Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Kidder, Henry P. (Henry Purkitt), 1823-1886.
| title | Henry P. Kidder papers, 1855-1886. |
| repository | Massachusetts Historical Society |
| description | Investment banker of Boston and founder of the investment firm of Kidder, Peabody and Company. Correspondence, commissions, passports, and certificates, relating to memberships and interests of Kidder. |
| extent | 1 box and 1 oversize container. |
| formats | Correspondence Clippings Business Papers Legal Papers |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/ |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:28 |
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| title | May-Windship-Barker-Archbald photographs, ca. 1860-1900. |
| repository | Massachusetts Historical Society |
| description | Portrait photographs mostly of various members of the May, Windship, Barker, and Archbald families. Subjects include Drs. Charles May Windship (1809-1865) and George Barker Windship, a proponent of health and bodybuilding; Boston investment banker Henry Purkitt Kidder; and a photograph of Frances Vernon Windship Archbald in a blue velvet case, among other people. There is also one photograph of the Archbald family tombstone in the Old Granary Burying Ground in Boston, Mass. Photographers include Thomas Rice Burnham and Frederick L. Lay of Boston, Mass. and Walery of Paris, France, as well as other unidentified photographers. Includes cartes de visite and tintypes. |
| extent | 8 photographs in 1 narrow box. |
| formats | Photographs Tintypes Cartes de visite |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies |
| record source | http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/ |
| acquisition information | Miller, Doris, 1977. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:34 |
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| title | Henry P. Kidder, Francis Howard Peabody, Mr. Spinney, Henry Rogers, and Oliver White Peabody [photograph], 1853. |
| repository | Massachusetts Historical Society |
| description | Hand-colored half-plate daguerreotype in leather case of Henry P. Kidder, Francis Howard Peabody, a man idenitified as "Mr. Spinney," Henry Rogers, and Oliver White Peabody, all employees of the Boston, Mass. banking house John E. Thayer & Brother. The photograph was taken in 1853 and is attributed to John Adams Whipple of Boston, Mass. Enclosed is a note in an unknown hand that identifies the photograph. |
| extent | 1 photograph |
| formats | Deguerreotype |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies |
| record source | http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/ |
| acquisition information | Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund, Dec. 1998. Removed from the Amelia Peabody papers (Ms. N-314). |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:34 |
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