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This collection contains entire drafts of three published books: Playing God (1999), Liberty or Death (1999) and Stalking Death -- The Seventh Thea Kozak Mystery (2008). Drafts contain editorial comments. Also includes reviews.

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This collection includes newspaper articles, catalogs from a 1972 exhibit of Tryon's work, and a number of paintings by Tryon. Maine Women Writers Collection also holds a copy of the 2-volume Adventures in the vale of the white horse and 14 books by Richard Jefferies from Tryon's personal library. Jefferies titles are all rebound in green with gold-embossed lettering on the spine. A biographical sketch is found in the Sylvia Tryon papers.

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This collection includes the 1891 sheet music for Celia Thaxter's Good bye, sweet day, articles and a poem.

Collection Scope and Content This collection documents O'Brien's creative work as well as her high school teaching career. Among the creative works included are poetry notes and drafts, published verse, musical scores, and literary correspondence. The collection includes O'Brien's Deering High School files from 1940-1971. These files are made up of class schedules, correspondence, programs from events, annual reports of the Math Department, and clippings about students and the school (especially regarding honors won by...

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This collection includes poetry.

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Includes reviews, workshop publicity and articles.

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This collection consists of a manuscript of literary criticism about Sarah Orne Jewett's work. Aydelott's dissertation was titled "Maine stream : a bibliographical reception study of Sarah Orne Jewett."

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The bulk of this collection is composed of drafts for articles and clippings of Perry's numerous newspaper columns from 1966-2011. Also included are a few articles about Perry, as well as a biographical sketch, business card, senior thesis comparing Perry's Pieces of Earth to Thoreau's Walden, and approximately 44 VHS tape recordings of her television program, Our Towns, dated 1995-2004.

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Includes newspapers and correspondence with Dorothy Healy.

Collection Scope and Content Contained in the Lael Morgan papers are: newspaper clippings; photographs, including a large number of slides and transparencies; manuscripts; scrapbooks; travel logs; correspondence; media; and memorabilia. Series I. Clippings 1954-2011, includes clippings of articles by and about Morgan, many with photos by Morgan; clippings of articles of interest collected for her by Morgan’s parents; newspaper editions published or overseen by Morgan; clippings concerning friends, colleagues and family;...

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This collection includes a review and a reproduction photograph; also a biographical sketch.

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This collection holds a sampling of material related to the author: news articles and reviews of her writings, letters and postcards, 1929 ephemera from Camp Merryweather, photographs, a 1932 poem and a copy of an 1934 address by Charlotte R. Moore. The Maine Historical Society holds the complete Laura E. Richards collection which is extensive and provides an opportunity for in-depth research of the lives of the Howe and Richards families.

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Includes reviews, an inscribed copy of The Glass Club Bulletin and a photo.

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Includes travel diary, transcription of diary and dried flowers.

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Includes article, "The Decorator" Journal and obituaries.

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This collection contains a letter written by Tooke to the editors of the Portland Press Herald, about reviewing her latest book Betty of New England.

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This collection includes correspondence with former MWWC curator Dorothy Healy, Agger's speech for the Altrusa Club meeting and a letter to Annette Dorey.

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Includes broadsides and a review.

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Centennial concert program

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Includes an obituary, correspondence with MWWC and manuscript.

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This collection consists of manuscript material related to her books, poetry, essays, journals related to her teaching and proprioceptive writing.

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The collection contains one postcard for one of Giles' poetry readings.

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Includes publicity.

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Includes letters of Lizzie Marshall Richardson transcriptions from the Dorothy Pratt Clark Collection.