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Letters

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 93 Collections and/or Records:

Goold family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 2996
Scope and Content note This collection contains business and personal papers of the Goold family of Windham and Portland, Maine, from 1751-1946. Some larger items are included, such as tax ledgers, day books, pocket diaries and a broadside. The majority of the papers belong to Nathan Goold, born 1778, however the collection contains a much larger cast of characters, whose relationships are described in the Biographical note. Other families included in the collection are the Gowens and the Clarks, whose daughters...
Dates: 1751 - 1946

Gunpowder mills of Maine research papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4205
Scope and Content note

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.

Dates: 1898 - 2013; Majority of material found within 1972 - 1989

Hugh D. McLellan family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4231
Scope and Content note The collection consists of personal correspondence, legal documents of various types and purposes, financial papers, receipts and accounts, notes, and essays. The material reflects the personal and professional lives of members of both the McLellan and Lewis families. Contents include veteran bounty land papers filed by Hugh McLellan on behalf of military soldiers outlining claims to land in accordance with Congressional acts and papers and writings documenting the McLellan family history...
Dates: 1800 - 1889

International Appalachian Trail records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4213
Scope and Content note The collection documents the formation, development, and administration of the IAT. While the collection primarily documents the Maine Chapter, where the IAT was initially conceived, there is also a great deal of information from and about the international chapters. The records include emails and letters, financial statements, membership records, meeting agendas, tax and insurance records, news clippings, maps, brochures, photographs, slides, and audiovisual material. These items reflect...
Dates: 1982 - 2024; Majority of material found within 1993 - 2021

It's Our World Too collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4204
Scope and Content note

Letters, photographs, printed material (such as newsletters), and petitions.

Dates: 1982 - 1991

J. Peter Monro landscape architecture collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4292
Scope and Content note

This collection documents J. Peter Monro’s professional projects as a landscape designer and architect. Contents include landscape and architectural drawings, correspondence, contracts, reports, writings, news clippings, photographs, negatives, slides, and digital files. The collection reflects Monro’s work on residential, commercial, municipal, public, and conservation projects as a landscape designer, architect, and consultant, as well as trustee and advisor to non-profit public works.

Dates: 1983 - 2009

James A. Cole papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 179
Scope and Content note

Correspondence, advertising materials, bills and receipts, shipping invoices, and promissory notes pertaining to business activities; and also several items of correspondence and deeds of Peter G. Cram and family of Baldwin, Maine.

Dates: 1844 - 1921

James Gower papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4239
Scope and Content note

Legal documents, correspondence, financial papers, and various writs, deeds, and agreements of James Gower, his family, and related to his various positions in local government. Included are several documents related to Bowdoin College land sales for which Gower played a role as agent, as well as versions of his own will and testament with details regarding his estate.

Dates: 1810 - 1856

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