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 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 83 Collections and/or Records:

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

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

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

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