Guide to the Beston Family Papers, 1899-1977, undated
No restrictions.
Beston Family Papers, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine
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Henry Beston (1888-1968) was a noted author and naturalist. Elizabeth Coatsworth (1893-1986), his wife, was a prominent author of children's books. Living much of their lives at Chimney Farm in Nobleboro, Maine, or in Hingham, Massachusetts, both tended towards Maine or New England color in their works.
Beston, born Henry Beston Sheahan, received his A.B. (1908) and A.M. (1911) degrees from Harvard. He served with the Harvard Ambulance Service in World War I. Later, he covered the U.S. Navy for the Atlantic Monthly.
Beston returned to New England after the war, became editor of the The Living Age magazine, and began publishing books. Most of his works, notably The Outermost House (1928) and The St. Lawrence (1942), concern nature and wildlife. He also wrote several children's book, including Firelight Fairy Book and Chimney Farm Bedtime Stories (co-authored with Coatsworth). Beston received an honorary degree from Bowdoin in 1953. He died in 1968.
Elizabeth Coatsworth was born in Buffalo, N.Y., and travelled extensively throughout her early life. She received her B.A. from Vassar (1915) and her M.A. from Columbia (1916). Coatsworth's first children's book was The Cat and the Captain (1927). She won the 1931 Newbery Medal for The Cat Who Went to Heaven (1930) and received numerous other awards for her writing, including the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1968 and the Kerlan Award in 1975. Elizabeth Coatsworth died in 1986.
The Bestons were married in 1929. They had two daughters.
Correspondence (1899-1977); literary drafts, notes, reviews, etc. (ca. 1919-1970) for titles including Especially Maine, The Firelight Fairy BookNorthern Farm, The Outermost House, The Starlight Wonder Book and The St. Lawrence; photographs; biographical and family records, including clippings, essays, documents, drawings, and memorabilia (1926-1968); scrapbooks (1933-1968); and other material relating to the Beston family. Although most of the correspondence is among family members, especially between Beston and Coatsworth, there are letters to or from staff members at Harper's Magazine, The Christian Science Monitor and other magazines; at Doubleday Doran, Macmillan, and other publishers; and to orfrom authors such as H.L. Mencken, Laura E. Richards, Fannie Eckstorm, and Frances Perkins. There are also extensive exchanges with Truesdale Fife, Jr., J. Luther Neff, and David McCord.
Contains personal and professional letters of both Henry Beston and Elizabeth Coatsworth Beston. Personal letters are primarily family related. Professional letters consist of correspondence with editors or contain information relevant to research for his books. Correspondents include Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., a classmate of Beston at Harvard, and Admiral Richard Byrd.
