Exhibit Inventory

Colonial America

• Harriot, Thomas, and Henry Huth. A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia. London: [R. Robinson], 1588.
• Bry, Theodor de, and Girolamo Benzoni. Americae Pars Qvarta. [Francofvrti ad Moenvm: Typis I. Feyerabend, impensis T. de Bry], 1594.
• Mateusz. Artis bene moriendi perutilis tractatus feliciter incipit. [Paris: Louis Martineau and Antoine Caillaut(?), 1485].
• Le Jeune, Paul, and François le Mercier. Relation de ce Qvi S’est Passé en la Novvelle France en L’année 1638.  Paris: Chez Sebastien Cramoisy, 1638.
• Champlain, Samuel de. Voyages et Descovvertvres Faites en la Novvelle France, depuis L’année 1615.  Paris: Chez Clavde Collet, 1627.
• Morton, Thomas. New English Canaan or New Canaan. Amsterdam: J. F. Stam, 1637.
• Marees, Pieter de. Beschrijvinghe ende Historische verhael…. Amsterdam: Michiel Colijn, 1617.

Confronting Mortality

• The New-England Primer Improved. Boston: J. Loring, 1792.
• The New-England Primer Improved: for the More Easy Attaining of the True Reading of English.  Albany: Printed at the Balance-press, 1809.
• The New-England Primer, or, An Easy and Pleasant Guide to the Art of Reading. Concord, N.H.:  I. and W. R. Hill, 1812.
• The New England Primer Much Improved. Philadelphia: John Bioren, 1815.
• Sally Gilbert’s Penmanship Book, 1813. Gilbert-Rupley School Notebooks.
• Nancy ALS to her sister Mary Jane McDonald, Piqua, [Ohio]: March 1846. Women’s History Collection. [Uncataloged: Manuscripts Division]
• Dr. Theodore Beardsley to Dr. Wells Beardsley; Grand Isle, North Hero Island, Vermont: April 4, 1808. Theodore and Wells Beardsley Letters.
• Jones, Absalom, and Mathew Carey. A Narrative of the Proceedings of the Black People During the Late Awful Calamity in Philadelphia, in the Year, 1793. Philadelphia: Printed for the authors, 1794.
• James A. Marshall Diary, 1853.
• Death Mask of [Alexander Hamilton?]: [19th century]. Pen & Ink Collection. [Uncataloged: Manuscripts Division]
• E.B. & F.C. Kellogg, [colored mourning lithograph], Buffalo, New York: [19th century]. [Uncataloged: Prints box E11]
• N. Currier, [colored mourning lithograph], New York: [19th century]. [Uncataloged: Prints box E11]
• Shattuck, C. F, and George Cooper. Little Snow White Hands are Folded. Toledo: W. W. Whitney, 1872.
• White, C. A. I’ve Gathered Them In, or, The Old Grave Digger. Boston: White-Smith Music Publishing Co., 1873.
• Leslie, Ernest, and George Cooper. Every Home Has Lost a Darling. New York: Wm. A. Pond & Co., 1873.
• Peale, Rembrandt. The Court of Death [chromolithograph by Sarony, Major & Knapp]. New York: Gardiner Quincy Colton, [1859]. [Uncataloged]
• Two Splendid Companion Pictures and an Elegant Etruscan Chain Free of Charge. New York: Caldwell & Company, [1860].

