Personal narratives
Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:
Elisha Coan collection
Letters, documents, articles, clippings, photographs and other material relating to Coan and his career, particularly during the Civil War.
Fessenden collection
Correspondence, professional and personal records, publications, articles, addresses, reports, lectures, memoirs, a diary, documents, receipts, accounts, clippings, images, genealogies, and biographical material related to the Fessenden family.
Henry Hastings Hunt papers
Thirty letters (August 25, 1862 - April 11, 1865), from Hunt to his mother and sister, and three diaries (1863, 1864, 1865) relating to Hunt's military career.
Interview with Everett P. Pope
Typescript transcription of a recorded interview conducted with Everett Pope at Amelia Island, Florida, March 2001. The interview centers on Pope's student life at Bowdoin College, his experiences as a U.S. Marine in the Pacific theater during World War II, including the battle of Peleliu, and his award of the Medal of Honor
James Warren Clark papers
The collection includes thirty-seven letters (1862-1863), most received or sent by James Warren Clark (member of 42nd Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry) during the Civil War; also includes images of James Warren Clark.
John Calvin Dodge papers
Legal papers and documents concerning the maritime cases handled by John Calvin Dodge and his sons, as well as biographical and family material.
Ledger and journal
Bound ledger recording United States Christian Commission agent Redlon's expenses while stationed at Martinsburg, W.Va., Summit Point, Va., and Harper's Ferry, W.Va., from April through June 1865, along with a brief set of journal entries recounting Redlon's travels from Maine southward early in 1865 to join the Commission
McArthur Family papers
Correspondence, including Civil War letters from Arthur, Jr., and William; family documents and diaries; Civil War military records, mostly containing the muster rolls, payrolls, courts martial adjutant reports and other material relating to the 8th Maine, and student records of Malcolm during his time at West Point.
Mellen Family papers
The collection contains print and manuscript material from the family papers and genealogical research of the compiler, Clara Hawkins Mellen. Includes genealogical notes, charts, and correspondence; ancestral and family correspondence, diaries, including a copy of Henry Sewall, Jr.'s revolutionary war diary; documents; and clippings.
Record book of Rev. Jonathan Edwards Adams, of New Sharon, Maine, during his two month's [sic] service with the U.S. Christian Commission in 1863 at Alexandria, Washington & Gettysburg
Ruled journal issued by the U.S. Christian Commission recording field work by Jonathan E. Adams, including providing comfort and support for wounded Union soldiers during 1863, with details of medical treatments, causes of death, last wishes of the dying, Adams's itinerary, and his expenses