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History, Languages, Travel, the Sciences — and various papers are read before the regular meetings. 2. A regular course of musical entertainments is given every season, besides which there are several miscellaneous concerts. 3. Art exhibitions are given once or twice each year, at which are exhibited paintings, statuary, decorations, fancy work and the like by Essex county people. Also, exhibitions of horticulture and agriculture. 4. During the summer season a half dozen "field meetings" are held in different parts of the county. At these meetings addresses are made on the local history of the place visited, and on its flora and geology. In addition, it is customary to have one or more distinguished scientists or historians to speak on a specially assigned topic."
95: 107: 131: 119: 17: 60:, the former Judge of Probate for Essex County, was appointed in 1848 as the first president of the institute until his death in 1861. Around 1879 the institute housed its "scientific collections" in Salem's East India Marine Hall and its library in Plummer Hall. According to an 1880 travel guide, "its objects are general and varied. Perhaps the most important is that of local historical discoveries and the preservation of everything relating to 67:
In addition to operating a library and museum, the institute arranged educational programs. In the 1880s, for example: "1. Every winter season lectures are given to an almost unlimited extent. Besides a regular course on general subjects, several courses are given on special subjects — Literature,
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On December 8, 2017, Dan L. Monroe, PEM’s Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Director and CEO, issued a statement announcing that the 42,000 linear feet of historical documents will be permanently relocated to Rowley, MA to allow Plummer Hall and Daland House, the two historic buildings which had
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Robert P. Spindler, Gregor Trinkaus-Randall, Prudence Backman. Format for Cooperation: Cooperative Collection Registers at the Peabody Museum of Salem and the Essex Institute. American Archivist, Vol. 51, No. 1/2 (Winter - Spring, 1988),
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Benjamin D. Hill, Winfield S. Nevins. The North Shore of Massachusetts Bay: An illustrated guide and history of Marblehead, Salem, Peabody, Beverly, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Magnolia, and Cape Ann,
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Norman R. Bennett, George E. Brooks, Alan R. Booth. Materials for African History in the Peabody Museum and Essex Institute. African Studies Bulletin, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Oct., 1962), pp. 13–22
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Howard Corning. The Essex Institute of Salem. Bulletin of the Business Historical Society, Vol. 7, No. 5 (Oct., 1933), pp. 1–5
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essex institute, in: griffin. "bibliography of historical societies of the united states and british america."
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History of Essex County, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men
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housed the Phillips Library, to undergo critically needed preservation and renovation work.
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The Essex Institute was "formed by the union of the Essex Historical Society and the
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Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences: Directory of American Museums
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Act of incorporation, constitution and by-laws of the Essex Institute
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Appleton's General Guide to the United States and Canada
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Handbook of Learned Societies and Institutions: America
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Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, circa 1900-1910
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Annual report of the American Historical Association
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Index


Salem, Massachusetts
Peabody Museum of Salem
Peabody Essex Museum
Essex County Natural History Society
Daniel Appleton White
Essex County
Samuel McIntire
Peirce-Nichols House
Gardner-Pingree House
Plummer Hall, 19th century
East India Marine Hall, 19th century
Essex Institute, c. 1900-1910
Essex Institute, c. 1900-1910
Peabody Essex Museum
Visitors' guide to Salem
"American Libraries before 1876"
PEM website
"Statement Regarding PEM Phillips Library"
Massachusetts Register
History of Essex County, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men
Appleton's General Guide to the United States and Canada
3rd ed.
1848-1868
Act of incorporation, constitution and by-laws of the Essex Institute
1859-1993
1869-1898
Historical sketch of Salem, 1626-1879
1899-1960
Annual report of the American Historical Association

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