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

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. Construction of Counsens Gymnasium, 1931

Creator:: Munro, Melville S.
Exhibit Tags:: Tufts DCA Medford photographs Cousens Gymnasium Tufts University buildings College Avenue

8. Cousens Gymnasium, 1952

Creator:: Unknown
Exhibit Description:: Photograph of Cousens Gymnasium from the parking lot across College Avenue, 1952.
Exhibit Tags:: Cousens Gymnasium Tufts University Tufts DCA photographs College Avenue buildings

9. Goddard Chapel

Exhibit Description:: Goddard Chapel soon after it was constructed on the campus of Tufts College, 1883. By the end of the 19th century, a plaque commemorating Dr. Edwin Hubbell Chapin had been placed inside the chapel, where it remains today.
Exhibit Tags:: Goddard Chapel Tufts University photographs Tufts DCA Medford buildings

10. Old College Hill Railroad Station site now occupied by Tufts College Press

Creator:: Unknown
Exhibit Description:: Photograph of College Station at the corner of the Boston & Maine Railroad (foreground) and College Avenue (left). When the new Tufts College Station was built to the south, this building became occupied by Tufts College Press.
Exhibit Tags:: College Avenue Medford photographs College Hill Station Tufts DCA buildings Tufts University

11. Stearns Village, n.d.

Creator:: Unknown
Exhibit Description:: Photograph showing Stearns Village with the high roof of the Cousens Gymnasium to the right.
Attribution Statement:: Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives
Exhibit Tags:: photographs Tufts DCA Stearns Village Tufts University buildings Medford

12. College Avenue Bridge and College Hill Station, 1885

Exhibit Description:: View of College Avenue Bridge looking northeast towards the Willows. To the left is College Hill Station. UA021.001.010.00004.
Attribution Statement:: Tufts Digital Collections and Archives
Exhibit Tags:: College Avenue College Hill Station Tufts University Tufts DCA photographs Medford

13. View of Medford and Stearns Estate, 1874

Exhibit Description:: View of the Stearns Estate and beyond that Medford from College Hill. The Stearns Estate mansion is located in among the trees in the lower left quadrant. The caption reads, "The Medford view in '74. This is somewhat to the east of the one above which brings the Stearns house near the left of the picture. The Royall House is the building with four end chimneys near the center of the picture. In the lower right hand corner the tower of the old Stearns windmill is barely visible."
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

14. Fletcher School Holiday Card, 2003

Exhibit Description:: Holiday card from the Fletcher School dean Jack Galvin and his wife Ginny. At the time they were living in the Paul Curtis House at 114 South Street, Medford, which was owned by Tufts University. (Note: The images of this card have been digitally rearranged.)
Attribution:: Fletcher School (Tufts University)
Attribution Statement:: Tufts Digital Collections and Archives
Exhibit Tags:: photographs Paul Curtis House Tufts DCA Tufts University Lydia Maria Child Medford buildings

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

Exhibit Description:: The busts of John Brown (by Edward A. Brackett) and George L. Stearns (by Samuel Morse) on display in the Tisch Library at Tufts University in 2017. Photograph taken August 16, 2017.
Attribution:: Long, Jules
Attribution Statement:: Image copyright Tufts University
Exhibit Tags:: John Brown George L. Stearns Tufts University sculptures Edward Augustus Brackett Stearns Estate photographs

16. View from Ballou Hall, 1876

Exhibit Description:: View towards Medford from Ballou Hall, 1876, showing nearly the entirely Stearns Estate. The caption reads, "View from Ballou in 1876. Middle Hall [Packard Hall] in the center with an end of East Hall at the right. The entire Stearns estate is shown from the farm buildings to the windmill tower, also much of the plot of ground now occupied by Cousens Gym. The stone bank wall at the front of Middle Hall, shown in the 1856 and 1867 views of the building, has been swung to the east parallel with the front of the building. The Royall House and the summer house show clearly. The R.R. [railroad] cut and Boston Ave. are beyond the road, which lies beyond the clothes line." The mansion house of the Stearns Estate is visible just about the roof of Packard Hall.
Attribution Statement:: Tufts Digital Collections and Archives
Exhibit Tags:: Packard Hall Stearns Estate Medford photographs Tufts DCA Tufts University buildings

17. Rev. Edwin Hubbell Chapin

Exhibit Description:: Commemorative cast bronze memorial plaque of the Reverend Edwin Hubbell Chapin by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. In 1891, the plaque was donated to Tufts Collage and soon thereafter placed in Goddard Chapel. A notice in the school newspaper reads, "A replica of the bas-relief of Dr. Chapin in the Church of the Divine Paternity, New York City, has been presented to the college and will soon be placed in the chapel. This bas-relief is considered by good critics one of the masterpieces of St. Gaudens." (Tuftonian, vol. 17, no. 16 [5 June 1891], page 236)
Attribution:: Saint-Gaudens, Augustus
Attribution Statement:: Image courtesy of the Tufts University Permanent Collection: Gift of Friends of E.H. Chapin, AI 05500
Exhibit Tags:: Edwin H. Chapin plaques Tufts University Tufts University Permanent Collection photographs Medford Goddard Chapel Tuftonian

18. College Avenue, 1870

Exhibit Description:: Photograph of a wagon in the distance on College Avenue in Medford near Tufts College, circa 1870. The trees lining the street gave its nickname "The Willows." The Stearns Estate bordered College Avenue.
Attribution Statement:: Tufts Digital Collections and Archives
Exhibit Tags:: Tufts DCA Tufts University College Avenue Medford photographs

