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

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1. Untitled (College Hill from Medford)

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

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

Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the Medford Historical Society & Museum

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

Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the Medford Historical Society & Museum

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. View of Medford and Stearns Estate, 1874

Attribution Statement:
Tufts Digital Collections and Archives

7. View Towards Medford from East Hall, 1875

Attribution Statement:
Tufts Digital Collections and Archives

8. Chase Map of Tufts College in Medford and Boston

Creator:
Chase, Ernest Dudley

9. Lefavour Map of Tufts College in Medford and Boston

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

10. Residence of George L. Stearns

Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the Medford Historical Society & Museum

11. Photograph of the Stearns Mansion, 1899

Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of Medford Historical Society & Museum

12. Obituary of Mrs George Luther Stearns, 1902

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

13. Road to the Stearns Estate

Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the Medford Historical Society & Museum

14. College Avenue Photographic Postcard

Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the Medford Historical Society & Museum

15. Colonel Edward Needles Hallowell's Sword

Attribution:
Unknown
Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of Medford Historical Society & Museum

16. Lydia Maria Child's Pocketwatch

Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the Medford Historical Society & Museum

17. George L. Stearns Portrait and Signature

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

18. Old Windmill Tower on the Stearns Estate

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

19. 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

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

Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the Medford Historical Society & Museum

21. Pike, Possibly Used at Harpers Ferry

Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the Medford Historical Society & Museum

22. Tufts College, 1899

Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the Medford Historical Society & Museum

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

Attribution Statement:
Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives

24. 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

25. Antislavery Crib Quilt

Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the Medford Historical Society & Museum

26. Map of Tufts College

Creator:
Blanchard Printing Co.

27. Pansy Park, ca. 1910

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

Creator:
Unknown

29. Construction of Counsens Gymnasium, 1931

Creator:
Munro, Melville S.

30. Cousens Gymnasium, 1952

Creator:
Unknown

31. Stearns Village, n.d.

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

32. Fletcher School Holiday Card, 2003

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

33. Tufts College Engraving

Attribution:
Unknown
Attribution Statement:
Tufts Digital Collections and Archives

34. College Avenue, 1870

Attribution Statement:
Tufts Digital Collections and Archives

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

Creator:
Munro, Melville S.

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

Creator:
Bolles, Edwin C.

37. View of the Hill from Stearn's estate

Creator:
Rollins, Edwin B.

38. Goddard Chapel

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

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

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

Attribution Statement:
Tufts Digital Collections and Archives

41. "New England Boy's Song About Thanksgiving Day"

Attribution:
Child, Lydia Maria
Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the Library of Congress

42. Front entrance to Eaton Hall, ca. 1950

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

43. Stearns Estate Marker

44. 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

45. View from Ballou Hall, 1876

Attribution Statement:
Tufts Digital Collections and Archives

46. In Memorium: George Luther Stearns

Attribution:
Unknown artist