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Brunswick Region Resources


The Mall, Brunswick, looking south

Region-wide / Bowdoinham / Harpswell / Phippsburg / Arrowsic

Brunswick / Lisbon / Topsham / Bailey Island / Day’s Ferry

Nequasset / Woolwich / Bath / Durham / North Yarmouth

Yarmouth / Bowdoin / Freeport / Orr’s Island

Region-wide

Letters, Documents, Deeds, and Other Manuscript Material

  • Charles Vaughan Family Papers, 1683-1908 (bulk 1773-1861):
    • Pejepscot, deeds, 1683-1684 (later copies), of large tracts of land in Pejepscott in the Province of Maine, including that of six Indian sagamores of seven hundred acres to Richard Wharton, July 7, 1684 (M180, box E, folder 11)
    • Pejepscot, deed of Ephraim Savage, Richard Wharton’s estate administrator, to Captain Thomas Hutchinson [et al.] for the tract of land commonly called Pejepscott, previously given by patent of the Council of Plymouth to George Way and Thomas Purchase, Nov. 5, 1714 (M180, box E, folder 10)
    • State of the title to lot no. 1 butting on Merrymeeting Bay & Kennebeck River as derived from the Pejepscot Proprietors (M180, box E, folder E-17)
  • Medical School of Maine Records, 1820-1921
    • Record of clinics, 1861-1868, includes patients’ names and towns of residence, 1864-1865 (Archives 8.2.5, vol. 3)
    • Biographical files, 1821-1923, may include correspondence, clippings, and other information about Medical School graduates’ and non-graduates’ lives and careers (Archives 8.2.1) [link to Bath, Bowdoin …, Brunswick, Harpswell, and Topsham Letters … sections below]
  • Kate Furbish Collection, 1870-1908:
    • Flora of Maine includes notation of her specimens’ collection sites, many of which were in Brunswick and neighboring towns (M70.1)
    • Correspondence and journals (M70.2)
  • George J. Mitchell Papers, 1948- :
    • U.S. Senate:
      • Constituent Service Records (M202.6.3)
      • Legislative Records
        • Housing (M202.6.2.7)
        • Maine Defense Bases and Industries (M202.6.2.14.1)
        • Transportation and Commerce (M202.6.2.11)
      • Majority Leadership Records – Domestic Affairs (M202.6.4.1)
      • Press and Media Activities Records (M202.6.7)
  • Merrymeeting Audubon Society Records, 1969-1972, 1 vol. (M194 .M477 folio)

Maps

  • Casco Bay: The Harbour of Casco Bay and Islands Adjacent. By Capt. Cyprian Southicke, 1720, copy (mapcase B, drawer 19)
  • Kennebec River and Region Adjacent: A True Coppy from an Ancient Plan of E. Hutchinson’s … & from Jose[ph] Heath In 1719. & Phin[ea]s Jones’s Survey in 1731. & from John North’s Late Survey in 1752, facsimile of original at Massachusetts Historical Society (mapcase D, drawer 11)
  • Kennebec River and Region Adjacent: … Plan of Kennebeck & Sagadahoc Rivers … taken from actual Survey made by Joseph Heath … Phineas Jones, John North … Ephraim Jones, Nov. 20, 1754, engraved by Thomas Johnston With inset of Map … of the principal rivers to ye. North & West of the Massachusetts … chiefly taken from Monsr. Bellin’s Map of North America Published at Paris, 1745 Facsimile of original at Massachusetts Historical Society (mapcase D, drawer 11)
  • The Atlantic Neptune, vol. 2, 1777, by Joseph F.W. Des Barres, showing the coastal waters of the "Gulph and River of St. Lawrence", "New England", and "From New York Southerly"
    • “A Chart of the Coast from Skuttock Point, Westward to Musketo Island” (mapcase D, drawer 7, no. 6)
    • “A Chart of Rogers Bay, Sagadahock River, New Meadow Harbour, Mericonig Sound, Middle Bay, Magout Bay ….” (mapcase D, drawer 7, no. **7)
  • Kennebec and Androscoggin Rivers and Merrymeeting-Bay Area: Kennebeck Proprietors’ Purchase plan copied by William Alline, Nov. 1785, from John North’s plan, Feb. 3, 1750/1, ms. copy (mapcase D, drawer 11)