Post-Mortem Photography: An Overview

• Montgomery P. Simons, [unknown child holding flowers], hand-colored stereoscopic ambrotype in a Mascher case, Philadelphia: ca. 1859.  Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 1.16.
• Harvey Cook Jackson, [young African American woman], silver gelatin print, Detroit: ca. 1920s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 13.2.
• [Young Girl and her mother], carte-de-visite: ca. 1860s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 4.247.
• A. D. Webster, [young girl and her sister], carte-de-visite, Constantine, Michigan: ca. 1860s-1870s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 4.272.
• [Three infants], cabinet card: ca. 1880s-1890s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 3.46.
• [Samuel and Georgie Marquett], hand-colored tintype: ca. 1850s-1860s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 2.10.
• [Boy with dog], daguerreotype: ca. 1850s. [Uncataloged]
• John Cadwallader, [child holding his/her shoe], carte-de-visite, Toledo, Ohio: ca. 1880s-1890s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 4.276.
• J. W. Black & Company, [young girl in a buggy], Boston: ca. 1880s-1896. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 3.3.
• Platt Photo Company, [young woman in a coffin], carte-de-visite, Ohio: ca. 1870s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 4.237.
• [Child in a buggy, with lantern], cabinet cards and lantern: ca. 1870s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, items 23.1-3.
• [Group of 41 men posing with the deceased], silver gelatin print: ca. 1900s-1920s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 13.24.
• [Group of 47 men, women, and children posing with the deceased], silver gelatin print, Toledo, Ohio: ca. 1910s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 13.23.
• [Group of six young men, standing and saluting beside deceased fellow Boy Scout], silver gelatin print: ca. 1920s-1930s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 14.26.
• W. Jakubowski & Company, and Joseph Ziawinski, [wedding and post-mortem photographs of an unidentified woman], silver gelatin prints, Detroit: ca. 1920-1931. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, items 18.5-18.10.

Post-Mortem Photography: Examples by Photographic Type

• Marcus A. Root, [portrait of Harriet Lamb], 1/2 plate daguerreotype, Philadelphia: 1853. Lamb-Sykes Family Papers.
• [Boy in a coffin], ambrotype in a gutta-percha case with an oval glass window: ca. 1854-1865. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 1.17.
• [Child lying in a crib], hand-colored tintype: ca. 1850s-1860s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 2.2.
• [Mother holding her deceased child], hand-colored tintype: ca. 1850s-1860s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 2.4.
• [Young girl lying on a table or a surface supported by chairs], tintype: ca. 1890s-1900s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 4.129.
• [Mother holding her child], carte-de-visite, Martinique: ca. 1870s-1890s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 4.267.
• Brooke, [father holding his child], carte-de-visite, Dundas: ca. 1870s-1890s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 4.250.
• Edwin B. Ives, [young boy], carte-de-visite, Niles, Michigan: ca. 1870s-1890s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 4.268.
• T. J. Plank, [young girl], carte-de-visite, Canastota, New York: ca. 1870s-1890s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 4.252.
• Woodruff, [seated man with a beard], cabinet card, Pioneer, Ohio: ca. 1870s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 3.47.
• Goeser, [man in a casket with a viewing window], cabinet card, Neola, Iowa: ca. 1880s-1890s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 3.10.
• Sanford F. Lackey, [young girl], cabinet card, Elk Rapids, Michigan: ca. 1888-1890s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 3.35.
• [Portrait of an elderly woman], stereoscopic card: ca. 1870s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 4.138.
• Burying the Dead, real photo postcard: ca. 1910s-1920s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 4.189.
• [Superimposed photo of a man standing over his own corpse], real photo postcard, Lucas, Kansas: ca. 1910s-1920s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 4.173.
• [Young girl], real photo postcard: ca. 1910s-1920s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 4.166.
• [Body of young Walter Cartes], silver gelatin print: ca. 1910s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 5.15.
• [Dog in a simple coffin], silver gelatin print: ca. 1920s-1930s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 14.17.

Post-Mortem Photography: Capturing the ‘Right’ Image

• Sollitt, [two views of a child in a casket], cabinet cards, Chicago: ca. 1880s-1890s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, items 3.51 and 3.52.
• [Two views of an infant], silver gelatin prints: ca. 1910s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, items 5.5 and 5.6.
• Miller, [two views of a young girl], silver gelatin prints, Greenville, Pennsylvania: ca. 1890s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, items 5.1 and 5.2.
• Patton & Dietrich, [young girl], cartes-de-visite, Reading, Pennsylvania: ca. 1861-1869. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, items 4.235 and 4.236.
• [Young girl], hand-colored tintype: ca. 1890s-1900s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 4.131.
• [Young girl], hand-colored tintype: ca. 1850s-1860s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 2.2.
• R.C. Houser, [Franciska “Frances” Radke], cabinet cards, Michigan City, Indiana: 1894. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, items 3.1 and 3.2.

