Benjamin Beurman Photograph Album and Caddie Log, 1911-1924

Title:

Benjamin Beurman Photograph Album and Caddie Log, 1911-1924

Creator:

Beurman, Benjamin, 1899-1959

Accession / Call Number:

2023.092

Object ID:

2023.092

Date:

1911-1924

Physical Description:

1 box ; 1 linear foot

Scope and Content:

Benjamin Beurman was part of the Bretton Woods Caddy Camp, a summer program where boys from the South End House, a settlement house in Boston, MA, spent the summer at the Bretton Inn in Bretton Woods, NH, learning to and working as a caddie. This collection consists of Beurman's 1911 to 1924 photograph album, a 1915 summer caddie log, and his accounts of the 1916 hikes of the Massasoit Club. The Benjamin Beurman photograph album, dated 1911 to 1924, consists primarily of photographs of people in the White Mountains, NH, and in the Boston and South Shore area of Massachusetts, highlighting summer life in the Bretton Woods Caddy Camp and life and activities at home. The New Hampshire photographs include images of fellow caddies at the Bretton Woods Caddy Camp, both group portraits and candid photographs, as well as of caddies from other camps in the area. While several of the people in the images are identified, sometimes they are identified only by a nickname. These include such people as "Kid" Duffy, "Dizzy" Sweeney, and "Zibba" Foley. Others are identified only by surname, such as Dr. Robinson, Gov. McCall, and Mr. White. Various trips are also included in the album, such as 1924 travels to Niagara Falls, Virginia, and Washington, DC. Other images include the ruins of the Profile House after the fire, White Mountain landscapes, the 1916 golf final between Cushman and Gay, and a Harvard S.A.T.C. soldier in 1918. The caddie log documents daily activities for the summer of 1915, from arrival on June 30th to September 11th. The entries cover various activities such as golf, caddie work, hiking, concerts, and swim meet results, as well as the weather, who is arriving and departing, and the August 29th entry notes they saw flames from the burning Tip-Top House on Mount Washington. The accounts of the Massasoit Club hikes include details on where they were hiking, the trip, as well as of meeting minutes. Some of the mountains they hiked include Mt. Washington, Mt. Echo, Mt. Rosebrook, and Mt. Willard.

Subjects:

Airships , Beaches , Beachgoers , Caddies , Camps , Children , Families , Golf , Hiking , Hotels , Monuments , Mountains , Photograph albums , Railroad trains , Swimming , Waterfalls , Whirlpools , World War, 1914-1918

Locations:

Alexandria, VA
Ammonoosuc River, NH
Blue Hills, MA
Boston, MA
Bretton Woods, NH
Cambridge, MA
Crawford Notch, NH
Dixville Notch, NH
Dorchester, MA
Franconia Notch, NH
Hampton Beach, NH
Intervale, NH
Mount Washington, NH
Nantasket Beach, MA
Niagara Falls, NY
Old Man of the Mountain, NH
Plymouth, MA
Presidential Range, NH
Revere, MA
Washington, DC
Wells, ME
White Mountains, NH
Winthrop, MA
Woodstock, NH

People:

Abrahams, Leo , Ahearn, George , Albertson, Charlie , Baumberg, Al , Becker, Frank , Beurman, Benjamin, 1899-1959 , Bridgeman, Ralph , Caplan, Abe , Cleveland, Frank , Corbett, Frank , Cotter, Bill , Croft, Florence , Cushman, R. C., Jr. , Danziger, Sam , Dempsey, Jack , Donovan, Walter , Dorfman, Sid , Dove, Johnny , Duffy, Kid , Dunn, Henry , Dunphy, Chris , Dwyer, Tim , Enos, Charlie , Falk, Willie , Flynn, Ray , Foley, Zibba , Gay, J. P., Jr. , Hamilton, Jack , Harrington, Tom , Hurley, Babe , Kahn, Arthur , Kahn, Harry , Kaplan, Walter , Keyser, Herb , Lyons, Al , McAvoy, Bob , Mittelmann, Jess , Moginot, Frank , Nolan, Bill , O'Brien, Dune , Palmer, Bill , Patten, Mike , Patterson, Ira , Poock, Bob , Poock, Jack , Ratner, Helen , Ratner, Vic , Robinson, Douglas , Robinson, Whitey , Rome, May , Sharaf, Ernest , Shaw, Don , Shepard, Sam , Schultz, Morris , Silverstein, Sid , Smith, Jack , Stone, Everett , Sullivan, Sam , Sweeney, Dizzy , Troderman, Fred , Twerie, Barnie , Twerie, Lizzie , Twerie, Sam , Waburton, Edgie , Wagner, Herb , Waldron, Lew , Ward, Elmer , White, Al , Williams, Bill

Organizations:

Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.)
Balsams Hotel
Boston and Maine Railroad
Bretton Woods Caddy Camp
Bretton Woods Golf Club
Bretton Inn
Fabyan's Caddie Camp
Fabyan House
George Washington's Mount Vernon
Library of Congress
Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.)
Maplewood Caddy Camp
Massasoit Hiking Club
Mount Washington Hotel & Resort
Mount Pleasant House (Bretton Woods, N.H.)
Profile House (Franconia, N.H.)
United States. Army. Students' Army Training Corps
United States. Congress
White House (Washington, D.C.)

Credit Line:

Gift of Adrienne Torf.

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Level Description:

Collection