Photographs

  • Bath, Brunswick, Harpswell, and Topsham streetscapes, buildings, bridges, and other views, including Shiloh in Durham, mostly 19th century, but also 1920s and 1930s, ca. 400 prints (M249)

Printed Material

  • Works concerning Brunswick and other area communities are scattered under the Special Collections local number for Maine history, FM2, and within the Maine Imprints Collection.
  • Bath, Bowdoinham, Brunswick, Freeport, Harpswell, Topsham, and Yarmouth Uncataloged Historical Ephemera: material about the churches, commerce, schools, social life and customs, societies, etc., arranged alphabetically by topic. Brunswick material measures 1.5 linear feet; Bath 0.25; and Bowdoinham, Freeport, Harpswell, Topsham, and Yarmouth, 0.25
  • Bowdoin student and alumni publications containing advertisements primarily for Brunswick businesses, but also for other area businesses:
    • Bowdoin Orient, 1871 – (Archives 4.5)
    • Bugle, beginning with the 1874 issue, (Archives 4.12)
    • Bowdoin Bearskin, 1922-1927 (Archives 4.41.6)
    • Bowdoin Alumnus, continued by Bowdoin Alumni Magazine and Bowdoin, 1927 - (Archives 1.5.6)
    • Growler, 1930-1948 (Archives 4.41.20) [link to Bath, Bowdoin …, Brunswick, Freeport …, Harpswell, and Topsham printed material sections]
  • Maine Medical Association Transactions, 1853-1909, 16 vols., containing some of members’ scientific papers; biographical information and obituaries
  • Maine newspapers, especially the Eastern Argus, provide information about the area communities
  • Non-Special Collections Material:
    • Directories for the Bath-Brunswick area beginning in 1867-68 (scattered holdings) are either in the Main stacks or the Main reference collection stacks, but all are non-circulating. (F29.B4 A18 and F29.B9 A18) [link to Bath, Bowdoin …, Brunswick, Harpswell, and Topsham printed material sections]
    • Annual town reports are in the Government Documents collection, and call numbers begin with Maine, i.e., for Bath: Maine ZB 331; Brunswick, Maine ZB 911. [link Annual town reports to all printed material sections]

