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Letters

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:

A Midwife's Tale documentary research collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4222
Scope and Content note

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

Dates: 1994 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1994 - 1996
Found in: Maine Historical Society / A Midwife's Tale documentary research collection

Asa Smith correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4226
Scope and Content note The collection consists primarily of correspondence, financial invoices and papers, and a handful of legal documents. Represented in this material are Smith’s various business, political, and community ventures, including records of his store stock, supplies required to care for his family and animals, building ventures, and timber and railroad papers. Efforts to build and maintain the community are evident in papers regarding the military road, the Mattawamkeag bridge, and the local...
Dates: 1832 - 1863
Found in: Maine Historical Society / Asa Smith correspondence

Benjamin Carson family correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4234
Scope and Content note

This collection consists entirely of letters written by Benjamin Carson to his wife and son while traveling for work. The letters share details of the towns he visited, the people he met, his sales (and lack thereof), and the weather. A desk calendar from a hotel frequented by Carson in Calais, Maine, is also included.

Dates: 1917 - 1934
Found in: Maine Historical Society / Benjamin Carson family correspondence

Benjamin F. Cary correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4233
Scope and Content note The collection consists of letters to and from various members of the Benjamin F. Cary family, including between Cary and his wife Sophia during their courtship and marriage, and to their children. Envelopes for letters sent between 1861 and 1869 are included and labeled with numbers corresponding to the letters. Overall, the letters concern family matters and shed light on domestic life. Letters sent by Cary to his family during the Civil War years provide insight into local and national...
Dates: 1842 - 1886
Found in: Maine Historical Society / Benjamin F. Cary correspondence

Carol A. Wilson architecture collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4220
Scope and Content note The collection documents the architectural career of Carol A. Wilson. Contents include emails and letters, invoices, architectural drawings and models, field reports, meeting minutes, newspaper and magazine articles, publications, brochures, lecture notes, teaching material and resources, photographs, slides, and digital media. These items reflect the range of Wilson’s work and activities, including administration of her firm, architectural projects, professional partnerships and...
Dates: 1977 - 2021
Found in: Maine Historical Society / Carol A. Wilson architecture collection

Christopher P. Monkhouse family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4208
Scope and Content note This collection documents the personal and professional life of Christopher P. Monkhouse (CPM), as well as various members of his immediate and extended family. Contents include correspondence, records, research, memorabilia, news clippings, scrapbooks, and photographs. These items reflect the relationships, roles, education, interests, pursuits, collections, and property of CPM, his parents, brothers, aunts, grandparents, and extended family members. The papers of family members include...
Dates: 1852 - 2021; Majority of material found within 1947 - 2021
Found in: Maine Historical Society / Christopher P. Monkhouse family papers

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 / Deering, Orr, and Warren family collection

E. Christopher Livesay papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4242
Scope and Content note This collection consists of correspondence, invoices and bills of sale, memos, financial records, reports, trip itineraries, publications, and photographs. The material details Livesay’s years as a collector of Maine-related manuscripts and printed matter, including prices, sources, and research. There are drafts of and records related to Livesay’s contributions to The Mirror of Maine: Four Centuries of Great Books published by the Baxter Society and the...
Dates: 1970 - 2018
Found in: Maine Historical Society / E. Christopher Livesay papers

Edward C. Owen and Dennison family correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4240
Scope and Content note

This collection consists entirely of correspondence from Edward C. Owen to members of the Dennison family. The letters detail his experiences living and working in the timber industry in northern California. Filed in each folder are the original envelopes, numbered to correspond to the letters.

Dates: 1862 - 1889
Found in: Maine Historical Society / Edward C. Owen and Dennison family correspondence

Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4278
Scope and Content note This collection represents the institutional archive of Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ (FOKO), as gifted to MHS in 2023. The material documents the organization’s administration, press and publicity about the organ, the work and music of municipal organists supported by FOKO, the history of the organ and its namesake, and over 100 years of organ concerts. Contents include correspondence, meeting minutes, publications, news clippings, programs, music scores, photographs, scrapbooks, posters,...
Dates: 1880 - 2019; Majority of material found within 1912 - 2019
Found in: Maine Historical Society / Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ records

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