The Gifford Family Collection
Drew Archival Library
DAL.MSS.028

Collection Overview:
Title: The Gifford Family Collection
Dates: 1828-1974
Creator: The Gifford Family
Accession/Call Numbers: 1998-02
Repository: Drew Archival Library
Quantity: 25 boxes
Language: English

Administrative Information:
Access Restrictions: The Gifford Family Collection is open to researchers. There are no restricted materials in the collection.
Acquisition Information: This collection was acquired in 1998 from the Gifford family
Related Collections: There are multiple related objects and artifacts in the Duxbury and Rural Historical Society’s museum collection that were donated with the Gifford family papers.
Preferred form of citation: DAL.MSS.028, the Gifford Family Papers in the Drew Archival Library.
Finding Aid Prepared By: Aimee Wismar, October 2019

Scope and Content:
The Gifford Family collection is comprised of 25 boxes spanning the years of 1828-1974, although the bulk of the collection spans the years 1850-1956.

Included in the collection are numerous photographs of the Gifford family and others related to Duxbury. There is one box of photographs, along with five photo albums, including an album of the Massachusetts State Senate of 1873.

The collection also includes numerous pieces of correspondence, the majority of which were addressed to Mary Nye Gifford (1868-1956). The correspondence also includes letters received by Stephen Nye Gifford (1815-1878) in his role as clerk of the Massachusetts State Senate.

The collection also contains three scrapbooks assembled by Mary Nye Gifford in the late 1800s.

Biographical Information:

Mary Nye Gifford (1866-1958) was born in Duxbury, MA to Stephen Nye Gifford and Ada Winsor Gifford. Although Mary frequently spent time in Boston, she primarily spent her entire life living in Duxbury. Mary Nye Gifford never married, and became involved in various organizations in town, including the Ladies Union Fair Association. Ms. Gifford was the first treasurer of the Duxbury Rural and Historical society, and she collected a large amount of genealogical information and historical papers on behalf of the society.

Stephen Nye Gifford (1815-1886) was born in Pembroke, MA to Paul Gifford and Mary Sampson Gifford. As a young man Mr. Gifford was a schoolteacher and, eventually established a private academy at Duxbury. In 1853 Stephen Nye Gifford married Florence Winsor who, in 1859, died giving birth to their son Stephen Wentworth Gifford. In 1861 he married Florence’s younger sister, Ada Winsor. Ada and Stephen had three children, Mary Nye Gifford, born in 1866, Paul Winsor Gifford, born in 1868, and Carlton Sprague Gifford, born in 1876.

In 1850 the people of Duxbury chose Mr. Gifford to represent them in the Massachusetts State House of Representatives. In 1851 he was appointed Inspector in the Boston Custom House, and in 1855 he was chosen to supply a vacancy in the office of State Auditor. In 1855 and 1857 he served as assistant clerk of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and in 1858 he became Clerk of the Senate, holding that post for 28 years until his death in 1886.

LC Subject Headings:

Gifford, Mary Nye, 1866-1958
Gifford, Stephen Nye, 1815-1886
Duxbury (Mass.)–Social life and customs.
Duxbury (Mass.)–Genealogy.
Duxbury Rural and Historical Society (Duxbury, Mass.)
Cemeteries–Massachusetts–Duxbury.
Massachusetts. Senate
Genealogical Correspondence
Personal Correspondence
International travel–Europe–History–20th century.

Organization:
The Gifford Family Collection is organized into 8 Series.
Series I Correspondence of Mary Nye Gifford (1873-1958)
Series II Mary Nye Gifford Personal Finances (1889-1974)
Series III Mary Nye Gifford Misc. Personal Papers (1878-1958)
Series IV Correspondence of Others Collected by Mary Nye Gifford (1828-1927)
Series V Duxbury Rural and Historical Society (1900-1956)
Series VI  Ladies Union Fair (1868-1971)
Series VII  Stephen Nye Gifford Personal Papers (1850-1886)
Series VIII Photographs and Albums (c. 1840-1960)

Series List:

Series I- Correspondence of Mary Nye Gifford (1873-1958); 1.5 boxes
Scope and Content: This series contains letters addressed to Mary Nye Gifford spanning from 1877-1958, covering a wide variety of topics such as everyday life in Duxbury, travel correspondence, and family relations. Of note are a series of letters from her brother, Carlton Gifford describing his trip to Europe in 1937 and a series of letters from friend James K. Clarke that detail his time in Duxbury in the 1880s and 1890s.

Box 1              Folder 1: Christmas Cards (1926-1947, undated)
Folder 2: Mary Nye Gifford Correspondence (1877-1909)
Folder 3: Mary Nye Gifford Correspondence (1911-1927)
Folder 4: Mary Nye Gifford Correspondence (1931-1939)
Folder 5: Mary Nye Gifford Correspondence (1941-1949)
Folder 6: Mary Nye Gifford Correspondence (1950-1958)
Folder 7: Mary Nye Gifford Correspondence (undated)
Folder 8: Mary Nye Gifford Correspondence-Correspondence from Rosamond Gifford (1937)
Folder 9: Mary Nye Gifford Correspondence-Correspondence to Stephen Nye Gifford (1873-1878)
Folder 10: Mary Nye Gifford Correspondence-Correspondence from Stephen Nye Gifford (1881-1886, undated)

Box 2
Folder 1: Mary Nye Gifford Correspondence-Correspondence from Carlton Gifford (4 July 1931-14 April 1937)
Folder 2: Mary Nye Gifford Correspondence-Correspondence from Carlton Gifford (17 April 1937-16 June 1937, undated)
Folder 3: Mary Nye Gifford Correspondence-Correspondence from James K. Clarke, Jr. (18 May 1887-22 Dec 1887)
Folder 4: Mary Nye Gifford Correspondence-Correspondence from James K. Clarke, Jr. (20 Feb 1888-6 Sept 1888)
Folder 6: Mary Nye Gifford Correspondence-Correspondence from James K. Clarke, Jr. (18 Oct 1888-18 Mar 1889, undated)

Series II- Mary Nye Gifford Personal Finances (1889-1974); 2.5 boxes
Scope and Content: This series contains the various financial records of Mary Nye Gifford, including tax records, stock records, and the estate records of her mother Ada W. Gifford.

