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Diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

Andrew Hawes papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 64
Scope and Content note Note that Andrew Hawes is the collector and very few papers in the collection deal with Hawes himself.Chiefly papers collected by Hawes relating to 18th and 19th century Maine, particularly Falmouth, Me., together with a small amount of correspondence (chiefly genealogical); a travel diary (1860); and other papers, of Hawes. Also includes correspondence and legal, business, and family papers of Moses Pearson (1697-1778) first sheriff of Cumberland County; the Quinby family,...
Dates: 1682 - 1909
Found in: Maine Historical Society

Augusta D. Boyd papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 379
Scope and Content note

Correspondence, diary (1881-1892), school reports, programs, invitations, newspaper clippings, and other miscellaneous items.

Dates: 1867 - 1937
Found in: Maine Historical Society

Blanchard family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 2239
Scope and Content note

The collection includes correspondence with friends and family and regarding business matters, much of it Civil War era, and family photographs, diaries, receipts, farming records, an autograph book, glass plate negatives, clippings, poetry, drawings, a funeral book, a baby book, and a birthday book.

Dates: 1794 - 1971; Majority of material found within 1845 - 1945
Found in: Maine Historical Society

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
Found in: Maine Historical Society

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
Found in: Maine Historical Society

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
Found in: Maine Historical Society

Deering/Noyes collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 951
Scope and Content note The Deering/Noyes collection (1764-1971) includes the papers of several members of the Deering and Noyes families, as well as those of several members of allied families. Most of the holdings consist of deeds, accounts, estate papers, property lists, and other material pertaining to the acquisition and transfer of property.Of primary importance in this collection are the papers and accounts of Nathaniel Deering (1736-1795); James Deering (1766-1850); Nathaniel Deering...
Dates: 1764 - 1971
Found in: Maine Historical Society

E.C. Jordan & Co. records and family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4276
Scope and Content note This collection includes the personal, professional, and family papers of Edward C. Jordan (ECJ1), his nephew Henry I. Jordan (HIJ), and his grand-nephew Edward C. Jordan (ECJ2), as well as select records of their mutual engineering firm E.C. Jordan & Co. Contents include correspondence, essays, ledgers, records, publications, scrapbooks, news clippings, photographs, and drawings. Also included are detailed genealogies compiled by HIJ of the related Boody, Frost, Jordan, Leach, Pennell,...
Dates: 1748 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1857 - 1995
Found in: Maine Historical Society

Farm journals collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4125
Scope and Content note

This collection consists of journals, diaries, trade catalogs, photocopies and one black and white photo and two ferrotypes.

Dates: 1830 - 1924
Found in: Maine Historical Society

Gibeon Elden Bradbury diaries

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 118
Scope and Content note Diaries and a sketch book largely concerned with personal and family affairs, but also containing much useful information on Buxton area people and places as well as carefully executed pen and ink sketches of buildings, landscapes and people of Buxton, Saco, and Old Orchard, Maine.There are 13 diaries (volumes). Some are small, leather diaries for one year and some are hardcover diaries spanning multiple years. Some also contain cash accounts and drawings. Several are very...
Dates: 1857 - 1900
Found in: Maine Historical Society

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