Photography -- Negatives

Research notes, typescripts, correspondence, printed material, slides, photographs (including negatives and slides), and audiovisual material.

The photographs in this collection were taken in Portland, Me., between 1942 and 1949, and consist of both prints and negatives. Many photographs document activities at the US naval yard in Portland during WWII, including images of a captured Italian submarine. Additional subjects depicted in the photographs include a wedding, local residential areas, the Portland Country Club, Swearingen Motors, Thomas P. Beals Furniture Co., and a Christmas party at the Zonta Club.

This collection documents the personal, political, and business activities of Edward P. Harding. Contents include correspondence, documents, financial records, genealogies, news clippings, bound volumes, scrapbooks, albums, photographs, negatives, and ephemera. The collection reflects Harding's contributions to state and national politics, particularly the presidential bids of Richard M. Nixon, the photo finishing industry, photography, boating, and his family life.

Eighteen 8x10 glass plate negatives, several on Description of Gift list were not found. Total of 178 3.5x5.5 and several 3.5x4 glass plate negatives in two photo boxes. There are five prints, the paper is brown and images are very faint; these are in an envelope. The photographs are mostly of Portland scenes, such as First Parish Church, Munjoy Hill Reservoir, Deering Mansion, and various banks, businesses, and houses.

Total of 100 glass plate negatives in two photo boxes, divided into Series 100-700; contact sheets; scans on a CD; and detailed notes from the donor. Includes images of Moosehead Lake, fishing, ice fishing, shooting, Adams St. neighborhood, houses, interiors, homes, portraits, people, and animals.

Five 8x10 glass plate negatives, five black and white photos of each glass plate negative, and one envelope found in the same location. Includes views of water, shoreline, buildings, houses, and possibly man cutting hay. Found in a farmhouse, possibly in West Baldwin, Maine, near what was Camp Winaco in 1962.

This collection documents J. Peter Monro’s professional projects as a landscape designer and architect. Contents include landscape and architectural drawings, correspondence, contracts, reports, writings, news clippings, photographs, negatives, slides, and digital files. The collection reflects Monro’s work on residential, commercial, municipal, public, and conservation projects as a landscape designer, architect, and consultant, as well as trustee and advisor to non-profit public works.

This collection documents the activities of the Portland Camera Club and its members. Contents include meeting minutes, correspondence, financial records, promotional material, publications, essays, research, news clippings, scrapbooks, photographic prints, negatives, slides, and glass lantern slides. The collection reflects the founding, governance, management, and programs of the club, as well as the photography of its members.

This collection documents the activities, relationships, genealogies, and businesses of the Reed, Abbot, Binford, and Hatch families during the 19th and 20th centuries, primarily within the towns of Rumford, Roxbury, and Mexico, Maine. Contents include correspondence, personal papers, diaries, financial and business records, legal documents, scrapbooks, genealogical research, news clippings, photographs (including negatives and cased photos), albums, and maps.