Guide to the Alpheus Spring Packard Papers, 1819-1886 undated
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Alpheus Spring Packard Papers, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine.
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Alpheus Spring Packard (1798-1884) received an A.B., an A.M. and a D.D. from Bowdoin College, in 1816, 1819 and 1860, respectively. After graduating, Packard taught at Gorham Academy, was principal at Hallowell Academy, and taught in Wiscasset and Bucksport before returning to the College in 1819 to tutor. Packard was to spend the rest of his life Bowdoin College. He was professor of languages and classical literature (1824-1842), professor of rhetoric and oratory (1842-1845), professor of ancient languages and classical literature (1845-1865), and Collins Professor of Natural and Revealed Religion (1864-1884). He served as librarian from 1869 to 1881. He also served as acting president of the College from 1883 to 1884, between the Chamberlain and Hyde administrations. In 1839, Packard published his edition of Memorabilia Xenophontis. He also edited the works of Jesse Appleton in two volumes. He contributed to the North American Review and to the Bibliotheca Sacra. In 1882, Nehemiah Cleaveland's History of Bowdoin College was published; Packard edited and completed the work after Cleaveland's death in 1877. Packard was a member of the Maine Historical Society and an Honorary Member of the New York and Royal (England) Historical Societies. Packard married Frances E. Appleton, the second daughter of Bowdoin president Jesse Appleton, in 1827. The couple had five children: Charles, William, Alpheus, George, and Frances. Packard's first wife died in 1839, and in 1844 he married Mrs. C. W. McLellan of Portland. The couple had one child, Robert. Alpheus Spring Packard died in 1884.
The collection includes correspondence (1819-1886); lectures and addresses (1824-1878); clippings; notes and tributes; sermons by Hezekiah and Asa Packard; and miscellaneous ephemera (1850-1885). There are obituaries of George Adams, Samuel Newman and John O'Brien (Bowdoin 1806); sketches and notes about the College and alumni; and two poems: "American Hero" and "Sarah's Complaint". The lectures and addresses were primarily delivered by Packard at Bowdoin. Principal correspondents include William Northend, Nehemiah Cleaveland, and Peleg Whitman Chandler.
Organized into 5 series: Correspondence, 1819-1886; Lectures & Addresses, 1824-1884; Sermons, 1837-1881; Writings & Notes, 1819-1881, n.d.; Miscellaneous Materials, 1816-1883, n.d.
Arranged chronologically.
The correspondence consists mostly of letters to Alpheus Spring Packard. Primary correspondents include Peleg Whitman Chandler, Nehemiah Cleaveland, and William Northend.
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1819 - 1839
1840 - 1851
1852 Jan - Jul
1852 Aug - Dec
1853 - 1857
1858 - 1868
1869 - 1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877 - 1878
1879
1880 Dec 4 - 1881 Feb 14, re:subscription for portrait of ASP
1880 - 1886
1882: Letterbook--"To Alpheus Spring Packard from The Maine Historical Society, December 23, 1882" (containing correspondence concerning invitations to ALP's 84th birthday party)
Arranged alphabetically.
This series contains Bowdoin College class lectures given by Packard and addresses delivered at Bowdoin events, including Baccalaureate ceremonies and Athenenean and Peucinian Society meetings, as well as addresses given to non-Bowdoin groups on topics such as temperance and education.
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Addresses:
Ancient Languages
Athenean and Peucinian Societies, 1864 Jun
Bowdoin Alumni Address, 1840 Jul
Bowdoin Baccalaureate, 1872
Bowdoin Baccalaureate, 1878
Inaugural, 1824
Martha Washington Society, 1845
Missionary Discourse, 1836 Feb
Phi Beta Kappa
Pleasant Street School (Mr. Bartlett's school), 1843 Mar
Popular Education, 1846
Reverend Jonathan Fisher
Sabbath School and Brunswick Lyceum
Temperance
Temperance, 1833 Feb
Temperance, 1838
Temperance, c.1870
Y.M.C.A., North Yarmouth, 1869 Jan 5
Y.M.C.A., Portland, 1884 Jan
Lectures:
Antiquities of our Western States
Architecture
Classical Eloquence and Education
Classical Learning, 1839 Nov
Collegiate Course of Study
Comparative Philology, 1858 Feb
Evangeline
Greek Drama, 1859
Greek History and Literature
Greek Language
Greek Literature
Greek Literature: Homer
Historical Topics
Intellectual Habits, 1872 Sep
Mutiny in the East Indies, The, 1857
Oratory
Pastoral Poetry
Puritans
Religion
Roman History
Roman Literature
Transcendental School: Its Style, 1844
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This series contains Biblical sermons by Alpheus Spring Packard, including date and location of reading.
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1837
1838
1840
1841
1842
1843
1844
1845
1846
1847
1848
1849
1850
1851
1853
1854
1855
1856
1857
1858
1859
1860
1862
1863
1864
1865
1866
1867
1868
1869
1870
1871
1872
1873
1876
1877
1879
1880
1881
Arranged alphabetically.
This series contains miscellaneous items written by Alpheus Packard, including sketches of Bowdoin College and Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, obituaries, his 1819 Commencement part for Masters candidacy, and two poems.
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Account of Mrs. A.S. Packard
Bowdoin Alumni: notes
Bowdoin College: "Reminiscences," 1881
Bowdoin College: sketch for Encyclopedia Britannica
Bowdoin family: notes
Brunswick Temperance Society: 2nd Annual report
Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence: sketch for "History of Bowdoin College"
Commencement part as Masters Candidate,1819 Sep 1
Cumberland County Temperance Society: 6th Annual Report
English Grammar: notes
Gentlemen's Club, Brunswick ME: docket
History class notes: historical reading
"Introductory to the Study of Paley's Evidences," 1872
"Loci Communes," 1821 Mar 6
Notebook, ca. 1829
Notes: unsorted fragments
Obituary of George Eliashib Adams, DD, 1849 - 1875
Obituary of John O'Brien, Class of 1806, d.1865
Obituary of Samuel Newman
Poems: "American Hero;" "Sarah's Complaint"
Reminiscences of Dr. Hemenway, by Miss Gates
Arranged alphabetically.
This series contains miscellaneous items belonging to Alpheus Packard, including a Bowdoin Semi-Centennial register, membership certificates to Longfellow associations, a number of Hezekiah Packard's sermons, and a hymn (1823) by William B. Tappan.
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Album
Bowdoin College Semi-Centennial register
Clippings:various topics [clipped by A.S. Packard]
Journal
Longfellow Memorial Association: membership certificate, c.1816
Longfellow Statue Association: certificate, 1883
Packard, A.S.: daguerreotype portrait
Packard, Hezekiah: home in Wiscasset, c.1845
Packard, Hezekiah: sermons
Packard, Hezekiah or Asa: sermons
Sketches and tributes to A.S. Packard
Tappen, William B.: hymn, 1823