The Hyatt-Mayor-Huntington collection focuses on the Mayor, Hyatt, and Huntington family and extended family.  Specifically, the collection gives significant context to Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington’s sister Harriet. A prolific sculptor in her own right, Harriet is often overlooked in comparison to her younger sister Anna. However, sketchbooks in this collection reveal her incredible talent for drawing and painting, alongside a diary fragment shedding light on her sculpture process.  The collection contains photos and journals from her life and of her work, as well as various materials on two of her children. Harriet and Anna’s Mother Audella likely originated the habit of keeping extensive journals. All journals contain well preserved photos, watercolors, and illustrations (predominantly from travels).

A large portion of the collection focuses on the Mayor (originally Maÿer, occasionally spelled Mayer) family which Harriet married into, and their extended family beginning in 18th century Germany. Documents in the collection pertaining to the Mayor’s include family trees specific to the Mayors as well as various other families they married into (such as the Reynolds and the Goldsboroughs). Similarly, on the Hyatt side of the family, there are documents covering families that married into the Hyatt line such as the Beebe’s. Another large branch of the collection includes material from the Mayor side of the family, specifically the men and their publications. Many of these documents (especially in regard to Harriet and her immediate family) connect to Annisquam in Cape Ann.

See also: https://www.capeannmuseum.org/collections/artists/anna-hyatt-huntington/

Annisquam Historical Society, letters of condolence sent to the Hyatt family after the death of Alpheus Hyatt (father to Harriet, Anna, and his son Alpheus) and the death of Alpheus (son of Alpheus and Audella, brother to Harriet and Anna). Letters are often accompanied by biographical notes about the person’s biography, accomplishments, or relationship to the family.   Some notable senders include:

• Maria H Bray
• Marion Boyd Allen
• Francis Darwin (son of Charles Darwin)
• Alexander Agassiz
• Willis Boyd Allen
• Charles E Beecher
• Charles S Minot
• Addison Emery Verrill (‘ A. E. Verrill)

The Mayor Collection focuses on the Harriet R. Hyatt (later Mayor), her sister Anna, her mother, her husband, and his extended family (the Mayors) and her children and their extended families. Files predominantly include journals, sketchbooks, watercolor paintings, photos, books, manuscripts, transcripts, and correspondence.

Box One of the collection contains Series 1, concerning Anna Hyatt Huntington and Series 2, concerning Harriet Randolph Mayor

Box Two of the collection contains Series 2, concerning Harriet Hyatt Mayor (HHM)

Box Three of the collection contains Series 2, concerning Harriet Hyatt Mayor

Box Four of the collection contains Series 2, concerning Harriet Hyatt Mayor

Box Five of the collection contains Series 2, concerning Harriet Hyatt Mayor

Box Six of the collection contains Series 2, concerning Harriet Hyatt Mayor

Box Seven of the collection contains Series 3, concerning Audella Beebe Hyatt (ABH)

Box Eight of the collection contains Series 3, concerning Audella Beebe Hyatt

Box Nine of the collection contains Series 3, concerning Audella Beebe Hyatt

Box Ten of the collection contains Series 4, concerning Alpheus Hyatt Mayor (AHM)

Box Eleven of the collection contains Series 5, concerning Brantz Mayor

Box Twelve of the collection contains Series 6, concerning Annisquam and Series 7 concerning Alfred Goldsborough Mayor (AGM)

Box Thirteen of the collection contains Series 8, concerning Alpheus Hyatt

Box Fourteen of the collection contains Series 9, concerning Brantz Mayer

Box Fifteen of the collection contains Series 10, concerning Mayor Family History

Box Sixteen of the collection contains Series 10, concerning Mayor Family History

Box Seventeen of the collection contains Series 11, concerning Mayor and Hyatt Family History:

Assorted Mayor/Mayer and Hyatt Family Members

Notes:

• Use of the term journal and diary is interchangeable within this Finding Aid
• The last name Mayor varies in spelling (Maÿer, Mayer, Mayor). For example, Brantz Mayor (b. 1906) is sometimes referred to as Brantz Mayer, though both are referring to the same person (though Brantz Mayer, born 1809, is also referenced in the collection)
• Unclear if Ana/Anna Maria (wife of Brantz Mayor) is spelled with two letter “nn”s or just one n. For the sake of consistency, it is spelled with one “n” throughout the finding aid
• Goldsborough (middle name of Alfred Goldsborough Mayor ) is sometimes spelled “Goldsboro” on labeled photos, but refer to the same family

Box 1 Hyatt-Mayor Collection

Series 1: Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (AVHH)

File 1:

Binder of AVHH correspondence, anonymously transcriber, Left in page order found within binder.

Autobiographical material transcribed by Alpheus Hyatt Mayor (son of Harriet) for the Hispanic Society (two copies, photo copy and original)

A copy of a 2002 article Passing the Torch for publication “The Claymore” by Archer Mayor. Includes correspondence to Archer from Deborah Clay.

A copy of a 2005 article Anna Hyatt Huntington and the Huntington Danes for The Huntington Library by Bea Whyld. Includes correspondence to Archer from Deborah Clay.

File 2:

AVHH one postcard, 32 personal photos, and 15 4 x 6.5 cm small photos (found grouped together), of various subjects and locations, one photo is of a street in Annisquam (“The Willows” And a stretch of Fine Road at Annisquam on Cape Ann”) Photos include:

Three photos of Anna with Barbara Mayer (Niece) who jumps off of a small horse

Family photo with children labeled (Hyatt, AVH, Katherine Mayer, Brantz Mayer, “Honest Tim” (dog), and a “Mrs. Cockburn Stuart of England’

15 photos of Mayer family with AVHH at ‘Seven Acres (Annisquam), as well as a small stamp book

Photo album page “The Willows” on one side, and AVHH carving Joan of Arc at prayer on the opposite side

Two 1963 photos of AVHH and HHM in Bethel Connecticut, with portrait of Audella in background

Undated photo of ‘Martha’s House’

Undated photo of AVHH in Sanitorium

Undated photo of AVHH horse

Undated photo of houses at the end of a dirt road, figure in distance

Sculpture, labeled as AVHH’s, of boy with Heron

Photo of AVHH working on Joan of Arc bust

Photo of AVHH in front of rocks (Cape Ann?)

three photos of AVHH with man with pipe and second women

Photo of sculpture labeled ‘AHH [AVHH] for Schwab Garden’

Photo of AVHH ‘… as a dude by the summer house Squam [Annisquam]’

1963 photo showing AVHH in her studio

Two photos of AVHH with dog

One photo of AVHH with two dogs

1929 photo of AVHH

Vignette portrait of AVHH

Seven photos taken at house in ‘Brookgreen, S.C.’ (likely house of brother, Alpheus Hyatt/Allie)

1910 postcard sent to AVHH from unknown person

File 3:

Photos, specifically of sculpture, one sculpture of Audella from various angles (potentially by Harriet?). One reproduction of painting of a young AVHH (painter unknown, potentially by Adelaide Cole Chase?).  27 photos total.

Includes:

Three photos of a sculpture of Audella Beebe by AVHH or HHM

23 photos of sculptures by AVHH

File 4:

AVHH exhibition Catalogue entitled ‘Catalogue Exhibition of Sculpture by Anna Hyatt Huntington at the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ (1936), and autobiographical book entitled ‘Anna Hyatt Huntington: American Sculptors Series, 3’ (1947), and announcement flyer AVHH’s Statue of Joan of Arc in New York City

Series 2: Harriet Randolph Hyatt Mayor (HHM)-Diaries from 1895-1907

File 5:

HHM correspondence. Three letters, one from 1830 (dated at end, though the 1830 letter is missing its first page) Misc. Correspondence between Harriet and “Dearest Mis/Min” (?) (hard to make out, likely the nickname for her mother, Audella, who they often called Minnia), each letter is from HHM and likely too Audella.

File 6:

 1885, “Lettuce Leaves”, New England travel Diary, section on Annisquam including original Gloucester sketches goes from pls 23-25

File 7:

 1888, travel diary from trip to Washington DC and Florida (letters to mother Audella)

File 8:

1891, HHM trip to Europe

File 9:

HHM 1892, “Fragment of a diary”, diary entries from working with sculptor Henry Hudson Kitson

Box 2 Hyatt-Mayor Collection

Series 2: Harriet Randolph Hyatt Mayor (HHM)-Diaries from 1895-1907

File 1:

1894-1895, HHM letters/ journal from Montreal to Detroit

File 2:

1895 Travel Journal to Canada and Europe

File 3:

1900 Honeymoon with husband to Gloucester/ Annisquam v

File 4:

1907, HHM in France

1907-1908, HHM travels to Naples

File 5:

1907 & unknown date , two travel diaries, one with clear 1907 date, other with no date but appears to be from same trip to England

Box 3 Mayor Collection

Series 2: Harriet Randolph Hyatt Mayor (HHM)-Diaries from 1895-1907

File 1:

1909? A summer on Cape Cod Journal, undated but 1909 mentioned

File 2:

1911, History of Mayër (now Mayor) family compiled by Harriet

File 3:

1911-1912, HHM Sanitarium Journal (had Tuberculosis, santitorium in Sharon, Mass as named on book binding), page 48 mentions a girl with an aged relative in Rockport

File 4:

1913-1914, Frieburg, Ulm, and Munsk Travel Diary

Box 4 Hyatt-Mayor Collection

Series 2: Harriet Randolph Hyatt Mayor (HHM)-Diaries from 1907-1915

File 1:

1914- HHM and Husband European travels HHM travel diary with children likely to Germany given name of locations. Speaking on beginning of World War I and features propaganda clippings, photos of soldiers, and small posters

File 2:

1915, HHM to Freiberg, Germany

File 3:

Original organization papers for HHM journal materials

File 4:

Misc. HHM files inventory list, a copy of “From anatomy to palaeo-raciology…” where HHM’s construction of Neanderthal heads are featured on page 35, and three copies of a 1973 exhibition catalogue for the Brookgreen Bulletin. Account entitled An Episode in the Clinic of Freiburg, 1785 is among the misc. files. Its relevance is unclear.

File 5:

HHM letters, organized chronologically by year from 1897 to 1988, including 24 undated letters, and original package they were stored in labeled Harriet Mayor Correspondence.

Correspondence is organized as follows:

1897- 1 postcard, with drawing on it likely by Harriet

1900- 6 letters

1900a-to Harriet from unknown signature

1900b-to Harriet from unknown signature

1900c-to Harriet from unknown signature

1900d-to Harriet from Helen Vincent?

1900e-to Harriet from unknown signature

1900f-to Harriet from Ellen B. Mayer

1901-6 letters

1901a-to Harriet, mentions Annisquam/Gloucester, “Luuds”, “Aunt Mary Upham”

1901b-to Harriet from unknown signature

1901c-to Harriet from Sarah Carlisle Seute?

1901d-to Harriet from Philip Harrison

1901e-to Harriet from T.A.Jaggar Jr.

1901f-to Harriet from Marion Boyd Allen

1902- 10 letters

1902a-to Harriet from Jenni Anne Sheldon

1902b-to Harriet from unknown signature

1902c-to Harriet from J.M. Anne Sheldon

1902d-to Harriet from Henry S. Hitson?

1902e-to Harriet from J.M. Anne Sheldon

1902f-to Harriet from Anne Tangulia Bengeugeu?

1902g-to Harriet from Helen Vincent?

1902h-to Harriet from W.L. Lefshaw?

1902i-to Harriet from unknown signature

1902j-to Harriet from W.L. Lefshaw?

1903- 6 letters

1903a-to Harriet from Anthony Mary Walkins Freeman?

1903b-to Harriet from, handwritten notes state it’s from Alfred’s (Harriet’s husband) Aunt

1903c-to Harriet from J.M. Anne Sheldon

1903d-to Harriet from E. G.?

1903e-to Harriet from J. E.?

1903f-to Harriet from H.H. Kitson (her sculpture instructor)

1903g-to Harriet from? F. Mayer

1904- 2 letters

1904a-to Harriet from Richard Rathbun?

1904a-to Harriet from Pauline P. Brune?

1907- 1 letter

1907a-to Harriet from Mary Hyatt Lovell?

1908?- 1 letter

1908a-to Harriet from unknown signature

1920- 1 letter

1920a-to Harriet from Warren Terhun?

1921- 1 letter

1921a-to Harriet from Archer H. Huntington

1922- 2 letters

1922a-to Harriet from unknown signature

1922b-to Harriet from Archer Huntington

1924- 1 letter

1924a-to Harriet from Susan Minns?