Bath, Arrowsic, Phippsburg, and Woolwich, including Day’s Ferry and Nequasset

Letters, Documents, Deeds, and Other Manuscript Material

  • [Sagadahoc-area Scrapbooks]: newspaper articles written by Howard O. Thayer (Bowd. 1862) about early settlements in the area, now primarily Bath, Phippsburg, Arrowsic, and Nequasset, 1650s through 1700s, 3 vols. (M194 .T439)
  • Charles Vaughan Family Papers, 1683-1908 (bulk 1773-1861):
    • Deed, Rachel McCobb to Charles Vaughan, May 2, 1793, land on Arrowsic, Georgetown (M180, box E, folder E-2)
    • Deed, John Fisher to Charles Vaughan, Dec. 24, 1795, land on Arrowsic, Georgetown (M180, box E, folder E-2)
  • B. Waste ship-supplier’s or store-owner’s account book, 1808-1809, 1 vol. (M194 .W378 folio)
  • William King, Bath Custom House correspondence copy-book, May 1829 to November 1830, 1 vol. (M194 .K564 folio)
  • Thomas W. Hyde Family Papers, 1831-1948 (M199)
  • Magoun & Clapp Records: shipping and ships’ records, 1846-1867 (M121)
  • Kimball & Co. shipping records, 24 items, 1850-1864 (M194, box 4, folder Kimball)
  • Elmes & Tebbetts, merchants’ day book, 1854-1857, 1 vol. (M194 .T433)
  • Maritime Papers, 1854-1863, 0.5 linear feet: shipbuilding company Bibber & Randall’s ledger, letterbook, and other documents, and William G. Randall’s design notebooks (M123)
  • Sarah Sampson and the Third Maine Regiment of Volunteers in the Civil War, 1861-1865: letter typescript photocopies and document photocopies relating to the Bath resident, Civil War nurse, and fervent advocate for the establishment of the Bath Military and Naval Orphan Asylum, later the State Military and Naval Children’s Home, compiled and annotated by Lawrence M. Sturtevant, 1 vol. (M194 .S267 folio)
  • Kate Furbish Collection, 1870-1908
  • Ralph Owen Brewster Papers, 1909-1962
  • Robert Peter Tristram Coffin Collection, bulk 1910-1955 Kennebec: Cradle of Americans – drafts and page proofs (M37.3, boxes 90-94)
  • Mellen Collection, compiled by Clara Hawkins Mellen, contains correspondence and genealogical information on several Maine and New England families: donor’s research notes – Pejepscot Company document concerning Small Point, typescript copy (M129.14, box 1, folder 3)
  • George J. Mitchell Papers, 1948-
  • Charles Wyman Morse:
    • Alumnus biographical file: clippings, mostly obituaries, with information about his Bath-based ice business and steamship company and his gift of the original Morse High School (Archives 1.3.1, box 51, Class of 1877, Morse)
    • Clippings scrapbooks concerning his entire career, 2 vols. (Archives 1.3.3, v. 26-27 folio)
  • Merrymeeting Audubon Society Records, 1969-1972
  • William Phips, Knight: The Man and His Work [scrapbook] by Rev. Henry O. Thayer, 1 vol. (M194 .T4397)

Maps

Photographs

Printed Material

  • Maine newspapers
  • Maine Gazette, Bath, Me.
  • Maine Inquirer, Bath, Me., vol. 4, nos.3, 4, 14, and 21, Oct. 30 and Nov. 6, 1827; Jan. 15 and Mar. 4, 1828 (newspaper folio box M2)
  • Maine Reporter, Bath, Me., vol.1, no.11, July 31, 1832 (newspaper folio box M3)
  • Bath newspapers with only one or two issues: Daily Times, Daily Northern Tribune, and The People’s Organ (newspaper folio boxes M2 and M3)
  • Kennebec Courier and Northern Tribune (map case drawers 24 and 25)
  • The Phi-Rhonian, Bath High School, scattered issues, 1870-1903 (Bath Uncataloged Historical Ephemera, folders 13-13.1)
  • The Fire Department and Great Fires of Bath, 1897 (Bath Uncat. Hist. Ephem., folder 8)
  • [Malaga Island – letters and postcards, 5 pieces] (Bath Uncat. Hist. Ephem., folder 9.1)
  • Kennebec, Cradle of Americans by Robert P. Tristram Coffin (College PS: C675 K34)
  • Bowdoin student publications containing advertisements for area businesses
  • Other works concerning Brunswick and other area communities

Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Durham, and Lisbon

Letters, Documents, Deeds, and Other Manuscript Materials

  • Charles Vaughan Family Papers, 1683-1908 (bulk 1773-1861)
    • Letters, documents and deeds concerning Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, and Lisbon (M180, box E, folders E-2, E-4, E-7 through E-10 )
  • Bowdoin Second Church of Christ (Baptist) record book, 1805-1869, 1 vol. (M194 .B693 folio)
  • Captain John Thomas Papers, 1783-1871: includes ships’ account book, 1807-1832, and ships’ records, 1815-1832 (M175)
  • Bowdoin Family Collection, 1687-1996:
    • Lisbon land deed given to the President and Trustees of Bowdoin College, Jul. 13, 1811 (M15.2.4, folio box 5)
    • Lisbon mortgage and deed for land sold to Sarah Bowdoin by John Gould, Jun. 28, 1813 (M15.2.4, box 1, folder 86)
    • Bowdoinham land, opinion [unsigned], Nov. 1845 (M15.2.4, box 1, folder 108)
  • Bowdoin, appraisal of lands, Dec. 11, 1824 (Archives 1.8.8, box 3)
  • Bowdoin and Lisbon, appraisal of lands, Apr. 15, 1825 (Archives 1.8.8, box 3)
  • Bowdoin and Lisbon, sales of land by Benjamin Orr, 1825 (Archives 1.8.8, box 3)
  • Lisbon and Bowdoin, report of committee that surveyed unsurveyed lands, Sept. 2, 1823 (Archives 1.8.8, box , folder 27)
  • Lisbon land deed of Robert Hallowell and Charles Vaughan: lots 3, 4, 23, 27, 28, 30, and 31, Dec. 16, 1824 (Archives 1.8.8, box 3, folders 15-17)
  • Lisbon and Hancock lands material, 1829 (Archives 1.8.8, box 4)
  • Lisbon, College lands letters of William Garcelon, Jul.- Sept., 1833 (Archives 1.8.8, box 5)
  • [Lisbon lands] included in miscellaneous deeds and material, 1833 (Archives 1.8.8, box 5)
  • Abbot and Lisbon miscellaneous material, 1834 (Archives 1.8.8, box 5)
  • Bowdoin First Baptist Church deed, Dec. 25, 1844 (M194, box 1, Bowdoin)
  • Mellen Papers, compiled by Clara Hawkins Mellen, contains correspondence and genealogical information on several Maine and New England families, 1774-1968:
    • Harward Family of Bowdoinham (M129.4)
    • Cathance Point information from Pejepscot Company records, Clara Hawkins Mellen’s research notes (M129.14, box 1, folder 3)
    • Patten; Gardiner; Ships; Bowdoinham …, Clara Hawkins Mellen’s research notes (M129.14, box 2)
  • Kate Furbish Collection, 1870-1908
  • Bowdoinham Postmaster appointment, Jan. 13, 1908, signed by Theodore Roosevelt (M194, folio box E, folder Roo-1)
  • Ralph Owen Brewster Papers, 1909-1962
  • George J. Mitchell Papers, 1948-
  • Merrymeeting Audubon Society Records, 1969-1972

Maps

  • Charles Vaughan Family Papers, 1683-1908 (bulk 1773-1861)
    • Abagadassett Point, plan of land granted to Abraham Preble, John McKechnie surveyor, Jun. 1763 (M180, box E, folder E-10)
    • Abagadassett Point, plan of area by John McKechnie, May 7, 1774 (M180, box E, folder E-10)
    • Lisbon, plan of two lots, Dec. 21 and 22, 1814 (M180, box E, folder E-4)
  • Kennebec and Androscoggin Rivers and Merrymeeting-Bay Area
  • Gov. James Bowdoin’s Bowdoinham, Bowdoin, and Lisbon lots plan, by John Merrill, surveyor, March 20, 1772, ms. original (Mapcase D, drawer 11)
  • Kennebec River and Merrymeeting-Bay Area: Survey of Kennebeck River by Lts. J. K. Findlay, N. B. Bennett, and H. A Wilson. Drawn by Lieut. N. B. Bennett. 6 maps, [1838] (mapcase D, drawer 11)
  • Lisbon, plan of land tracts, Apr. 21, 1824 (Archives 1.8.8, box 3)
  • Bowdoin, plot of land surveyed by A. Merrill, Dec. 11, 1824 (Archives 1.8.8, folio box 4)
  • Lisbon, survey map of College-owned lands, May 3, 1825 (Archives 1.8.8, folio box 4)
  • Lisbon, survey map of disputed land in the case of Bowdoin College v. John Coffin, Sept. 15, 1826 (Archives 1.8.8, folio box 4)
  • Atlas and History of Androscoggin County, Maine, published by Sanford, Everts & Co., 1873 – includes maps of Durham and Lisbon (oversize folio)

