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The A. Carman Clark Papers contain diverse material types: diary/journals covering 30 years; manuscript, draft and printed columns, articles and books; research files composed of clippings, notes, and correspondence; extensive correspondence; information on memberships, awards, teaching and conferences; and memorabilia including photographs, school papers and her typewriter. Audiovisual materials and books have been removed to their respective general collections.

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The letters from Burnell to her mother are handwritten in phonetic English with many traditional misspellings. In most cases, a typed transcription including the misspelled words accompanies the letter. The topics of the letters include visits from neighbors, the importance of rest, chopping firewood, and how difficult it is to write when tired.

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This collection includes two letters and a photograph.

Collection Scope and Content This collection consists entirely of correspondence as original letters and their typed transcriptions. The more than 200 letters cover the years between 1860 and 1892. Almost all of the letters were written by Abbie Shapleigh and directed to her children, her daughter receiving the large majority of them, her siblings, her husband, and Mrs. Thorpe. Abbie Shapleigh traveled extensively--her letters from the Poland Spring House in Poland Spring, Maine reference the curative powers of the...

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This collection includes biographical notes, correspondence, news clippings, and typescripts.

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This collection includes family correspondence, postcards, property deeds, Pinkham family genealogy and a photograph of the Beede home.

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Includes correspondence with MWWC, lecture and articles.

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This collection includes biographical info, full issues of Letter Magazine 1943-47, and articles and booklets.

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This collection includes articles written about Adelyn Bushnell.

Collection Scope and Content This collection consists of postcards and a booklet documenting Sax's art installation entitled "The Cobweb Club," exhibited at the Portland Museum of Art as part of "New Natural History: An Exhibition of Work by Maine Contemporary Artists." Sax's installation drew from the "The Annals of The Cobweb Club," a record kept by Margaret Jane Mussey Sweat who founded the group of women for the purpose of shared intellectual discourse and inquiry. The volume is contained in the Margaret Jane Mussey...

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Includes correspondence.

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Contains an obituary.

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Includes book publicity and speeches.

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The collection includes an obituary, articles, photographs, a resume and a copy of a booklet authored by Ashley entitled The Monhegan ice pond. There is also a small amount of material relating to Monhegan Island.

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

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Includes reviews, publicity, interviews, and workshop publicity

Collection Scope and Content This collection consists of a 433-pp. typescript of Beattie's novel Falling in Place (1981), with the author's inscription on the title page, and a collection of personal correspondence from Beattie to Burt Britton from 1976-1996. Included among the 100 items are letters, postcards, greeting cards, telegrams, collages, drawings, clippings, photographs, place cards and ephemera, most of which were posted from Beattie's home in Charlottesville, VA, as well as from Maine and places to which she...

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Includes published poetry and articles.

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Includes original correspondence.

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The majority of the collection material consists of Stephens' published works in periodicals of her time, including an 1859 open letter to Victor Hugo. Also included are one manuscript poem, a bibliography of her published pieces in The Ladies Companion, 1838-1839, and a piece combining biographical information and literary criticism of Ann Stephens written in 1880.

Collection Scope and Content This collection includes several folders of Barrows' notes and drafts of lectures on the subject of demonstration lectures. Also included are some of Barrows' published articles and other ephemeral material on the topic of home economics education. There is correspondence between family members, a number of Barrows' vital records (birth certificate, will, etc.), and material relating to Barrows' interest in gardening, antiques, and rare books. The collection includes over 30 original...

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Includes correspondence and an article.

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This collection includes the manuscript of "Music and Musicians of Maine," 23 holograph pages.

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Includes review and "Reading for Pleasure" book list.

Collection Scope and Content The collection includes manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, articles, playbills and personal papers. The first series consists of unpublished poetry, college plays, speeches, notes, and manuscripts of published works. The second series includes correspondence with family, friends, fellow artists, publishers, and political figures, documenting Hazlewood-Brady's involvement in women's activities, personal relationships, and literary pursuits. The third series relates to Hazlewood-Brady's...

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This collection includes articles, correspondence, and performance publicity.

Collection Scope and Content This collection includes copies of Weir's writings from 1982-2000 and her 2002 literary trust, as well as "Copies of Original Writings."The majority of her writing is a type of "transcribed" meditation or teaching that is similar to channeling and/or proprioceptive writing. Weir considered herself the transcriber for the teachings of Christopher Marlowe, who she also referred to as "The Breath". She collected her transcriptions into bound books, such as The Color Book, and...

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This collection consists of a program for Finch's 2011 production of her play "Wolf Song" through the Poets Theater of Maine.

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Includes a photograph.