Collection Overview
Title: Lucy B. Nickerson Photograph Collection
Dates:
Creator: Lucy B. Nickerson
Repository: Drew Archival Library
Call Number: DAL.MSS.133
Accession Number: DAL.2018.005
Location: Fogg Archives Room
Quantity: 1 box
Language: English

Administrative Information
Access Restriction: Collection is open to researchers
Acquisition Information: Donation, Helen F. Nickerson
Preferred Citation: DAL.MSS.133, Lucy B. Nickerson Photograph Collection, Duxbury Rural & Historical Society
Finding Aid Prepared by Carolyn Ravenscroft, 2019

Scope and Content:
The Lucy B. Nickerson Photograph collection consists of over 100 stereoview images of European and American sites, including England, Scotland, France, Niagra Falls, Washington DC, and Boston. Many of the photographs are inscribed with the handwritten name “Lucy B. Nickerson” on the reverse side.

Also included are 37 cabinet cards of England, France, Geneva, and Canada.

Biographical Sketch:
Lucy Bradford Nickerson Morris (1860-1953) was born in Duxbury, the daughter of Capt. George F. Nickerson and Lucy Bradford. She was raised in a home on Washington Street (no longer standing). In 1871, Lucy set sail aboard her father’s ship, Neriad, on a voyage to the Pacific. She went as a companion to her mother, who was ill. Her mother died during the voyage while the ship was traveling around Cape Horn. Prior to this, young Lucy had met Theodore Morris, a clerk for the China Japan Trading Company, while in Yokohama, Japan. When the Neriad’s voyage ended, Lucy returned to Japan and married Morris. Her sister, Helen, eventually joined her. Lucy and Theodore Morris moved to California in 1901 and opened the Nippon Mura, a Japanese-style inn in Los Gatos.