Photographs

Printed Material


Brunswick

Letters, Documents, Deeds, and Other Manuscript material

  • Charles Vaughan Family Papers, 1683-1908 (bulk 1773-1861)
  • Josiah Simpson’s Simpson’s Point farm account book, 1788-1818, 1 vol. (M194 .S567 folio)
  • Brunswick, bond and deed of Samuel Thompson to James Bowdoin, Mar. 8, 1794 and Mar. 25, 1797 (Archives 1.8.8, box 1)
  • Thomas Poole’s bricklayer and plasterer account book, 1794-1810, 1 vol. (M194 .P665 folio)
  • William Stanwood deeds to Bowdoin College, Aug. 25, 1796 and May 18, 1798 (Archives 1.8.8, box 1)
  • Parker Cleaveland Collection:
    • Meteorological observations, Brunswick, Me., 1803-1857, 3 folio vols. + .75 linear ft. unbound records (M34.3.2)
    • Aaron Dunning’s bills and receipts, 1826-1828, for the construction of the Parker Cleaveland House (M34.4, box 14, folder 19)
  • Samuel Melcher account books, 1803-1880: business records of this housewright who constructed most of the early Bowdoin College buildings, as well as many of the notable houses in Brunswick and Topsham, 1.5 linear ft. (M128)
  • Isaac and John Dunlap Lincoln’s physicians’ account books, ledger, and day books, 1804-1876, 12 vols. (M194 .L5635 A3 and M194 .L5635 D3)
  • Brunswick Rifle Company orders, 1816-1820, 1 vol. (M194 .B786 folio)
  • Joseph Griffin, works printed on "the first printing press in Brunswick, Me, Nov. 1817" (M194.2, box 3, folder Griffin)
  • Brunswick Humane Society, 1820-1834 (M194.2, box 1, folder Brunswick)
  • [Bowdoin College] Unitarian Society, letter concerning, Aug. 31, 1829 (Archives 4.8.1, box 1, folder Unitarian)
  • Theodore H. Jewett account book, 1830, 1 vol. (M194 .J494)
  • Cleaveland-Chandler Papers: John Appleton Cleaveland business ledger, 1844-1847, vol. 1 folio (M35.3)
  • Brunswick Seminary: Feb., 7, 1845 Act; 1845 meetings record (M194.2, box 1, folder Brunswick)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery, Jul. 1, 1846, lot lease (M194.2, box 1, folder Brunswick)
  • Smith Brothers Student Letters, 1850-1854 (M219)
  • Abbott Memorial Collection, 1800-1922: John Stevens Cabot Abbott correspondence as Brunswick resident, 1851-1859 (M1.1, box 2)
  • Charles Townsend merchant’s ledger and day books, 1862-1885, 29 vols. (M194 .T696 folio)
  • Kate Furbish Collection, 1870-1908
  • Brunswick, Maine St. bridge, and Bay Bridge, scrapbook containing articles by George L. Vose regarding different bridges, 1878-1888, 1 vol. (M194 .V674)
  • Brunswick, Old Residences, Jul. 28, 1883, typescript of article from Brunswick Herald listing large residences, ca. 1820 (M194.2, box 1, folder Brunswick)
  • Town and College Club Records, 1884-1985, (M263)
  • [Brunswick, history scrapbook, 1887-1917?], 1 vol. (M194 .H557 B7)
  • Charles C. Hutchins (Bowd. 1883) and Franklin C. Robinson (Bowd. 1873) alumni biographical files – clippings about their development of an improved X-ray tube in 1896, which was then used by Brunswick physician Gilbert Elliott in surgery (Archives 1.3.1, boxes 45 and 57)
  • Unitarian Universalist Church (Brunswick, Me.) Records:
    • Minutes of the Sunday School Executive Board, 1906-1910 (M178, v.1)
    • Macrina Society, Treasurer’s book, 1940-1957 (M178, v.2)
