Eckstorm, Fannie Hardy, 1865-1946

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The collection contains correspondence, writings, speeches and research files of Fannie Hardy Eckstorm. Eckstorm's journals, notebooks and research material on ballads, Indian languages and legends and Indian place names in Maine are also included.

Abstract Includes photocopies of letters from Manly Hardy to William Brewster dating from 1877 to 1910. The collection also includes one letter from Hardy to Prof. E.A. Allen, 1890; four letters to Walter Deane, 1898, 1900; one letter to Abbott H. Thayer, 1900; and one letter, 1898, to Hardy from John A. Lord, a taxidermist in Portland, Maine. The collection also includes photocopies of letters dating from 1886 to 1918 to Brewster from Manly Hardy's daughter, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm, as well as a...

Scope and Contents The collection contains both the personal papers of Benton Hatch and items from his collection of materials on Maine and New England history. Included are personal papers of Samuel and Joseph Foxcroft from New Gloucester, Maine, and records of the town of Fryeburg, Maine. The collection also contains papers of Fannie Hardy Eckstorm including a diary and photographs taken by her in 1891 and 1892, as well as items from her personal library. Photographs from the library of Lucius L. Hubbard are...

Scope and Contents The collection contains research material and writings of Ralph S. Palmer, a professor and naturalist. It includes material related to Manly Hardy and his daughter Fannie Hardy Eckstorm, as well as an extensive reprint collection of publications in natural history and zoology. Included are notes, articles, clippings, photographs, reprints, ledgers, typescripts, illustrations, card indexes, and correspondence of Ralph S. Palmer, Jonathan Titcomb Hardy, Manly Hardy, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm, and...

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1118 Rev. Alfred G. Hempstead, interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives, August 1977, Lake Onawa, Maine. 4 pp. Tape: 1/4 hr. No cat, or trans. Rev. Hempstead talks about his recollections of Fannie Hardy Eckstorm; one woods story. Text: no catalog or transcript. Recording: mfc_na1118_t1166_01 [T 1166]. 1/4 hour

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The collection contains photocopies of material on Abenaki Indians and others and consists primarily of field notes by 20th century anthropologists. It was copied from various collections at the American Philosophical Society Library by University of Maine history professor Liam Riordan in 2002.

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1964 Wyman Gerry, interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives, fall 1983, Orono, Maine. 4 pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. Gerry talks about a variety of subjects including his grandfather, who was a sea captain and river pilot; collecting old photographs for the Brewer Public Library; collecting copies of documents relating to the First Congregational Church of Brewer; shipbuilding; old mills; and Fannie Hardy Eckstorm. Recording: mfc_na1964_t1954_01 [T 1954, CD 0616] 1/2 hour