Box 2
Folder 7: Mary Nye Gifford Personal Finances (1902-1919)
Folder 8: Mary Nye Gifford Personal Finances (1920-1925)
Folder 9: Mary Nye Gifford Personal Finances (1926-1925)
Folder 10: Mary Nye Gifford Personal Finances (1930-1932)
Folder 11: Mary Nye Gifford Personal Finances (1933-1936)

Box 3
Folder 1: Mary Nye Gifford Personal Finances (1937-1939)
Folder 2: Mary Nye Gifford Personal Finances (1940-1944)
Folder 3: Mary Nye Gifford Personal Finances (1945-1949)
Folder 4: Mary Nye Gifford Personal Finances (1950-1952)
Folder 5: Mary Nye Gifford Personal Finances (1953-1958)
Folder 6: Invoices of Work Done on Houses (1897-1974)
Folder 7: Estate of Ada Gifford (1889-1926)
Folder 8: Estate of Ada Gifford (1919-1951)

Box 4
Folder 1: Estate of Joseph Deeley (1919-1927)
Folder 2: Estate of Joseph Deeley (1928-1931)

Series III- Mary Nye Gifford Misc. Personal Papers (1878-1958) 10 boxes
Scope and Content: This series contains miscellaneous papers belonging to Mary Nye Gifford. The papers include postcards, reminiscences about her life as a child in Duxbury, and newspaper clippings collected by Mary Nye Gifford. Of note are a collection of papers that chronicle the genealogical history of the Gifford and Winsor families, diaries kept by Mary Nye Gifford as a young woman, and scrapbooks dating from the late 1800s.

Box 4
Folder 3: Mary Nye Gifford Reminiscences (1952, undated)
Folder 4: Invitations (1939-1944, undated)
Folder 5: Postcards (undated)
Folder 6: Mary Nye Gifford Misc. Personal Papers (1901-1958, undated)
Folder 7: Mary Nye Gifford Misc. Personal Papers (undated)

Box 5
Folder 1: Bookplates and Papers about Gifford Family History (1945, undated)
Folder 2: Newspaper Clippings
Folder 3: Newspaper Clippings
Folder 4: Newspaper Clippings
Folder 5: Diary (1882)
Folder 6: Date Books and Diary (1897-1934, undated)
Folder 7: Books and Other Printed Material (1899, 1930, undated)

Box 6              Farmer’s Almanacs w/notes (1909-32)

Box 7              Farmer’s Almanacs w/notes (1933-1947)

Box 8              Farmer’s Almanacs w/notes (1948-56)

Box 9
Folder 1: School Notebook (undated)
Folder 2: Bon Voyage Book for Miss Gifford (April 1924)
Folder 3: Enclosures from the Mass. Lawyers Diary (1888)

Box 15            Amusement Book (1885)

Box 16            Expense Books, date books (1889-1929, undated)

Box 17            Date Books and Diaries (1878-1926, undated)

Box 24            Scrapbook (undated)

Box 25            Scrapbook (undated)

Series IV- Correspondence of Others Collected by Mary Nye Gifford (1828-1927); .25 box
Scope and Content: This series contains a collection of various correspondence collected by Mary Nye Gifford. Of note is the 1849 will of Wilthea Winsor.

Box 9
Folder 4: Correspondence of Others Collected by Mary Nye Gifford (1828-1849)
Folder 5: Correspondence of Others Collected by Mary Nye Gifford (1850-1927, undated)

Series V- Duxbury Rural and Historical Society (1900-1956); 2.5 boxes
Scope and Content: This series contains various correspondence, financial records and miscellaneous records of the Duxbury Rural and Historical Society. Of note are genealogical records collected by Mary Nye Gifford.

Box 9
Folder 6: Duxbury Rural and Historical Society Genealogical Materials and News clippings
Folder 7: Duxbury Rural and Historical Society (1900-1915)
Folder 8: Duxbury Rural and Historical Society (1916-1917)
Folder 9: Duxbury Rural and Historical Society (1918-1920)
Folder 10: Duxbury Rural and Historical Society (1921-1926)

Box 10
Folder 1: Duxbury Rural and Historical Society (1926-1937)
Folder 2: Duxbury Rural and Historical Society (1938-1939)
Folder 3: Duxbury Rural and Historical Society (1940)
Folder 4: Duxbury Rural and Historical Society (1941-1942)
Folder 5: Duxbury Rural and Historical Society (1943-1944)
Folder 6: Duxbury Rural and Historical Society (1945)
Folder 7: Duxbury Rural and Historical Society (1946-1947)

Box 11
Folder 1: Duxbury Rural and Historical Society (1948)
Folder 2: Duxbury Rural and Historical Society (1949-1950)
Folder 3: Duxbury Rural and Historical Society (1951-1952)
Folder 4: Duxbury Rural and Historical Society (1953-1955)
Folder 5: Duxbury Rural and Historical Society (1956)
Folder 6: Duxbury Rural and Historical Society (undated)
Folder 7: Duxbury Rural and Historical Society Bank Books (1921-1943, undated)

Series VI   Ladies Union Fair (1868-1971); 1 box
Scope and Content: This series contains correspondence, meeting minutes, and financial records of the Ladies Union Fair. The Ladies Union Fair was an organization created in 1851. Their primary function was the preservation and maintenance of the Mayflower cemetery in Duxbury.

