Joseph Clark Jr. papers

Collection

Identifier: Coll. 4238

Staff Only

Scope and Content note

Business and financial correspondence and papers of Joseph Clark. The material relates to his various business ventures and expenditures, including items purchased for trade and for hotel operations, as well as correspondence regarding business and financial dealings.

Dates

Creation: 1837 - 1875

Creator

Clark, Joseph (1818-1883) (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

Joseph Clark Jr. (1818-1883) of Caratunk, Maine, was the son of a lumberman. He married Esther Moore and together they had three children. Clark invested in several business ventures in the area. He was a merchant, railroad investor, caretaker of a portion of the Canada Road, and a hotelier. He purchased the Hotel at Caratunk from Joseph Spaulding in 1854, and he and his family ran it for years. In 1876 he moved to West Forks to operate the Forks Hotel.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Provenance

Gift of E. Christopher Livesay, June 20 and June 27, 2022 (acc. no. 2023.021).

Related Materials

The Maine Historical Society also holds the following collection which includes information about the genealogy of the Clark family:

Marion L. Dunn genealogical papers, Coll. 2681

Processing note

E. Christopher Livesay gifted these papers to MHS as part of a larger donation of material compiled over decades as a collector of Maine-related manuscripts and books. All of the material from the donation shares accession number 2023.021.

This material arrived with items sleeved and housed in two binders, labeled with the name of the creator and the record type. The order of the material was largely retained, though all items were removed from sleeves and housed in archival folders. The material was then processed as an individual collection.