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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 93 Collections and/or Records:

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

Libbey family and W.S. Libbey Company collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 2889
Scope and Content note

The Libbey family and W.S. Libbey Co. collection brings together the business records of the W.S. Libbey Co.; the documents of the Libbey family; documents of the history of Lewiston, Maine; the business records of the Libbey family’s land and business management company, the Spring Street Company; and all constituent photographs. Compiled by the family, it was given to MHS in a single donation.

Dates: 1857 - 2013

Longfellow Statue Association papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 123
Scope and Content note

Correspondence, subscription records, certificates of membership, bills, receipts and invoices.

Dates: 1885 - 1888

Lora May (Dyer) Merrill papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 387
Scope and Content note

Genealogical correspondence and papers of Lora May Merrill and of her daughter, Marion Dyer Merrill, tracing lines from William Brewster (1560-1644), Stephen Hopkins (d.1644), and Thomas Rogers (d. 1621) for membership in the Mayflower Society and from Henry Clark (1717-1804), Ambrose Dyer (b. 1731), and Ebenezer French (1755-1841) for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Dates: 1907 - 1976

Lothrop Lewis Maine statehood papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4314
Scope and Content note

Collection documents the contributions of Lothrop Lewis to the separation of Maine and Massachusetts and the establishment of Maine's statehood in 1820. Contents include correspondence, minutes, legal documents and resolutions, financial accounts, inventories, field books, and land surveys. Material reflects myriad logistical tasks necessary to the establishment and early management of the state of Maine.

Dates: 1785 - 1844; Majority of material found within 1801 - 1822

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

Maine Unitarian Association papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 384
Scope and Content note

Primarily financial accounts, receipts, and payment orders, also including lists of members and officers, as well as correspondence.

Dates: 1855 - 1899

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

Mildred Giddings Burrage collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 2494
Scope and Content note The collection consists of manuscript material, including correspondence and writings, as well as collected ephemera, printed matter, photographs and original artwork related to the life of Mildred Giddings Burrage, her sister Madeleine and the Maine art scene. The collection is organized by decade, preserving the original order of the materials as they arrived at Maine Historical Society. The collection was meticulously organized, by decade, by Mildred Burrage herself. The archivist chose...
Dates: 1893 - 1978