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Letters

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 48 Collections and/or Records:

Jeannette Jason correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4294
Scope and Content note

Letters (including non-pictorial postcards) and newspaper clippings. There is also a v-mail letter, a Valentine, a Christmas card, and one photograph of a horse. Mother Maud would often clip Portland job advertisements (newspaper clippings) to her correspondence to her daughter.

Dates: 1937 - 1950

Joan Benoit Samuelson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4291
Scope and Content note

This collection documents the racing career of marathon runner Joan Benoit Samuelson. Contents include correspondence, memorabilia, photographs, promotional material, and posters.

Dates: 1952 - 2019

John Harris Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4228
Scope and Content note The collection consists primarily of business and financial papers, including bills, receipts, inventories, promissory notes, and legal records. The business and financial papers reflect John Harris’ personal and professional activities, including the accounts of his store and his position as collector for the First Baptist Society. The collection also includes the records of legal disputes presented to Harris during his tenure as Justice of the Peace, as well as documents related to his...
Dates: 1811 - 1848

John Stuart Barrows Sr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4236
Scope and Content note

Primarily correspondence and legal and financial papers of John Stuart Barrows Sr., including drafts of love letters addressed to Ann Ayer Bradley. Barrow’s day and account books reflect both personal and town financial dealings, and his justice docket details issues heard as Justice of the Peace. Included in the family correspondence are letters to Georgianna Souther Barrows and Samuel Souther, her father, from various correspondents.

Dates: 1802 - 1898

Joseph Clark Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4238
Scope and Content note

Business and financial correspondence and papers of Joseph Clark. The material relates to his various business ventures and expenditures, including items purchased for trade and for hotel operations, as well as correspondence regarding business and financial dealings.

Dates: 1837 - 1875

Joseph Dow family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4227
Scope and Content note The collection consists of the correspondence, financial records, account and day books, and legal papers of Joseph Dow and other members of the extended Dow family. Included are deeds and correspondence between Dow family members and the related Marstons, as well as a selection of Civil War letters from James Bradbury to his family. A significant portion of the collection is comprised of the legal writs and complaints presented to Joseph Dow during his tenure as Justice of the Peace in...
Dates: 1812 - 1894

Josiah Harris papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4229
Scope and Content note The collection consists of a mixture of personal, business, and legal correspondence, financial records, various vital records for the town of Machias, disputes and writs, and administrative material related to personal estates. This material reflects the personal and business activities of Josiah Harris, as well as his various positions in local and regional government. Through the town’s vital records, the development and management of Machias is reflected, as are marriages in the area....
Dates: 1787 - 1867

Lee Webb collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 2928
Scope and Content note This collection documents Lee Webb’s research into Maine history from 1820-1920, as well as his personal papers. Contents include journal articles, academic papers, newspaper clippings, photocopies and originals of primary sources, reports, notes, drafts, memos, correspondence, and publications. These items reflect Webb’s extensive research into various topics of Maine history, including his academic writings and annotations, as well as his long involvement in community and political...
Dates: 1820 - 2021

Maine Medical Center collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4221
Scope and Content note This collection documents the administration, operations, and history of Maine Medical Center (MMC). Contents include reports, meeting meetings, financial documents, correspondence, memos, ledgers, publications, press clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, and audiovisual and digital material. These items reflect the range of activities, functions, and participants that contributed to and sustained the hospital since its incorporation in 1868, including its governance, administration, medical...
Dates: 1846 - 2020; Majority of material found within 1868 - 2020

Mildred Cole Péladeau papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4288
Scope and Content note

Collection documents the research and scholarship of Mildred Cole Péladeau, an expert on hooked rugs and the Maine artists and industries that popularized them. Contents include articles, correspondence, papers, photographs, slides, and digital files.

Dates: 1881 - 2017; Majority of material found within 1980 - 2017