Stuart family collection

Collection

Identifier: Coll. 4121

Staff Only

Scope and Content note

Mostly photographs, including snapshots and professional images (black and white), as well as color illustrations (printed Christmas card), a letter and telegraph concerning financial matters, and a receipt, possibly for work being done on a ship. There are photographs of a farming activity, people participating in various recreational activities, formal portraits, and the family pets. Most of the photographs are unidentified. Also includes a photograph album of portraits taken in places like Maine, Boston, Southport, and Cardiff, Wales.

Dates

Creation: 1855 - 1908
Creation: Majority of material found within 1889 - 1899

Creator

Stuart family (Family)
Houdlette, A.B. (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 B. Stuart (1800-1874) was involved in the shipping business with his family and was a ship owner. His family resided in Richmond, Maine, according to the 1860 census. He was married to Dolley C. Stuart (1805-1882). Many of the photographs in this collection are later dates, so may have been related to family members.

Extent

0.75 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Provenance

Collection found on Cindy Murphy's desk, June 2015 (acc. no. 2019.001.001). Donor was not identified, but there were two modern business cards found in the collection: Cindi Davis, Chesnut Hill, Mass., and Norman J. Gould, M.D., Mashpee, Mass.

Related material

The University of Maine's Raymond H. Folger Library has a special collection (SpC MS 0438) of banking and shipping papers of the Stuart family of Richmond, Me.