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Authors, American -- Maine

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

Kate Douglas Wiggin collection

 Collection
Identifier: M187
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence, journals, book and story manuscripts, commonplace books, notebooks and notes related to Wiggin's writing; also includes lectures on kindergarten subjects, clippings, photographs and material concerning her Irish "literary pilgrimage."

Dates: 1867 - 1985; Majority of material found within 1891 - 1917

Kellogg family collection

 Collection
Identifier: M100
Abstract

The collection contains 586 sermons by Elijah Kellogg and his son Elijah Kellogg, Jr., correspondence, undated manuscript drafts of essays and poetry, a history of the Kellogg family. Also included are Elijah Kellogg, Sr.,'s journals of his Passamaquoddy missions (1821-1831), legal, financial, personal and religious materials, images, and clippings.

Dates: 1780-1978, undated; Majority of material found within 1780 - 1914

Lawrence Sargent Hall papers

 Collection
Identifier: M082
Abstract

The collection contains published and unpublished manuscripts of Hall's novels, texts, short stories, plays, articles, lectures, essays, and poems, including drafts, final copies, proofs, and notes; correspondence; class material; biographical information; clippings; photographs; and audio tapes.

Dates: 1938-1993

Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance records

 Collection
Identifier: M228
Abstract

Administrative records of the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance.

Dates: 1974 - 2003; Majority of material found within 1984 - 2000

Nora Archibald Smith family papers

 Collection
Identifier: M271
Abstract

Material documenting Smith family life in California, the sisters' (Kate Wiggin and Nora A. Smith) involvement in the kindergarten movement, their involvement in publishing, and family affairs in Maine.

Dates: 1867-1937, undated

Robert Peter Tristram Coffin collection

 Collection
Identifier: M037
Abstract

Papers of Robert Peter Tristram Coffin (1892-1955), writer, Bowdoin College Pierce Professor of English (1934-1955), and Pulitzer Prize winning poet, including correspondence; drafts, proofs and notes of books, poems, essays, plays and lectures; notes, examinations and other material relating to teaching, and biographical materials.

Dates: 1842-1989, undated ; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1955

Seba Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: M168
Abstract

The Seba Smith collection contains correspondence, Smith's manuscript autobiography, newspaper clippings, and speeches.

Dates: 1817-1858