George & Kent

Late in the nineteenth century, George and Kent was one among many firms in Barre, Vt., specializing in the supply of granite for grave markers and monuments. Under senior partner William L. George, the firm was located on Seminary Street in the 1880s, supplying a clientele that reached as far away as Iowa. Although the firm was listed in city directories from at least 1883 to 1890, further details are scant.

This small collection consists of receipts and correspondence relating to George and Kent’s trade in granite memorials. Concentrated in a narrow window, mostly 1887-1888, the collection includes three sketches for memorials to be produced by the firm.

Collection inventory

Batchelder, J. W. (polishing, Barre, Vt.)

1887-1888

10 items

Box 1: 1

Charles H. More & Co. (Scotch and American granite, Boston, Mass.)

1887

4 items

Box 1: 2

Clements, Charles (dealer in marble and granite, Boston, Mass.)

1887-1888

6 items

Box 1: 3

Davidson & Sons Marble Co. (Chicago, Ill.)

1887

5 items

Box 1: 4

Includes sketches of monuments.

Donahue, Martin (manufacturer and importer of granite and marble monuments, Cincinnati, Ohio)

1887

1 item

Box 1: 5

Harts Marble Works (New Castle, Pa.)

1887

1 item

Box 1: 6

Hodges & McCarthy (granite monuments, St. Louis, Mo.)

1887-1888

2 items

Box 1: 7

Monumental Granite Co. (Barre, Vt.)

1887

1 item

Box 1: 8

Parsons, C. E. (granite and marble works, Fairfield, Iowa)

1890

1 item

Box 1: 9

Perkins, F. S. (dealer in granite and marble monuments, Vernon, Mich.)

1887

3 items

Box 1: 10

Swingle, J. S. (granite agent, Quincy, Mass.)

1887

1 item

Box 1: 11

Townsend, J. F. (importer and wholesaler of Scotch and American granite, etc., Boston, Mass.)

1887

1 item

Box 1: 12

Administrative information

Provenance

Gift of Association for Gravestone Studies, Dec. 1015.

Processing Information

Processed by I. Eliot Wentworth, Dec. 2015.

Copyright and Use (More information)

Cite as: George and Kent Records (MS 888). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.