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...

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Diary from 1923 of E. Natalie Hatch, a 13-year old student in New Vineyard, Maine. Most entries pertain to school, visitors, and meetings.

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The collection consists of diaries kept by Richard V. Hayden from 1821 through 1867. The diaries give very detailed information about Hayden's daily life, including the weather, his varied work activities, and local and national events.

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A diary and account book of a farmer's wife in East Winthrop, Maine during 1912 to 1914. accounts.

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Materials in the collection include many family letters, the diaries of two members of the family, and a few documents related to the attendance of Benjamin W. Hewes at Bowdoin College.

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Diary of an 18-year-old student living in East Winthrop, Maine.

Abstract Highway surveyor's tax lists for the 12 districts in the town of Tremont, Maine for the years 1856 to 1884, listing names and taxes owed. Included are books for 1856 (Districts 9 and 11), 1862 (District 9), 1869 (District 12), 1870 (Districts 1 and 7), 1873 (Districts 1, 3-4, 8-9, 11-12), 1876 (Districts 2, 4-5, 7, 10), 1877 (Districts 1, 3-5, 9-11), 1880 (Districts 9, 10), 1881 (Districts 1-8, 10-12), and 1884 (Districts 1, 4, 7-9, 12). Included also is a letter from the highway surveyor of...

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Diaries, 1902-1956 (some volumes missing), recording the activities of Virgil Howard Hill and his wife Margaret Cates Murphy Hill. Entries for each day were written by both Hills with most entries made by Margaret. They detail both business, family and personal matters; many entries record prices paid for items or amounts received by the Hills for goods and services. Also indicated on most entries is the number of eggs collected that day.

Abstract Typescript of two diaries which were transcribed by Marjorie Bartlett. One diary (3 p.) by Josiah Hinckley covers the period Oct. 10 to Nov. 17, 1849 and describes a voyage from New York to Panama and the beginning of the voyage to California from Panama. The author of the second diary (12 p.) is unknown and describes his trip to California and his life there looking for gold. The period covered is Sept. 27, 1849 to March 16, 1851. His companions in California were Capt. Hinckley, J.P....

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A daily diary kept by Hobbs in which he recorded the weather, family activities, and the work he did both for himself and for others.

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The papers of Edward M. Holmes provide a record of his literary career. They include drafts of his writings, a diary from 1965, and a copy of his doctoral thesis.

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Four diaries by a horse trainer/breeder/stable owner. The name of the horse trainer and the location of his stable are unknown.

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A diary of an itinerant minister in Maine from April 11 to Dec. 31, 1888. Included in the back of the diary are accounts dated 1903.

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Diaries, 1895-1920, of Mary Jewett, probably of Gardiner, Maine. Notes weather, daily chores, and activities. Entries are brief and to the point.

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The correspondence of a Bowdoin College student in the late 1870s and early 1880s. The letters are from Fred LaForest Johnson's father, his young brother Harry, his cousin Carrie who lived in Northport, Maine, his aunt Amanda from Fort Wayne, Indiana. The bulk of the correspondence is from his sister Mae. Included also are a diary from 1877, 2 photographs of Fred, a short genealogy of the Johnson family, and other miscellaneous letters and papers.

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Pocket diaries of Jennie Johnson, of Freedom, Maine for 1887-1890, and one for 1907 (a year after Jennie's death) kept by one of her daughters, probably Rena Vose who grew up in Thorndike, Maine. Both authors record weather, school attendance, chores, and other daily activities.

Scope and Contents Personal papers and business records of three generations of the Johnston family, builders of dams and bridges in Maine. Included are materials of William Jasper Johnston; his son, William Percy Johnston; and Percy's son, Donald Percy Johnston. A few items belonging to John Johnston, father of Jasper Johnston are also found in the collection. The collection includes many photographs of dams and other construction projects of the Johnston family. Included are phorographs and negatives,...

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A collection of diaries kept by Peleg Jones in the years 1850-1852,1881, and 1883-1894. Also includes ledgers from W.H. Vaughan and Company, Caribou, Maine, 1850-1854.

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Daily diary kept by an unidentified farmer from May 1896 to April 1898. Entries detail the weather and the farm tasks done each day.

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A diary of Myra L. Larson (Larsen) from Monson, Maine. The entries detail daily weather conditions, the writer's activities, and descriptions of people and events in town. Many entries make reference to the diarist's work in the library.

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A diary kept by Leavens while a student at Mount Hermon School for Boys in Northfield, Mass. The diary records activities during a summer that he and fellow student Walter C. Simpson of Greensboro, Vermont, spent as cooking ware salesmen in various Maine towns. Writing in a humorous manner, Leavens outlines their daily activities, what they sold, and how they traveled to such communities as Brunswick, Augusta, Hallowell, Waterville, Oakland, Madison, Gardiner, and Randolph, Maine.

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Diary of a resident of Gardiner, Maine.

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A diary of a student residing at the Pine Tree Stock Farm in Gardiner, Maine.

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The collection contains seven diaries maintained by Littlefield in 1927 and 1933-1937 while living in Hampden and Portland, Maine, and in Boston. The volumes record his daily activities and pastimes as well as providing some details about mail shipped by railroad during the time period covered. An obituary for Littlefield is also included.

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A photocopy of a diary kept by William Livermore during his service with the 20th Maine Regiment. The diary begins on August 31, 1862 at Camp Mason in Portland, Maine, and ends in Portland on June 22, 1865. It provides an almost daily account of Livermore's service with his company.

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Diary of a member of the Maine House of Representatives for 1867.

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Diaries kept by Manson from the time he was 12 until his death, recording his daily activities, the weather, events in the town of Gardiner, etc.

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The bulk of the papers are family letters or materials concerning the Peirce timberlands. Included also are copies of Ada Peirce McCormick's magazine Letter, magazine articles and clippings, correspondence, genealogies, wills, diaries, and photographs.

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A diary kept by Abraham K. McKenzie, a businessman from Indian River, Maine, of a trip he made to Palestine with George J. Adams in 1865. Adams subsequently led an effort to establish a millenarian community of Americans in Palestine, sailing with 156 members of the Church of the Messiah from Boston to Jaffa in 1866. The group was known as the Jaffa Colony or the Palestine Emigration Association. By 1867 the colony had failed and most members had returned to the United States.

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Diary of a young woman who lived with her family in the Portland, Maine, area, taught or attended school, and took singing and music lessons. Entries are brief and include references to chores, school, meetings, visitors, trips, and weather.