Box 12
Folder 1: Ladies Union Fair Correspondence (1868-1894)
Folder 2: Ladies Union Fair-Correspondence (1906-1946, undated)
Folder 3: Ladies Union Fair-Meeting Minutes and Misc. papers (1867-1971, undated)
Folder 4: Ladies Union Fair-Financial (1859-1869)
Folder 5: Ladies Union Fair-Financial (1870-1876)
Folder 6: Ladies Union Fair-Financial (1877-1879)
Folder 7: Ladies Union Fair-Financial (1880-1884)
Folder 8: Ladies Union Fair-Financial (1885-1889)
Folder 9: Ladies Union Fair-Financial (1890)
Folder 10: Ladies Union Fair-Financial (1891-1899)
Folder 11: Ladies Union Fair-Financial (1902-1929)
Folder 12: Ladies Union Fair-Financial (1930-1951, undated)

Series VII   Stephen Nye Gifford Personal Papers (1850-1886); 2 boxes
Scope and Content: This series contains correspondence, financial records, miscellaneous papers and ephemera, and a scrapbook created by Stephen Nye Gifford. Much of the material relates to his work as Clerk of the Massachusetts Senate. Of note is a letter thanking him for a donation signed by Ralph Waldo Emerson, two letters from Rev. Theodore Parker, and a letter from Josiah Quincy in which he discusses his position on the proposed Back Bay fill project in Boston.

Box 13
Folder 1: Stephen Nye Gifford-Correspondence (1850-1886, undated)
Folder 2: Stephen Nye Gifford-Financial Records (1859-1885)
Folder 3: Stephen Nye Gifford-Records of the Estate of Stephen Nye Gifford (1886-1887)
Folder 4: Stephen Nye Gifford-Misc. Papers and Ephemera (1863-1880, undated)
Folder 5: Stephen Nye Gifford, Complimentary Dinner Booklet (10 March, 1882)
Folder 6: Stephen Nye Gifford-List of Committees of the MA Legislature (1857)

Box 14
Folder 1: Stephen Nye Gifford-MA Legislature Papers (1855-1886, undated)
Folder 2: Stephen Nye Gifford-A Memorial to Stephen Nye Gifford , MA Legislature (1886) (1 of 2)
Folder 3: Stephen Nye Gifford-A Memorial to Stephen Nye Gifford , MA Legislature (1886) (2 of 2)
Folder 4: Stephen Nye Gifford-Papers from Scrapbook (1859-1886, undated)
Folder 5: Stephen Nye Gifford-Scrapbook (undated)

Series VII- Photographs; 6 boxes
Scope and Content: This series contains various photographs retained by the Gifford family. The series is organized by photograph subject and also contains albums. Of note is the Massachusetts Senate photo album from 1873.

Box 18
Folder 1: Houses-Various Streets
PDAL.MSS.028.001-Houses along the Blue Fish River with sail boat, c. 1910, 4.75.
PDAL.MSS.028.002-“Home of Webster,” Green Harbor, Marshfield, MA,1870,7.x4
PDAL.MSS.028.003- Captain David Cushman House on Mill Pond, c. 1910, 6.75 x 4.5
PDAL.MSS.028.004-Alexander Standish House, c. 1910, 4.5 x 3.75
PDAL.MSS.028.005-Drew House, Eagle’s Nest, c. 1910, 4.75 x 3.75
PDAL.MSS.028.006-Captain Fredrick Sampson House, c. 1910, 7.5 x 4.75
PDAL.MSS.028.007-Gurnet Twin Lights, c. 1910, 4.5 x 3.75
PDAL.MSS.028.270, “David Alden House off of west street-torn down,” c. 1947, 6.5 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.271, Mary Nye Gifford in front of David Alden House, 1947, 6.5 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.272, “Street from our house looking towards the store,” January 22, 1930, 4.5 x 3
PDAL.MSS.028.273, “Back of the house and lane leading to it,” c. 1930, 3 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.274, “House off Shore Kingston Bay,” c. 1920, 4.5 x 2.5
PDAL.MSS.028.275, “Taken after the snow storm at the McKenny’s,” January 22, 1930, 4.5 x 3
PDAL.MSS.028.276, “Alice’s House,” c. 1930, 4.5 x 3
PDAL.MSS.028.277, “Paul’s Garden,” c. 1930, 4.5 x 3
PDAL.MSS.028.278, Blue Fish Rover, c. 1930, 4 x 3
PDAL.MSS.028.279, Raymah Gifford Summer House, c. 1930, 3 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.280, Raymah Gifford Summer House, c. 1930, 3 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.281, Raymah Gifford Summer House, c. 1930, 3 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.282, Raymah Gifford Summer House, c. 1930, 3 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.283, Raymah Gifford Summer House, c. 1930, 3 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.284, Raymah Gifford’s Summer House, c. 1930, 3 x 2
PDAL.MSS.028.285, Raymah Gifford’s Summer House, c. 1930, 3 x 2
PDAL.MSS.028.286, Raymah Gifford’s Summer House, c. 1930, 3 x 2
PDAL.MSS.028.287, Raymah Gifford’s Summer House, c. 1930, 3 x 2
PDAL.MSS.028.288, Raymah Gifford Summer House, c. 1930, 3 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.289, Raymah Gifford’s Summer House, c. 1930, 3 x 2
PDAL.MSS.028.291, Mary Nye Gifford house on Standish Street, c. 1920, 2.5 x 4.5
PDAL.MSS.028.292, unidentified house in S. Duxbury, c. 1920, 5 x 3