  • Alfred Otto Gross Collection, 1883-1970: Town of Brunswick milk inspection reports, 1918-1946, vol. 1 (M78.3)
  • Brunswick Auxiliary Tract Society: subscription list for members, [18-?] (M194.2, box 1, folder Brunswick)
  • Cleaveland and Federal Street deeds, 1802-1946 (Archives 1.8.8, box 8)
  • Brunswick ecclesiastical history notes, by Nehemiah Cleaveland, ca. 1860 (M194.2, box 1, folder Brunswick)
  • Chase-Johnson Papers, 1901-1956
  • Boody-Johnson House, Brunswick Academy, Parker Cleaveland House, John Dunlap House, First Parish Church, Capt. Francis C. Jordan House, Little-Mitchell House, and the Harriet Beecher Stowe House: College buildings records may contain correspondence with architects and construction companies, estimates, dedication programs, memorabilia, and clippings (Archives 1.13.1) See also: Blythe Edwards campus planning and building records, Office of the Vice President for Planning and Development (Archives 1.14.6)
  • William John Curtis Papers: Correspondence and clippings relating to the Captain John Curtis Memorial Library (M41)
  • Ralph Owen Brewster Papers, 1909-1962
  • Robert Peter Tristram Coffin Collection, bulk 1910-1955
    • Captain Abby and Captain John – drafts, notes, galley and page proofs (M37.3, boxes 74-75)
    • Maine Ballads – galley and page proofs (M37.3, b. 100)
    • Education – Brunswick Grammar and High School, and Bowdoin College (M37.11, box 168)
    • Bicentenary of Brunswick information (M37.13, box 190, folder 7)
  • Boyd W. Bartlett Papers:
    • Civil Aeronautics Authority Pilot Training Program at Bowdoin College, 1940-1942 – memoranda, student applications, enrollment and examination records, medical examiners’ reports, course outlines, photos, and Bartlett’s minutes of the C.A.A. Region I Civil Pilot Training Coordinators Conference
  • Edward S. Hammond Papers, 1943-1944:
    • Army Pre-Meteorological Unit at Bowdoin College - course descriptions, exams, grade sheets, and Hammond’s correspondence as director of the unit
    • Army Specialized Training Program Unit at Bowdoin College - Hammond’s correspondence as director
  • Nathaniel C. Kendrick Papers:
    • Bowdoin College Committee on Military Affairs - Kendrick’s correspondence as chairman, including
      • Army Pre-Meteorological Unit establishment information
      • Army Specialized Training Program Unit establishment information
    • Bowdoin College Armed Services Representative: correspondence concerning certificates of eligibility and Bowdoin status of participants in the V.A.P.L. 16 and 346 programs
    • Veterans’ Advisor: files on G.I. bill claimants
  • John Gould Collection: “Bygone Brunswick” series from Brunswick Times Record (M75.5)
  • George J. Mitchell Papers, 1948-
  • Merrymeeting Audubon Society Records, 1969-1972
  • African-American Archive: African-American References in the Brunswick Telegraph, 1853-1903, by Marilyn Hinkley (M253)
  • Bowdoin College Archives: Alumni biographical files – beginning with the Class of 1806, the files may include letters, clippings, and other information about graduates and non-graduates, including letters written while at Bowdoin which may describe Brunswick life and the area (Archives 1.3.1)

