Portraits

Abstract Letters and portraits of a U.S. Senator from Maine. Included are a letter dated April 8, 1872 in which William Pierce Frye wrote: "My brief experience here in Washington justifies the belief that promises are cheap and performance rare"; a letter to Betsey Jackson in Jay, Maine dated July 1, 1884 in which he discusses legislation to increase pensions by $4 per month; a letter to J.A. Pike of Androscoggin Pomona Grange, Auburn, Maine dated April 22, 1910 in which he discusses the repeal of...

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This small collection contains both business and personal papers of Moses Giddings of Bangor, Maine.

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The papers of a lawyer and judge in Maine. Included is a summons to either of the constables of the town of Biddeford sent by Prentiss Mellen, Justice of the Peace, dated 1801. Included also are four letters signed by Prentiss Mellen and a personal recommendation for Thomas E. Hale dated July 29, 1807. The letters were sent to Abraham Touva, Isaac Parker, and Henry E. Prentiss. Included also is a summary of Prentiss Mellen's accomplishments and a portrait.

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Collection, 1965-mid-1970s, consists of a variety of materials originating from William Packard. Includes a portrait, an adaptation of a play from the Japanese, a number of letters, several manuscripts, publicity, and teaching course material, copies of Packard's poetry in several formats and poetry by Michael Harlow.

Scope and Contents The collection contains research material and writings of Ralph S. Palmer, a professor and naturalist. It includes material related to Manly Hardy and his daughter Fannie Hardy Eckstorm, as well as an extensive reprint collection of publications in natural history and zoology. Included are notes, articles, clippings, photographs, reprints, ledgers, typescripts, illustrations, card indexes, and correspondence of Ralph S. Palmer, Jonathan Titcomb Hardy, Manly Hardy, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm, and...

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Two handwritten letters and a portrait of a Maine lawyer and Supreme Judicial Court judge. One letter has a letterhead of the House of Representatives, Washington and date 186-. It is addressed to Bro. Prentiss and asks him to inform Peters if he made any inaccuracies in a speech he sent him. The second letter is addressed to E. A. Dana, Jr. and dated Bangor 23 Nov. 1861. In it he discusses some court issues. The portrait is one that has been removed from a printed publication.

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A collection of the detached covers of Time magazine from July 5, 1926 to April 16, 1979. The cover is often a portrait of someone in the news.

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Notes on portraits and photographs of presidents, trustees, faculty, alumni and friends of the University of Maine compiled by Gannett, the registrar of the university from 1913-1953.