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Merton G. L. and Lula Bailey Papers, 1913-1948
0.75 linear feet.
Catalog Number: M7
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Agency History / Biographical Note:
Merton G.L. Bailey (1888-1969), of Bowdoin's class of 1911, was
circulation manager, managing editor, and director of Vickery &
Hill Publishing Co. of Augusta, Maine, 1911-1941. From 1930 to 1941,
Bailey was also director of Needlecraft Publishing Co. After leaving
Vickery & Hill, Bailey worked for Williams Realty in Augusta (1941-60),
serving as Vice-President from 1946-48. He was also active in city
government and in the state and national Unitarian associations.
In 1931, Bailey, a book collector, married Lula Barber (d.1969),
an avid bookplate collector who corresponded actively with other
collectors and with celebrities from whom she hoped to obtain bookplates.
Scope and Content:
The collection contains correspondence (1914-67, n.d.), notes, drafts,
photographs, clippings, etc. (1904-60, n.d.). It includes letters
relating to Lula Bailey's bookplate collection, to Merton Bailey's
Bowdoin classmates and colleagues, and his efforts to get books
signed by authors such as Booth Tarkington, Edna Ferber, Stephen
Vincent Benet, Pearl Buck, and Upton Sinclair, as well as an extensive
exchange with illustrator Edward C. Caswell. There are notes concerning
Louis Adamic, and a fragmentary draft of Thames Williamson's Hunkey.
The papers are supplemented by Lula Bailey's extensive bookplate
collection.
Provenance:
Cite as: Merton G. L. and Lula Bailey papers, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library
Access Restrictions: None.
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