1927- 1 letter

1927a-to Harriet from unknown signature

1930- 1 letter

1930a-to Harriet from unknown signature

1931- 1 letter

1931a-Notarized application to carry a firearm filled out by HHM and sent to the Sheriff of Mercer County

1932- 2 letters, one containing two photos

1932a- containing two photos of Alpheus Hyatt (Harriet Hyatt’s father), and a small map of Baltimore in 1864 and text concerning Alpheus’ house in Baltimore after the Civil War. Sent to Brantz Mayor from Harriet’s son

1932b-to Harriet from unknown signature

1934- 1 letter,

1934a-to Harriet from unknown signature

1935- 3 letters

1935a-to Harriet from Leonard Camm…?

1935b-to Harriet from Leila Marshall?

1935c-to Harriet from Robert A. Foster

1936- 1 letter

1936a-to Harriet from H.H.S.

1937- 1 letter

1937-to Harriet from Ralph Parsons

1943- 1 letter

1943a-to Harriet from Archer Huntington (2 copies)

1948- 1 letter

1948a-to Harriet from Archer Huntington (2 copies)

1954- 8 letters, including one with 6 photos

1954a-to Harriet from a Barbara, containing letter, invitation, bank slip, and 5 photos

1954b-to Harriet from a Mike

1954c-to Harriet from her daughter in-law (name illegible, wife of Brantz Mayer)

1954d-to Harriet from her daughter in-law (name illegible, wife of Brantz Mayer)

1954e-to Harriet from a Billy

1954f-to Harriet from -to Harriet from her daughter in-law (name illegible, wife of Brantz Mayer)

1954g-to Harriet from -to Harriet from her daughter in-law (name illegible, wife of Brantz Mayer)

1954h-to Harriet from her daughter in-law (name illegible, wife of Brantz Mayer)

1980-1 letter

1980a-to Harriet from unknown signature (German?)

1988-3 letters

1988a-to Ana Mayor regarding Harriet’s sculptures from George Gurney of the National Museum of American Art

1988b-correspondence between Alfred Mayor and George Gurney of the National Museum of American Art, concerning Harriet’s sculptures

1988c-to Ana Mayor regarding Harriet’s sculptures from George Gurney of the National Museum of American Art

Box 5 Hyatt-Mayor Collection

Series 2: Harriet Randolph Hyatt Mayor (HHM)-Photos and Correspondence

File 1:

Photo album kept by HHM

File 2:

Photo journal showing Annisquam, Boston, Salem, Cape Cod, Eastern Point etc. (undated-but Audella photographed older so likely 1910-1930s?)

File 3:

“Mixed Film” sent to HHM (one unlabeled, found in her files) plus photo “of her teacher”, includes one envelope of 23 negatives from various years, and a second envelope of 10 negatives predominantly of AGM and HHM’s children

File 4:

11 HHM Glass Photo Negatives (some of her sculptures), and one 7 x 7 cm photo of her Joan of Arc Sculpture. Glass Negatives were found previously labeled as:

“Head of Gertrude Fox, Displayed at 1893 Chicago World Fair, by Harriet Hyatt Mayor”

“Shouting at the Tide", by Harriet Hyatt Mayor, statue “destroyed by Express Co. while going to Maplewood”

Two copies of “Boy and Chicken”, by Harriet Hyatt Mayor

A photo of Wansbeck Estate, childhood of AHM

Harriet Hyatt Mayor “A Study in Drapery”

“Bust of Katherine and Hyatt Mayor” by Harriet Hyatt Mayor , 1905

1900 photo of Harriet Hyatt Mayor

A photo of Seven Acres home in Annisquam

Two photo negatives of “Dr. Marsh of Wincester, Mass, by Harriet Hyatt Mayor

File 5:

Misc. HHM photos and correspondence, specific to married life with husband and his life and death. Includes 89 photos and one exhibit flyer from a 1926 exhibition “…by Princeton Artists”, an reproduction of a D.A. R (Daughters of the American Revolution) logo, likely originally drawn by HHM, and a receipt fro the purchase of a lot at Cambridge Cemetery. Photos include:

A photo of HHM in a bustle dress

A photo of HHM, Allie, AVHH, Alpheus Hyatt (father) , ABH, and the mother of ABH

Two duplicate photos of HHM in Princeton, N.J.

A photo of HHM in New Hampshire

A photo of what appears to be either HHM or AVHH in an unknown location

Photo of HHM taken 1894?

A photo of that looks like HHM as a young child

7 negatives of HHM and family members

A post card with an image of the Annisquam Stage Coach

Two photos from 1990 of a bust of “Aunt Anna”

A portrait of HHM as a child

4 photos of HHM at the Huntington House in Bethel, Connecticut celebrating her birthday

Photo of “Mrs. A. A? E? Mayer” (Allie’s wife?)

Two photos and one negative of relief sculpture made by HHM for psychology research

Two photo portraits of HHM with a baby AHM, 1901

Two photos of HHM (one a small vignette circle) early in her marriage to AGM

Two 1903 photos of HHM with AHM

A photo of HHM next to a spinning wheel

A profile portrait of HHM with a long braid, undated

Two photos of HHM with Katherine and AHM

1914 photo of HHM

Photo of HHM with AGM looking over a book

Photo of sculpture “My Little Hooded(?)” by HHM

Backlit portrait of HHM
Photo labeled as being of Alpheus Hyatt II

22 photos of Cape Ann house taken by AGM

Photo of bust of “Dr. Marsh of Wincester, Mass”, 1897, by HHM

Photo of unknown statue of a child, a part of a fountain?

Five photos of sculpture by HHM, boy with heron/animals?

Family photo of HHM with family, undated, family members labeled on back

Two large photos and one large negative of HHM taken by a professor at Harvard? Labeled on back as being taken by a French professor, three smaller copies of the same photo and one small photo negative

Two photos of statue of two horses fighting

One photo and one negative of bust of Brantz Mayor made by HHM, now belongs to “son Archer Mayor”

Photo of bust of AHM (and Katherine Mayor?) by HHM

Annisquam photo (labeled ‘Squam) of HHM and children on steps

1894 of HHM before AGM marriage

Undated HHM portrait

1912 photo of HHM with children

1932-1925 photo of HHM and family in Annisquam, labeled on back

Large undated portrait of HHM, in armchair

File 6:

HHM Misc. Drawings and watercolor paintings

Includes;

One sketch in red chalk of husband Alfred Goldsborough Mayor

An image of the Reynolds Family Crest (drawn by HHM? Printed? Unclear)

Two landscape sketches

Three Watercolors

One sketch of Mother Audella Beebe later in life, with “Resignation” written on it.

Three undated watercolors, likely by HHM but could also by her mother ABH

8 travel diary pages likely by HHM but could also by her mother ABH

A watercolor labeled ‘Lake Joe” by HHM’s daughter Katherine Mayor

File 7:

            HHM 1891 sketchbook a

File 8:

            HHM 1894 sketchbook b

Box 6 Hyatt-Mayor Collection

Series 2: Harriet Randolph Hyatt Mayor (HHM)-Photos and Correspondence

File 1:

HHM 1894 sketchbook and pencil

File 2:

HHM undated sketchbook

File 3:

HHM Book of Misc. Files kept in found order; binder with news clipping pasted on inside cover; correspondence regarding Annisquam, a leaflet entitled ‘Sketch and Inscriptions of The Oaks Graveyard, All Saints Parish, Waccamaw’, transcribed letters, DAR Correspondence and writings by HHM on history, a red and orange DAR Ribbon for the Princeton N.J. Chapter, photos, and the history of the Washington family in New Jersey, and about the threat of communism, drawings and notes by HHM are included alongside a photo of the bas-relief plaque she carved for Stage Fort Park in Gloucester.

Series 3: Audella Beebe Hyatt (“Mini” or “Minima") (ABH)

File 4:

1812 Sketchbook labeled as belonging to “Mrs. A Hyatt” (Audella)

File 5:

 ABH Misc. two botanical drawings, one graphite drawing of “Castle Stetten”, and two watercolor paintings

File 6:

ABH misc. files, including undated correspondence with Brantz (likely Harriet’s son, mentions Anna as “aunt”), and 1889 city of Gloucester tax addressed to her, and copy of sketch of older Audella done by Leon Kroll, and a document concerning the estate of Audella Beebe Hyatt after her death

File 7:

9 Photos of a young Audella, 4 in total. Includes 3 copies of a portrait, two copies of her traveling on horseback, and three copies of a profiles portrait.

File 8:

30 Photos of Audella near the end of her life (roughly 1910- 1930), including 1924 passport. Many photos contain duplicates. Includes two copies of photos of portrait of Audella by painter Adelaide Cole Chase.

File 9:

Letters to Audella (‘Mrs. Hyatt’), earliest dates too 1852

Box 7 Hyatt-Mayor Collection

Series 3: Audella Beebe Hyatt (“Mini”) (ABH)- Journals

File 1: 1867-1876, Audella Beebe (signs name as “Mrs. Alpheus Hyatt”) fragments gathered from letters, as well as drawings and paintings

File 2:1872, Dairy (note that it’s to “Minnie” aka Harriet? And Audella goes by “Minnia?”)

File 3: 1898-1899 Diary, likely belonging to Audella

File 4: 1907, ABH travel journal to France, note indicates this belonged to her, also likely by ABH b/c she often signed husband’s (Mrs. Alpheus Hyatt) or grandson’s name (Alpheus Hyatt Mayor)

Box 8 Hyatt-Mayor Collection

Series 3: Audella Beebe Hyatt (“Mini”) (ABH)- Journals

File 1:

1906, excerpts from correspondence bound and transcribed into diary format. Kept during her travels to Weston, Annisquam, and Porto-Bello

File 2:

1907, travel journal for France en Route to Italy, likely by ABH b/c she often signed husband’s (Mrs. Alpheus Hyatt)

File 3:

1908, travel journal to Naples, Italy

File 4:

1923-1924- Journal, “Grenoble”, likely by ABH b/c she often signed husband’s name (Mrs. Alpheus Hyatt)

Box 9 Hyatt-Mayor Collection

Series 3: Audella Beebe Hyatt (“Mini”) (ABH)- Journals

File 1:

1912-1913, Germany travels, likely by ABH b/c she often signed husband’s name (Mrs. Alpheus Hyatt)

File 2:

1915, travel journal to Venice, likely by ABH b/c she often signed husband’s name (Mrs. Alpheus Hyatt)

File 3:

1919, photocopy of diary, written by ‘Minnia’ (Audella) to granddaughter Barbara. Entitled ‘ Reminiscences’, and is a compilation of Recollections from Audella’s childhood and of the Beebe family. A personal note inside states this was a gift to an unknown ‘Anna’ from a ‘ Hugo B.’

 File 4:

1923-1924- Journal, “ Letters from Grenoble”, likely by ABH b/c she often signed husband’s name (Mrs. Alpheus Hyatt)

Box 10 Hyatt-Mayor Collection

Series 4: Alpheus Hyatt Mayor (oldest son of Harriet) (AHM)

File 1: photo album kept by AHM. Depicts wife Virginia, daughter Martha, son Alfred, and extended family (roughly late 1930s to mid 1940s) and large rolled photo of AHM and son at a meeting (labeled in photo)

File 2: File one pertains to found together kept by AHM. It includes photos of family, trips/ places visited (including Annisquam), and photos from his life and childhood. There are 179 photos total. The photos include:

A postcard with AHM on the front dressed as ‘…a blind Chinese boy…’

A photo of AHM and hist extended family playing dress (includes AVHH in the back dressed as a ‘Chinaman’

A photo of Audella Beebe holding granddaughter Barbara Snowder Mayor

A photo of AHM and mother HHM

A photo of Audella Beebe with Brantz, Barbara Snowder Mayor, AHM, and Katherine Goldsborough Mayor

A photo of AVHH, Katherine Goldsborough Mayor, Brantz Mayor, and Barbara S. Mayor

3 copies of a family photo depicting Edmund Cook II, HHM, AHM, Virginia S. Mayor, Katherine Mayor Cook, Edmund Cook, Brantz Mayor, Evelyn Mayor, Barbara Mayor Money, and Theodore D. Money in Princeton in 1932

8 copies of a photo depicting Lydia Randolph Beebe, Audella Beebe, Alpheus Hyatt (husband of Audella), AVH, HHM, Alph Hyatt Jr. (son of Audella and Alpheus)

2 copies of the same photo of the family, showing family members including AVH, HHM, and Brantz Mayor

A photo of a plaque (likely made by HHM) dedicated to life of Alpheus Hyatt (father to HHM)

A family photo including Audella Beebe, AHM, and HHM? (Hard too tell)

A large family photo from 1977 in color with family members listed below (includes AHM)

3 photos taken at same time with HHM and extended family (likely that of Brantz Mayor)

Photo of HHM and AVH?

