Gibeon Elden Bradbury diaries

Collection

Identifier: Coll. 118

Staff Only

Scope and Content note

Diaries and a sketch book largely concerned with personal and family affairs, but also containing much useful information on Buxton area people and places as well as carefully executed pen and ink sketches of buildings, landscapes and people of Buxton, Saco, and Old Orchard, Maine.

There are 13 diaries (volumes). Some are small, leather diaries for one year and some are hardcover diaries spanning multiple years. Some also contain cash accounts and drawings. Several are very fragile and are wrapped in folders.

Dates

Creation: 1857 - 1900

Creator

Bradbury, Gibeon Elden, 1833-1904 (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

Gibeon Elden Bradbury (1833-1904) was born in Buxton, Maine, and was a wagon painter and artist. For an autobiographical sketch of Gibeon Bradbury see diary entry following that of November 29, 1876.

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Provenance

Gift of Phebe Bradbury Hines, wife of Ben Bernard Hines (acc. nos. MS73-3 and MS76-3).

MS73-3 was a gift from Mrs. Ben B. Hines, Las Cruces, NM 88001, through Mrs. Fred H. Dow, Hollis Center, ME 04042, no date listed. MS76-3 was a gift from Mrs. Phebe B. Hines, Las Cruces, NM 88001, December 2, 1975. Copies of the certificates of gift are in the source file.