel, 1897

41. The Stearns Estate by Justin Wyner, Tuftonian Spring 1945

Attribution:
Wyner, Justin
Attribution Statement:
Tufts Digital Collections and Archives

42. Now in Camp at Readville! 54th Regiment!

Attribution:
J. E. Farwell & Co
Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the Massachusetts Historical Society

43. Captain Edward N. Hallowell, 1862

Attribution:
Gutekunst, F.
Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the Massachusetts Historical Society

44. John Brown

Attribution:
Brackett, Edward Augustus
Attribution Statement:
Image courtesy of the Tufts University Permanent Collection

45. Julia Ward Howe

Attribution:
Dallin, Cyrus
Attribution Statement:
Image courtesy of the Cyrus Dallin Art Museum.

46. Edward A. Brackett to George Luther Stearns, 1859

Attribution:
Brackett, Edward Augustus
Attribution Statement:
Image courtesy of the West Virginia State Archives, John Brown/Boyd B. Stutler Collection

47. View of Medford and Stearns Estate, 1874

Attribution Statement:
Tufts Digital Collections and Archives

48. Fletcher School Holiday Card, 2003

Attribution:
Fletcher School (Tufts University)
Attribution Statement:
Tufts Digital Collections and Archives

49. John Brown's Song

Attribution Statement:
Image from Wikimedia Commons

50. Captain Norwood Penrose Hallowell, 1862

Attribution:
Broadbent & Co.
Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the Massachusetts Historical Society