Folder 2: Houses-Washington Street
PDAL.MSS.028.008-H. Sampson House, Washington St. and Linden Ln., c. 1910, 8 x 5
PDAL.MSS.028.009-Captain Joshua Drew House, Washington St., c. 1910, 6.5 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.010-Washington Street, c. 1910, 8 x 5
PDAL.MSS.028.011-Village Street, c. 1910, 8 x 5
PDAL.MSS.028.012-Winsor House, c. 1910, 5.75 x 3.75
PDAL.MSS.028.294, Snow Magoun House, c. 1960, 3.5 x 3.5
PDAL.MSS.028.295, Snow Magoun House, c. 1960, 3.5 x 3.5

Folder 3: People-Wadsworth
PDAL.MSS.028.013-Alexander Wadsworth, c. 1885, 3.75 x 5.75
PDAL.MSS.028.014-Selina Wadsworth, c. 1885, 4 x 6.5
PDAL.MSS.028.015-Catherine Wadsworth Drew Ford, c. 1885, 3.75 x 7.75
PDAL.MSS.028.016-Marinda Wadsworth Drew, c. 1885, 4.75 x 3.75
PDAL.MSS.028.017-Marinda Wadsworth Drew, c. 1885, 4.75 x 3.75

Folder 4: Myles Standish Monument
PDAL.MSS.028.018-Myles Standish Monument, 4.5 x 3.75
PDAL.MSS.028.019-“Alleged” Myles Standish Grave, c. 1900, 4.75 x 3.75
PDAL.MSS.028.020-Myles Standish Monument, c. 1910, 3.75 x 5
PDAL.MSS.028.021-Myles Standish Monument, c. 1910, 3 x 5
PDAL.MSS.028.022-Brewster Farm at Standish Shores, monument in background, c. 1910, 4.5 x 3.75
PDAL.MSS.028.023-Myles Standish Monument, c. 1910, 4.5 x 3.75
PDAL.MSS.028.024-Corner of Standish St. and Crescent St. with monument in background, c. 1910, 8 x 6
PDAL.MSS.028.290, Myles Standish Monument, c. 1930, 2.5 x 4.5

Folder 5: People-Men
PDAL.MSS.028.025-Tintype photo of two young men (maybe Carlton and Paul Gifford?), c.1885, 2.5 x 3.5
PDAL.MSS.028.026-Unidentified Man, c. 1855, 7 x 10
PDAL.MSS.028.027- Carte de Visite, S. Sampson, c. 1865, 2.5 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.028-Fredrick Alexander Sampson, 1894, 4 x 6.5
PDAL.MSS.028.029-Guy Wilkinson, c. 1880, 4 x 6.5
PDAL.MSS.028.030-Unidentified man, c. 1900, 3.75 x 5.5
PDAL.MSS.028.031-Unidentified man (maybe Gifford Brother?), c. 1890, 3.5 x 5
PDAL.MSS.028.032-Joseph Deeley, c. 1910, 3 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.033-Unidentified man, c. 1910, 3.75 x 5.75
PDAL.MSS.028.034-Unidentified man, c. c.1915, 4.25 x 6.5
PDAL.MSS.028.035, Unidentified man in uniform (Stephen W. Gifford?), c. 1942, 7.5 x 9.5
PDAL.MSS.028.036, unidentified man, c. 1930, 8 x 10
PDAL.MSS.028.037, Judge Coburn, c. 1880, 4.25 x 6.25
PDAL.MSS.028.038, Dr. James Wilde, c. 1885, 4 x 7
PDAL.MSS.028.196, unidentified man [maybe Deeley?], c. 1920, 3.25 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.197, “Harvey,” c. 1900, 2.25 x 3.25
PDAL.MSS.028.198, unidentified man, c. 1930, 3 x 5
PDAL.MSS.028.199, unidentified man in kilt, c. 1940, 4 x 5
PDAL.MSS.028.200, Robert G. Gifford, 1918, 3.5 x 4.5
PDAL.MSS.028.201, “F.R. Wheelwright,” January 1989, 2.5 x 4

Folder 6: People-Winsor
PDAL.MSS.028.039, Justin Winsor, c. 1890, 5 x 7.5
PDAL.MSS.028.040, Thomas Winsor, c. 1865, 4.5 x 6.5
PDAL.MSS.028.041, Jane Winsor, c. 1885, 8.5 x 12
PDAL.MSS.028.042, Justin Winsor and daughter Constance, c. 1865, 2.5 x 4

Folder 7: Events-4th of July
PDAL.MSS.028.043, Grand Marshall Major Clark (A), c. 1920, 3 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.044, Grand Marshall Major Clark (B), c. 1920, 3 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.045, The Children (A), c. 1920 3 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.046, The Children (B), c. 1920 3 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.047, First Prize Winner, Duxbury Grange (A), c. 1920, 3 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.048, First Prize Winner, Duxbury Grange (B), c. 1920, 3 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.049, Suffrage adherents and heir convert (A), c. 1920, 3 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.050, Suffrage adherents and heir convert (B), c. 1920, 3 x 4

