1882-1968
Offsite Storage Inventory
Restrictions on Access
The Herter family papers are stored offsite and must be requested at least two business days in advance via Portal1791. Researchers needing more than six items from offsite storage should provide additional advance notice. If you have questions about requesting materials from offsite storage, please contact the reference desk at 617-646-0532 or reference@gurgaonpropertysale.com.
Note: This collection is PARTIALLY PROCESSED.
Abstract
This collection consists of family correspondence, scrapbooks (including one for Mary C. P. Herter's artwork as a child), and photograph albums of American artists Albert and Adele McGinnis Herter; their son Christian A. Herter, congressman, Massachusetts governor, and U.S. secretary of state; and his wife Mary C. (Pratt) Herter. Other family members and close friends included in the collection are Everit A. Herter, Caroline Keck Herter Bridge, Bessie McGinnis Van Vorst, and Lithgow Osborne. The collection also includes diaries of Mary C. P. Herter, including some kept as a child, and a typed transcript of the WWI diary of Everit A. Herter, sergeant in Company A, 40th Engineers, camouflage.
Acquisition Information
This collection was a gift of E. Miles Herter, 1981.
Restrictions on Access
The Herter family papers are stored offsite and must be requested at least two business days in advance via Portal1791. Researchers needing more than six items from offsite storage should provide additional advance notice. If you have questions about requesting materials from offsite storage, please contact the reference desk at 617-646-0532 or reference@gurgaonpropertysale.com.
Note: This collection is PARTIALLY PROCESSED.
Other Formats
The Albert and Adele M. Herter papers (formerly Boxes 1-16) are available on microfilm, 4 reels, from the Archives of American Art (Smithsonian Institution), AAA MF 2543-2546.
Summary Description of the Collection
Includes bills, address book, blank postcards; Christian A. Herter childhood health record; etc.
Includes documents on the Paris Peace Conference, diplomatic service, American Relief Administration (1922). Also includes printed matter, genealogy notes, stamps, currency, undated writings, etc.
Photographs Removed from the Collection
The following photograph albums were removed to the Christian A. Herter photographs, MHS Photo Archives:
1-5. Volumes I-V, photograph albums documenting his term as governor of Massachusetts, 1953-1956.
6. Untitled. Pictures numbered, not labeled. Christian Herter in Europe, probably ca. 1960.
7. "Happy Days with the 102nd Wing." Index to photographs at beginning of volume.
8. "Christian Herter in Berlin." Newspaper clippings and photographs documenting his 1959 visit to Berlin.
9. "Reception to the public - Washington's birthday - Hall of Flags." 22 Feb. 1955. Pictures not labeled.
10. "The Under Secretary of State and Mrs. Christian A. Herter." Photographs of Korea and Japan, labeled on the backs.
Preferred Citation
Herter family papers, Massachusetts Historical Society.
Access Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in ABIGAIL, the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should search the catalog using these headings.