Book industries and trade

This is the original manuscript copy of Pierce’s A history of the town of Gorham, Maine, which was published in 1866. A portion of Appendix C is missing.

The collection spans the research, writing, and distribution of Whitten's pamphlet and book, along with associated lectures he prepared on the subject. Contents are divided into two series: 1. Research notes and reference and 2. Publication and promotion, comprising manuscript, printed documents, photographs, scrapbook pages and film negatives. Contains many photocopies.

Includes miscellaneous notes, sketches of Stroudwater scenes by Rupert S. Lovejoy, photographic negatives of Stroudwater people and places, many of which were not included in the publication, and also a book containing the sayings of Andrew Hawes, Stroudwater antiquarian, recorded by Dr. Allston Hunt.

This collection contains manuscripts of published works, Civil War research papers, newspaper index information, commonplace books, newspaper clippings, correspondence, speeches, and photographs.