Portland (Me.)

Collection Scope and Content The collection consists of a large variety of historical items, including four important scrapbooks compiled by Rear Admiral and Mrs. Peary's daughter, Marie Peary Stafford, which place in chronological order, papers and photographs telling the story of their lives, the majority of the contents focusing on Josephine Peary. As in the scrapbooks, the collection contains letters of correspondence between Josephine and Robert as early as 1884 through 1910, publication and speech manuscripts,...

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This collection contains two articles - one about Portland home interiors and one about Nathan Winslow, an early 19th century Portland merchant.

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

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Includes article, "The Decorator" Journal and obituaries.

Collection Scope and Content This collection contains manuscript material created by the author, including personal and travel diaries from numerous international trips, essays and unpublished writings, prose and verse papers, correspondence, and translations of classical works. There are also personal and themed scrapbooks, commonplace books, a recipe book, a drawing and a watercolor done by the author, photographs and a photographic album of the author and of the author's home. Included in the collection are the...

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This collection consists of a single memorial booklet for her husband Neal, who died in 1976. The booklet contains two of her poems: "Autumn" and "This Road."

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Includes poetry.

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Includes booklet of "Our American Heritage" signed by Rowe.

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Includes correspondence with Dorothy Healy, promotional materials, Westbrook College Alumni News, clippings and Tower Award speech.

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Includes brief biographical information from Mrs. Mary Stiles.

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This collection consists of one postcard for Paul's exhibit "Many Hands: Wabanaki Paths of Learning" and posters for the reception for Paul's exhibition "Look Twice: The Waponahki in Image and Verse"

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This collection contains scrapbooks Burrage maintained of her columns on arts and historical subjects that were written for the Boothbay register and the Kennebec journal, correspondence with the Maine Women Writers Collection, and articles about her.

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In addition to five folders of material in the alphabetical collection, there are 5 boxes of unprocessed papers relating to the drafting and publication of several of Wood's books, as well as numerous diaries from the 1970s. The journals are restricted until after Wood's death.

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Includes greeting cards designed by Mrs. F. E. Boothby and Columbia Bell Committee newsletter.

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This collection includes a song book.

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This collection contains one typescript of an article written by Noble on an art exhibit at Dodwell Gallery, Long Island, Maine.

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This collection consists of one promotional postcard for a performance by Chaison and others entitled "The Passion of the Hausfrau: An Illuminated Solo Comedy," held at Freeport Factory Stage.

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This collection includes correspondence with MWWC.

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This collection includes an 1820s manuscript, 2 theses, and an Elizabeth Baxter proposal to publish Penelope Martin papers.

Collection Scope and Content This collection includes files documenting Huston's professional life, beginning with her journalism work with Time/Life in Algeria until her final work on the Global Family Project in the late 1990s. Included are research notes, interview transcripts, drafts of her writing projects, correspondence from throughout her career, and material on organizations and conferences she was involved with. Also included are clippings of published articles by and about Huston which she collected....

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This collection includes an exhibit catalog, two unpublished typescripts, a photo and biographical information.

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Includes a screenprint from Goodale's "Reading" series, event invitations, catalogues, materials related to the "Ant Girls" and other ephemera.

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This collection includes exhibit catalogs, photographs, research projects, prints and publicity materials. It contains the Diary series of framed photographs from the Domestic Objects series, as well as the portrait photographs of Margaret J.M. Sweat, "Vinalhaven Women" and "Florence Burrill Jacobs". It also contains research for the Sweat photographs, diaries purchased for research, and photographs for the MWWC's 50th anniversary.

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This collection includes a short biographical sketch.

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The collection consists of material about the author's life and her literary career taken from 20th century newspapers and from journal articles; also a master's thesis, focusing on her work. A daguerreotype of Madame Wood, early 19th century ephemera promoting her publications and a manuscript entitled Recollections, written in 1845-55, are also included.

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This collection includes extracts from Bradbury's diary (1750-1766), published in the Sunday courier-telegram in 1898, and excerpts from text read in 1888 at the Fortnightly Club of Chicago.

Collection Scope and Content This correspondence consists of 11 letters written by Dr. William Frost to his daughter, Sarah (Sally) Wood Frost, between the years of 1815 and 1822. Most of the letters originate in Havana, Cuba. The subject matter of these letters from a father to his 9 to 16 year-old daughter is largely instructive and includes detailed counsel on such topics as spelling, grammar and hyphenation of words; dental hygiene; comportment of oneself when meeting new people and selectivity when making new...

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Includes greeting cards designed by Siri Beckman, resume and exhibition information.