Modern Embalming

• Clarke, J. H. Clarke’s Text-book on Embalming, Illustrating and Describing the Anatomy of the Human. Springfield, Ohio: Clarke Chemical Works, 1888.
• The Embalmers’ Monthly, vol. 12, no. 1. Chicago, Ill.: Trade Periodical Co.: 1892.
• Plaster Practice Face: [early 20th century]. Loan from the Collection of Embalmer David E. Wolfe, courtesy Mr. Wolfe. [Not part of the William L. Clements Library holdings.]
• [Unidentified man on a cooling table], silver gelatin print: ca. 1900s-1910s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 20.7.
• Embalming and cosmetic instruments of Lowell M. Clapp, Kalkaska, Michigan, undertaker from 1907 to 1935. Loan from the Collection of Embalmer David E. Wolfe, courtesy of Mr. Wolfe. [Not a part of the William L. Clements Library holdings.]

Undertakers and Hearses

• A. G. McMichael, [Group photograph including 13 Michigan undertakers], silver gelatin print, Detroit: ca. 1890-1905. David V. Tinder Collection of Michigan Photography [Loaned to the William L. Clements Library for this exhibit].
• Leslie R. Gault, [Exterior view of a furniture and casket business], cabinet card, Ionia, Michigan: ca. 1890s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 4.10.
• [Interior view of an undertaker’s parlor], cabinet card: ca. 1870s-1880s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 3.11.
• [Storefront of E.C. Blighton, undertaker], cabinet card, [Olean, New York]: ca. 1880s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 4.11.
• Hopkins & Wilbur, Dealers in Furniture & Undertaking, printed advertisement, Pittsfield, Massachusetts: 1882. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 10.29.
• [Horse-drawn hearse of C.E. Weeks & Company], carte-de-visite: ca. 1860s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 4.288.
• C. E. Mapes Photograph Album, Durand, Michigan: ca. 1903-1930. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, box 15.
• Mary Marble to Jane Day, New Haven, [Connecticut]: March 18, 1850. Marble Family Papers.
• [Italian Hall funeral procession], silver gelatin print, Calumet, Michigan: ca. 1913. David V. Tinder Collection of Michigan Photography.
• [Carriage hearse pulled by an automobile, with sign marked “Kaiser’s Goat”], real photo postcard: World War One era. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 4.229.

Burials

• Sippio account for the burial of his father, Sipio, Pennsylvania: February 10, 1769. Humphrey Morrey Collection.
• Lemuel Lamb account with William H. Moore & Son, undertakers, Philadelphia: June 3, 1853. Lamb-Sykes Family Papers.
• National Casket Company. Complete Price List … Cloth Covered and Wood Finished Burial Caskets in Children’s and Adult Sizes as Adopted by the National and Eastern Burial Case Associations. [New York]: National Casket Co., 1892.
• C. E. Mapes Photograph Album, Durand, Michigan: ca. 1903-1930. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, box 15.
• Samuel Allyne Otis to George Thatcher, New York: April 19, 1788. American Science and Medicine Collection.
• Dorrance, John, and Arthur Fenner. Report of the Case John Dorrance Against Arthur Fenner, Tried At the December Term, of the Court of Common Pleas, In the County of Providence, A.D. 1801. Providence, R.I.: Bennett Wheeler, 1802.
• United States Patent Office, Improvement in Life-Detectors for Coffins, Hoboken, N.J.: 1871. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 14.35.
• Charles Huntington to William Henry Huntington, Norwich, Connecticut: August 4, 1838. Huntington Family Scrapbook.

Funerals

• Lacey Baker Journal, Arlington, [Massachusetts?]: 1812-1836. Blandina Diedrich Collection. [Uncataloged]
• Susan Farley to her mother, Detroit: September 7, 1834. Farley Family Papers.
• Edward Fenno to Maria Hoffman, New Orleans: January 23, 1819. Fenno-Hoffman Family Papers.
• Lyman Hobbs to Daniel Hobbs, New Orleans: November 10, 1833. American Science and Medicine Collection.
• C. Miller, [Judge Birch speaking at the funeral of a member of the Hyde family], Elk City, Oregon: ca. 1893-1894. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 8.14.

