Rounds Family Correspondence
Scope and Contents
The correspondence of a family in South Waterford and in South Paris, Maine. Included also are typescripts of some of the letters.
Dates
- Creation: 1834-1942
- Creation: Majority of material found within ( 1834-1861)
Creator
- Rounds family (Family)
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access.
Use Restrictions
Information on literary rights available in the repository.
Biographical Note
Nathaniel Rounds, a skilled blacksmith, was born in 1799 and died in 1868. In 1816 he moved from Buxton, Maine to Waterford, and in 1822 he married Betsey Brown who was born in 1803. Among their children were Jane born in 1822, Edwin born in 1827, Charles Collins born in 1831, Harriet born in 1835, and Cristina born in 1842. Jane married Calvin Follet and went to New Michigan, Illinois to live. Harriet Rounds never married and died young. Cristina ("Kriss") went to Brooklyn and was the principal of a very successful girls' school.
Biographical Note
Charles Collins Rounds went to Dartmouth College for two years and then taught school. As a teacher he boarded at the house of William Stowell in South Paris and fell in love with their daughter Kate. The Stowell family had owned all the land on which the town of South Paris was built. Kate taught school for a while and then she and Charles were married. He became principal of the State Normal School at Farmington, Maine. They had four children: Iola, Arthur, Ralph, and Katie. Arthur and Ralph became New York lawyers.
Biographical Note
Betsey Brown Rounds had a brother William who was a chaplain during the Civil War.
Extent
1 folder (30 items)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The correspondence of a family in South Waterford and in South Paris, Maine. Included also are typescripts of some of the letters.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. Elizabeth Rounds Lawton in 1977.
General
No finding aid - see Special Collections librarian for assistance.
Subject
- Rounds, Charles Collins, 1831- (Person)
- Rounds, Kate (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Rounds Family Correspondence
- Status
- No Additional Box Or Folder List For This Small Collection
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English.
Repository Details
Part of the Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections Repository
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207-581-1686
