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The Magnet and the Iron: John Brown and George L. Stearns
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1.
Letter from John Brown to Mary E. Stearns, 1859 November 29
Date:
1859
Attribution Statement:
Image courtesy of the West Virginia State Archives, John Brown/Boyd B. Stutler Collection
Exhibit Tags:
John Brown
letters
documents
Mary E. Stearns
West Virginia
2.
John Brown Bust Cabinet Card (Warren)
Date:
Ca. 1882
Attribution Statement:
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Photography Collection, The New York Public Library
Exhibit Tags:
John Brown
photographs
Edward Augustus Brackett
Mary E. Stearns
sculptures
Cambridge
3.
John Brown's Hair, Given to Mary E. Stearns
Date:
1859
Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the Medford Historical Society & Museum
Exhibit Tags:
John Brown
objects
Mary E. Stearns
documents
Medford Historical Society and Museum
4.
Letter from Lydia Maria Child to John Brown, October 26, 1859
Date:
1859
Attribution Statement:
Image courtesy of kansasmemory.org, Kansas State Historical Society, Copy and Reuse Restrictions Apply
Exhibit Tags:
Kansas State Historical Society
Lydia Maria Child
John Brown
letters
documents
Wayland
West Virginia
5.
John Brown with Beard
Date:
1858
Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Exhibit Tags:
Library of Congress
John Brown
photographs
6.
John Brown (mural), 1939
Date:
1939
Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Arthur Hoppock Hearn Fund, 1950
Exhibit Tags:
John Brown
paintings
Metropolitan Museum of Art
7.
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
Exhibit Tags:
John Brown
George L. Stearns
West Virginia State Archives
drawings
8.
The Last Moments of John Brown (Hovenden)
Date:
1882-1884
Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stoeckel, 1897
Exhibit Tags:
John Brown
Metropolitan Museum of Art
paintings
West Virginia
9.
John Brown
Date:
1860
Attribution Statement:
Image courtesy of the Tufts University Permanent Collection
Exhibit Tags:
John Brown
Edward Augustus Brackett
Stearns Estate
sculptures
Tufts University Permanent Collection
10.
Edward A. Brackett to George Luther Stearns, 1859
Date:
1859
Attribution Statement:
Image courtesy of the West Virginia State Archives, John Brown/Boyd B. Stutler Collection
Exhibit Tags:
Edward Augustus Brackett
George L. Stearns
John Brown
West Virginia State Archives
letters
documents
11.
View of Medford and Stearns Estate, 1874
Date:
1874
Attribution Statement:
Tufts Digital Collections and Archives
Exhibit Tags:
George L. Stearns
John Brown
Tufts University
Stearns Estate
photographs
Medford
Mary E. Stearns
Tufts DCA
12.
John Brown's Song
Date:
1861
Attribution Statement:
Image from Wikimedia Commons
Exhibit Tags:
John Brown
Civil War
broadsides
Wikimedia Commons
music
publications
13.
Busts of John Brown and George L. Stearns on Display
Date:
2017
Attribution Statement:
Image copyright Tufts University
Exhibit Tags:
John Brown
George L. Stearns
Tufts University
sculptures
Edward Augustus Brackett
Stearns Estate
photographs
14.
John Brown Daguerreotype
Date:
1846-1847
Attribution Statement:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; purchased with major acquisition funds and with funds donated by Betty Adler Schermer in honor of her great-grandfather, August M. Bondi
Exhibit Tags:
John Brown
photographs
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
15.
Letter from John Brown to George L. Stearns, August 10, 1857
Date:
1857
Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Exhibit Tags:
John Brown
George L. Stearns
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
letters
documents
Iowa
Boston
16.
The Hanging of John Brown (Hugo)
Date:
1860
Attribution Statement:
From John Brown by Victor Hugo, 1860.
Exhibit Tags:
John Brown
Victor Hugo
drawings
publications
17.
Advertisement for John Brown Medallions, 1864
Date:
1864
Exhibit Tags:
John Brown
Edmonia Lewis
advertisements
The Liberator
publications
Boston
18.
John Brown's Northern Supporters (Secret Six)
Date:
1862
Attribution Statement:
Image courtesy of the West Virginia State Archives, John Brown/Boyd B. Stutler Collection.
Exhibit Tags:
John Brown
George L. Stearns
Franklin Sanborn
Samuel Gridley Howe
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Gerrit Smith
West Virginia
West Virginia State Archives
photographs
19.
Pike, Possibly Used at Harpers Ferry
Date:
C. 1857
Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the Medford Historical Society & Museum
Exhibit Tags:
objects
John Brown
George L. Stearns
Medford Historical Society and Museum
West Virginia
20.
"Brackett's Bust of John Brown" by Lydia Maria Child, New York Tribune, 11 Feburary 1860
Date:
1860
Exhibit Tags:
publications
Lydia Maria Child
New York Tribune
Edward Augustus Brackett
John Brown
21.
"John Brown and the Colored Child" by Lydia Maria Child, 1860
Date:
1860
Exhibit Tags:
Lydia Maria Child
publications
John Brown
22.
John Brown's grave and the "Big Rock," North Elba
Date:
C. 1896
Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
Exhibit Tags:
Library of Congress
John Brown
New York
photographs
23.
1937 Inventory of Tufts College Sculptures
Date:
1937
Attribution Statement:
Tufts University Permanent Collection
Exhibit Tags:
documents
Tufts University Permanent Collection
sculptures
John Brown
George L. Stearns
Tufts University
24.
John Brown Bust Cabinet Card (Litchfield Studios)
Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of anonymous. Used by permission.
Exhibit Tags:
John Brown
Edward Augustus Brackett
George L. Stearns
photographs
sculptures
Mary E. Stearns
Arlington
25.
Marching On! 55th Massachusetts Colored Regiment
Date:
1865
Attribution Statement:
From Harper's Weekly, v. 9, 1865, p. 165.
Exhibit Tags:
Harper's Weekly
Civil War
55th Mass. Infantry Regiment
John Brown
drawings
South Carolina
26.
Busts of John Brown and George L. Stearns
Date:
2017
Attribution Statement:
Image copyright Tufts University
Exhibit Tags:
John Brown
George L. Stearns
Tufts University
sculptures
Edward Augustus Brackett
Stearns Estate
photographs
27.
Bust of John Brown, Blue Nose
Date:
2016
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
28.
3D-Scanning the Busts of John Brown
Date:
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
29.
Bust of John Brown, Missing Nose and Eyebrow
Date:
1860 | 2016
Attribution Statement:
Image courtesy of the Tufts University Permanent Collection
Exhibit Tags:
John Brown
sculptures
Tufts University
Tufts University Permanent Collection
Edward Augustus Brackett
30.
3D-Scanning of the Damaged Bust of John Brown
Date:
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
31.
List of Objects for Transport, Tufts University Gallery, 1998
Date:
1998
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