Floral Arrangements and Memorial Cards

• Memorial Card Company, Descriptive Catalog and Price List : Memorial Cards, Prayer Cards, Mourning Stationery, Verses, Prayers, Portrait Copying, Etc., Etc., Philadelphia: [after 1877]. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 14.35.
• Art Memorial Publishing Company, [Cyrus McKean’s memorial card], Philadelphia: 1888. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 3.166.
• [Anna Parr’s memorial card], 1901. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 3.187.
• [Libbie Townsend’s funeral card], 1861. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 10.23.
• George Mitchell, [William Sutherland’s memorial card], Greenfield, Indiana: 1893. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography., item 3.174.
• Democrat Print, [William Oscar’ funeral card], Eaton: 1855. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 10.23.
• Hardy & Yarnall. Natural Flowers Embalmed by the Oriental Process. [Philadelphia: 1870].
• Home Photo Co., [Floral arrangement for an unidentified woman, with pasted-on portrait photograph], albumin print, Williamston, Michigan: ca. 1880s-1890s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 9.2.
• Bundy, [Floral arrangement for an unidentified woman, re-photographed with portrait laid over the original print], silver gelatin print, Terre Haute: ca. 1900s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 9.6.
• [Floral arrangement for an unidentified woman], albumin print: ca. 1890s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 9.7.
• Tubbs, [Floral arrangement for an unidentified woman], silver gelatin print, Grand Haven, Michigan: ca. 1890s-1900s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 9.1.
• [Floral arrangements for an unidentified child], [silver gelatin print?]: ca. 1890s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 14.5.
• [Joshua Turner Mull floral arrangements], albumin print: ca. 1880s-1890s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography., item 22.1.
• [Joshua Turner Mull], cabinet card: ca. 1880s-1890s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 22.2.

Mourning Fashion

• H. G. Hughson, [woman dressed in deep mourning clothes]: ca. 1880s-1890s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 4.13.
• [Woman dressed in deep mourning clothes], tintype: [19th century]. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 4.136.
• Van Aken, [woman dressed in deep mourning clothes, with a miniature portrait brooch], Elmira, New York: ca. 1880s-1890s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 4.18.
• [Woman dressed in an elegant “ordinary” mourning dress, with a portrait of her child]: ca. 1870s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 4.16.
• The Maynard Art Gallery, [family in mourning clothes with a portrait of their child], Napoleon, Ohio: ca. 1880s-1890s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 4.17.
• Charles Hamer, [man in a black suit, with a portrait of a child], Columbus, Ohio: ca. 1880s-1890s. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 4.15.
• Godey, Louis Antoine. Godey’s Lady’s Book. Philadelphia: L. A. Godey, 1830.
• Mourning Catalogue: Philadelphia Family Mourning Store, Besson & Son, No. 206 Chestnut Street, Five Doors Above Eighth : Sept. 1, 1856. Philadelphia: King & Baird, 1856.
• Julia Sherman to Eliza F. Bean, Sandwich Centre, [New Hampshire]: October 22, 1843. Hoit Family Papers. [Uncataloged]

Monuments and Stone Work

• [Various manuscripts]. Myrick Family Papers.
• Smith & Jones, The Cypress Wreath, v. 1, no. 1. Philadelphia: [19th century]. Myrick Family Papers.
• Laurel Glen Mausoleum, stereoscopic views, Cuttingsville, Vermont: ca. 1880s. [Uncataloged]
• Croff, G. B, and John P. Bowman. Laurel Glen Mausoleum: a Magnificent Private Family Tomb Built at Cuttingsville, Vermont, by John P. Bowman. Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle & Co., 1880.
• Porcelain Headstone Photograph: [20th century]. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 17.1.
• Monteith, Robert. An Theater of Mortality. Edinburgh: Printed by the heirs and successors of Andrew Anderson, 1704.
• Bowden, John. The Epitaph-Writer. Chester: J. Fletcher, 1791.
• Alden, Timothy. A Collection of American Epitaphs and Inscriptions. New-York: [S. Marks], 1814.