Folder 8: Gifford House-Cedar Street
PDAL. MSS.028.051, Stephen Nye Gifford’s House on Cedar Street (Copy of glass plate negative), c. 1880, 9 x 7
PDAL.MSS.028.052,Ella Gifford, Stephen Gifford, age 3, Jane Winsor, Mary Nye Gifford, Ada W. Gifford, Carleton S. Gifford on lawn in front of Gifford house (A), 1887, 8 x 4.5
PDAL.MSS.028.053, Ella Gifford, Stephen Gifford, age 3, Jane Winsor, Mary Nye Gifford, Ada W. Gifford, Carleton S. Gifford on lawn in front of Gifford house (B), 1887, 8 6
PDAL.MSS.054, Ella Gifford, Stephen Gifford, age 3, Jane Winsor, Mary Nye Gifford, Ada W. Gifford, Carleton S. Gifford on lawn in front of Gifford house (C), 1887, 10 x 7.5
PDAL.MSS.028.054, Gifford house on Cedar Street, c. 1920, 5.5 x 3.5
PDAL.MSS.028.055, Gifford House on Cedar St. and St. George St, c. 1920, 4 x 3.5
PDAL.MSS.028.056, Gifford House on Cedar St. and St. George St, c. 1920, 4 x 3.5

Folder 9: People-Children
PDAL.MSS.028.057, unidentified child, 1871, 4.5 x 2.5
PDAL.MSS.028.058, unidentified child, c. 1900, 3 x 6.75
PDAL.MSS.028.059, unidentified child, c. 1900, 3 x 6.75
PDAL.MSS.028.060, unidentified children, c. 1920, 4.5, 3.5
PDAL.MSS.028.061, Chandler Gifford, Jr., c. 1920, 2.5 x 4.5
PDAL.MSS.028.062, Rosamond Gifford, c. 1910, 2 x 2.5
PDAL.MSS.028.063, Enid Lave Gifford, age 18 mo., 1955, 3.25 x 4.5
PDAL.MSS.028.064, unidentified children, c. 1920, 4.5 x 3.5
PDAL.MSS.028.065, Dabney Children, c. 1950, 8 x 6
PDAL.MSS.028.066, Samuel Peyne Lapham, 1949, 3.5 x 5
PDAL.MSS.028.067, Chandler Gifford, Jr., 1923, 2.75 x 4.5
PDAL.MSS.028.068, Jinny Maney, 1951, 2.75 x 2.75
PDAL.MSS.028.069, Nancy, 1951, 3.25 x 3
PDAL.MSS.028.070, unidentified children, c. 1920, 4 x 3
PDAL.MSS.028.071, Mary Nye Gifford, c. 1875, 2.5 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.072, Mary Nye Gifford at 2 years, 1868, 2.5 x 3.75
PDAL.MSS.028.073, Cousin Clara, c. 1875, 2.5 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.074, Rosamond in Mary Nye Gifford’s Garden, c. 1920, 3.5 x 4.5
PDAL.MSS.028.075, Hanna Soule, 1904, 1.5 x 2
PDAL.MSS.028.076, Samuel Lapham, Jr One year, 09/23/1893, 2.5 x 2.5
PDAL.MSS.028.077, unidentified man and child, c. 1950, 4.5 x 3.5
PDAL.MSS.028.078, unidentified child, c. 1950, 4.5 x 3.5
PDAL.MSS.028.079, Nancy one year old, c. 1950, 3.75 x 4.75
PDAL.MSS.028.080, Stephen Nye Gifford 3.5 years, summer 1955, 3.25 x 4.5
PDAL.MSS.028.081, Stephen 4 years, c. 1955, 3.5 x 5
PDAL.MSS.028.082, Lane 22 months, c. 1950, 3.5 x 5
PDAL.MSS.028.083, Nancy 1 year old, c. 1950, 3.75 x 4.75
PDAL.MSS.028.084, Steve, summer 1952, 3.5 x 2.5
PDAL.MSS.028.085, unidentified child, c. 1950, 4.5 x 3.5
PDAL.MSS.028.086, unidentified man and child, c. 1950, 4.75 x 3.5
PDAL.MSS.028.202, group of unidentified children, c. 1910, 4.75 x 3

Folder 10: Illustrations
PDAL.MSS.028.087, Pastel illustration of old woman by R. Gifford, 1916, 7.5 x 9.5
PDAL.MSS.028.088, Watercolor, Great, great Uncle Seth Sprague, Jr.’s House, date unknown, 6 x 8
PDAL.MSS.028.089, illustration of Pilgrim village, date unknown, 7.75 x 4.75
PDAL.MSS.028.090, Humorous Sketch by George Tilden of Ascent of Captain’s Hill, date unknown, 7.5 x 6.5
PDAL.MSS.028.091, sketch, Descent, date unknown, 7.75 x 4.75
PDAL.MSS.028.092, sketch of house, date unknown, 10 x 8
PDAL.MSS.028.093, illustration of house, date unknown, 13 x 10.5

Folder 11: People-Stephen Nye Gifford
PDAL.MSS.028.094, Stephen Nye Gifford, c. 1870, 2.5 x 3.5
PDAL.MSS.028.095, Stephen Nye Gifford, c. 1880, 4.5 x 5.5
PDAL.MSS.028.096, Stephen Nye Gifford, c. 1880, 2.5 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.097, Stephen Nye Gifford, c. 1880, 4 x 6
PDAL.MSS.028.098, Stephen Nye Gifford, c. 1880, 4 x 6.5
PDAL.MSS.028.099, Stephen Nye Gifford, c. 1875, 2.5 x 4.25
PDAL.MSS.028.100, Stephen Nye Gifford, c. 1870, 2.5 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.101, Stephen Nye Gifford, March 20, 1893, 2.5 x 4

