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Collection Details
- Collection Number:
- MS19
- Title:
- Arthur H. Gardner Papers
- Date(s):
- 1864-1923
- Creator:
- Gardner, Arthur H., 1854-1924
- Repository:
- Nantucket Historical Association
- Language:
- Material is in English.
Information for Users
Restrictions to Access: No restrictions. Open for research.
Restrictions to Use: No usage restrictions.
Copyright Notice: Copyright is retained by the authors of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation: [identification of item], in the Arthur H. Gardner Papers, Nantucket Historical Association.
Acquisitions Information:
Gift of Miss Grace Brown Gardner in 1973 (Acc. 1973.4 and 1973.10).
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Subject Headings
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Personal Name
- Gardner, Arthur H., 1854-1924.
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Genre Term
- Journals (Diaries).
Biographical Information
Arthur H. Gardner (1854-1924) was born to William B. Gardner and Charlotte Coffin. He married Mary M. Brown (1855-), daughter of George F. Brown and Sarah M. Nerboth. The couple had two children.
Arthur H. Gardner was an editor for the Nantucket Journal and a member of the Massachusetts State Legislature from 1891 to 1892 and again from 1900 to 1904. He was also a member of the Legislative Committee on Education from 1901 to 1902, a Representative in the General Court, Registrar of Deeds in Nantucket, and Moderator at Nantucket’s Town Meetings.
Scope and Content
The Arthur H. Gardner papers include a diary, scrapbook, clippings, and correspondence regarding local events, shipwrecks; Boston, Mass.; and summer life in ‘Sconset, Mass.
Contents
- Folder 1Â Journal and scraps, 1864-1904
- Folder 2Â Correspondence and notes, 1871-1924
- Folder 3Â Journal, 4 August 1884-2 May 1891
Processing Information
Processed by NHA staff. Finding aid by Abbie Minard and Amelia Holmes, July 2018.