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Portland (Me.) -- Biography

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Chapman-Doten family collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4113
Scope and Content note

Correspondence, photographs, Wellesley English assignments, poetry, illustrations, book reviews, newspaper clippings, papers related to the Junior League of Portland and a financial ledger, among others.

Dates: 1865 - 2001
Found in: Maine Historical Society

Deering, Orr, and Warren family collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4212
Scope and Content note

Correspondence, diary, photographs (including tintypes), documents, newspaper clippings.

Flash drive with transcriptions available (contains photographs, letters, documents, some of which are in this collection but more are added). This flash drive is in the source file. Also in the source file is donor correspondence with MHS and her family, which summarizes the family history, with bibliographical sources.

Dates: 1812 - 2004
Found in: Maine Historical Society

Goold family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 2996
Scope and Content note This collection contains business and personal papers of the Goold family of Windham and Portland, Maine, from 1751-1946. Some larger items are included, such as tax ledgers, day books, pocket diaries and a broadside. The majority of the papers belong to Nathan Goold, born 1778, however the collection contains a much larger cast of characters, whose relationships are described in the Biographical note. Other families included in the collection are the Gowens and the Clarks, whose daughters...
Dates: 1751 - 1946
Found in: Maine Historical Society

Sweetser Children’s Home records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 78
Scope and Content note

Records include minutes of monthly, special and annual meetings, rules and regulations of the home, copies of the constitution and by-laws, the indenture of Hannah A. Devine, and other miscellaneous items.

Dates: 1828 - 1947
Found in: Maine Historical Society

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