Folder 12: People-Groups
PDAL.MSS.028.102, Three unidentified women, “Summer of Lyman and Emma Drew Borders,” c. 1890, 5 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.103, Four unidentified women, “Summer of Lyman and Emma Drew Borders,” c. 1890, 5.25 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.104, Thirteen unidentified women, “Lyman and Emma Drew at House at Eagles Nest,” c. 1890, 6.5 x 4.5
PDAL.MSS.028.105, Three unidentified women, “Summer of Emma and Lyman Drew borders,” c. 1890, 5.5 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.106, Mary Nye Gifford, Pink Langmond, and unidentified woman, c. 19007.5 x 9.5
PDAL.MSS.028.107, The Senate of Massachusetts, 1867, 7.5 x 7
PDAL.MSS.028.108, Duxbury Tennis Club, c. 1887, 10 x 8
PDAL.MSS.028.109, Camp King Caesar, 1924, 6.5 x 8.5
PDAL.MSS.028.110, unidentified family, c. 1895, 5.5 x 7.5
PDAL.MSS.028.111, On the Wilde’s doorstep at Duxbury, Grandma Sampson, Aunt Judith, Aunt Leonore, Aunt Lucy, Uncle Oscar, 1891, 5 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.112, Duxbury Tercentenary Committee, 1937, 13 x 10.5
PDAL.MSS.028.113, Duxbury Tercentenary Committee, 1937, 9.5 x 7.5
PDAL.MSS.028.114, Mary Nye Gifford and unidentified man, c. 1920, 4.5 x 3
PDAL.MSS.028.115, Jane Winsor and unidentified woman, c. 1880, 2.5 x 3.5
PDAL.MSS.028.116, group of four unidentified women on porch, September 1895, 12 x 9
PDAL.MSS.028.203, Chandler Gifford, Florence Gifford, Stephen Wentworth Gifford, Mary Nye Gifford, Christmas 1952, 5.75 x 3.5
PDAL.MSS.028.204, Chandler Gifford, “Bill,” “Marjorie,” “Maisie,” Stephen Wentworth Gifford, Mary Nye Gifford, Christmas 1952, 5.75 x 3.5
PDAL.MSS.028.205, unidentified man and woman, c. 1950, 4.5 x 3.5
PDAL.MSS.028.206, unidentified man and woman in front of house, c. 1930, 4.75 x 3
PDAL.MSS.028.207, Florence Gifford, Chandler Gifford, “Linny,” “Ella,” c. 1920, 2.5 x 2.5
PDAL.MSS.028.208, unidentified group, c. 1950, 2.75 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.209, unidentified group, c. 1950, 2.75 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.210, unidentified group, c. 1950, 2.75 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.211, “Guy,” “Auntie,” Mary Nye Gifford, 1920, 4.5 x 3
PDAL.MSS.028.212, “Aunt Pauline,” “Guy,” “Cray,” May 1922, 2.5 x 4.5
PDAL.MSS.028.213, “Guy and Edith, c. 1920, 2.75 x 4.5
PDAL.MSS.028.214, “Guy and Edith, c. 1920, 4.5 x 2.75
PDAL.MSS.028.215, “For Ada: Polly on the farm,” “Aunt Pauline, Pauline, Guy, Gray, May,” c. 1915, 4.5 x 2.75
PDAL.MSS.028.216, “At Mr. Henry Parkman’s in Norfolk(?) He is in middle. FC Brewer next but one,” c. 1920, 5.5 x 3.5
PDAL.MSS.028.217, unidentified group at party, 1963, 5.5 x 3.5
PDAL.MSS.028.218, unidentified group at party, 1963, 5.5 x 3.5
Folder 13: Scenes-Venice, Italy
PDAL.MSS.028.117, Woman in gondola, Venice, February 26, 1908, 7 x 5
PDAL.MSS.028.118, “Cousin Clara” in gondola, Venice, February 26, 1908, 7 x 5
PDAL.MSS.028.119, Woman in gondola, Venice, February 26, 1908, 7 x 5
PDAL.MSS.028.120, Venice, February 26, 1908, 7 x 5
PDAL.MSS.028.121, Venice, February 26, 1908, 7 x 5
PDAL.MSS.028.122, Venice, February 26, 1908, 7 x 5

Folder 14: People-Women (1 of 2)
PDAL.MSS.028.123, Lucy Sprague Sampson, 1887, 4 x 6.5
PDAL.MSS.028.124, Margaret A. Sampson (A), 1915, 3 x 5.5
PDAL.MSS.028.125, Margaret A. Sampson (A), 1915, 3 x 5.5
PDAL.MSS.028.126, Clara Sampson, c. 1870, 3.75 x 5
PDAL.MSS.028.127, Golden Wedding Casanora, Virginia, c. 1940, 4.5 x 2.75
PDAL.MSS.028.128, Harriet Lumbull, c. 1940, 2.75 x 4.5
PDAL.MSS.028.129, Georgina and Miss Mary’s dolly, Duxbury, MA, 1940, 3.25 x5
PDAL.MSS.028.129, unidentified woman, c. 1940, 3.25 x 5
PDAL.MSS.028.130, Lucia Knapp in costume, c 1900, 8.25 x 7
PDAL.MSS.028.131, unidentified woman, “Pink Cherokee roses ‘Treehaven’ Galt, CA, June 1922
PDAL.MSS.028.132, unidentified woman, c. 1870, 2.5 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.133, unidentified young woman, c. 1920, 7 x 11
PDAL.MSS.028.134, unidentified woman, c. 1920, 3 x 5
PDAL.MSS.028.135, Deborah Sampson Sprague photograph of oil painting, c. 1860
PDAL.MSS.028.136, Lydia Gifford, c. 1945, 5 x 8
PDAL.MSS.028.137, Marjorie Young Gifford and Stephen W. Gifford, c. 1921, 9.5 x 7
PDAL.MSS.028.138, unidentified woman, c. 1870, 7 x 10
PDAL.MSS.028.139, unidentified woman, c. 1890, 6 x 7
PDAL.MSS.028.140, unidentified woman, c. 1900, 3 x 4.5
PDAL.MSS.028.141, unidentified woman, c. 1890, 5 x 8
PDAL.MSS.028.142, unidentified woman, c. 1895, 7.5 x 10
PDAL.MSS.028.143, Mary Nye Gifford, c. 1910, 12 x 10
PDAL.MSS.028.144, Mary Nye Gifford (A), c. 1940, 7.5 x 9.5
PDAL.MSS.028.145, , Mary Nye Gifford (B), c. 1940, 7.5 x 9.5
PDAL.MSS.028.146, possibly Ada Gifford, c. 1900, 8.25 x 11
PDAL.MSS.028.147, Caroline Hall, c. 1890, 5 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.148, Zilpha Smith Wilde, c. 1885, 4 x 6.5
PDAL.MSS.028.149, Possibly Ada Gifford, c. 1900, 3.5 x 5.5
PDAL.MSS.028.150, Possibly Ada Gifford, c. 1900, 3.5 x 5.5
PDAL.MSS.028.151, Sarah Sampson, c. 1890, 3 x 4

