Bhima MacDonald Sturtevant papers
Collection Scope and Content
This collection contains essays, poetry, manuscripts, maps, photographs, clippings, research and correspondence. Her research topics include islands, health, dancing, food, humor, music, transportation, the city of Portland and Abigail May. Some notable correspondents include Elizabeth Coatsworth, Hazel Wilson, Mary Worthley, Loring Williams and Dorothy Healy. Also included is information relating to the Old Orchard Beach Historical Society.
Dates
- 1814-2000
Creator
- Sturtevant, Bhima M. (Bhima MacDonald), 1887- (Person)
- Wilson, Hazel Hutchins, 1898-1992 (Person)
- Williams, Loring (Person)
- Worthley, Mary Ginn (Person)
- Coatsworth, Elizabeth, 1893-1986 (Person)
- Healy, Dorothy, 1914-1990 (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
Bhima Sturtevant was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1887. She studied voice at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. In the 1930s she moved to Portland, Maine, and had a summer home in Old Orchard Beach. Her first work was an aqueous history of Portland, published just before WWII, but she continued to document the history of Portland, becoming one of the foremost authorities on the area's past. Sturtevant's works were published in local and national newspapers, and she was a consultant to other authors on books regarding Maine history. She also wrote over a thousand poems during her life, and was president of the International Longfellow Society. Sturtevant was also president of the League of Women Voters in Maine, the Maine Writers Research Group, the Old Orchard Beach Historical Society, and was active in the Maine Historical Society. She was awarded the Kings Medal for her service to British troops in WWII, and was co-director of the USO in Portland.
Extent
2 linear feet (136 folders)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is organized as a single series
- American poetry -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Casco Bay (Me.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Clippings Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Coasts -- Maine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Ephemera Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
- Islands -- Maine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- League of Women Voters of Maine
- Maine Historical Society
- Maine Writers Research Club
- Maps Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
- May, Abigail, 1775-1800
- Old Orchard Beach (Me.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Portland (Me.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sturtevant, Bhima M. (Bhima MacDonald), 1887-
- Typescripts Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- United Service Organizations (U.S.)
- Title
- Guide to the Bhima MacDonald Sturtevant papers, 1814-2000
- 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
Abplanalp Library
University of New England
716 Stevens Avenue
Portland Maine 04103 United States
mwwc@une.edu