Association for Gravestone Studies

Founded in 1977, the Association for Gravestone Studies (AGS) is an international organization dedicated to the study and preservation of gravestones of all periods and styles. Based in Greenfield, Mass., the AGS sponsors conferences, workshops and exhibits, and publishes an annual journal, Markers, and quarterly bulletin. Their mission is to promote the study of gravestones from historical and artistic perspectives, expand public awareness of the significance of historic grave markers, and encourage individuals and groups to record and preserve gravestones.

The AGS Collection consists of the central records of the organization plus a growing number of photographic archives of gravestone art donated by members and associates. Offering critical documentation of gravestones, tombs, and cemeteries throughout the country, but especially New England.

Collections include:

• AGS Printed Materials Collection
• AGS Ephemera Collection
• Friedrich Karl Azzola Collection
• Alford Marble Works Records
• Carol D. Andrews Collection
• Peter Benes Collection
• Alex Beron Collection
• Eric J. Brock Collection
• Warren F. Broderick Collection
• Alice Bunton Collection
• Frank Calidonna Collection
• Cemetery Inscriptions Collection
• Paul and Olive Colburn Collection
• Brian A. Conley Collection
• Michael Cornish Collection
• Edwin S. Dethlefsen Collection
• Robert W. Drinkwater Collection
• Edward H. Duane Collection
• Joseph Dudley Memoir and Diary
• L. Sidney Eslinger Collection
• Daniel and Jessie Lie Farber Collection
• Laurel K. Gabel Collection
• George and Kent Records
• Jonah B. Griswold Ledgers
• Roberta Halporn Collection
• William E. Harding Collection
• Historic Burying Grounds Initiative Collection
• Margaret R. Jenks Collection
• Sharon Keim Collection
• Allan I. Ludwig Collection
• Richard E. Meyer Collection
• Nanette Napoleon Collection
• Cora M. Ott Collection
• Carol A. Perkins Collection
• Portland Granite Company Records
• Susanne S. Ridlen Collections
• Barbara Rotundo Collection
• Robert Bayard Severy Collection
• Small Collections
• Thomas W. and Margaret Tenney Collection
• James Tibensky Collection
• Ralph L. Tucker Collection
• Una F. Weatherby Collection
• Elizabeth W. Whitaker Collection
• Gray Williams Collection
• John S. Wilson Collection
• Robert A. Wright Collection

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The AGS publications, Markers
and Newsletter of the AGS are digitized and available online through Credo