19. Stearns Highboy

Exhibit Description:: Highboy (chest of drawers) acquired by Tufts College from the Stearns Estate around 1919, now (2017) located in the third floor lobby of Ballou Hall. Family tradition maintained that the this piece of furniture was made by Benjamin Frothingham, Jr., of Charlestown. In 1971, this highboy was located in the Wessell Library. In 1950, this highboy was located in the Gott Memorial Room in Eaton Library. This photograph was taken in August 2017.
Attribution:: Frothingham, Benjamin, Jr. (unconfirmed)
Attribution Statement:: Image copyright Tufts University
Exhibit Tags:: Stearns Estate photographs Tufts University objects Ballou Hall

20. Busts of John Brown and George L. Stearns

Exhibit Description:: The busts of John Brown (by Edward A. Brackett) and George L. Stearns (by Samuel Morse) on display in the Tisch Library. Photograph taken August 16, 2017.
Attribution:: Long, Jules
Attribution Statement:: Image copyright Tufts University
Exhibit Tags:: John Brown George L. Stearns Tufts University sculptures Edward Augustus Brackett Stearns Estate photographs

21. Bust of John Brown, Blue Nose

Exhibit Description:: Photograph of Brackett's bust of John Brown showing a 3D-printed plastic replacement nose. With the plastic nose, conservators were able to make a cast and then a new plaster nose. This photograph was taken in 2016 as the bust was being restored.
Attribution:: Brackett, Edward Augustus
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

22. 3D-Scanning the Busts of John Brown

Exhibit Description:: A tech from 3D Printsmith 3D-scanning both the damaged bust of John Brown and an undamaged plaster copy from the Boston Athenaeum. This was done in order to prepare an exact, 3D-printed copy of the nose and eyebrow for the damaged bust. This photograph was taken in May 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

23. 3D-Scanning of the Damaged Bust of John Brown

Exhibit Description:: The damaged bust of John Brown undergoing 3D scanning for restoration. This photograph was taken in May 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

24. Tufts College, 1899

Exhibit Description:: Photograph of Tufts College from the clay pits on the southeast side of College Avenue. Visible in the center are the willows trees that lined College Avenue. Also visible is the College Avenue bridge over the railroad tracks. Visible Tufts buildings are Curtis Hall, Paige Hall, Goddard Chapel, East Hall, Ballou Hall, Packard Hall, and West Hall.
Attribution Statement:: Courtesy of the Medford Historical Society & Museum
Exhibit Tags:: Tufts University photographs Curtis Hall Paige Hall Ballou Hall Goddard Chapel East Hall Packard Hall West Hall College Avenue Medford Historical Society and Museum Medford

25. Stearns Estate Marker

Exhibit Description:: Plaque in front of Cousens Gym in Medford, MA, commemorating the former site of the Stearns Estate. The plaque reads, "Site of the Stearns Estate: A waystation on the Underground Railroad, a haven for slaves seeking freedom. 1850-1860. Placed here by members of the Tufts community, who continue to honor the tradition of sanctuary. Dedicated April 8, 1987." The plaque was dedicated one day shy of the 120th anniversary of the death of George L. Stearns. This photograph was taken in August 2017.
Exhibit Tags:: Stearns Estate Cousens Gymnasium Tufts University photographs Medford plaques College Avenue

26. Hosea Ballou II Plaque

Exhibit Description:: Bronze bas-relief plaque of Hosea Ballou II, the first president of Tufts University, on the exterior wall of Ballou Hall, the first building on campus.
Attribution Statement:: Copyright Tufts University
Exhibit Tags:: Hosea Ballou II Tufts University photographs plaques Ballou Hall Medford

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1. 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

2. Front entrance to Eaton Hall, ca. 1950

3. 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

4. View of the Hill from Stearn's estate

5. Ballou Hall, ca. 1860

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

7. Construction of Counsens Gymnasium, 1931

8. Cousens Gymnasium, 1952

9. Goddard Chapel

10. Old College Hill Railroad Station site now occupied by Tufts College Press

11. Stearns Village, n.d.

12. College Avenue Bridge and College Hill Station, 1885

13. View of Medford and Stearns Estate, 1874

14. Fletcher School Holiday Card, 2003

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

16. View from Ballou Hall, 1876

17. Rev. Edwin Hubbell Chapin

18. College Avenue, 1870

19. Stearns Highboy

20. Busts of John Brown and George L. Stearns

21. Bust of John Brown, Blue Nose

22. 3D-Scanning the Busts of John Brown

23. 3D-Scanning of the Damaged Bust of John Brown

24. Tufts College, 1899

25. Stearns Estate Marker

26. Hosea Ballou II Plaque

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1. 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

2. Front entrance to Eaton Hall, ca. 1950

3. 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

4. View of the Hill from Stearn's estate

5. Ballou Hall, ca. 1860

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

7. Construction of Counsens Gymnasium, 1931

8. Cousens Gymnasium, 1952

9. Goddard Chapel

10. Old College Hill Railroad Station site now occupied by Tufts College Press

11. Stearns Village, n.d.

12. College Avenue Bridge and College Hill Station, 1885

13. View of Medford and Stearns Estate, 1874

14. Fletcher School Holiday Card, 2003

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

16. View from Ballou Hall, 1876

17. Rev. Edwin Hubbell Chapin

18. College Avenue, 1870

19. Stearns Highboy

20. Busts of John Brown and George L. Stearns

21. Bust of John Brown, Blue Nose

22. 3D-Scanning the Busts of John Brown

23. 3D-Scanning of the Damaged Bust of John Brown

24. Tufts College, 1899

25. Stearns Estate Marker

26. Hosea Ballou II Plaque