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Alta G. Wallingford collection

 Collection
Identifier: 0390

Collection Scope and Content

This collection consists of clippings from the Herald of Freedom anti-slavery newspaper and a tax receipt.

Dates

  • 1860, 1865

Creator

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

Alta L.G. Wallingford (nee Hilliard) was born on February 17, 1810 in Berwick, Maine. She married Zimri Wallingford in 1840. The couple had three children. Alta Wallingford was the Corresponding Secretary of the Great Falls Female Anti-Slavery Society in the 1860s.

Extent

2 folders

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

This collection is organized as a single series. Arranged by subject.

Title
Guide to the Alta G. Wallingford collection, 1860, 1865
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