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

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1. Stearns Highboy

Attribution:
Frothingham, Benjamin, Jr. (unconfirmed)
Attribution Statement:
Image copyright Tufts University

2. Stearns Village, n.d.

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

3. Major George L. Stearns

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

4. Stearns Grandfather Clock

Attribution Statement:
Image copyright Tufts University

5. Stearns Estate Marker

6. The Stearns Estate, 1899

Attribution:
William Hauk
Attribution Statement:
Image courtesy of the Tufts University Permanent Collection

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

Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the Medford Historical Society & Museum

8. View of Medford and Stearns Estate, 1874

Attribution Statement:
Tufts Digital Collections and Archives

9. Mary E. Stearns Will Excerpt, 1901

Attribution:
Stearns, Mary E.

10. Photograph of George L. Stearns

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

11. Residence of George L. Stearns

Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the Medford Historical Society & Museum

12. Road to the Stearns Estate

Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the Medford Historical Society & Museum

13. George L. Stearns Obituary, The Radical

Attribution:
Johnson, Samuel

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

Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the Medford Historical Society & Museum

15. Photograph of the Stearns Mansion, 1899

Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of Medford Historical Society & Museum

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

Attribution Statement:
Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives

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

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

18. In Memorium: George Luther Stearns

Attribution:
Unknown artist

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

Creator:
Munro, Melville S.

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

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

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

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

22. George L. Stearns Portrait and Signature

Attribution:
Pack Brothers
Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the Medford Historical Society & Museum

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

24. Obituary of Mrs George Luther Stearns, 1902

Attribution:
The Medford Historical Register
Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the Medford Historical Society & Museum

25. Old Windmill Tower on the Stearns Estate

Attribution:
Davenport, George E.
Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the Medford Historical Society & Museum

26. Mary E. Stearns Will Excerpt, 1901

Attribution:
Stearns, Mary E.

27. View of the Hill from Stearn's estate

Creator:
Rollins, Edwin B.

28. Busts of John Brown and George L. Stearns on Display

Attribution:
Long, Jules
Attribution Statement:
Image copyright Tufts University

29. Busts of John Brown and George L. Stearns

Attribution:
Long, Jules
Attribution Statement:
Image copyright Tufts University

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

31. 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

32. John Brown Bust Cabinet Card (Litchfield Studios)

Attribution:
Litchfield Studios
Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of anonymous. Used by permission.

33. Program for the Dedication of the Stearns Estate Marker, 1987

Attribution Statement:
Tufts Digital Collections and Archives

34. Letter from John Brown to George L. Stearns, August 10, 1857

Attribution:
Brown, John
Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

35. Chase Map of Tufts College in Medford and Boston

Creator:
Chase, Ernest Dudley

36. Pike, Possibly Used at Harpers Ferry

Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the Medford Historical Society & Museum

37. 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

38. College Avenue Photographic Postcard

Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the Medford Historical Society & Museum

39. View from Ballou Hall, 1876

Attribution Statement:
Tufts Digital Collections and Archives

40. 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

41. 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

42. 1937 Inventory of Tufts College Sculptures

Attribution:
Tufts College
Attribution Statement:
Tufts University Permanent Collection

43. College Avenue, 1870

Attribution Statement:
Tufts Digital Collections and Archives

44. College Avenue, 1910?

Attribution Statement:
Tufts Digital Collections and Archives

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

Attribution:
Whittier, John Greenleaf

46. Excerpt from Medford Walling Map, 1855

Attribution:
Walling, Henry Francis; Kollner, Augustus
Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library.

47. Excerpt from Medford Brainard Map, 1880

Attribution:
Brainard, Charles H.; O.H. Bailey & Co
Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library.

48. View Towards Medford from East Hall, 1875

Attribution Statement:
Tufts Digital Collections and Archives

49. 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

50. John Brown's Northern Supporters (Secret Six)

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