Maps

  • Kennebec-River and Merrymeeting-Bay Area
  • Maps of Brunswick dated 1846, [1894-1902], 1911, 1922, 1932 and of Brunswick and Topsham dated 1877 and 1910 (Maps folio box and mapcase D, drawer 11)
  • Atlas of the State of Maine, published by George N. Colby & Co., 1884 – includes one map of Bath and one of Brunswick and Topsham (FM2: C686 A88 oversize folio)
  • Atlas of State of Maine, published by J. H. Stuart, c.1890 – includes one map of Bath and one of Brunswick and Topsham (FM2: S931 A88 oversize folio)

Photographs

Printed Material

  • A Description of Brunswick, Maine, in Letters (Sh 2918)
  • The Juvenile Key (later titled The Family Pioneer and Juvenile Key), published at the press of Joseph Griffin (Brunswick’s first printer) from 1830 to 1836 (American Imprint periodicals)
  • Brunswick; a sketch of the town, its advantages as a place of residence and its attractions as a summer resort (F29.B9 G9)
  • Brunswick, Maine's Largest Town. Board of Trade Journal, vol. XVII, no. 7 (Nov. 1904) (folio F29.B9 P9 1904)
  • The Brunswicker, vol.1, no.1-vol.2, no.2, May 5, 1842-May 11, 1843 (bound newspapers); vol.2, no.49, Apr. 4, 1844; vol.3, nos.4-6, May 23-Jun. 6, 1844 (newspaper folio box M3)
  • John Campbell Humphreys by Christopher Gutscher, c1991, biography of a Brunswick businessman and owner of lumber mills and a shipyard on the Androscoggin River from the 1840s through the mid-1860s (Brunswick Uncat. Hist. Ephem., box 1, folder )
  • The Main Street Bridge: Report of an Expert, by Alexander Xerxes [187-?] (Brunswick Uncataloged Historical Ephemera, box 2, folder 9.1)
  • The Cumberland Monthly, Brunswick, vol.1, no.1-vol.3, no.10, Jan. 1883-Dec. 1886 (AP: C969 M78)
  • [Brunswick one-hundred-fiftieth anniversary-celebration scrapbook, 1889] (Brunswick Uncat. Hist. Ephem., box 1, folder 5.2)
  • “Brunswick and Bowdoin College,” by Charles Lewis Slattery, pp. 449-69, The New England Magazine, new series, vol. 5, no. 4, December 1891 (Bowdoin Histories, no. 45)
  • “Wondrous Tale of the Little Man in Gosling Green,” by George P. Brown [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow], The Brunswick Telegraph, vol. 40, no. 15, January 12, 1893 (Brunswick Uncat. Hist. Ephem., box 3, folder 12.2)
  • “Moseer,” by Alice McKeen Scott, Portland Transcript Supplement, October 4, 1893 (Brunswick Uncat. Hist. Ephem., box 3, folder 12.2)
  • The Saturday Club Yearbooks, 1895, 1897, 1899/00-1927/28 (Brunswick Uncat. Hist. Ephem., box 5, folders 25-28)
  • “A New England College Town,” by Charlotte Mellen Packard, pp. 191-99, The American Home Magazine, vol. 1, no.3, August 1896 (Brunswick Uncat. Hist. Ephem., box 3, folder 12.2)
  • Our Young People, vol. 1, nos. 2&3 – vol. 2, no. 2, vol. 2, nos. 4 – 12, Sept. & Oct. 1894 – June & July 1896, continued by: We Young People, vol. 3, nos. 1&2 – vol. 4, nos. 11&12, Aug.-Sept. 1896 – June-July 1898, continued by: The Sigma. Official Organ of the Sigma Beta Phi, vol. 1, nos. 1&2 – vol. 2, no. 9, Aug.-Sept. 1900 - Dec. 1902, later subheading Devoted to the Interest of Brunswick High School
  • Merrymeeting Park Programme, vol. 1, no. 7, July 31-Aug. 5, [1899] (Brunswick Uncat. Hist. Ephem., box 2, folder 9.3)
  • Merrymeeting Park, 1898, Brunswick, Maine (GV54.M22 B95 1985 c.2)
  • “A Romance of New Meadows,” by Emma F. H. Raymond, The Brunswick Telegraph, November 29, 1899-? (Brunswick Uncat. Hist. Ephem., box 3, folder 12.2)
  • Brunswick, Maine: First Municipal Airplane Landing Field in the State, [1922] (Brunswick Uncat. Hist. Ephem., box 5, folder 32)
  • Robert P. Tristram Coffin’s Captain Abby and Captain John (College PS: C675 C25) Maine Ballads (College PS: C675 M23)
  • Paradise Spring descriptions (Brunswick Uncat. Hist. Ephem., box 2, folder 9.3)
  • Bowdoin College Reports of the President for the years 1940/41 through 1944/45 contain information about the Civil Aeronautics Authority Pilot Training Program, Naval Radar School, Army Air Forces Basic Pre-Meteorological Program, and Army Specialized Training Program given at Bowdoin
  • Bowdoin student publications containing advertisements primarily for Brunswick businesses [link to Bowdoin student pubs
  • Maine newspapers
  • Other works concerning Brunswick

