Natural history -- Maine

The collection reflects both the amateur and professional scientific studies of a high school biology teacher in Presque Isle, Maine. There are field notes, study guides, plant lists, extensive correspondence, and an unpublished manuscript for the flora of Aroostook County, Maine.

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.