This sprawling series contains genealogies, documents and artifacts of many generations of the Plimpton, Pearsons and Ames families. The earliest document, dated 1697, is a prose narrative by Mary Plimpton, detailing her religious conversion. Nearly as ancient is a 1699 New Testament owned by D.K. Pearsons. Less esoteric items--baby shoes, a baby book, daily agendas and personal documents--provide hints of the quotidian Plimpton family life. Caches of school work, herbarium specimens, drawings, youthful compositions, report cards and diplomas reveal the educational accomplishments of several generations. Awards, clippings, and scrapbooks document professional achievements. The material is arranged alphabetically.
Clippings and Printed Material
Box 21 Folder 1
General, 1949-1976, undated, 1949-1976, undated
Box 21 Folder 2
Family Obituaries, 1890s-1950, undated, 1890s-1950, undated
Box 21 Folder 3 to 4
Francis T. P. Plimpton, 1957-1982, undated, 1957-1982, undated, (2 Folders)
Box 21 Folder 5
George Ames Plimpton, 1953-1982, undated, 1953-1982, undated
Box 21 Folder 6
George Arthur Plimpton, 1927-1942, undated, 1927-1942, undated
Box 21 Folder 7
George Arthur Plimpton--Funeral, 1936
Box 21 Folder 8
Pauline Ames Plimpton, 1926-1978, undated, 1926-1978, undated
Box 21 Folder 9
"Plimptoniana"--The American Book Collector, 1932
Early Family Documents and Genealogy
Box 21 Folder 10
"Bermuda Childhood"--Memories of by Lucy Horsfall, circa, 1960s
Box 21 Folder 11
Butler, Benjamin, 1876-1982
Genealogies
Box 21 Folder 12
Ames-Plimpton, undated
Box 22 Folder 1
Plimpton Family, undated
Box 22 Folder 2
Plimpton Family--notes and correspondence, 1896-1898, 1970-1973, undated, 1896-1898, 1970-1973, undated
Box 22 Folder 3
Plumpton [sic] Family, undated
Box 22 Folder 4
Taylor Family--Genealogy Table, 1859
Box 22 Folder 5
Pearsons, D.K--Owner of The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,, 1699
Box 37 Folder 1
Pearsons, W.B.C.--in Holyoke Centennial, 1923
Box 37 Folder 2
Pearsons, W.B.C.--Proclamation signed by Abraham Lincoln, 1864
Box 22 Folder 6
Plimpton, Mary--Testimony of Religious Conversion, 1697
Box 22 Folder 7
Plimpton Family--Documents, 1726-1808
Box 22 Folder 8
Society of John Plympton Descendants, 1963-1980, undated, 1963-1980, undated
Box 37 Folder 3
Southside--Medfield--General Bills, 1780
Box 37 Folder 4
Starr, Comfort--Documents, 1909
Box 22 Folder 9
Taylor, Eldad--Documents, 1761, 1775, 1761, 1775
Box 39 Folder 1
Walpole, town of--1832 Survey, undated
Plimpton, Frances Taylor Pearsons
Box 22 Folder 10
Address Book, circa, 1890s
Box 22 Folder 11 to 12
Agendas, 1892-1896, (2 Folders)
Box 23 Folder 1
Agendas, 1897-1900
Box 23 Folder 8
Baby shoes, circa, 1864
Box 23 Folder 2
Bookplate, undated (circa 1902), undated
Box 23 Folder 3
Homework and Notes, undated (circa 1870s-1880s), undated
Box 23 Folder 4
Italian Books--Exhibit, 1902
Box 23 Folder 5
Wedding and Honeymoon, 1892
Flat Box 325 Folder 1 to 18
Wellesley College--Herbarium Specimens, 1881-1883, (18 Folders)
Flat Box 326 Folder 1 to 17
Wellesley College--Herbarium Specimens, 1881-1883, (17 Folders)
Flat Box 327 Folder 1 to 17
Wellesley College--Herbarium Specimens, 1881-1883, (17 Folders)
Plimpton, George Arthur, 1870-1979
Plimpton, Francis T.P.
Youth
Childhood and Early Education
Box 24 Folder 1
Baby Book, 1900-1902
Box 24 Folder 2
Brochures, 1910-1913
Box 24 Folder 3 to 4
Drawings, 1906-1913, undated, 1906-1913, undated, (2 Folders)
Box 24 Folder 5
Postcards--Collected, 1910, undated, 1910, undated
Box 40
Scrapbook, 1914-1915
Box 24 Folder 6 to 7
School Work, 1907-1917, undated, 1907-1917, undated, (2 Folders)
Box 25 Folder 1
School Work and Compositions--bound, 1911-1913
Box 25 Folder 2
Sunday School--Annual Letters of Century Class, 1917
Phillips Exeter
Amherst College
Box 26 Folder 1
Centennial Class, 1921
Box 26 Folder 2
Clippings, undated
Box 26 Folder 3
Correspondence, 1917-1923
Box 26 Folder 4
Delta Kappa Epsilon, 1921
Box 26 Folder 5
Ephemera, 1904-1924
Box 26 Folder 6
Printed Material, 1917-1922
Box 26 Folder 7
Harvard Law School, 1923-1925, undated, 1923-1925, undated
Professional and Vocational Pursuits
Academic
Box 27 Folder 3
Associations and Awards, 1947-1977, undated, 1947-1977, undated
Box 27 Folder 4
Associations and Awards--Academic,1936-1983, undated
Box 27 Folder 5
Biographical Sketches--Master File, 1961-1976
Box 27 Folder 6
Debevoise, Plimpton, Lyons & Gates--40th Anniversary, 1971
Honors and Diplomas
Box 38 Folder 1
Awards--General, 1922-1966
Box 38 Folder 2
Awards and Certificates, 1916-1923
Box 38 Folder 3
Awards and Honorary Degrees, 1952-1981
Box 38 Folder 4
Certificates--from Mayor of NYC, 1976-1980
Box 38 Folder 5
Diplomas, 1917-1925
Box 38 Folder 6
Posters--of talks, undated
Box 39
Rolled--Honorary Degrees, 1952-1981
Scrapbooks of Professional Life
General
Box 28 Folder 4
Death, 1983-1984
Box 28 Folder 5
Death--Memorial Lectures, 1985-1987
Box 28 Folder 6
Ephemera, 1926-1980, undated, 1926-1980, undated
George Ames Plimpton
Box 28 Folder 7
Report Cards, 1932-1945
Box 28 Folder 8 to 10
School Work, 1943, undated (4 Folders), 1943, undated
Box 29 Folder 1
Testing--Aptitude, 1941
(includes Francis T. P. Plimpton, Jr.)
Pauline Ames Plimpton
Box 29 Folder 2
Diploma, 1918
Entertaining
Box 29 Folder 3
Guest Books, undated
Box 29 Folder 4 to 5
Guest Lists, 1957-1982, (2 Folders)
Box 29 Folder 6
Recipes, undated
Box 23 Folder 9
Reading--The Divine Comedy, 1932