In this exhibit, the R. Stanton Avery Special Collections has selected items from their extensive collection of family papers and institutional records to pay tribute to students past and present. View Exhibit
The R. Stanton Avery Special Collections has been collecting and preserving family records since 1845. Among our collection are bible records, family journals, samplers and decorative family registers. In this ongoing exhibit we will present some of these items.
This current display includes some decorative family registers. The family register as a decorative art form began in the late 18th century and continued in popularity through the mid 19th century. It was very popular among school children and was often part of their curriculum. Others were created by town clerks and teachers. Some families commissioned artists and engravers to create their family register. If you wish to learn more about family registers as an art form we recommend the book The Art of Family: Genealogical Artifacts of New England published by NEHGS in 2002. It is available in our library and can be purchased at http://www.pictonpress.com/store/show/1825.
The family records of Abraham and Lucy (Jennison) Hews of Weston, Mass.
Lucy (Jennison) Hewes was the daughter of Samuel Jennison and Abigail Holden of Watertown, Mass.
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