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1918-1919, undated
GUSN-332961
This collection documents the union of Pauline Cashman and Freeman Condon in Newburyport, MA, 1919. It is comprised of various letters, cards, books, photos related to the wedding, and also documents from their engagement and their honeymoon. In addition, the collection has miscellaneous letters evidencing the social dynamics between not only the couple and the guests, but also the families and the latter in an event of such kind.
photographs
address books
manuscripts (document genre)
visitors' books
receipts (financial records)
postcards
greeting cards
identifying cards
newspapers
invitations
correspondence
telegrams
letters (correspondence)
0.834 linear feet (2 boxes)
An electronic finding aid is available through Historic New England's Collections Access Portal. A paper finding aid is available in the Library & Archives.
The Estate of Pauline Condon
MS059
Pauline Cashman Condon Wedding Collection, 1918 - 1919
MS059
This collection comprises part of the artifacts from Pauline Cashman and Freeman Condon's wedding.
Newburyport (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Sunapee Lake (New Hampshire) [lake]
Condon, Pauline Cashman
photographs
address books
manuscripts (document genre)
visitors' books
receipts (financial records)
postcards
greeting cards
identifying cards
newspapers
invitations
correspondence
telegrams
letters (correspondence)
Condon, Pauline Cashman
Condon, Freeman
Cashman, Michael
A. Stowell & Co.
Charles Hall, Inc.
Copley-Plaza
Hotel Pleasant Home
Jones, McDuffee & Stratton Co.
Jordan Marsh Company
Shreve, Crump & Low Company
Smith Patterson Company
Tilder-Thurber
Engagement
Honeymoon
Marriage
Wedding
Wedding cards
Wedding photography
(c2000.). Imagining consumers : design and innovation from Wedgwood to Corning / Regina Lee Blaszczyk.. Johns Hopkins University Press,.
Collection
Accruals are not expected.
Materials are in English.
Item identification. Box #, folder #. The Pauline Cashman Condon Wedding Collection 1918-1919 (MS059). Historic New England, Library & Archives.
Diana Beltrao de Macedo
This finding aid is Second Edition DACS-compliant
Fragment of Wedding Dress
Plate, Engraving
Copper plate trivet
Nightgown
Wedding dress
Wedding Cake
The marriage of Pauline Cashman and Freeman Condon happened in June 11, 1919 in Newburyport, MA. The couple had known each other long before the wedding. After graduating from school, he joined the army and was sent away with the Navy for World War I where he was assigned to duty in one of the US's largest battleships and latter promoted to lieutenant. She completed her elementary studies in Massachusetts and later graduated Bachelor of Arts from Trinity College in Washington DC. The engagement happened shortly after Freeman's return from war, and the wedding was a year later. The ceremony had a certain level of prominence which can be noted by the long article on the local newspaper, Newburyport Daily News, dedicated to the event. In this collection can be found information about the whole matrimonial process, from the engagement announcement to the honeymoon, evidenced by letters, lists, photos, and other objects.
Besides evidencing some of the customs of American marriages in the early 20th century, the collection also reveals some interesting trends from the period such as presenting the couple with crystal gifts. From the 194 presents listed by Pauline Cashman in her gift book, 58 were made of the material. Moreover, the letters collected also show that the couple were united in a loving marriage rather than an institutional one, in accordance with all the progress from the period.
Blaszczyk, R. L. (2000). Imagining Consumers: Design and Innovation from Wedgwood to Corning. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press.
Cherlin, A. J. (2004). The Deinstitutionalization of American Marriage. Journal of Marriage and Family, 66, 848-861.
Cooke, M. C. (1896). Modern Social Customs: Containing Rules of Etiquette for all Occasions, Including Calls; Invitations; Parties; Weddings; Receptions; Dinners and Teas; Etiquette of the Street; Public Places, etc., etc. Chicago: E. C. Morse & Co.
Penner, B. (2009). Newlyweds on Tour: Honeymooning in Nineteenth-Century America. Lebanon: University of New Hampshire Press.
The collection is arranged in seven series, arranged into subseries as follows:
Series I. Engagement materials, 1918-1919
Series II. Guest list
Subseries I: Miscellaneous lists, circa 1919
Subseries II: Guest book, circa 1919
Series III. Letters, 1919
Subseries I: Wedding invitation, 1919
Subseries II: Acceptance letters, 1919
Subseries III: Rejection letters, 1919
Subseries IV: Correspondence, 1919
Subseries V: Empty envelopes, 1919
Series IV. Gifts, 1919
Subseries I: Gift cards, 1919
Subseries II: Gift book, 1919
Subseries III: Gift card box, circa 1919
Series V. Photographs, 1919
Series VI. Newspaper, 1919
Series VII. Honeymoon materials, 1919
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