.
By Marie Stark
Collection Overview
Title: Lot Diagrams, 1846-1975
Extent: 0.0
Arrangement: Arranged by lot number.
Abstract
The Lot Diagrams collection contains 7 series of lots and the names associated with each lot in the Green-Wood Cemetery. The diagrams show the layout of the lots as well as the graves within the lots. Also included may be correspondences. Each series contains a listing of names of the individuals buried within each lot.
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The records of the Green-Wood Cemetery Lot Diagrams collection include lot diagrams, correspondence, internment lists and dates and listings of individual names associated with each lot. The strength of the collection is found with the lot diagrams.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Lots 1167-70],
[
Series 2: Lot 1696],
[
Series 3: Lots 1152/5 and 13761],
[
Series 4: Lots 1741-44],
[
Series 5: Lots 1036-39],
[
Series 6: Lot 1389-92],
[
Series 7: Lot 825],
[
Series 8: Colgate Lot (Lots 2150-57)],
[
Series 9: Lot 2391],
[Series 10: Lots 1828/31],
[
Series 11: Lots 2134/38 and 2139/44],
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All]
- Series 10: Lots 1828/31
- The diagram for Lots 1828/31 is owned by the Heirs of James Scrymser Jr. The lots contain 37 graves with 8 in use on the diagram. Placement is shown for approximately 22 additional graves that can be added to the lots. Last names associated with lots 1828/31 are: Caswell, Digges, Diggs, Little, Milbank, Phipps, Raymond, Scrymser, Thomson, and West. A listing of full names are included in the folder. Date and architect of diagram unknown. Notes on the individual diagram may be found in the item level description of this series.
- Folder 1: 1 Diagram of Lots 1828/31
- Item A: Diagram of Lots 1828/31
Scale: ¼ inch = 1 foot
Size: 16 3/4” x 15 1/4”
Details: The diagram shows lots 1828/31 in an oval shape with graves and potential graves placed in rows. Names included on the diagram include: Robert T. Little, Wilhelmina, Joseph Henry and Margaret Emma, Emily and Alice Digges, Howard Austin Phipps, Henrietta Scrymser, Robert L. Scrymser and Emeline his wife, and C. Howard Scrymser. “Red lines represent new graves that can be added to those now there”. “Owned by Heirs of James Scrymser Jr.”
Drawing Materials: black and red ink on brown paper
Condition: Good
Design/Style: the lots are arranged in an oval shape with graves in rows
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Lots 1167-70],
[
Series 2: Lot 1696],
[
Series 3: Lots 1152/5 and 13761],
[
Series 4: Lots 1741-44],
[
Series 5: Lots 1036-39],
[
Series 6: Lot 1389-92],
[
Series 7: Lot 825],
[
Series 8: Colgate Lot (Lots 2150-57)],
[
Series 9: Lot 2391],
[Series 10: Lots 1828/31],
[
Series 11: Lots 2134/38 and 2139/44],
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All]