Photo taken at Cook- Townsend Wedding at Bethel in 1949, HHM seen in background

Family photo, AHM in background, AVHH also visible?  taken at Cook- Townsend Wedding at Bethel in 1949

5 photos taken of and in an airplane in 1947 and 1948, labeled ‘Navion’ on back (plane name?)

3 photos taken in at Mt. Krisco NY (family of Brantz Mayor)

2 copies of the same photo of Ana Maria Mayor asleep on the floor in Mt. Krisco

10 photos of Ana Maria Mayor (and Brantz Mayor family?) taken in snow (Mt. Krisco?)

5 photos of Brantz Mayor’s children in various locations

A photo of Brantz Mayor looking into a mirror

A photo of a van with family members in front of a mountain

Two copies of a 1984 Christmas photo

A photo of Martha Mayor’s Children and the Watts children

A photo of Ana Maria Mayor with a hose

A 1947 photo of ‘Bringing in the hay Mt. Krisco, NY the pageant (?) with Martha

A photo of ‘3 cherry trees’ in Annisquam

Two photos of an unknown woman

3 copies of a photo of Martha Mayor Smith looking out on the water in Annisquam

2 copies of a photo of Martha Mayor Smith ‘ in Annisquam’ (likely at house)

A photo of Ana Maria Mayor

A photo family members about to swim (includes Brantz Mayor)

A photo of the children in the family (in Annisquam?)

A photo of Brantz Mayor water skiing (with Ana?), 1957, at Lake Joseph in Canada

A photo of two figures fencing

A photo taken at a mine in Illinois

A 1970s photo of Brantz Mayor

A photo of the family playing dress -up (Barry McNutt as “wild cherry” and Brantz Mayor as Temptation , 1915) in Annisquam?

A photo of the family playing dress -up in Annisquam (same photo as in HHM photo journal)

A photo of an unknown house covered in snow

A photo labeled ‘Barbara’s chicken yard ‘Squam’ taken in Annisquam

3 photos of Gloucester workers (one labeled ‘ Gloucester’ on the back)

A photo of what appears to be a Cape Ann quarry

A photo of a boat deck labeled ‘Albert Baldwin’

A photo of an interior of an unknown house

A photo of the gravestone of HHM, Audella Beebe, and Alpheus Hyatt

A photo of lumber

Of photo of family members in a large field

A photo of a tractor with an unknown driver

A photo of a barn, 4 figures, and a truck labeled ‘Bedford Market’

Three photos of AHM playing a recorder

Four photos of AHM in sailor suite in Naples, two of which are uncrossed and show false backdrop in photo studio

A photo of HHM and young AHM

A photo of AHM, Katherine Goldsborough Mayor, and Brantz Mayor

A photo of AHM on steps

A photo of AHM in a barn

A photo of AHM wife Virginia and daughter Martha

A photo of AHM wife Virginia at Cook-Townsend Wedding in 1948

Two  photos of AHM sitting against a tree

A photo of AHM at Cook-Townsend Wedding in 1948

A photo of AHM’s wife Virginia, daughter Martha, and son Alfred

Silhouette of AHM

Silhouette of AHM wife Virginia

Two photos of AHM wife Virginia

A photo of young AHM daughter Martha in hat

Three photos of AHm daughter Martha seated on porch

Photos of AHM in Princeton, June 1959, in Jr. Militia Tunic last worn in 1918

3 photos of AHM in militia tunic while in Militia

Young photos of AHM

Photo of AHM wife Virginia and unknown person

A photo of AHM wife Virginia and daughter Martha in field

Two photos of AHM on a tree that has snapped

Two 1922 photos of AHM

5 photos of AHM at Met Museum

1976 photo of AHM at American Art conference

1903 photo of AHM in Annisquam

Photo of son Alfred Mayor with shot Rabbit in Annisquam

Two photos of AHM son Alfred Mayor, one in snow in Connecticut, and the second in front of a tree

Photo of AHM in front of a tree

Photo of AHM daughter Martha with Son Thomas D. Smith, 1963

Two photos of AHM and wife Virginia looking at old photos , recreating photo took by Katherine and her Husband Theodore Money? (Appears to be the two of them)

Photo of AHM with Siblings and Barbara Mayor and Dog ‘Admiral’

Photo of AHM leaning on front porch

Photo of AHM and unknown person leaning out window

Photo of AHM dress up as a women in “The Mouse Trap” at Princeton

Photo of young AHM looking out window

Photo of AHM and siblings in 1909

4 photos of AHM, Katherine, and HHM

Two photos of AHM, HHM, and kitten

Photo of AHM and Ana Maria Mayor in 1962

Photo of 1926 AHM Greek passport?

Four close up photos of AHM wife Virginia’s face

One small photo of AHM in striped shirt

Photo of AHM an sister Katherine dressed as ‘Blue Beard’ and illegible second person in Princeton, NJ

Photo of AHM looking over fence

Photo of AHM looking right

Photo of AHM, HHM, and Audella? In Annisquam

Photo of AHM in 1970s? Later years, white-haired, in Annisquam

Photo of AHM with old camera

Photo of AHM as baby in Annisquam with unknown child on the back

2 photo negatives of AHM and family seated together

Photo of AHM looking over edge

Photo of AHM as baby in field, likely in Anniswuam

Photo of young AHM in early 1900s dress and hat

Photo of AHM in front of automobile (with wife Virginia?)

Photo of AHM wife with daughter Martha

Photo of AHM, wife Virginia and daughter and son (Martha and Alfred)

Photos of AHM wife Virginia in bathing suite

Photo of AHM in field in large hat as child

Photo of AHM in unknown location in front of plaid blankets

Photo of AHM and wife with Martha and grandchild

Photo of AHM and dog ‘Tiger’

Photo of AHM with wife, daughter and son in law(?) in house with photos of relatives from 18th century Germany on the wall

File 3: AHM assorted photos and clippings from life, includes:

A 1978 “Carta de Pyimaveyade”, 1979 “Felices Pscuas Floridas”,  and 1976  “Felices Pascuas Floridas” written by AHM in Spanish

Envelope with AHM stationary (had contained photo negatives from photo collection)

One postcard, sent from AHM to grandmother Audella at ‘Seven Acres’ in Annisquam

3 pages of a letter on note paper sent from Brantz to AHM

Two cards given to HHM (‘Mama’) by Katherine and AHM

1980 AHM memorial pamphlet printed by the Met Museum

Copy of an article for the Grolier 2000 about the life of AHM

Copy of 1980 booklet about life of AHM made by Met Museum

Letter from Rebecca Reyonlds to AHM son Alfred concerning research on AVH. Letter to AVHH (from AHM?) attached

Two Typed writing pieces on AHM and his work at the Met, the second includes German translation of AHM’s obituary

Condolence letter sent to Brantz after death of his brother, from Angie?

Two black and white photo copies of photos of Brantz Mayor

6 photocopies of AHM obituary by J. Y. Smith

AHM obituary for Art News by Russell Lynes

2 copies (4 pages) of John Russll article about work of AHM ( NY Times, 1983)

Magazine clipping from 1983 concerning AHM and the Worcester Arts Museum

Princeton Alumni Weekly article about life of AHM

Two copies of AHM obituary

Photocopy of 5 page article about (AHM granddaughter ?) Yeardley Smith in the Washington Post

5 copies of newspaper articles written bout Met Exhibition ‘Rembrandt and the Bible’ curated by AHM before death

Newspaper article about Yeardley Smith (granddaughter?) and her one-woman show

2 copies of AHM obituary

An August 3rd, 1925 postcard to A. Hyatt Mayor (sent to Annisquam) from an unknown ‘Evie’

Box 11 Hyatt-Mayor Collection

Series 4: Alpheus Hyatt Mayor (oldest son of Harriet) (AHM)

File 1: AHM interview transcipts

2 copies of interview with AHM for ‘Archives of American Art Journal’ Vol. 18, Number 4, 1978 (speaking on Annisquam and life)

Full large print transcription of AHM oral history interview for  ‘Archives of American Art Journal’ Vol. 18, Number 4, 1978 (speaking on Annisquam and life)

Series 5: Brantz Mayor (Harriet’s son, AHM’s younger brother, likely named after Brantz Mayor,  relative on father’s side)

File 2:

Documents concerning family history for both the Mayor and Goldsborough Sides of the family.

Transcripts of interviews conducted with Brantz Mayor about life and family, specifically talking about early life, Harriet and Anna’s sculpture, and Annisquam. Documents include:

A 1935 letter form Brantz Mayer to Brantz Mayor concerning about the Goldsboroughs at the Naval Institute. Included with this letter is a sticky note saying the document is to be ‘ guarded with your life, boy’, a 7 page document on the history of the Goldsborough side of the family as related to the Naval institute, and the corresponding envelope it was sent in

1981 letter to Brantz Mayor from Constance A. Katzenstein, Ph.D. concerning family histories and interview questions. And a 9 page transcript interview includes mention of Audella Beebe, AGM, HHM, AVH, and AHM

Two papers, labeled page 40 and 28, likely from a different interview transcript on the same subject taken later, with a note potentially by the editor of said transcript

Interview transcript with Brantz Mayor, tape BM2 side 1, 29 pages

Interview transcript with Brantz Mayor, tape BM2 side 3, 32 pages

Interview transcript with Brantz Mayor, tape BM1 side 1, 40 pages

Interview transcript with Brantz Mayor, tape BM15 side 29, 19 pages

3 pages of notes on legal paper concerning

Interview transcript with Brantz Mayor, tape BM16 side 30, 19 pages

File 3:

 From package entitled “Mayor letter” , correspondence focused on Brantz Mayor from 1920s- 1930s, including Brantz Mayor’s passport.  Other items include:

The original finding aid, likely maid by a family member, listing the documents contained in the file

A June 1929 letter sent to ‘Min’ (either Audella or HHM) from Brantz

A July 1929 letter sent to ‘Min’ (either Audella or HHM) from Brantz

A two page 1929 letter sent to Brantz’s sister Barbara

A June 1930 letter sent to ‘Minima’ (either Audella or HHM) from Brantz sent by an illegible signature

9 letters found clipped together sent from Brantz to his mother (HHM), and one letter possibly sent from a different sibling (no signature visible). The letters include:

Three letters form May 1919 (Brantz to HHM)

A two page 1920 letter (Brantz to HHM)

One two page undated letter from Brantz to HHM beginning, “ I have been writing you every day…”

A one page undated letter from Brantz to HHM beginning, “ We are having ver hot weather…”

A two page undated letter from Brantz to HHM beginning, “ We meaning (?) the boat…”

A 1929 letter to Mum (or chum? or AGM Difficult to tell…) from an unknown person (a sibling of Brantz’s?) reporting on actions and those of Brantz

A two page 1924 letter (Brantz to HHM)

A two page 1921 letter to Mum (or chum? Difficult to tell…) from an unknown person (a sibling of Brantz’s or AGM) reporting on actions and those of Brantz

A photocopy of a letter sent by Brantz to HHM (likely from ~1919)

A 1919 letter to Mum (or chum? Difficult to tell…) from an unknown person (a sibling of Brantz’s or AGM) reporting on actions and those of Brantz

A letter to Brantz from an illegible signature (sent from Stanerigg Farm, Sunset Hill Rd, Bethel Connecticut)

An undated one page letter (appears unfinished) from Brantz (handwriting matches) to HHM beginning “ I am in that beautiful city of Key West…”

A 3 page 1929 letter sent from Brantz to Archer Huntington

A 3 page 1929 letter from Brantz to HHM

A partial letter, undated, likely from Brantz to “Min” (likely Audella)

A two page Aug. 1929 letter from Brantz to “Min” (likely Audella)

A partial 1929 letter, likely from Brantz to “Min” (likely Audella) beginning “ Another day another dollar…”

A two page undated letter from Brantz to “Min” (likely Audella) bingeing “ Such a mess as has rarely been seen by man…”

A United Stes Dept. of Commerce certificate certifying Brantz Mayor to be a lifeboat man

A United Stes Dept. of Commerce certificate certifying Brantz Mayor to be a able seaman

An American- Hawaiian Steamship company identification pass given to Brantz Mayor

A two page undated letter written by Brantz to HHM beginning “ Well it’s all over now…”

A department of commerce certificate of discharge granted to Brantz Mayor

A July  26th,  1926 letter to “Min” (likely Audella) from Brantz

A July 1929 letter to “Nin” (likely Min? Or  Audella) from Brantz, plus a partial copy

A Aug. 26th,  1929 letter from Brantz (no name for who it’s sent too)

A letter to “Min” (likely Audella) from Brantz, undated, sent from Bellevue Inn , Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania

An Aug. 10th, 1929 letter to “Min” (likely Audella) from Brantz beginning “your most amusing letter came the day. Before yesterday…”

An undated letter to “Min” (likely Audella) from Brantz beginning “ What should I do without your letters which come regularly telling me all?”

