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John Gould collection

 Collection
Identifier: M075

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Scope and Content

Correspondence, typescripts, original manuscripts, radio broadcasts, and notes, as well as clippings and other material related to Gould's writings. Also included are audio recordings, photographs, and biographical and genealogical material.

Dates

  • Creation: 1931-2004, undated

Creator

Biographical/Historical Note

John Thomas Gould (Bowdoin 1931), a Boston native, was born in 1908. He wrote stories, essays, and humorous novels, most of which describe the daily routines of life in New England. The author of the column "Dispatch from the Farm," in the Christian Science Monitor (1942- ), he also wrote Pre-Natal Care for Fathers (1941), The House that Jacob Built (1947), The Fastest Hound Dog in the State of Maine (1953) and Maine Lingo (1975). He was a journalist for the Boston Sunday Post (1924-1954), publisher and co-owner of Lisbon Enterprise (1945-1951), president of the New England Veteran Journalists Association (1961-1962) and commentator for Public Radio.

Gould married Dorothy Florence Wells in 1932. They had a son, John Thomas Jr. (Bowdoin 1960), and a daughter, Kathryn MacLeod Gould Christy. John Gould died on September 1, 2003.

Extent

6.5 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Correspondence, typescripts, original manuscripts, radio broadcasts, recordings, photographs, and notes, as well as clippings and other material relating to John Gould, Bowdoin Class of 1931, writer, journalist, humorist, and broadcaster.

Separated Materials

Gould presented the College nearly 150 volumes, including all editions of his works; those edited or with a preface or introduction by him; anthologies containing pieces by him; and books about him. These works are cataloged separately as part of the rare book holdings of the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the John Gould Collection
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 Repository

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