Box 19
Folder 1: Women (2 of 2)
PDAL.MSS.028.152, Marinda Wadsworth Drew, c. 1890, 4.75 x 3.5
PDAL.MSS.028.153, Marinda Wadsworth Drew, c. 1890, 4.75 x 3.5
PDAL.MSS.028.154, unidentified woman, c. 1885, 2.5 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.155, unidentified woman, c. 1885, 2.5 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.156, unidentified woman, c. 1890, 1.5 x 2.5
PDAL.MSS.028.157, unidentified woman, c. 1890, 3 x 3.5
PDAL.MSS.028.158, possibly Mary Nye Gifford, c. 1890, 5 x 7
PDAL.MSS.028.159, unidentified woman, 1955, 3.5 x 5.75
PDAL.MSS.028.160, Mary Nye Gifford, c. 1920, 6 x 5
PDAL.MSS.028.161, unidentified woman, January 23, 1922, 1.5 x 1.75
PDAL.MSS.028.162, unidentified woman on picnic, c. 1920, 2 x 3
PDAL.MSS.028.163, unidentified woman with car, c. 1950, 2.75 x 3.75
PDAL.MSS.028.164, “Mrs. Berger feeding deer Yosemite,” 1936, 3.75 x 2.75
PDAL.MSS.028.165, possibly Ada Winsor, c. 1890, 3 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.166, “Emma,” c. 1890, 3.5 x 5
PDAL.MSS.028.167, “Edith” on porch with dog, cat and turkey at Seriterre, c. 1935, 4.25 x 2.5
PDAL.MSS.028.168, “Suzanne,” c. 1935, 2.75 x 4.5
PDAL.MSS.028.169, Suzanne at pool at Seriterre,” c. 1935,2.75 x 4.5
PDAL.MSS.028.170, possibly Welthea Sprague Winsor, c. 1860, 2.5 x 4.5
PDAL.MSS.028.171, Gina Turnhill, June 1953, 3.5 x 5.5
PDAL.MSS.028.172, Gina Turnhill, June 1953, 3.5 x 5.5
PDAL.MSS.028.173, unidentified young women, c. 1950, 7 x 5
PDAL.MSS.028.174, Mary D. Wilkinson, July 1944, 3.5 x 5.5
PDAL.MSS.028.175, unidentified woman in garden, c. 1930, 3.5 x 5
PDAL.MSS.028.219, unidentified women in forest, c. 1920, 2 x 3
PDAL.MSS.028.220, Mary Nye Gifford and unidentified young woman (possibly Raymah Gifford) on boat, 1953, 3.5 x 4.5
PDAL.MSS.028.221, unidentified women at party, 1963, 5.5 x 3.5
PDAL.MSS.028.222, unidentified women at party, 1963, 3.5 x 5.5
PDAL.MSS.028.223, unidentified women at party, 1963, 4.75 x 3.25
PDAL.MSS.028.224, unidentified women at party, 1963, 4.75 x 3.25
PDAL.MSS.028.225, unidentified women at party, 1963, 4.75 x 3.25
PDAL.MSS.028.226, unidentified women at party, 1963, 4.75 x 3.25
PDAL.MSS.028.227, unidentified women at party, 1963, 4.75 x 3.25
PDAL.MSS>028.228, Mary Nye Gifford and E. Thurber, c. 1950, 3.5 x 4.5
PDAL.MSS.028.229, Mary Nye Gifford and unidentified woman, c. 1950, 3 x 4.5
PDAL.MSS.028.230, Mary Nye Gifford with two unidentified women, c. 1950, 3 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.231, unidentified woman, c. 1950, [measurement]
PDAL.MSS.028.232, Alliance Picnic Day, From left: Abby Freeman, unidentified woman, unidentified woman, Maria Weston, Mary Nye Gifford, Mrs. Child, Ruby Graves, Annie Steele, unidentified woman, 1931, 2.75 x 3.75
PDAL.MSS.028.233, “Bathers at Seriterre,” Florence, Mary Nye Gifford, Mary W., c. 1920, 4.25 x 2.5
PDAL.MSS.028.234, “Cousin Gertrude and Stacia,” c. 1950, 4.5 x 2.75
sPDAL.MSS.028.235, Mary W. Mary Nye Gifford, Edith, Florence, Bidwell’s Bar, CA, c. 1950, 4 x 6
PDAL.MSS.028.236, “Anna and Mrs. Berger,” Frijole, NM, 1936, 4.5 x 3.5
PDAL.MSS.028.237, Two unidentified women, Frijole, NM, 1936, 2.75 x 3.75
PDAL.MSS.028.238, unidentified woman and child, c. 1900, 2 x 2

