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Diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Orange Frost Small papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4281
Scope and Content note

This collection documents the life and family of Orange Frost Small. Contents include correspondence, genealogies, institutional records, diaries, personal writings, account books, property and financial records, and photographs. The collection reflects the work, thoughts, health, and relationships of Orange Small, as well as close family and community members, including his son, Robert Orange Small.

Dates: 1859 - 2021; Majority of material found within 1859 - 1909

Pierce family collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4210
Scope and Content note

Family documents and papers dating from early eighteenth century Colonial America to the twentieth century. The correspondence is predominantly between family members, although other significant national figures and personal friends are represented. Documents also include legal papers regarding wills and estates, property and the homestead in Baldwin, Me., personal journals and diaries, and other records of local and state history.

See also notes within each series.

Dates: 1705 - 2000

Reed, Abbot, Binford, and Hatch family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4280
Scope and Content note

This collection documents the activities, relationships, genealogies, and businesses of the Reed, Abbot, Binford, and Hatch families during the 19th and 20th centuries, primarily within the towns of Rumford, Roxbury, and Mexico, Maine. Contents include correspondence, personal papers, diaries, financial and business records, legal documents, scrapbooks, genealogical research, news clippings, photographs (including negatives and cased photos), albums, and maps.

Dates: 1825 - 2022; Majority of material found within 1838 - 1969

Sheldon family papers and photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4282
Scope and Content note

This collection documents the Sheldon family’s summer trips to Maine’s Katahdin region in the first half of the 20th century, through both written accounts and photographs. Contents include correspondence, diaries, calendars, maps, photographs, photo albums, and negatives.

Dates: 1900 - 1973; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1951

Wentworth-Merrill family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 261
Scope and Content note Correspondence, diaries, account books, survey books, deeds, hymnbooks, school books, and genealogical data relating to the Wentworth and Merrill families of Brownfield and Gray, Maine. Papers relate primarily to Deacon William Wentworth (1776-1865) and his grandson Ansel W. Merrill (1855-1910), but also include material of Betsey Merrill Wentworth (1781-1853), Paul Wentworth (b.1779), Robert Wentworth (1786-1866), Thomas Wentworth (b. 1791), Mary Paine Wentworth (b. 1823), Sophronia...
Dates: 1796 - 1933

Wyer Groves Sargent diaries

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 288
Scope and Content note

Diaries recording daily activities and such things as local births, deaths, and marriages; medical formulae, receipts and prescriptions; wind directions; temperatures, and freeze-ups. Some Sargent family genealogy can be found in back of vol. 5 diary.

Dates: 1841 - 1900