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Letters

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 93 Collections and/or Records:

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

Bickford family genealogy collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4310
Scope and Content note This collection documents Mahlon Bickford's research into the Bickford family genealogy, much of which was used to publish the Bickford newsletter. Contents include correspondence, notes, family trees, vital and property records, legal documents, newsletters, news clippings, photographs, negatives, posters, and a ledger. The collection includes biographical and genealogical information on individuals, families, and geographical groups, as well as...
Dates: 1782 - 2024; Majority of material found within 1988 - 2024

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

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

Charles Parsons Chandler papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 75
Scope and Content note

Primarily personal and business papers consisting of legal and political correspondence, civil commissions, court docket books, accounts, and legal documents; also included are papers of Peleg and Charles Peleg Chandler, shipping and business papers of John and Augustus Hale, and a diary of Emily Sarah (Chandler) Jones.

Dates: 1812 - 1909

Chase family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4316
Scope and Content note

This collection documents members of the Chase family of York, Me. Contents include correspondence, postcards, genealogies, school and military records, property and financial documents, land deeds, catalogs, a daybook, a letter book, and photographs. The collection reflects the relationships and activities of multiple generations of Chases, as well as their property, finances, and business affairs.

Dates: 1821 - 1920

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

Clifford N. Carver papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 289
Scope and Content note

Correspondence and genealogical data containing lists of vessels built in the Carver, Merrithew and McGilvery yards of Searsport, Maine, as well as lists of Searsport captains and their vessels.

Dates: ca. 1930

Correspondence of George Washington Pierce and his brother Josiah Pierce

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 396
Scope and Content note

Correspondence of George Washington Pierce and his brother Josiah Pierce, both attorneys and Jacksonian politicians, including letters of John Anderson, Jonathan Cilley, Nathan Clifford, Robert P. Dunlap, John Fairfield, Simon Greenleaf, Hannibal Hamlin, John Ruggles, F.O.J. Smith, Seba Smith, Ezekial Whitman, Levi Woodbury, and others, concerned primarily with political affairs. All photocopies.

Dates: 1829 - 1836

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