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Typescripts of Franklin Pierce letters to Horatio Bridge

 File — vault-box: 1, Folder: 31
Identifier: M148.1
Series Description: From the Series: The correspondence consists chiefly of letters by Pierce to friends, especially his associates from Bowdoin. It covers the period after his election to the New Hampshire legislature to his death in 1869, but is most extensive during his term as president of the United States. Many of the letters, especially those to Bowdoin classmates Horatio Bridge and George Washington Pierce, have a personal tone, and at least one of the letters to Bridge concerns another famous life-long friend,...
Dates: 1823-2010, undated; Majority of material found within 1823 - 1869
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 / Franklin Pierce collection / Correspondence, 1828-1869, n.d.

Articles and addresses:

 File — vault-box: 1, Folder: 32
Identifier: M148.2
Series Description: From the Series:

Pierce's exhibition parts and orations during his tenure at Bowdoin; newsclippings of various types and subjects dating from 1850 to the present; commemorative material; and images. Also included are copies of Pierce manuscripts in other Bowdoin collections, as well as an index to the Franklin Pierce Papers at the Library of Congress.

Dates: 1823-2010, undated; Majority of material found within 1823 - 1869
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 / Franklin Pierce collection / Clippings, ephemera, images, etc., 1823-2010, n.d.

"Franklin Pierce, Popular Sovereignty, and Manifest Destiny..." by Peter Steinbrueck

 File — vault-box: 1, Folder: 33
Identifier: M148.2
Series Description: From the Series:

Pierce's exhibition parts and orations during his tenure at Bowdoin; newsclippings of various types and subjects dating from 1850 to the present; commemorative material; and images. Also included are copies of Pierce manuscripts in other Bowdoin collections, as well as an index to the Franklin Pierce Papers at the Library of Congress.

Dates: 1823-2010, undated; Majority of material found within 1823 - 1869
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 / Franklin Pierce collection / Clippings, ephemera, images, etc., 1823-2010, n.d.

Clippings: 1850-1899

 File — vault-box: 1, Folder: 34
Identifier: M148.2
Series Description: From the Series:

Pierce's exhibition parts and orations during his tenure at Bowdoin; newsclippings of various types and subjects dating from 1850 to the present; commemorative material; and images. Also included are copies of Pierce manuscripts in other Bowdoin collections, as well as an index to the Franklin Pierce Papers at the Library of Congress.

Dates: 1823-2010, undated; Majority of material found within 1823 - 1869
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 / Franklin Pierce collection / Clippings, ephemera, images, etc., 1823-2010, n.d.

Clippings: 1900-1949

 File — vault-box: 1, Folder: 35
Identifier: M148.2
Series Description: From the Series:

Pierce's exhibition parts and orations during his tenure at Bowdoin; newsclippings of various types and subjects dating from 1850 to the present; commemorative material; and images. Also included are copies of Pierce manuscripts in other Bowdoin collections, as well as an index to the Franklin Pierce Papers at the Library of Congress.

Dates: 1823-2010, undated; Majority of material found within 1823 - 1869
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 / Franklin Pierce collection / Clippings, ephemera, images, etc., 1823-2010, n.d.

Clippings: 1950-1959

 File — vault-box: 1, Folder: 36
Identifier: M148.2
Series Description: From the Series:

Pierce's exhibition parts and orations during his tenure at Bowdoin; newsclippings of various types and subjects dating from 1850 to the present; commemorative material; and images. Also included are copies of Pierce manuscripts in other Bowdoin collections, as well as an index to the Franklin Pierce Papers at the Library of Congress.

Dates: 1823-2010, undated; Majority of material found within 1823 - 1869
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 / Franklin Pierce collection / Clippings, ephemera, images, etc., 1823-2010, n.d.

Clippings: 1960-current; miscellaneous

 File — vault-box: 1, Folder: 37
Identifier: M148.2
Series Description: From the Series:

Pierce's exhibition parts and orations during his tenure at Bowdoin; newsclippings of various types and subjects dating from 1850 to the present; commemorative material; and images. Also included are copies of Pierce manuscripts in other Bowdoin collections, as well as an index to the Franklin Pierce Papers at the Library of Congress.

Dates: 1823-2010, undated; Majority of material found within 1823 - 1869
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 / Franklin Pierce collection / Clippings, ephemera, images, etc., 1823-2010, n.d.

Ephemera: Commemorative medal: gift of Evelyn H. Dupont, February 10, 1981

 File — vault-box: 1, Folder: 38
Identifier: M148.2
Series Description: From the Series:

Pierce's exhibition parts and orations during his tenure at Bowdoin; newsclippings of various types and subjects dating from 1850 to the present; commemorative material; and images. Also included are copies of Pierce manuscripts in other Bowdoin collections, as well as an index to the Franklin Pierce Papers at the Library of Congress.

Dates: 1823-2010, undated; Majority of material found within 1823 - 1869
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 / Franklin Pierce collection / Clippings, ephemera, images, etc., 1823-2010, n.d.

Ephemera: Franklin Pierce presidential dollar coins, one roll, released into circulation 2010 May 20

 File — vault-box: 1, Folder: 45
Identifier: M148.2
Series Description: From the Series:

Pierce's exhibition parts and orations during his tenure at Bowdoin; newsclippings of various types and subjects dating from 1850 to the present; commemorative material; and images. Also included are copies of Pierce manuscripts in other Bowdoin collections, as well as an index to the Franklin Pierce Papers at the Library of Congress.

Dates: 1823-2010, undated; Majority of material found within 1823 - 1869
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 / Franklin Pierce collection / Clippings, ephemera, images, etc., 1823-2010, n.d.

Ephemera: Miscellaneous ephemera

 File — vault-box: 1, Folder: 39
Identifier: M148.2
Series Description: From the Series:

Pierce's exhibition parts and orations during his tenure at Bowdoin; newsclippings of various types and subjects dating from 1850 to the present; commemorative material; and images. Also included are copies of Pierce manuscripts in other Bowdoin collections, as well as an index to the Franklin Pierce Papers at the Library of Congress.

Dates: 1823-2010, undated; Majority of material found within 1823 - 1869
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 / Franklin Pierce collection / Clippings, ephemera, images, etc., 1823-2010, n.d.

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