Sweet Auburn: The Magazine of the Friends of Mount Auburn A Modern Vision for an Historic Cemetery | Page 9

Design visionary
R. Buckminster
Fuller (1895–1983)
dreamed of ideal living
environments for all
humankind. A segment
from his “Everything I
Know” lecture series,
delivered in January
of 1975, shows Fuller
discussing the people
who influenced his
life’s work.
Video: Internet Archive.
In the 1930s and 40s,
Anne Revere (1903–
1990) was Hollywood’s
go-to actress for the role
of the wise and stoic
mother. In National Velvet
(1944), Revere played
the sensible and sup-
portive mother opposite
a young Elizabeth Taylor.
For this role, Revere won
the Acacademy Award
for Best Supporting
Actress.
Image: Photofest.
The death notice
for Mount Auburn
founder Jacob Bigelow
(1787–1879), a clipping
from an unidentified
newspaper summarizes
his various professional
accomplishments.
Newspaper Clipping:
Harvard University,
Francis A. Countway
Library of Medicine.
A short film produced
specifically for this
project celebrates
mental health-care
advocate Dorothea
Lynde Dix (1802–1887).
For the film, past Artist-
in-Residence Roberto
Mighty filmed historian
Victoria Cain discussing
Dix’s significant human-
itarian work and its
long-lasting legacy.
The “Dorothea Dix” film
was funded in part by
MassHumanities.
Generous support from the Rowland Foundation, National Endowment for the
Humanities, MassHumanities, the Anthony J. and Mildred D. Ruggiero Memorial
Trust, and private individuals has supported the creation of content for Mount
Auburn’s Memorial Pages and its Mobile App.
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