Sharon Cummins collection
Collection
Identifier: 0084
Collection Scope and Content
The collection contains notes from Evergreen Cemetery, 1850 and 1860 censuses, and records from Kennebunk. The materials also include newspaper articles on the murder trial and an earlier description of the marriage and murder, which was included in the book Women Who Kill.
Dates
- 2007
Creator
- Cummins, Sharon (Person)
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the Curator of the Maine Women Writers Collection.
Biographical/Historical Note
Sharon Cummins researched the trial of Jane M. Swett, who was tried for the murder of her husband in Kennebunk in 1867.
Extent
1 folder
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is organized as a single series.
- Census Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Clippings Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Cummins, Sharon
- Kennebunk (Me.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Swett, Jane M.
- Trials (Murder) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Sharon Cummins collection, 2007
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Maine Women Writers Collection Repository
Contact:
Abplanalp Library
University of New England
716 Stevens Avenue
Portland Maine 04103 United States
mwwc@une.edu
Abplanalp Library
University of New England
716 Stevens Avenue
Portland Maine 04103 United States
mwwc@une.edu