A Sept. 1929 letter sent to to “Min” (likely Audella) from Brantz

A playbill for the Princeton University Orchestra from the 1925- 1926 season

A March 19th, 1927 letter sent from Brantz to “Min” (likely Audella)

An undated letter from Brantz to HHM beginning “ Money, money, money, money….”

A letter from Aug. 10th (year not given) from Brantz to HHM beginning “There, there mother…”
An undated letter from Brantz to “Min” (likely Audella) beginning “There’s not a thought in my head…”

A two page letter (April 31st or April 1931) letter from Brantz to “Min” (likely Audella) beginning “A sunburn in January has never before been mine…”

A letter, undated, likely to Min (Audella) from Brantz beginning “ If when Hyatt comes down later on in the summer…”

A March 26th, 1931 tow page  letter o Min (Audella) from Brantz

A letter, undated, likely to Min (Audella) from Brantz beginning “Picture my surprise when I saw this photograph in the evening paper the other day…”

A 6 page questionnaire completed by Brantz Mayor dated 1929

A three page handwritten paper entitled ‘Psychology’ written by Brantz Mayor in 1927

A 4 page paper entitled ‘ Was Romeo Fickle’ for ‘English 101a completed by Brantz Mayor dated 1925

A two page paper by A. Hyatt Mayor (AHM) entitled ‘Oedipus as a (?) Sacrifice’

A five page letter from AHM to HHM, undated

An two page April 19th letter from 1924 to HHM from Brantz

A two page letter from Brantz to HHM dated beginning “Yes I’ll stick it out till the first of September…”

An Aug. 6th, 1924 letter from Brantz to sister Barbara Mayor

A July 1926 letter from Brantz to HHM beginning “This breaks quite a long silence…”

A July 1926 letter from Brantz to HHM beginning “As you can see from this letter…”

An July 11th, 1924 letter from Brantz to HHM beginning “Sorry that this is the end of such a long silence…”

An undated letter from Brantz to HHM beginning “Just a (?) to tell you that I haven’t quiet lost my head…”

An Aug. 16th 1924 letter from Brantz to AHM beginning “The lovey (?) which you may have already looked at…”

An July letter from Brantz to HHM beginning “This is the second letter to you today…”

A Western Union Telegram to AVHH from Brantz dated July 13th, 1929

An Sept. 1930 letter from Brantz to Min (Audella) beginning “Goodness knows how many times I have meant to write…”

A letter to Brantz from AGM, dated Sept 21, 1921

Marriage announcement between Brantz Mayor and Ana Maria, June 28th, 1946

An Aug. 4th, 1929 five  page letter to an un-named person from Brantz

A letter to Min (audella) from Brantz dated April 4th, 1930

Three letters paper clipped together include:

A letter to HHM from Brantz on Princeton stationary  dated undated, begins “ What did Collins (?) say?”

A letter to HHM from Brantz on Princeton stationary dated undated, begins “ The sun smiles down through the clearest of clear air…”

An Oct. 20th, 1929 letter to HHM form Brantz

A two page letter dated Sept. 24th, 1929 to Minima from Brantz

A letter undated to Min (Audella) from Brantz, begins “Glad tidings and ill follow one another in such quick succession..”

An Aug. 29th two page letter to Min (Audella) from Brantz, begins “Did I lead you to believe I was a participant in that little debauch I described to you in my last letter?”

A two page letter dated September 18th, 1929 to Min from Brantz

File 4:

Brantz Mayor Correspondence between 1920-1980, 18 letters total, includes:

A June 12 and June 5th, 1985 letter from Brantz to Thomas L. Cheney, photocopy and original (?)

Letter dated May 10, 1945, from unknown person to Billy Funck, photocopy

Undated photocopy of letter , likely from Brantz to HHM?

1919 photocopy of letter , likely from Brantz to HHM?

1919 photocopy of letter and envelope, likely from Brantz to HHM?

Undated photocopy of letter , likely from Brantz to HHM?

June 15, 1919 photocopy of letter and envelope, likely from AGM to HHM?, two pages

July 26, 1924 photocopy of letter , likely from Brantz to Audella?, three pages

Undated photocopy of letter , likely from Brantz to Audella? Two pages

June 1929 photocopy of letter , likely from Brantz to Audella?

June 30th, 1924 photocopy of letter , likely from Brantz to Audella? Two pages

June 1929 photocopy of letter , likely from Brantz to Audella? No signature, two pages

August 26th, 1929 photocopy of letter , likely from Brantz to Audella? Two pages

September 24th, 1929 photocopy of letter , likely from Brantz to Audella? Two pages

June 24th, 1930 photocopy of letter , likely from Brantz to Audella? Two pages

6 page letter, undated, missing first page, unsigned, likely from Brantz to Audella?

1970 letter to an unknown ‘ O’ from Brantz (‘BM’) , four pages

8n page 1970 letter to an unknown ‘ O’ from Brantz

File 6:

Brantz Mayor objects/ephemera. Items include:

A WWI post card addressed to Brantz Mayor, with an embroidered “Souvenir de la Grande Geurre” on the front

4 Passports issued 1929, 1942, 1949, and 1953

One 1929 international student identity card

A renewed drivers license given April 18th, 1935

A wallet containing a photo ID, signed agreement, and 1948 railroad ticket to Mt. Kisco (photo and ticket moved to separate envelope, photo was originally stapled to ID and the ticket within the clear right sleeve)

A 1931 marriage certificate within a booklet entitled ‘ The Marriage Service’ for a Wedding between Brantz Mayor and Evelyn Griswold

A brown envelope entitled ‘ Pilots Kit’ contains:

An AOPA winged pilots pin

A directory of Hertz Driv-Ur-Self  Stations and licensed operations in the United States or Canada (1946 Issue

3 AOPA Pilot Repord Cards on Airport Conditions

One unused AOPA (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association) Sticker

Three AOPA pilot courtesy cards registered to Brantz Mayor from 1947

A four page history written by HHM about Brantz Mayor, his father (AGM) and his grandparents on his father’s side

A 12 page Oral Histories Manuscript (pgs. 39-51) entitled ‘Chapter 8: Brantz Mayor’ from 1992. Edits are likely made by Brantz or his wife Ana Maria

A seven page booklet (including cover and back cover) of results from ‘Inventory of Aptitudes and Scores in Knowledge Tests’, from the ‘Human Engineering Laboratory. The test was taken by Brantz Mayor on April 15th and 18th, 1941

Bratnz Mayor’s death certificate, given from the state of New Hampshire from April 19th, 2006

A certificate given to Brantz Mayor on December 6th, 1940, by the United States Naval Institute

Brantz Mayor’s Princeton University Diploma

A thank-you-card from a Jim Carlton regarding loans of materials on Brantz’s father AGM

1946 obituary/New York Times report on the Death of Bratnz’s first wife Evelyn Griswold Mayor

A ‘Pilot Log Book’ kept by Brantz Mayor from 1945-1950

A 1948 certificate officiating that Brantz Mayor is a member of ‘ The Winged order of Pond- Hopper’

A 1946 certificate given to Brantz Mayor from ‘The System of Flying Clippers’

An Aug. 6 , 1926 postcard to Brantz from Don (?)

A photo and playbill from ‘Combined Yale and Princeton Musical Clubs’ from 1925. The attached photo is of Brantz who was second violin in the Princeton Orchestra

A 2005 postcard sent to Anna and Brantz Mayor from Kerstin Nichols

File 7: Brantz Mayor Photos- 189 photos begin labeled as belonging to and being predominantly of Brantz Mayor. Photos include:

Photo of Brantz Mayor in costume , 1912-1913

Photo of Brantz Mayor , 1974, with Prince Nassaiu (as labeled on back)

Photo of Brantz Mayor singing in Austrian garb?

Photo of Ana Maria watching children (one Elizabeth Mayor) play in the woods

Photo labeled as being taken dry Brantz Mayor Photo of Brantz, Ana Maria, and family

Photo of house, labeled as being in Mt. Kisco, NY

Ana Maria Mayor skating with Archer Mayor

Ana Maria Mayor (Brantz’s wife) with Granddaughter Elizabeth Mayor

Photo of “ House in Mount Kisco, NY 1938-1950”

Brantz Mayor with Ana Maria and unknown child , Mt. Kisco

Brantz Mayor on a beach

Young Brantz Mayor on a Horse

Brantz and Katherine Mayor on a rock in Princeton, N. J.

Brantz Mayor fencing in a Princeton University Photographic Weekly

A portrait of Brantz Mayor in 1909

A 1959 photo of Brantz Mayor labeled as being in Princeton, with tie askew

A photo of the Colonial Club at Princeton University, with Brantz Mayor labeled

A 1964 photo of Bratnz Mayor at his 58th birthday in Paris

A 1910 photo of a 7 year old Brantz Mayor

A 1923 photo of a 18 year old Brantz Mayor

A photo or Brantz Mayor with skis and goggles on a snowy mountain

A photo or Brantz Mayor with skiing and wearing goggles on a snowy mountain

A 1906 photo of Audella Beebe holding Bratnz Mayor with a signed message on the back

A 1935 photo of Brantz with first daughter Harriet

A 1987 photo of Brantz Mayor

Two copies of  printed digital copies of an old photo of Brantz Mayor in Cowboy boots

Two photos of Mayor and AHM in Annisquam (one a replica/ digital print out)A 1958 photo of Bratnz giving son(?) Archer a haircut

A photo of a Brantz Mayor with writing that he ‘ Died when four years’ perhaps child who passed away before Brantz Mayor of this file’s focus?

A photo a different Brantz Mayer (NOT MayOr ) labeled as 1872

A 1992 photo of Brantz Mayor and second wife Ana Maria

A photo of Brantz’s second wife, Ana Maria Funck, as a baby

A photo of Brantz Mayor with second wife and children from both wives

A photo of brants mayor at an event celebrating an unknown person

A square photo of second wife Ana Maria

A photo labeled as being of ‘Lake Joseph Canada Boathouse’ from 1952

Photo of brants Mayor in New Hampshire in his 70’s

A 1986 photo of Brantz Mayor ‘…at Alberto Peneyro’s (?) house’

A 2005 photo of Brantz Mayor in Keudal (?) Hanover

A 1962 photo of Brantz Mayor shaking the hand of the US Ambassador to France

A 1954 photo of  a dog

A 1958 photo labeled as ‘ Flying down to Colombia un Mauricio’s Obregon’s (?) “Bananza”’

A 1951(?) photo of Brantz Mayor, Ana Maria, and children (from first and second wife?)

A 1951 portrait of Ana Maria

A 1923 photo of Ana Maria and her siblings as children

A 1944 photo labeled as ‘Ana in Olivo’s with “quoti”’

A photo of Ana Maria in Hanover New Hampshire

A 1992 photo of Ana Maria in Annecy (?), France (with grandchildren?)

A photo of Ana Maria ‘ … at “Los Payaros (?)” in Columbia’ in 1971

A 1956 photo of Brantz and Ana Maria on board the Queen Mary

A large family folder of an older Ana Maria and Brantz Mayor (perhaps from the 1990s?)

A 1954 photo of Bratnz Mayor as ‘President of Unitronics New York’

A 1995 photo of Brantz Mayor cutting cake

Two  1996 photos of Brantz Mayor making a silly faces

A photo of a young girl (granddaughter?) knitting (1990s?)

