John Mead Gould papers
Scope and Content note
Papers containing genealogical material relating to the ancestry of Mager Gould (d. 1781) of Ipswich, Mass.; an historical sketch of the Portland Society of Natural History and newspaper clippings relating to the Society’s seventieth anniversary celebrations; letters written by J.M. Gould to his parents while a student at Gould Academy, Bethel, Me.; correspondence from Percival Proctor Baxter, William Bingham, 2nd, J.N. Bolling, Jonathan Prince Cilley, William Pierce Frye, Wendell Phillips Garrison, Obadiah Gardner, James Augustine Healy, Asher Crosby Hinds, Charles Edgar Littlefield, Knute Nelson, Charles Edward Pickering, and others.
Dates
- Creation: 1854 - 1930
Creator
- Gould, John Mead, 1839-1930 (Person)
- Garrison, Wendell Phillips, 1840-1907 (Person)
- Gardner, Obadiah, 1852-1938 (Person)
- Morrill, Mary S. (Person)
- Nelson, Knute, 1843-1923 (Person)
- Baxter, Percival Proctor, 1876-1969 (Person)
- Bolling, J. N. (Person)
- Cilley, Jonathan Prince, 1835-1920 (Person)
- Cleaves, Henry B. (Henry Bradstreet), 1840-1912 (Person)
- Frye, William P. (William Pierce), 1831-1911 (Person)
- Hinds, Asher C. (Asher Crosby), 1863-1919 (Person)
- Hill, Thomas, 1818-1891 (Person)
- Healy, James Augustine, 1830-1900 (Person)
- Littlefield, Charles E. (Charles Edgar), 1851-1915 (Person)
- Longfellow, Mary King, 1852-1945 (Person)
- Pickering, Charles Edward, 1846-1919 (Person)
- Bingham, William (Person)
Access
Unrestricted
Copyright
Access to collections at Maine Historical Society is not an authorization to publish. Rights and reproduction requests may be submitted in writing to the MHS Image Services Coordinator or Research & Administrative Librarian, subject to format.
Biographical note
John Mead Gould was a Portland, Maine, banker, author, historian, and Civil War veteran.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Provenance
Gift of Dr. Joseph B. Francus (acc. no. MS83-50-1).
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the John Mead Gould papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Donna Knoblock, Library Volunteer, March 2025
- Date
- March 2025
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Maine Historical Society Repository