Helen C. Weld diary, 1889-1891
Scope and Contents
Includes personal and financial materials related to various members of the Chandler-Cleaveland family and their friends, including John Appleton Cleaveland, Martha Ann Bush Chandler, Esther Chandler, Grace Webster Mitchell Chandler, Martha Ann Bush Cleaveland Chandler, Parker C. Chandler, William M. Chandler, and Helen Weld. Also includes address books, ephemera, musical manuscripts, and other materials for whom the author is unidentified. Finally, the series contains a CD of scans documenting a collection of Chandler materials in private hands. In the early 1990's Warner Chandler, Jr. catalogued the documents and letters, which were then scanned by the Nelson family in 2002 in Adobe PDF and JPEG formats. Correspondents include: Andrew Campbell Chandler, Sr. (1830-1894), Catherine Clark Cunningham (1829-1906), Solomon Hewett Chandler (1828-1903), Andrew Campbell Chandler, Jr. (1856-1935), Cora Evelyn (Bean) Chandler (1858-1935), Charles Peleg Chandler (1857-19??), Frederick Hewett Chandler (1860-19??), and Roland Cunningham Chandler (1865-19??).
Dates
- Creation: 1803-1949, undated
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions.
Extent
From the Series: 2 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 Repository