Jasper Jacob Stahl Notebook
Scope and Contents
Notebook and loose papers, 1907-1909, contains handwritten stories, anecdotes, and poetry by Jasper Jacob Stahl, a high school teacher at Friendship High School and the Lincoln Academy. Notebook is labeled "Themes." Some entries appear to have been graded with a "Rein gut" (literally "purely good" in German). They may be translations.
Dates
- Creation: 1907-1909
Creator
- Stahl, Jasper Jacob, 1886- (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access.
Conditions Governing Use
Rights assessment remains the responsibility of the researcher. No known restrictions.
Biographical Note
Jasper Jacob Stahl was probably born in 1888 (various sources indicate 1886-1888) in Waldoboro, Maine. As the son of a sea captain he sailed around the Horn to Valparaiso on his father’s ship, then graduated from Bowdoin summa cum laude, a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He taught at Reed College, but was interrupted by his service as an officer in the United States Navy in World War I. Subsequently he spent thirty-eight years as Director of Studies for the renowned Hill School Pottstown, Pennsylvania from 1918-1947. He was a historian of Waldoboro and author of "History of Old Broad Bay and Waldoboro." He also studied Germans in Maine.
Extent
1 volume
25 sheet
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Charles Rand of Falmouth, Maine.
- Title
- Guide to the Jasper Jacob Stahl Notebook
- Status
- No Additional Box Or Folder List For This Small Collection
- Author
- Elizabeth Russell
- Date
- August 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for uncoded script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in 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