Cemeteries

• Cleveland, Nehemiah. The Rural Cemeteries of America. New York: R. Martin, 1847.
• Plan of the Philanthropic Burial Ground, Philada. [Philadelphia]: 1837.
• Notman, John. Guide to Laurel Hill Cemetery, Near Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Laurel Hill, 1844.
• Glen, J. L. Plan of Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann-Arbour, Mich. 1858. Buffalo, N.Y.: J. Sage & Sons, 1858.
• Story, Joseph. An Address Delivered On the Dedication of the Cemetery At Mount Auburn, September 24, 1831. Boston: Joseph T. & Edwin Buckingham, 1831.
• Elkinton, John A. The Monument Cemetery of Philadelphia (late Pere La Chaise.): Containing Several Scientific Essays on the Subject of Rural Cemeteries. Philadelphia: [Rackliff & King], 1837.
• White, Daniel Appleton. An Address Delivered at the Consecration of the Harmony Grove Cemetery in Salem, June 14, 1840. Salem [Mass.]: Gazette Press, 1840.

George Washington and Abraham Lincoln

• Barralet, John James. Commemoration of Washington. 1816.
• Weist, D. A. Lincoln, Died April 15th, 1865. 1865.
• Tobias Lear, A Minute Account of the Last Sickness and Death of George Washington, Mount Vernon, Virginia: December 14, 1799. Tobias Lear Papers.
• The Washingtoniana. Baltimore: Samuel Sower, 1800.
• Hughes, James M. Sacred Music, to be Performed In St. Paul’s Church, on Tuesday the 31st December, 1799, by the Anacreontic And Philharmonic Societies, at the Funeral Ceremonies in Honor of the Memory of the Late General Washington. [New York]: 1799.
• Holyoke, Samuel, and Isaac Watts. Hark! From the Tombs, &c., and Beneath the Honors, &c.. Exeter [N.H.]: H. Ranlet, 1800.
• Murray, G. Tomb of Washington. [Philadelphia?: Childs & Inman?, 1810].
• Johnson, Francis. Centennial Dirge. Philadelphia: Pub. & sold by the author, 1832.
• Cousen, John, and W. H Bartlett. The Tomb of Washington, Mount Vernon. London: Geo. Virtue, 1838.
• [Visitors at Washington’s tomb], ambrotype, Mount Vernon: ca. 1850s. [Uncataloged]
• Rev. Asahel Hooker, Sermon on the Death of George Washington, Goshen, Connecticut: January 1800. Washingtoniana Collection.
• Fontanes, Louis Jean Pierre, marquis de. Eloges Funèbres de Washington. Paris: Imprimerie de Casimir, 1835.
• James Tanner to Henry F. Walch, Washington, D.C.: April 17, 1865. Abraham Lincoln Collection.
• James Tanner TLS to John Boos, Washington, D.C.: April 30, 1923. John E. Boos Collection.
• The Death-Bed of the Martyr President, Abraham Lincoln: Washington, Saturday Morning, April 15th, 1865. [New York]: Currier & Ives, 1865.
• Green Room, printed invitation to view Lincoln’s body at the White House, [Washington, D.C.: 1865]. George William Taylor Papers.
• A Nation Mourns the Departed Patriot, Statesman, and Martyr, silk badge, [Washington, D.C.: 1865]. George William Taylor Papers.
• Order of the Procession. [Washington, D.C.?]: 1865.
• Mack, Edward. President Lincoln’s Funeral March. Philadelphia: Lee & Walker, 1865.
• Sumner, Charles. The Promises of the Declaration of Independence: Eulogy on Abraham Lincoln, Delivered Before the Municipal Authorities of the City of Boston. June 1, 1865. Boston: J. E. Farwell and Company, 1865.
• J. A. Arthur, Washington & Lincoln. (Apotheosis.), carte-de-visite, Philadelphia: 1865. Mark A. Anderson Collection of Post-Mortem Photography, item 4.286.