A photo go Brantz in a rocking chair, found with 7 photo negative strips

A 1955 photo of Brantz Mayor at Lake Joseph

A 1988 photo of Bratnz and Ana Maria at Hanover

A small undated photo of Brantz Mayor with what looks like a beer in hand

A photo of Brantz Mayor taken by Shelburne Studios , NYC

A photo of Brantz Mayor cutting logs in his 70s

A photo of Brantz Mayor looking to the right

A 1999 photo of Brantz Mayor at ‘Ana’s 80th Birthday…’

A photo of Evelyn Griswold Mayor

A 1945 photos of Brantz Mayor, his first wife Evelyn Griswold, and their 4 children

A small full body photo of Brantz Mayor

A small full body photo of Brantz Mayor holding a plant

A photo of Brantz Mayor cursing a birthday cake in a dramatic pose

Three photos of an unknown person skiing , and one photo of them with skis in front of the ‘Hotel des Touristes”

Photo of Brantz Mayor on a boat

A 1909 photo of Brantz Mayor

A photo of an older Brantz Mayor in a red blazer

An illustration of Brantz Mayor on the phone with attached correspondence from Bill Angell

6 photos found in a German Photo envelope. Includes four photo negatives and one envelope with a singular photo negative strip. Photos include:

Two copies of a 1914 portrait of Brantz Mayor

One strip of photo negatives of the same 1914 portrait

Four photo negatives of a bust of Brantz Mayor (sculptor unknown)

A photo of Annisquam labeled as ‘ Squam

Two photos  of the sculpted bust of Brantz Mayor

A small photo of Katherine and Barbara Mayor in Annisquam

Seven photos of Brantz Mayor taken during his time at Princeton, two of

A photo of Brantz Mayor in a corduroy jacket

1966 photo of Brantz Mayor at ‘Alfred and Bruni’s (?) Wedding…’

A 1914 photo of Brantz Mayor

Three photos of Bratnz Mayor in a hat standing in what appears to be a dry climate, one labeled ‘…in the field’

A photo of what appears to be Brantz Mayor in the water

A photo of Brantz Mayor in all white

Two small photos of Brantz Mayor with a tie and pocket kerchief

Two 1914 photos of Bratnz Mayor (same as one found in German envelope) Germany, one labeled as being taken in Rouen, France

A copy of a photo of a bust of Brantz Mayor by an unknown sculptor

A photo of Brantz Mayor at the age of 94

A photo of Bratnz Mayor in a hat standing in Cape Cod

A photo of Brantz Mayor in Trenton NJ

Three undated photos of Bratnz Mayor (in a boat? Can see oars on either side) A 1939 photo of Brantz Mayor at ‘Dale Carnegie evening lecture’

A Shelbourne Studios photo of Brantz Mayor in an office

A 1909 photo of Brantz Mayor in Naples

Three photos of Brantz Mayor climbing a large rock. One of A 1992 photo of Brantz on top of a rock (likely in Annisquam), and one a 1992 photo in ‘Annisquam  Brantz climbing “the Rock”’

A photo of Brantz Mayor cutting a large log

A photo of Brantz Mayor hanging from a tree

A professional photo of Brantz Mayor in a suit

Two photos of Brantz Mayor on a rocking horse

A 1910 photo of Brantz Mayor ‘… in Acton Mass….’

7 printed digital photos that are copies of original photos of Brantz. Of the seven, three show Brantz with skis at the ‘Hotel des Touristes’, two show Brantz on a bike with goggles, an dtwo show a 1923 photo of a 18 year old Brantz Mayor.

Two copies of a photo of Brantz Mayor in an old fashioned car (same as car photos of 7 digital reproduction copies above)

Two copies of the  1923 photo of a 18 year old Brantz Mayor standing and looking at the camera

A photo of Brantz Mayor with skis in front of The Hotel des Touristes (label don back as being in ‘Grenoble’)

Five copies of photos of Brantz Mayor in a car, with skis, in front of The Hotel des Touristes, in the snow, and at age 18

A photo of Brantz Mayor in 1923

5 photos of Brantz Mayor with a mustache:

A 1927/28 photo of Brantz Mayor with a mustache

A copy of a 1927/28 photo of Brantz Mayor with a mustache

A 1927/28 photo of Brantz Mayor with a mustache

A 1927/28 photo of Brantz Mayor with a mustache

A photo of Brantz with a mustache labeled ‘after his summer as a Hobo out West’

A photo of an older Brantz (sitting) and wife Ana Maria (standing)

1945 photo of Brantz at what’s labeled as ‘“Time Out” Party’

A copy of a photo of Brantz Mayor on a bike with goggles

A 1943 photo of Brantz Mayor in front of a plane in Bogota Columbia

A 1943 photo of Brantz Mayor in Bogota Columbia pointing at a map

A 1935/40 photo of Bratnz Mayor on the phone

A 1944 photo of Brantz Mayor in a German outfit singing

A 1916 photo of Brantz Mayor reading

A 1907 photo of Audella Beebe and Brantz

A 1907 photo of Brantz and his family traveling on the S.S. Noordam, labeled as belonging to the book ‘Auvers’

A photo of painted abthroom tiles made by a ‘Lydia’

A photo of Brantz with a cigarette in his mouth

Six  photos of Brantz Mayor from 1918 in the Junior Militia, three found together

A photo of Brantz’s first wife Evelyn Griswold with a dog

A 1963 photo of Brantz, Mayor, Ana Maria, and their two children (?) in front of the Eiffel Tower

A photo of an older Brantz and Ana Maria in front of a Christmas tree

A photo of Bratnz Helping to build an unknown structure

A photo of Brantz Mayor pointing

A photo (likely of Brantz Mayor) in a Hammock in a tropical climate

A photo of Brantz Mayor in a beanie

A photo of an older Brantz Mayor in ‘Argentina’

A 1992 photo labeled as Brantz’s birthday celebration

A 1960 photo of Brantz mayor speaking fro IBEC (?) in Brazil

A 1979 photo of Brantz Mayor in Quebec, Canada

A 1989 photo of Brantz Mayor in Hong Kong

A 1989 photo of Brantz Mayor on the street in Hong Kong

A photo of Brantz Mayor traveling in an unknown location later in life

A 1989 photo of Brantz Mayor in Bora Bora

A small photo of Brantz Mayor (perhaps for passport?)

A photo of a young Bratnz with his sisters Katherine and Barbara playing dress-up

A photo of a young Brantz dressed as a ‘Page’

Two 1912 photos of Bratnz in ‘Father’s trophies /travels’/‘dressed in a war-like costume of the south seas and painted up by his father…’

A photo of Brantz Mayor (likely 1912 dressed in another costume with a large mustache

Three photos of Brantz Mayor’s namesake Brantz Mayer (b. 1809) . One is a copy, the other two originals. One is a undated front facing portrait, and the second an undated side facing portrait

Box 12 Hyatt-Mayor Collection

Series 6: Annisquam

File 1:

Misc. Photos of Annisquam,  primarily of the the family home known as ‘ Seven Acres’, and a boat owned by the family. The photos are from a range of dates. There are 61 items including photos, reproductions of photos and sketches, and one blueprint:

*many of the photos are of the Seven Acres property, undated, and from different angles

Two photos of a family costume party in Annisquam at Seven Acres property

Two photos labeled “Beech Squam”

Two photos of a rock in front of the water labeled “Seven Acres”

Four photos of a boat called “Albert Baldwin”, one labeled as being at Seven Acres, another labeled as being a view of Seven Acres from the Albert Baldwin boat 

A photo of a building that is “Part of very old Salt Mill, over The old Tavern + Landing (?) Gloucester” 

A photo of a labeled as being of a “vegetable garden and wash house” in Annisquam

A photo of the crew of a boat covered in fish, labeled Gloucester

An aerial photo of Ananisquam, Mass, undated

A photo of ‘Annisquam Willows’, undated

Two photos of “‘The “Albert Baldwin” Annisquam, Mass at 704 Washington St.’

Two undated photos of what appears to be a part of the ‘Seven Acres’ property, undated

Seven photo negatives, found together, of what is likely the inside of the Seven Acres property

A reproduction of a photo of Ash, Annisquam 1910

A photo of a bust of ‘Mrs. A. Hyatt [ABH] by Anna V. Hyatt’

A photo of ‘Annisquam, looking from the porch into the living room’ 1940?

An undated photo of Seven Acres

A photo of Alfred Mayor, son of AHM

An undated photo, likely in Annisquam on the Seven Acres property

A photo taken in the Seven Acres property labeled ‘Atticon driveway side’

A photo of the Seven Acres property labeled ‘Squam’

A photo of the Seven Acres property labeled ‘Squam’

Three photos ‘The Arethusa’, two labeled as ‘ preparing for her Labrador cruise’, labeled as being in Annisquam, and taken when ABH’s husband Alpheus Hyatt was still alive

Two photos of ‘Crew of “The Arethusa”’ (likely labeled by Audella), with crew members and Alpheus Hyatt labeled

A photo of ‘Crew of “The Arethusa”’ (likely labeled by Audella), with Alpheus Hyatt labeled not present

A photo labeled as ‘ Annisquam Harbor…from (?) Hermet Lodge… only the Hermet’s house stood north … the colony stand s with the …?”

A 1933 photo looking through the window of Seven Acres at the tide seats on the Annisquam crossway

A photo labeled ‘ Beech Tree Annisquam’, undated

A photo labeled as ‘Tide Gates to Goose Cove Annisquam Mass’, undated

A photo labeled as ‘ The Mill in Annisquam (opposite to the house)’

A photo labeled as taken in 1918, longer label states ‘ Old house built by Francis Norwood, 1663-4-… Bought for Taxes by Prof. A. Hyatt around 1878 to 80 after Anna Hyatt (Huntington) was born  (in Cambridge Mass) Harriet R. Hyatt was ? From here Aug. 27 1900A Hyatt Mayor was born in the S.E. [southeast?] Ground floor app, June 1907… Katherine G. M. Also born here, and Brantz-… Barbara born at North Acton Mass…”

An undated photo taken ‘from Squam Rock… before Squam Rock was built’

Three undated photos of a boat, two labeled’ The Albert Baldwin at Seven Acres’ (boat), and the third labeled as being taken by Brantz Mayer from the ship’s mast

A photo of Seven Acres labeled as ‘ Annisquam, 1948 Virginia and Martha [ wife and daughter of AHM] waving goodbye to Brantz’

An aerial photo of Seven Acres labeled as ‘ taken by Brantz Mayer from top of mast Annisquam’

A photo labeled as being of the Annisquam Bridge

Two reproductions of drawings by an unknown artist, likely of the Seven Acres

Blue prints for a “ Sedgewick Automatic Brake Invalid Elevator” labeled as being for MRs. A. Hyatt in Annisquam, Mass, dated 1928

A photo labeled as ‘ Annisquam 1958 ? Quincy House’

A reproduction of a photo labeled as ‘ Annisquam House from top of Mast’

A reproduction of a photo labeled as ‘ Aunt Anna’s Studio’

File 2:

Correspondence regarding Annisquam, and the Seven Acres property. A total of four documents including:

A two page printed Email correspondence from March 18th, 2022 between Archer Mayor, Lester Stephens, Rita Teele, and Dale Calder

Note made on ‘Ledyard National Bank’ stationary regarding family history of the Norwoods (first owners of Seven Acres) and the Hyatts (likely in Brantz Mayor or wife Ana Maria’s handwriting)

Two blank postcards: one of the Annisquam Willows and the second of ‘Georgesman Lying at Wharf Gloucester, Mass’

Series 7:

 (Harriet’s husband) (AGM)- personal works from early in life

File 3:

AGM 1881 Journal, contains illustrations, journal entries, and correspondence, inside cover has some stamps labeled “Alfred M. Mayer” (before name change to Mayor), but also hand written signatures of the name “ Alfred G. Mayor”, so it’s likely it belongs to AGM (Alfred M. Mayor may have been his father, Alfred Marshall Mayor, who died in 1897). A seven page letter can be found between page 54 and 55, regarding the death of Katherine Goldsborough Mayer (namesake of Harriet’s daughter) dated 1868

File 4:

 Sketchbook belonging to AGM, 1891, contains drawings from travels

File 5:

Book, 1905, entitled “ Sea Shore Life” by AGM

File 6:

Book, likely from 1907, entitled “ After Breakfast Hours”, a collection of illustrations (predominantly of animals and Marin life from his travels) for AGM’s children (collected and bound by mother in law Audella Beebe when she was 93, as indicated by hand-written note on first page)

File 7:

AGM, “After Breakfast Hours”, undated but could also likely be from 1907, inscription on inside of first page reiterates once again that these were illustrations done by AGM for his children as he told them about his travels (those children being AHM, Katherine Goldsborough Mayor,  Brantz Mayor, and Barbara Mayor (middle name hard to discern))

File 8:

Various sketches of marine life and animals likely done by AGM (match sketches with corresponding notes on the backs of the works. Folder labeled ‘ Drawings Sketches by Alfred G. Mayer’ are also included. There are 50 sketches in total.