Realia

  • Abbott Memorial Collection: Washington Fire Company buckets (M1.13)
  • Kenneth C. M. Sills Collection:
    • Brunswick Fire Department honorary membership pin (M166.5, folder 42)
    • Memorial Hospital founder’s pin (M166.5, folder 43)
    • American Revolution Bicentennial, Maine, the Pejepscot Region medal (M166.5, folder 44)

Freeport, North Yarmouth, and Yarmouth

Letters, Documents, Deeds, and Other Manuscript Material

Printed Material


Harpswell, including Orr’s and Bailey Islands

Letters, Documents, Deeds, and Other Manuscript Material

  • Charles Vaughan Family Papers, 1683-1908 (bulk 1773-1861)
  • Elisha Eaton, Harpswell, Maine, and Boston, Mass., carpenter’s day books, 1756-1774 (M194, box 3, folder Eaton)
  • Harpswell Congregational Church records 1764-1821, original copy, and correspondence concerning church, 2 folders (M194.2, box 3, Harpswell)
  • Whig Town Committee of Gray, Me. letter, Sept. 4, 1844, sent to the Harpswell Whigs, 1 folder (M194.2, box 8, Whig)
  • J. P. Tebbetts’ daybook for store at Cundies Harbor, Harpswell, Me., 1851-1852, 1 vol. (M194 .T432 J6 Folio)
  • Kate Furbish Collection, 1870-1908
  • Kellogg Family Collection, 1780-1914 (M100.7, 100.9, and 100.10, box 5)
  • Bailey Island scrapbook (M194 .C769)
  • Curtis Family of Maine Genealogy
  • Ralph Owen Brewster Papers, 1909-1962
  • Robert Peter Tristram Coffin Collection, bulk 1910-1955
    • Captain Abby and Captain John – draft, proofs, notes, diaries, promotional material, reviews (M37.3, boxes 74-75)
    • Kennebec: Cradle of Americans – drafts, proofs, promotional material, reviews (M37.3, boxes 90-94)
    • Maine Ballads – proofs, reviews (M37.3, box 100)
    • Saltwater Farm – proofs, reviews (M37.3, box 118)
    • Yankee Coast – draft, proofs, reviews (M37.3, box 127, folders 10-12; boxes 128-129)
  • Lawrence Sargent Hall Papers, 1938-1993:
    • "On the Bicentennial of the Town of Harpswell, Maine, 1958" - final version, drafts, and correspondence (M82.1.2, box 4, folder 6, Poems)
    • “Beauty and the Beast: The Beautification Bushwhack” – correspondence, documents, state bills and reports, notes, newsclippings and articles building a case against the Maine State Highway Commission’s proposed highway beautification plan, called the Shellfish Trail, for Rte. 24, Orr’s Island, Harpswell (M82.2.2, boxes 21-22)
    • “Beauty and the Beast …” – audio tape of the proceedings at the Maine State Highway Commission’s Shellfish Trail hearing, May 26, 1966 (M82.6, box 31, item 10)
  • George J. Mitchell Papers, 1948-
  • Merrymeeting Audubon Society Records, 1969-1972

Photographs

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Topsham

Letters, Documents, Deeds, and Other Manuscript Material

Maps

Photographs

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