Exhibit Tags: Tufts DCA and Tufts University - The Magnet and the Iron: John Brown and George L. Stearns

1. Lefavour Map of Tufts College in Medford and Boston

Creator:: Lefavour, R.W.
Exhibit Description:: Map of Tufts College in 1938. In the lower right corner, you can see the new Cousens Gym north of College Avenue the rest of the undeveloped Stearns Estate. The building to the west of Cousens Gym was originally College Station, but at this time it had been home to Tufts University Press for some time.
Attribution Statement:: Tufts Digital Collections and Archives
Exhibit Tags:: Tufts University Tufts DCA maps College Avenue Stearns Estate Cousens Gymnasium Medford Somerville

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
Exhibit Description:: Cousens Gymnasium as it appeared in 2005. Image taken from the parking lot across College Avenue.
Exhibit Tags:: Cousens Gymnasium Tufts University photographs Tufts DCA Medford buildings College Avenue

3. Map of Tufts College

Creator:: Blanchard Printing Co.
Exhibit Description:: Map of Tufts College in 1929, less than a decade after the Stearns mansion was torn down. In the lower right is College Avenue, labeled "To Willows + Medford," referring to the street's nickname. Arrows also indicate that the Site for New Gym and the Tufts College Press are located to the right of the railroad.
Exhibit Tags:: Tufts University maps College Avenue Stearns Estate Tufts DCA Medford Somerville

4. Chase Map of Tufts College in Medford and Boston

Creator:: Chase, Ernest Dudley
Exhibit Description:: Map of Tufts College ca. 1955. In the lower right corner is Cousens Gymnasium and Stearns Village on what was once the Stearns Estate.
Exhibit Tags:: Tufts University Tufts DCA Stearns Estate Cousens Gymnasium maps College Avenue Medford Somerville Boston

5. Front entrance to Eaton Hall, ca. 1950

Creator:: Unknown
Exhibit Description:: Photograph of Eaton Hall in the winter in 1950. Eaton Hall served as the library from its construction in 1908 until the construction of Wessell Library in 1964. The busts of John Brown and George L. Stearns were at one point on exhibit here at one point..
Attribution Statement:: Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives
Exhibit Tags:: Tufts University Eaton Hall photographs Tufts DCA Medford buildings

6. 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
Exhibit Description:: Photograph of the entrance to Tisch Library at Tufts University in Medford/Somerville, MA, 2005.
Exhibit Tags:: Tufts University Tisch Library Tufts DCA photographs Medford Somerville buildings

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

Creator:: Munro, Melville S.
Exhibit Description:: Photograph of Tufts College geology professor Alfred C. Lane excavating the Stearns Estate in 1934. Exactly what he found is unknown.
Exhibit Tags:: Tufts University Medford Tufts DCA Stearns Estate

8. View of the Hill from Stearn's estate

Creator:: Rollins, Edwin B.
Exhibit Description:: View of College Hill and Tufts College from the Stearns Estate across the railroad tracks to the east. The buildings are, left to right: East Hall, Ballou Hall, Packard Hall, and West Hall.
Exhibit Tags:: Tufts University Stearns Estate Tufts DCA photographs Medford Ballou Hall East Hall Packard Hall West Hall buildings

9. Ballou Hall, ca. 1860

Exhibit Description:: Photograph of Ballou Hall, the first building on the campus of Tufts College, 6 years after it was opened. Until East Hall was constructed in 1860, Ballou Hall was the college's only building and it provided space for classrooms, a dormitory, a chapel, and a library. Originally called simply College Hall, Ballou Hall was renamed after named after Hosea Ballou II, the college's first president.
Attribution Statement:: Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives
Exhibit Tags:: Tufts University Tufts DCA Ballou Hall photographs Medford buildings

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

Creator:: Unknown
Exhibit Description:: Black-and-white photograph of an untitled oil-on-board painting known as "College Hill from Medford," attributed to Benjamin Champney, ca. 1865 (Tufts University Permanent Collection AI 07400). The painting shows the Paul Curtis house and Ballou Hall of Tufts College in the distance, as seen from north of the Mystic River, ca. 1855.
Exhibit Tags:: Medford Tufts University paintings photographs Tufts DCA buildings Paul Curtis House Ballou Hall

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1. Lefavour Map of Tufts College in Medford and Boston

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

3. Map of Tufts College

4. Chase Map of Tufts College in Medford and Boston

5. Front entrance to Eaton Hall, ca. 1950

6. 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

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

8. View of the Hill from Stearn's estate

9. Ballou Hall, ca. 1860

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

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1. Lefavour Map of Tufts College in Medford and Boston

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

3. Map of Tufts College

4. Chase Map of Tufts College in Medford and Boston

5. Front entrance to Eaton Hall, ca. 1950

6. 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

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

8. View of the Hill from Stearn's estate

9. Ballou Hall, ca. 1860

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