Sketches include:

Three partial  pages of sketches of rodents (porcupines, kangaroo rats, bats, etc)

A color page (photocopy?) of jellyfish like specimens

Watercolor of a ‘larva (?)’ specimens from Harvard

A diagram of the inside of a frog

A diagram of the inside of a snapping turtle

Diagram of a type of caterpillar or silk worm (silk sample attached)

A diagram of a sheep brain

Diagram of a Bougainvillea fruitina ?

Diagram of a Bougainvillea carolinensis

A graphite sketch of an unknown building

38 diagrams of various sea creatures  and organisms (in color and black and white)

Contents of folder labeled ‘ Drawings Sketches by Alfred G. Mayer’:

Newspaper clipping from Dec. 1964 regarding a fire in Key West Florida

Diagram of an earth worm’s interior

Seal/crest of Alfred G. Mayer

1906 sketch of jellyfish like creature found in Tortuga, Florida

Letter from Alfred Mayor (son of AHM) to Ana Maria Mayor (wife of Brantz Mayor) regarding AGM’s notes

Three page photocopy of ‘History of Baltimore City and County with Illustrations’ (original Brantz Mayer, born 1809)

Watercolor illustration of a lizard type creature

19 illustrations (once bound into the folder) of various sea creatures

File 9:

Six multi-page documents including manuscript indicating grant given in the name of AGM, includes what appear to be drafted versions as ell as paper various papers accompanying the research for the writing. Documents include:

A 6 page photocopied document entitled ‘ The Depths of the Ocean’

A 10 page photocopied document entitled ‘ Material Versus Intellectual Development of our Universities’ by AGM

A 9 page photocopied book excerpt concerning AGM’s work, includes 2 page photocopy and seven pages of book excerpts ( pages are made up of three sets of duplicate pages)

Two copies of AGM’s grant money history, both 25 pages

A diary entry, most likely kept by AGM? (May also be from his son, Brantz Mayor) chronicling global travel, six pages

A five page article concerning Marie Zimmermann, a jewelry maker, who had put together a piece of Jewelry for AGM made from an item (undisclosed) given to AGM by a Fiji native.

A scrap of paper from a letter, with AGM’s signature, as well as a wax sea and stamp

File 10:

Original envelope containing letters concerning death of Alfred Goldsborough Mayor (AGM)

A copy of the last will and testament of AGM

A letter of condolence from a person with an illegibl concerning the death of AGM

A letter from Mary Parrott (?) to HHM concerning the death of AGM

A letter of condolence from a person with an illegible name to HHM concerning the death of AGM (comes with 4 photos)

Letter of condolence to HHM concerning death of AGM from Marguerite S. Darrio (?)

A letter from Netta Lee Goldsborough to Him concerning death of AGM

A letter from Martha G. Woodward to HHM concerning death of AGM

A letter from Joanne Church Howe to HHM concerning death of AGM

A letter from Lucy May Russell to HHM concerning death of AGM

A letter from Henrietta Ricketts to HHM concerning death of AGM

A letter from Claire S. (?) Sisco to HHM concerning death of AGM

A letter from Bella Asgood (?) to HHM concerning death of AGM

A letter from Bette Scrow to HHM concerning death of AGM

A letter from Geo. H. And Mary J. SShull (?) to HHM concerning death of AGM

A letter from W. F. Patterson (?) to HHM concerning death of AGM

A letter from Ellen Walters to HHM concerning death of AGM

A letter from Phil Chye (?) to HHM concerning death of AGM

A letter from J.D. Halech (?)  to HHM concerning death of AGM

A letter from Sarah Esther to HHM concerning death of AGM

A letter from W?S North (?) to HHM concerning death of AGM

A letter from Mabel Brunman (?) to HHM concerning death of AGM

A letter from Alice H. Mitchell to HHM concerning death of AGM

A letter from Martha Whitson Fether (?) to HHM concerning death of AGM

A letter of condolence from a person with an illegible name likely too HHM concerning the death of AGM

A note on a Christmas card from Rosalind and Henry Copley Greene to HHM concerning death of AGM

A letter from Mary S. Vreland (?) to HHM concerning death of AGM

A letter from Katherine S. Riswhat (?) to HHM concerning death of AGM

A letter from (?) G. Waterson  to HHM concerning death of AGM

Envelope of 7 calling cards of with handwritten condolences on them concerning the death of AGM names mentioned include :

Miss Magie

Mrs. John Burchard Fine

Mrs. Malcom Mac Laren

Mrs. Annie Bradford Hays

Mrs. J. Linda Corne

Mrs. Edwin Mark Norris

Mrs. Takanoshin Domolo

Portion of a letter (likely concerning death of AGM to HHM) from a Isabelle (?) Watford (?)

Material and correspondence surrounding death of father Alfred G Mayor (~1922) found in the envelope collection kept by son Brantz Mayor includes:

Box 13 Hyatt-Mayor Collection

Series 7: Alfred Goldsborough Mayor (Harriet’s husband) (AGM)-photos, later life, and studies

File 1: Book entitled, ‘A Memorial to Alfred Goldsborough Mayor: Some Posthumous Papers of A. G. Mayor Relating to His Work at Tutuila Island and Adjacent Regions’

File 2: Seven copies of AGM manuscript for his memoir. Includes three copies of ‘ Autobiographical Notes by Alfred Goldsborough Mayor’ (each 35 pages, and one with four photocopies attached)  and four copies of ‘Members off the National Academy of Sciences, volume XXI, Eighth Memoir’ (includes one original addition owned by HHM from 1927. Two copies are 14 pages, one is 16, and another is 18 pages.

File 3: Studies done by AGM/ writings and findings of him done primarily at Princeton University (found in larger folder mentioning Harvard as well), contains correspondence, books of findings related to marine biology, oceanography, geological and geophysical studies. Items include:

A program for the Princeton University Geological and Geophysical Sciences Library (found with four letters of correspondence inside between HHM, the Princeton Department of Geology (professors Harry H. Hess and Glenn L. Jepsen) and Brantz Mayor

A folder labeled ‘Woods Hole Oceanic Institution 1930’ containing 16 documents including:

A 6 page booklet entitled ‘Studies on Reactions to Stimuli in Unicellular Organisms. X. The Movements and Reactions of Pieces of Ciliate Infusoria.’ By H.S. Jennings and Clara Jamison, dated 1902

A copy of ‘ The Converse Relation Between Ciliary and Neuro-Muscular Movements’ by AGM, 1910

A copy of ‘ The Effects of Temperature Upon Tropical Marine Animals ’ by AGM, 1914

A copy of ‘ The Nature of Nerve Conduction in Cassiopea’ by AGM, 1915

A copy of ‘ Nerve Conduction, and other Reactions in Cassiopea’ by AGM, 1916

A copy of ‘ Ecology of the Murray Island Coral Reef’ by AGM, 1915

A copy of ‘ Hydrogen-Ion Concentration and Electrical Conductivity of the Surface Water of the Atlantic and Pacific ’ by AGM, undated

A copy of ‘ The Tracking Instinct in A Tortugas Ant. ’ by AGM, undated

A copy of ‘Further Studies of Nerve Conduction in Cassiopea ’ by AGM, 1917

A copy of ‘On the Non-Existence of Nervous Shell-Shock in Fishes and Marine Invertebrates’ by AGM, August 30th, 1917

A copy of ‘Is Death from High temperature Due to the Accumulation of Acid in the Tissues?’ by AGM, November, 1917

A copy of ‘Formula for Rate of Nerve Conduction in Sea Water’ by AGM, November, 1917

A copy of ‘Nerve-Conduction in Cassiopea Xamachana’ by AGM, 1917

A photocopy of ‘Detecting Ocean Currents by Observing their Hydrogen-Ion Concentration’ by AGM, 1919

A photocopy of ‘Autonomy for the University?’ by AGM, 1909

A photocopy of ‘A plan for Increasing the Efficiency of Marine Expeditions’ by AGM, 1908

File 4: Three pamphlets on the work and finding of AGM by Carnegie Labs (from various dates/ time periods, some likely both before and after death of AGM). Pamphlets include:

‘Centennial Celebration of the Carnegie Laboratory, Dry Tortugas’, October 14-15, 2005

‘Report of the President of the Carnegie Institution of Washington for the Year Ending October 31, 1922’

‘Carnegie Scientists in the Antipodes: Making Notable Discoveries Among the “Small Fry” of the Sea in Torres Straits’ by Hubert Lyman Clark, 1914

File 5: Collection of photos of a young AGM. BLANK photos total. Includes:

A June 1889 portrait of AGM

One photo of “Grandmother of Alfred Goldsboro [ugh?] Mayer (Mayer)”

Three copies of  a profile photo of AGM (two of which appear to be reproductions of drawings)

Two photos of AGM as a young boy (unclear as to whether they are of him or his child that passed away as found in collection of photos by Brantz Mayor)

three copies of a /4 view of AGM

Four photo reproductions of AGM at the wheel of a boat, one found with a photo of him in 1919 in Pango Pango (?), includes sticky note

Four photo reproductions and one original photo of AGM and two others on a boat in the Hawaiian islands in 1888

Two photos of a portrait of AGM written in 1915

A photo of AGM’s parents Gathering Goldsborough (spelled Goldsboro) Mayor and Alfred Marshall Mayer

Undated portrait photo of AGM

Photo of AGM with crowd of other men labeled ‘A.G. Mayer in O’

Photo of AGM at 14 or 15 years old

A portrait of AGM

Two photo negative strips containing photos of AGM at the wheel and in 1919 in Pango Pango (?)

Three reproductions of a photo of AGM ‘in Somoa’ , 1898

File 6: AGM misc. clippings from articles and newspapers about him and his life and studies.

Includes:

April 27th, 1984 issue of ‘The Harvard Gazette’ with supplemental article from  ‘Museum of Comparative Zoology’ entitled ‘Museum Marks More Than a Century of Research, Exhibitions’ with a photo of AGM from 1896

4 documents, kept within Harvard Gazette newspaper folds, including:

A photo of the ‘Agmayeria Tortugensis’ with a note about it’s discovery being made by Woods Hole in 2001

Two photocopies taken from the AGM grant autobiographical papers (see FF9, Box 11)

Two excerpts found together, including an obituary of AGM, as well as an a mention of him on pg. 8 of the Princeton Alumni Weekly

A New York Zoological Society Bulletin dated 1922 regarding the death of AGM

A clipping of AGM’s signature found with a school report card

File 7: Photos focused around AGM and his research on the Tortugas, includes AGM trip to Tortuga in 1915, including  photos likely from said trip, maps of Tortuga, and photos from “ Centennial celebration , Archer visits with Johnathan and Elizabeth Mayor”. There are 73 photos total.

Photos and materials include:

One 1898 photo of a man with a Loggerhead turtle

20 photos of the lab/house, and lighthouse on the Tortugas from 1904-1914

11 photos of the Anton Dohrn from 1914-1916

Two photos of palm trees / Tortuga nature from 1914

Five photos of baby turtles from 1914

18 photos of the lab and living space on the Tortugas, including multiple photos AHM (son of AGM) visiting at the time

Two photos of studies of shells from 1914

8 aerial photos of the Tortugas/island from 1904-1921

Two 1904 photos of the Tortuga beach, covered in vines or muscle shells?

