Willis H. Pearson Diaries

Collection

Identifier: SpC MS 1648-sc

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Diaries kept by Pearson from Jan. 1, 1881 to Feb. 22, 1928, documenting his daily life and activities as well as outstanding happenings of the day. Brief notations from 1930 and 1972 are also included in the diaries. Collection also contains marriage certificate of Pearson and Emma C. Beale, 1906, plus plans for a grandfather's clock.

Dates

Creation: 1906-1972
Creation: Majority of material found within 1881-1928

Creator

Pearson, Willis H., 1858-1928 (Person)

Access Restrictions

No restrictions on access.

Use Restrictions

Information on literary rights available in the repository.

Biographical Note

Willis Herbert Pearson, the son of Moses and Adaline or Adeline Andrews Pearson, was born in Portland, Maine, Oct. 6, 1858. Pearson married Florence Gertrude Walker in 1892 and they had two daughters, Florence Adeline and Laura Mildred, before Florence Pearson's death in 1894. Willis Pearson married Emma Cartland Beale in 1906, and they had one son, Laurence Barrett Pearson, born in 1910. Willis Pearson worked at a variety of occupations, including helping his father, a Portland silversmith, printing, doing carpentry and working in a gunpowder mill. Pearson lived in Westbrook, Maine, for at least part of the time covered in these diaries and died there on Feb. 23, 1928.