Papers.

Title:

Papers.

Creator:

Burgum family.

Accession / Call Number:

M 1946-004

Object ID:

M 1946-004

Date:

1827-1922

Physical Description:

Account books New Hampshire. 4 Boxes, ca. 300 items. 2 linear feet. Three diplomas (certificates) are housed in oversize storage.

Scope and Content:

Includes diaries and account books of John and Edwin Burgam; apprenticeship papers of John Burgum; scattered diaries, letters, postcards and notes of Emma Gannell Burgum. Also included in this collection (and which have been transferred to museum) are sketch books of John, Edwin and Emma Burgum as well as Edwin Burgum's pricked pattern designs for chair backs including letters, numbers, flowers and scrolls.John Burgum (1826-1907), apprentice to a clock dial painter in England and decorator of coaches and wagons for the Abbot-Downing Company of Concord, N.H.; papers of Emma Gannell Burgum (1826-1923) including correspondence, post cards, diaries, childhood reminiscences of Mrs. Burgum as the adopted daughter of Sarah, Countess of Rumford, and notes on Sarah's father, Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford; and pricked patterns, designs for chair backs, letters, numbers, flowers, and scrolls of Edwin Gannell Burgum (1856-1948). Other papers include notes on Concord, N.H. families, and sketchbooks of John, Emma, and Edwin Burgum.

Subjects:

Industries New Hampshire Concord.

People:

Burgum, Edwin Gannell, 1858-1948 , Burgum, John, 1826-1907

Organizations:

Burgum family

Level Description:

Item