Three misc. photos from the Tortugas, one labeled 1916 focusing on birds, one of a man with a large sea turtle, and one of two men rigging a boat

A 1915 photo album labeled ‘Greetings Granlngen’ containing 16 photos of bird life on Tortuga

Three photos on printer paper of Archer Mayor, likely in the Tortugas , presenting on AGM and his research there

One copy of a 1965 issue of ‘Sea Frontiers’, where page 286 contains an article about AGM entitled ‘Pioneer Biologist’ by Joseph J. Betz’

One copy of ‘ Field Guide to the Major Organisms and Processes Building Reefs and Islands of the Dry Tortugas: The Carnegie Dry Tortugas Laboratory Centennial Celebration (1905-2005), contains photo and brief biography of AGM on third page, who established the Tortugas Laboratory on the Loggerhead Key

One printed email between Michele R. Combs and Archer Mayor regarding archival material

Two maps of the Loggerhead Key in the Tortuga Islands

Box 14 Hyatt-Mayor Collection

Series 8: Alpheus Hyatt (Husband of Audella Beebe, father to Harriet and Anna) (AH)-Books

File 1:

Book, published 1889, entitled “ Genisis of  the Arietidae” by AH

File 2:

Book, published 1890, entitled “ Insecta” by AH

File 3:

 Book, published 1930, entitled “ Milestones: 1830-1930”, book belonged to Anna Hyatt Huntington (as indicated by label on inside cover) presented to her by the Trustees of The Boston Society of Natural History, pg. 45 is marked by slip of paper, and talks about AH’s life and work

File 4:

Photos of AH from all stages in life, including one of the family’s home in 16 (as indicated by writing on the back done by wife Audella Beebe). 16 photos total. Photos include:

Two photos, 1854 portrait of Alpheus Hyatt, one contained in a frame and the second a reproduction

Two  photos of Alrpheus’s gravestone, with bas-relief sculptures likely done by Harriet

A photo of alphas Hyatt ‘ from military academy in Maryland on the Chesapeake- later in the Civil War)

Two photos of Alpheus, likely later in life (post civil war?) but not yet old, hair not yet white

A photo labeled ‘Alpheus at Home’ , of Annisquam property and boat out front

Two photos of Alpheus Hyatt ‘as pupil of Agassiz’

Three profile photos of Alpheus taken in 1900, labeled as taken by Harriet (daughter) in Annisquam, MA

Two  portrait photos of Alpheus taken in 1900, labeled as taken by Harriet (daughter) in Annisquam, MA

One photo of Alpheus Hyatt Jr., son to Alpheus and Audella, nicknamed ‘Allie’

File 5: Alpheus Hyatt Civil War photo album, dated 1861-1863, contains photos of him, friends, as well as correspondence from the time

Three photos are kept in the back; one labeled as ‘Mineans, Large Islands’, the second depicting Alpheus with the ‘Crew of the Arethusa’, and the thrid of Alpheus in 1855 in his uniform for the Maryland Military Academy

File 6: Biography of AH entitled, “Alpheus Hyatt, 1838-1902” written by AGM and reprinted in 1911

File 7 : Various articles, clippings, and publications on AH written and published by various sources. 24 documents total. Documents include:

One page from the ‘Boston Society of Natural History’ entitled ‘Annisquam Laboratory’ written by Alpheus Hyatt

A copy of ‘The Biologist’ from 1956-1957, mentions Alpheus Hyatt on p. 5 in an article entitled ‘ Views of Alpheus Hyatt’s Sea-Side Laboratory and Experts from his Expeditionary Correspondence’ by Ralph W. Dexter

Two  four-page photocopies of the September 28th, 1928, ‘Memorial of Alpheus Hyatt’, with one original printed copy (two pages)

A seven-page photocopy of ‘The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute’

Four  copies of the six-page of ‘Three Young Naturalists Afield: The First Expedition of Hyatt, Shaler, and Verrill’ by Ralph W. Dexter (three copies, two original)

Three copies of a two page article from ‘The Scientific Monthly’ entitled ‘The Annisquam Sea-Side Laboratory of Alpheus Hyatt’ by Ralph W. Dexter (one original, two photocopies)

A seventeen-page photocopy of ‘The Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory’ by Frank R. Lillie

A twenty-page photocopy of ‘Excerpts from Alpheus Hyatt’s Log of the Arethusa’ by Jeanne B/ Burbank and Ralph W. Dexter, with an introduction by Harriet Hyatt Mayor

Two copies of ‘Excerpts from Alpheus Hyatt’s Log of the Arethusa’ by Jeanne B/ Burbank and Ralph W. Dexter, with an introduction by Harriet Hyatt Mayor

Two copies of the four page ‘Three Young Naturalists Afield: The First Expedition of Hyatt, Shaler, and Verrill’ by Ralph W. Dexter

Three copies of (two four pages, one five pages) ‘The Annisquam Sea Side Laboratory of Alpheus Hyatt, Predecessor of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole. 1880-1886’ by Ralph H. Dexter

A copy of ‘ The Marine Biological Laboratory: Eight-Fourth Report, for the Year 1981 Ninety-Fourth Year’, with mention of Alpheus Hyatt on Pg.  28

Box 15 Hyatt-Mayor Collection

Series 9: Brantz Mayer, 1809-1879 (different Brantz Mayer, relative to AGM, names sake for Harriet’s son Brantz Mayor)-Books, Journals, and Publications

File 1:

Book, published 1844, entitled “ Mexico As It Was and As It Is”, by Brantz Mayer

File 2:

 Book, in German, entitled “ Account of the Cathedral Church at Ulm” (Mayer ancestors go back to Germany, and based on this book seem to have been involved with building cathedral in Ulm), dated as being from Baltimore, Aug. 1845, contains scraps of paper and correspondence with notes (all handwritten) dating back to 1821, unclear as to whether or not the book was written by Brantz Mayer or merely belonged to him

File 3:

Journal, dated 1847, entitled “Random Thoughts Book” handwritten with pasted-in news clippings

File 4: 

Book, published in Baltimore, Oct. 23, 1848, entitled “ Commerce, Literature, and Art: Mr. Brantz Mayer’s Discourse”

File 5: 

Book, published by Maryland Historical Society May 9th, 1851, entitled “ Tah-Gah-Jute or Logan and Captain Michael Cresap: A Discourse by Brantz Mayer”

File 6:

Excerpts from “Topical History” (likely owned by AGM? His name is in the corner), note indicates it was translated in 1852 from original German Ms. of author by Brantz Mayer

File 7:

Book, published in 1867, entitled “Memoir of Jared Sparks, LL. D” by Brantz Mayer

File 8:

Book, published for Maryland Historical Society in 1876, entitled “ Journal of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, With Memoir and Notes by Brantz Mayer”

Box 16 Hyatt-Mayor Collection

Series 10: Mayor Family History

File 1:

Undated 8 page inventory of family home (specific family not yet known, but likely Huntington or Mayor), as well as a four page hand written document that appears to provide a brief family history and notes on who certain household items and furniture belonged too

File 2:

“Michunga”, a book on the Ana. M. Mayor’s Argentinian/hispanic family history, early life, and life with Brantz Mayor and his family (wife of Harriet’s son, Brantz Mayor)

File 3:

Two copies of  Reynolds Family, 1620-1921, “13th, Annual Report” One copy is missing pages, but the full page copy “Miss Anna Vaugh Hyatt” is mentioned on page 47 as a descendant of ‘Robert Boston Line’ (See page 48). Found tucked in between page 46 and 47 is a letter to ‘Mrs. Mayor’ (HHM) from Nellie M Pete from 1952. The letter includes a news clipping from 1951 with an article entitle ‘ Princess Elizabeth Joins National Society of Descendants of Famed Artillery Company’

File 4:

“Robert and Mary Reynolds of Boston and the Hyatt Family of Princeton , N. J.” Compiled by Marion H. Reynolds, owned by Brantz Mayor, published 1928. Three newspaper clippings regarding Brantz Mayor (1956) found in back of book along with pamphlet entitled ‘ Ancestral Colonial Families: Welsh -Hyatt and Kin’

File 5:

 “ The Mayor Family: 1604-2016”, by Harriet Hyatt Maÿer (contains her original findings/ drawings from when she conducted a chronology of the family’s history) and Ana Maria Mayor

File 6:

 Documents pertaining to the Konig Family, compiled/given by the Maryland Historical Society. Includes a 25 page finding aid from the Maryland Historical Society entitled ‘ F. Kong and Company Records, 1790-1872’ In clouds 9 finding aid pages and 15 photocopies of correspondence largely from the mid 1800s and one photocopy of AHM. The second document is a four page Frank Blackwell Mayor ‘ Bibliography and References’, found with a brief letter to Alfred mayor (son of AHM) from Jean Jepson Page

FIle 7:

“Mayer Family”, published in 1878 by Brantz Mayer

File 8:

Likely second copy of Mayer Family book from 1878, as well as photocopy

File 9:

Mayer “Family Chronicles”, no author and undated,  traces family origins back to the 18th century

File 10

      Ephemera concerning the Mayor family. Includes:

Five sets of stationary

Three  copies of the “Mayer” family seal

A photocopy of the Mayer family seal with a translation of it’s images and latin inscription attached

File 11:

Misc. Mayor History files, includes:

A two-page photocopy of the Mayor family tree

A four page photocopy entitled “Snatches of Fact and Legend Appropriate Upon Approaching Annisquam, by Nancy Foote”

A six page document entitled “Life as Lived in the Francis Norwood Homestead” (Seven Acres home in Annisquam)

A copy of Historic New England, containing interior photos of the Annisquam “Seven Acres” home on the cover and on page 1-4

Box 17 Hyatt-Mayor Collection

Series 10: Mayor Family History

File 1:

Misc. Mayer history, photos, and objects. 74 documents total. Items include:

A 1928 genealogical magazine of New Jersey

One undated photo, three men in foreground and family in background, the name “Sara P. Jenny” is on the back with a small sketch of a flower

Photocopy of the back of what appears to be the back of a photo portrait from the ‘Bancroft Library Portrait Drawer’

38 Mayer Family seals

One photo copy of a Mayer Family seal

Index card with wax seal, labeled ‘ Lurie Brantz’

Two large seals (Mayer?) with latin motto underneath

Photo of Ulm Germany

Two copies of ‘Maÿer Family; Ulm Across the Danube, in 1891’

Five photos of a statue of a family in the round, each with a different table, one label claims that statue is from the ‘ Mayer Family of Maryland’

Two photos of Harriet Hyatt Mayor

A framed photo of Smith M. Beebe,  1809-1862

A one page excerpt from a Mayor Family History book (page 25, family seal on reverse side)

Two photos of ‘ Christian Maÿer’

One photo of Alfred M. Mayer

A photo of Christian Mayer, dated 1763-1842

Reproduction of photos two Mayer ancestors from the 18th century

Photo of George Lurie (?) Mayer 1791-1837

Photo of Charles E. Mayer

Photo of painting of Ana Maria Leins, born Mayer, 1765-1811

Photo of painting of Maria Barbara Mayer ‘ …born Zorn’

Photo of painting of Brantz Mayer

Photo of Painting of ? Louis Brantz

Photo of drawing of Johannes Mayer

Foldable purple velvet photo album containing six photos, likely belonging to Brantz Mayor. Subjects include: Audella Beebe, HHM, AHM, two unknown persons (perhaps AVH, Katherine Mayor, or Barbara Mayor), and Evelyn Mayor

Two photos of Susannah Bunkl? Mayer, 17661-1848

Two photos of Christopher ? Mayer, 1756-1815

1907 Newspaper clipping of/about statue of “Christian Mayer and Family Group"

File 2:

 Loosely bound book on Goldsborough Genealogy. Three documents total.  The first is labeled ‘ Archer’s’ and is a four page document focusing on Archer Mayor’s paternal line going back to Alfred Goldsborough Mayor b. 1868. One photocopy from ‘Robert and Mary Reynolds of Boston’, 8 pages total, focusing on the sixth generation and how it leads to the Hyatt/Mayor Family. A 32 page document labeled ‘ Goldsborough’ which traces Goldsborough genealogy

File 3:

 Oversized, photo of AGM and Harriet, currently in Flat File Drawer 13

File 4:

Oversized, three large photos of AHM as boy and young man currently in Flat File Drawer 13

File 5:

Frank ( Francis?) Mayer, books about him with marked pages indicating where he’s mentioned, correspondence concerning him, and daguerreotype of him from 1800s, as well as photo of painting of him. 13 items total. Items include:

A Daguerreotype of Francis Blackwell Mayer (1827-1899), Charles Frederick Mayer Jr. (1832-1888), and Christopher Lewis Mayer (1829-1880)

Photo of Charles Frederick Mayer (unclear if Sr. or Jr.)

A Daguerreotype of Francis Blackwell Mayer (1827-1899), front unattached

Book in an unknown language entitled ‘ WOWAPI INONPA; WANMDIDUTA KAGA’, dated 1842, inside cover states it belongs to Francis Blackwell Mayer. Maryland Historical Magazine, with brief history of Franics Blackwell Mayer written by Jean Jepson Page on p. 217

Book entitled ‘ANNAPOLIS: A Walk Through History, by Elizabeth B. Anderson’. A sticky note on the front cover makes note of mentions of Frank/Francis Mayer on p. 23, 78, 96, 97, and 94.

A two page letter from Mary Ellen Sigmond to a ‘Schmeck’ dated 1982 regarding a painting entitled ‘ Thunder Dance’ by Frank Blackwell Mayer

A reproduction of a painting by Frank Blackwell Mayer, reproduction photo dated 1900, stating that the work is ‘…now hanging in Maryland State House.’

