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

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

Attribution Statement:
Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives

2. Bust of Reverend Hosea Ballou II

Attribution:
Story, William Wetmore
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Image courtesy of the Tufts University Permanent Collection, AI 01500

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

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Image courtesy of the Tufts University Permanent Collection

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

Attribution:
Morse, Samuel
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Image courtesy Tufts University Permanent Collection

5. Bust of John Brown, Blue Nose

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

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

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

7. Bust of John Brown, Missing Nose and Eyebrow

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

8. Robert Gould Shaw (Lewis)

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

9. John Brown Bust Cabinet Card (Litchfield Studios)

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Litchfield Studios
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Courtesy of anonymous. Used by permission.

10. 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

11. 3D-Scanning the Busts of John Brown

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Image courtesy of the Tufts University Permanent Collection

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

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

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

Attribution:
Carmichael, Leonard
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Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives

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

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Courtesy of the Tufts University Permanent Art Collection

15. Mary E. Stearns Will Excerpt, 1901

Attribution:
Stearns, Mary E.

16. John Brown

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

17. Julia Ward Howe

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

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

Attribution:
Long, Jules
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Image copyright Tufts University

19. Busts of John Brown and George L. Stearns

Attribution:
Long, Jules
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Image copyright Tufts University

20. 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.

21. "Brackett's Bust of John Brown" by Lydia Maria Child, New York Tribune, 11 Feburary 1860

Attribution:
Child, Lydia Maria

22. 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