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Essays

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Short literary compositions on single subjects, often presenting the personal view of the author.

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Alarums and Excursions : An Amusement Record of Mount Desert Island

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1837-sc
Content Description

The collection is a ten page magazine style publication from the early 20th century, consisting of social announcements, advertisements, schedules of entertainments, and short literary pieces. The volume deals largely with the social life of Bar Harbor, Maine.

Dates: Early 1900s

Rachel L. Lowe Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0778
Abstract

This small collection consists almost entirely of correspondence written to Rachel Lowe, 1917-1959, from various collectors and experts in the study and identification of mosses.

Dates: 1917-1959; Majority of material found within 1951-1959

Philip M. Marsh Literary Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0328
Scope and Contents

The papers of an author and professor from Maine. Included are mostly manuscripts of poems, essays, and a book published by Philip Marsh.

Dates: 1933-1960

Richard O'Connor Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0371
Scope and Contents

The papers provide a record of Richard O'Connor's literary career. They include book length manuscripts, outlines for works, essays, and correspondence with publishers including Doubleday and Company, Little, Brown and Company, McGraw Hill Book Company, G.P. Putnam's Sons, and Viking Press.

Dates: undated

Faculty Records (University Of Maine). Professor Reynolds (Cecil John) Papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA RG 0011-035
Scope and Contents The records mainly contain textual information created and curated by Cecil John Reynolds, who was a University of Maine English professor and a coordinator in the Honors Program, but there are also photographs of Reynolds. The records include correspondence on the Honors Program, details of Reynold’s thoughts on letter writing, time at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, copies of both an autobiography written by Cecil John Reynolds and one by Cecil’s brother Ralph Reynolds, various...
Dates: 1953-2003

Faculty Records. Professor Segal (Howard P.) Papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA RG 0011-055
Scope and Contents The records mainly contain textual information created and curated by Howard P. Segal who was a nationally known scholar on the subject of the history of technology. The records cover part of his time as a faculty member at the University of Maine and author. The record series Phi Beta Kappa Records contains logistical information regarding the organizing of scholar visits to the University of Maine as part of Phi Beta Kappa's Visiting Scholar Program, including posters and...
Dates: 1974-2019; Majority of material found within 1989-2010

Jasper Jacob Stahl Notebook

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1821-sc
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: 1907-1909

Faculty Records. Terrell (Carroll F.) Papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA RG 0011-054
Scope and Contents The records mainly contain textual information created and curated by Carroll F. Terrell who as was a nationally known scholar on the works of the poet Ezra Pound, but there is also photographic material and audio recordings of a conference on Ezra Pound held at the University of Maine in August, 1980. The records cover Terrell’s academic career at the University of Maine, but also his work as the founder of the National Poetry Foundation and Northern Lights Press in Orono, as well as editor...
Dates: 1949-2001; Majority of material found within 1960-1990