A photocopy of an 8 page article entitled ‘Francis Blackwell Mayer’ by Jepson Page

An 8 page article entitled ‘ The Bride of Savory’ by Mary Ellen Sigmond

A 1981 two page letter to Mr. Mayor from Jean Jepson Page regarding an article published on Frank Mayer

A 36 page draft of an article by Mary Ellen Sigmond entitled ‘ Frank B/ Mayer Paints the Colonial Revival’

A photo labeled ‘ … Frank Mayer’s studio Annapolis MD’

A photo of ‘Pascal in the Tour St. Jacques, By Frank B. Mayer’

A photo portrait of an old Frank B. Mayer

File 6:

Archer Mayor, childhood drawings from 1957 and misc. drawings of him? (Not clear as to who sketched them), family pics, cards, etc. Items include:

22 photos of Archer Mayer, his children, and relatives, likely from a family trip winter 97?

Three sets of photo negatives strips from developed photos

Three  cards, two from ‘Elizabeth’ (Archer’s daughter?), one too ‘dad’, and the third regarding a fun family trip

Three letters of recommendation written for Archer Mayor from Raymond Cartier (in French), Richard Devin, Marion J. Tabpan (one original copy, one photocopy), and Lawrence K. Miller

A five page photocopy to ‘Elizabeth’ from ‘Nannie’ (Ana Maria/ wife of Brantz Mayor?)

Four small pencil sketches done by Archer Mayor in Bethel- May 19th, 1957 ‘…aged 6 yrs.’

Fragile drawing of Archer Mayor? Undated and no author labeled.

File 7:

Assorted photos of Archer Mayor. 199 photos total. Photos include:

Two photos of young Archer Mayor next to unknown children

Archer Mayor in a car with an unknown man

A printed page of two photos of Elizabeth and Jonathon Mayor

A Digital photo of Archer’s daughter Elizabeth Mayor 

Three large photos of Archer, two of him writing and one of him with a cat

Five photo reproduction of photos of Archer or Archer with family members (one labels ‘Mike Mayor’)

3 portrait photos of Archer from 1969

One photo reproduction of what appears to be Archer with mother Ana Maria

One photo of mother Ana Maria in bathing suit

One photo of Ana Maria with baby (labeled ‘Archer’)

Photo of Archer within crowd of people, likely at wedding

Photo of unknown women on plane

Six large photos of Archer with daughter Elizabeth Mayor

Photo of Archer Mayor with Jonathon Mayor on Mt. Ascutney

Photo of Archer Mayor with a pig

Photo of Archer Mayor with ‘Rescue Inc’

Two photos of young Archer Mayor with typewriter

Six photos of what appears to be ‘Seven Acres’ in Annisquam, interior and exterior

Photo of Archer with unknown women, perhaps in Annisquam

Ten photos of Archer in house signing book

Photo of Archer in kitchen with two unknown persons

Photo of three cops, labeled ’98 July 4’

Photo of Archer and unknown person on rock

Photo of Archer and his wife ‘Ponnie Derby’

Photo of Archer’s daughter Elizabeth and her cousin ‘Abby Gross’

Photo of Archer signing books

Photo of ‘Thomas Gross’

Photo, likely of Elizabeth Mayor, on phone

Large photo of toddler Archer Mayor with can

Large photo of Archer Mayor with Archer Huntington

Large photo of Archer Mayor with mother Ana Maria

Large photo of Archer Mayor with town police persons/sheriff

Photo of ‘ Agmayeria Tortugensis’, likely from Archer’s research into AGM

Large photo reproduction of Brantz, Ana Maria, young Archer, and family

Large photo reproduction of Brantz, Ana Maria, young Archer, and family, dated 1953/1954

Photo of Anna or Harriet working in studio, undated

Photo of Harriet with Katherine, Barbara, and Brantz Mayor

Two photos, taped together, of Archer with women and a second photo of young women with young man

Large photo of young Archer with sibling

A large black and white photo of Archer with his tow children

19 medium sized black and white photos of Archer Mayor with various family members

Two photos taken from at a Bingo night

Sixteen photos, perhaps from different vacations, of Archer and his family swimming in streams/on rocks (perhaps in Annisquam?)

Seventeen photos, perhaps from different vacations, of Archer and his family in boat in lake (?)

Three photos from a trip to England

A photo of Archer’s children building a gingerbread house

Two photos of an unknown white house

Seven photos from various occasions of Archer and/or his daughter Elizabeth with Brantz and Ana Maria Mayor

Two photos of Archer Mayor next to Newbrook volunteer fire rescue sign and in Newbrook fire station

Three photos of Archer and daughter Elizabeth in Gloucester, two likely next to Seven Acres house, and one photo of them by the Joan of Arc statue

8 photos of boy, likely Archer Mayor’s son? (Jonathon)

9 photos of Archer Mayor’s son and daughter playing in the snow/sledding/skiing

Photo reproduction of young Brantz Mayor at ‘Hotel des Touristes’ (also in Brantz Mayor file)

8 disparate photos of Archer Mayor, various ages

18 disparate photos of Archer’s daughter Elizabeth , various ages

Four photo reproductions of four paintings by R. Ansdell (entitled, ‘Deerstalking’, ‘Examining the Ground’, ‘Waiting for Help’, and ‘Return Home’

A Christmas card, with photo of Elizabeth Mayor

A greeting card from Brantz and Ana, with a written message by Ana on the back

Two cards made by Elizabeth, one for ‘Nanniy’ and the second to her grandparents Brantz and Ana

Seven photos and one photo order receipt of photos taken of ‘ Archer/ Johnathon/ Elizabeth visit to Loggerhead Key Jan. 06’

Box 18 Hyatt-Mayor Collection

Series 11: Assorted Mayor/Mayer and Hyatt Family Members

File 1:

Book labeled as “ Rare and out of print”, entitled “ Sound” and indicated as being apart of “ Experimental Science Series” by Alfred M. Mayor (AGM’s father? published 1879)

File 2:

Book, “ History of German Reformed Church” by Rev. Lewis Master, owned by Francis Blackwell Mayer, published 1855

File 3:

Assorted daguerrotypes of Mayers, found with list of subjects. Persons include:

Justus Beebe

Alpheus Hyatt

Francis Blackwell

File 4:

11 photos of Alfred Mayer, son of A. Hyatt Mayor. Includes three copies of Alfred in a blazer and tie, a large photo of Alfred as a baby, four photos of Alfred as a young boy in a white shirt, a young Alfred in a striped shirt, a photo of Alfred with Archer Huntington, and a photo of Alfred between two women, an undated photo of Alfred Mayor’s wife Bruni

File 5:

Alfred M. Mayer (father of AGM) and other assorted Mayers. 12 photos total. Photos include

6 photo portraits of Alfred M. Mayer at various ages.

two photos of Alfred M. Mayor on a boat in 1881

One large print of Alfred M. Mayer

Undated photo of Alfred M. Mayer and his students

Two partial photos of Alfred M. Mayer ‘…shooting..’ In 1882

Photo of ‘Mrs. Alfred M. Mayer (Maria Snowden) In a Paris gown’

Three photos if Maria L. Snowden Mayor and her family

Photo of three men, Lewis Mayer labeled as in center of photo

File 6: Book, entitled “ International Scientific Series: Growth of the Steam Engine” one by Alfred M. Mayor (AGM’s father?)

File 7:

Five photo album pages contains photos of Ana Maria Funck Mayor (wife of Brantz Mayor) and her family, ranging from 1923-1932, as well as seven photos of Ana Maria (Funck) Mayor throughout her life (including another photo album page) photos include:

A 1921 photo of a young Ana Maria with her grandmother Laura Ana Boley and (Sister?) Erica Funck

1921 photo of Ana Maria in Buenos Aires

1924 portrait of Ana maria Funk

Undated photo of Ana Maria in a tree

Photo album scrap, contains photo of Ana Maria next to blonde boy

Photo of Ana Maria holding a book

File 8:

Elizabeth Mayor, writings, and artwork. Items include:

A 9 page diary entitled “ Elizabeth’s Aussie Diary” from 2007

A copy of the “Two Rivers Printmaking Studio” form 2004, with Elizabeth featured on page 24

An invitation to the wedding of Jonathan Mayor and Laurie Hyland from 2006 (Jonathon is Elizabeth’s half sister, and they both have Archer as a father)

A story by Elizabeth entitled “Tilting at Windmills”, sent to Brantz Mayor in 2003, 7 pages

A story by Elizabeth entitled “Walking Nights ”, sent to Brantz Mayor in 2003, 4  pages

A poem by Elizabeth entitled “Twilight ”, sent to Brantz Mayor in 2001, with attached note praising poem by either Ana Maria or Brantz

Three  magazine clipping about AGM, likely form same publication? one a photo of Archer, Elizabeth, and Jonathon Mayor , the second is the first page of an article by Edie DeAvila, and the third contains photos of the Dry Tortugas laboratory site

File 9:

A five page letter from September 2nd, 1896 written to Alpheus Hyatt (husband of ABH and father to AVHH and HHM) concerning his mother (also named Harriett R. Hyatt) asking for information about her deceased brother Amon B (?) King. Attached  to the  letter is likely a three-page response, written by an unknown person, concerning Hyatt family history.

FIle 10:

Four  photos of Barbara Mayor at various ages, and one postcard sent to Barbara form an unknown person. Includes:

A large portrait of Barbara Mayor

A photo of Barbara and Katherine Mayor in Rouen, France

A photo of Barbara Mayor sleeping

FIle 11:

Eight photos of Katherine (G.) Mayor at various ages. Includes:

A large portrait of Katherine Mayor, 1921, 17 years old 

A photo and photo negative of “The wedding party, Katherine G. Mayer to Edmund A. Cook Jr. “

Photo  of Katherine Mayor with cigarette

Photo of Katherine Mayor on Albert Baldwin sailboat

Photo of Katherine Mayor in Princeton N.J.

Photo of Katherine Mayor with a friend in Annisquam

Photo of Katherine (Mayor?) with two young boys

File 12

26 Misc. Mayor Family photos

Photo of unlabeled person, perhaps Brantz Mayer from the 1800s?

Photo of Clara Hyatt in costume (perhaps wife or daughter of Alpheus/Allie Hyatt , sone of Alpheus Hyatt and ABH?)

Photo of two people fighting with pillows

Photo of a costume party with “Mrs. Helen French as America”

Photo of crashed airplane

Photo of an unknown house

Photo of unknown house in woods

Photo of two children swimming

Photo portrait of young child (Archer Mayor?)

Three  photos of unlabeled trees

Two photos of boats, one labeled “Albert Baldwin” (perhaps in Annisquam?)

Photo of unknown house interior

Photo of horse

Aerial photo of unknown location

Photo of two unlabeled women

Photo of unknown man with scarf

Photo of two young toddlers

Photo of unknown man with child

Two photos of Michael Mayor in Doctor’s unifier

Photo of Michael Mayor and his wife Elizabeth Rowland from 1993

Two family photos of relatives, related to a Lydia Money?

Box 19 Hyatt-Mayor Collection

Series 11: Assorted Mayor/Mayer and Hyatt Family Members

File 1: Misc. Mayors. Documents and ephemera. Items include:

A diary and Misc. papers found with the diary, as well as piece of cloth with “L” embroidered on it, contains multiple mentions of a “Lydia”

Two drawings of children, unsigned, one labeled “Maria” perhaps having to do with Ana Maria Mayor?

Two  photos of Anna Vaughn (born Beebe)

An undated letter from a Dorothy Vaughn to a Mrs. Mayer

A 1916 Handbook for Edison electric Lamps

A small piece of paper referring to Anna Vaughn (Beebe) and her marriage to M. Roderick Beebe, a Captain under Washington at Crown (?) Point

A foreign dollar bill (perhaps German?

A two page document print concerning the retirement of Michael Mayor in September 2004

A letter to an unknown “Abuelita” from an unknown “Heidi” dated 2006

A card to an unknown person from an unknown “Lydia” , card contains two poems

An email sent to Michael mayor concerning the death of Brantz Mayor, likely sent to Alfred Mayor (AHM son)

An email sent to Alfred and his wife Bruni concerning the death of Brantz Mayor

A letter from Lydia Money-Cushing to an “Anna Mayor”, dated 2006

A long rectangular Red Fabric containing a string of numbers and letters on it (NC58II6)

A letter sent to Brantz Mayor regarding Mayor family history? Subject unclear.

A 1971 edition of “National Institute of Arts and Letters, 1971, American Academy of Arts and Letters” (AVHH had likely been a member)

Three newspaper clippings concerning the death of an unknown women who either fell or jumped in front of a train