Folder 2: Scenes/Ships/Other
PDAL.MSS.028.176, “Summer of Lyman and Emma Drew Boarders,” c. 1915, 5 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.177, beach, c. 1920, 6 x 4.5
PDAL.MSS.028.178, Print of painting of ship “Charleston,” date unknown, 8.5 x 6.5
PDAL.MSS.028.179, young boy on dock, Duxbury, 1940, 3 x 4.
PDAL.MSS.028.180, “Curtis’s boat ‘Princess Royal’ sailing at Duxbury,” 1940, 3 x 4.5
PDAL.MSS.028.181, Old yacht club, Duxbury, c. 1920, 4 x 3
PDAL.MSS.028.182, Stephen Nye Gifford, c. 1880, 2.5 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.183, “New Hampshire?” c. 1910, 5.5 x 3.5
PDAL.MSS.028.184, house and barn (New Hampshire?), c. 1910, 5.75 x 3
PDAL.MSS.028.185, House in (New Hampshire?). c. 1910, 4.25 x 3
PDAL.MSS.028.186, House in (New Hampshire?). c. 1910, 4.25 x 3.25
PDAL.MSS.028.187, House in (New Hampshire?). c. 1910, 4.25 x 3.25
PDAL.MSS.028.188, unidentified woman in (New Hampshire?), c. 1910, 4.5 x 3.5
PDAL.MSS.028.189, unidentified woman in (New Hampshire?), c. 1910, 3.5 x 4.75
PDAL.MSS.028.190, Photo of carving in Nathaniel Winsor House, Jr., c. 1930, 8 x 10
PDAL.MSS.028.191, illustration of ship, unknown date, 12 x 9
PDAL.MSS.028.192, photo of beach “Pathway to the Sea,” c. 1900, 12 x 10
PDAL.MSS.028.193, photo of N Hall House, c. 1920, 12 x 10
PDAL.MSS.028.194, Standish Shore, Duxbury, MA, c. 1900, 14 x 11
PDAL.MSS.028.195, Standish Shore, Duxbury, MA, c. 1900, 14 x11
PDAL.MSS.028.239, lawn overlooking ocean, c. 1920, 3 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.240, unidentified house and lawn, c. 1920, 3 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.241, trellis, in yard in front of house, c. 1920, 2 x PDAL.MSS.028.242, garden, c. 1920, 2 x 3
PDAL.MSS.028.243, trellis in garden, c. 1920, 2 x 3
PDAL.MSS.028.244, ocean harbor with sail boats, c. 1920, 2 x 3
PDAL.MSS.028.245, bird bath in garden, c. 1920, 2 x 3
PDAL.MSS.028.246, view of Duxbury harbor, c. 1920, 2 x 3
PDAL.MSS.028.247, view of Duxbury harbor, c. 1920, 2 x 3
PDAL.MSS.028.248, view of Duxbury harbor, c. 1920, 2 x 3
PDAL.MSS.028.249, garden, c. 1920, 2 x 3
PDAL.MSS.028.250, view of Duxbury harbor, c. 1920, 2 x 3
PDAL.MSS.028.251, “A general view to the northwest from atop Abrams Hill,” c. 1950, 6 x 3
PDAL.MSS.028.252, “North view of the house showing west wall and pergola,” c. 1920, 2 x 3
PDAL.MSS.028.253, “West entrance to dining room,” c. 1920, 2 x 3
PDAL.MSS.028.254, “Horncut Creek: Guy’s swimming pool,” c. 1920, 4.5 x 3
PDAL.MSS.028.255, “Guy’s Swimming pool,” c. 1920, 4.5 x 3
PDAL.MSS.028.256, “fireplace on porch,” c. 1920, 3 x 4.5
PDAL.MSS.028.257, “Dredging for gold, Oroville,” c. 1930, 6.5 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.258, “Dredger,” c. 1930, 6.5 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.259, “Porch, Guy’s House,” c. 1920, 4.5 x 3
PDAL.MSS.028.260, “Cabin where the harem lived, Seriterre,” c. 1920, 4.5 x 3.5
PDAL.MSS.028.261, “Barn at Guy’s,” c. 1920, 4.5 x 3.5
PDAL.MSS.028.262, “Horncut Creek, Seriterre,” c. 1920, 4.5 x 3
PDAL.MSS.028.263, “The view from the front door,” c. 1920, 3 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.264, boats in water, c. 1920, 4.5 x 3.5
PDAL.MSS.028.265, unidentified house and yard, c. 1920, 4.5 x 3
PDAL.MSS.028.266, “Looking down from Ramah’s house,” c. 1920, 3 x 4
PDAL.MSS.028.267, “Plum tree in bloom, Inglebrook, S. Duxbury,” c. 1920, 4.5 x 2.5
PDAL.MSS.028.268, “NW corner my property,” c. 1920, 4.5 x 2.5
PDAL.MSS.028.269, 150^th anniversary cake 1812-1962, 1962, 3.5 x 4.5
PDAL.MSS.028.293, unidentified farm in New Hampshire(?), c. 1910, 4x 3

Box 20
Senate Photo Album (1873)

Album –Canadian Rockies (1952)

Box 21            Photo Albums (1860-1890)

Box 22            Photo Albums (1860-1890)

Box 23 Cased and Framed Photographs (1860-1890)