Farm journals collection

Collection

Identifier: Coll. 4125

Staff Only

Scope and Content note

This collection consists of journals, diaries, trade catalogs, photocopies and one black and white photo and two ferrotypes.

Dates

1830 - 1924

Creator

Bean, Isaiah, 1813-1896 (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

This collection is comprised of farming journals, diaries, photographs and catalogs by various authors from 1830 to 1924.

The known authors are D.W. Spencer, David Dickey, Isaiah Bean, Walter Bartlett, Nellie Turner and Jonathan Parkhurst. Isaiah Bean was born in Kennebec in 1813 and died July 1896. He was married to Celestia Pond in 1836 and they had five children: Olivia, George, Henry, Phoebe and Imogene. Walter Bartlett was born in 1854 in Monroe and was married to Adelia J. Bartlett. Walter Bartlett wrote in his journal until his death and the journal includes his obituary notice. There are photocopies of journals kept by Jonathan Parkhurst and the location of the originals are unknown.

There are nine volumes of journals that have unknown authors. There are two trade catalogs from RC Pingree & Co. and Morse and Co. And a journal of the Naples Grange Hall Association with records of the meetings and meeting notices.

Places in this collection include Franklin County, Berwick, Warren, Sangerville, Monroe, Mechanic Falls, Lewiston and Bangor.