Arranged chronologically.
No restrictions.
Incomplete lists of correspondents
1899 Nov 4 - 1915 Aug 22
1915 Sep 5 - Dec 3
1915 Dec 3 - 1916 Apr 19
1916 Dec 28 - 1919 Feb 9
1919 Mar 25 - Aug 12
1919 Aug 12 - Dec 2
1920 Jan 15 - Mar 29
1920 Jun 3 - Oct 13
1920 Oct 17 - 1921 Jan 28
1921 Feb 1 - Mar 22
1921 May 23 - 1922 Sep 5
1923 Jan 7
1923 Mar 5
1923 Apr 10 - May 7
1923 Jun 5 - Dec 28
1924 Jan 19 - Dec 10
1924 Dec 27
1925 Mar 2 - Aug 11
1925 Nov 20 - Dec 28
1926 Jan 16 - Oct 20
1927 Feb 21
1927 Feb 22
1927 Aug 26
1927 Apr 14 - Aug 14
1927 Sep 6 - 1928 Apr 2
1928 Apr 17 - Aug 30
1928 Sep 7 - Oct 23
1928 Oct 28 - Nov 10
1928 Nov 10 - Nov 20
1928 Nov 30 - Dec 5
1928 Dec 7
1928 Dec 7 - Dec 21
1928 Dec 24 - Dec 31
1928 Dec 31 - 1929 Jan 7
1929 Jan 9 - Jan 10
1929 Jan 10
1929 Jan 11 - Jan 14
1929 Jan 15 - Jan [17]
1929 Jan 17 - Jan 18
1929 Jan 19
1929 Jan 19 - Jan 21
1929 Jan 21
1929 Jan 22
1929 Jan 22
1929 Jan 22 (t.s. copy)
1929 Jan 23
1929 Jan 25 - Jan 29
1929 Jan 29
1929 Jan 29
1929 Jan 30
1929 Jan 31
1929 Jan 31
1929 Feb 1 - Feb 3
1929 Feb 4 - Feb 6
1929 Feb 7
1929 Feb 7 - Feb 9
1929 Feb 10
1929 Feb 10 - Feb 12
1929 Feb 13 - Feb 17
1929 Feb 17 - Feb 19
1929 Feb 19 - Mar 5
1929 Mar 6
1929 Mar 7 - Mar 10
1929 Mar 11 - Mar 13
1929 Mar 13 - Mar 17
1929 Mar 18 - Mar 19
1929 Mar 20 - Mar 24
1929 Mar 24 - Mar 26
1929 Mar 26 - Mar 27
1929 Mar 28 - Apr 4
1929 Apr 10 - Apr 17
1929 Apr 19
1929 Apr 24 - Apr 30
1929 May 2 - May 5
1929 May 8 - May 10
1929 May 15 - May 29
1929 Jun 13 - Jun 20
1929 Jun 20 - Jun 29
1929 Jul 1 - Jul 5
1929 Jul 9 - Jul 14
1929 Jul 19 - Jul 29
1929 Aug 19
1929 Aug 28 - Sep 29
1929 Oct 1 - Oct 18
1929 Oct 31 - Nov 19
1929 Nov [?] - Dec 27
1929 Dec 30 - Dec 31
1930 Jan 16 - Mar 30
1930 Mar 31 - Apr 1
1930 Apr 1
1930 Apr 2 - May 11
1930 May 12 - May 21
1930 May 27 - Jun 24
1930 Jul 28 - Sep 29
1930 Nov 18 - 1931 Jan 14
1931 Feb 2 - Mar 12
1931 Mar 13 - Mar 19
1931 Mar 24 - Mar 27
1931 Apr 1 - Apr 2
1931 Apr 3 - Apr 8
1931 Apr 8 - May 19
1931 May 19 - Aug 18
1931 Sep 10 - Sep 12
1931 Sep 14
1931 Sep 15
1931 Sep 16 - Sep 17
1931 Sep 18 - Sep 19
1931 Sep 20 - Sep 21
1931 Sep 23 - Sep 24
1931 Sep 24 - Sep 28
1931 Sep 29
1931 Sep 30 - Oct 1
1931 Oct 11
1931 Oct 12
1931 Oct 13 - Oct 14
1931 Oct 15 - Oct 21
1931 Oct 22 - Dec 3
1931 Dec 24
1932 Jan 18 - Mar 14
1932 Apr 14 - Apr 29
1932 May 2 - May 4
1932 May 4 - May 6
1932 May 7 - May 9
1932 May 13 - May 17
1932 May 24 - Jun 20
1932 Jun 24
1932 Jul 23 - Jul 29
1932 Jul 31 - Aug 6
1932 Aug 12 - Sep 6
1932 Nov 5 - Dec 20
1933 Jan 30 - Feb 8
1933 Feb 9 - Feb 14
1933 Feb 23 - Mar 15
1933 Apr 3 - May 3
1933 May 11 - May 20
1933 May - Jun 4
1933 Jun 7 - Jul 9
1933 Jul 12 - Jul 20
1933 Jul 31 - Aug 3
1933 Aug 16 - Aug 25
1933 Aug - Sep 6
1933 Sep 24 - Oct 13
1933 Oct 21 - Oct 27
1933 Oct 28 - Nov 17
1933 Nov 21 - 1933 Dec 11
1933 Dec 21 - c. 1933
1933 n.d.
1934 Jan 11 - Feb 7
1934 Feb 8 - Apr 25
1934 Apr 25 - Jun 4
1934 Jun 4 - Jun 14
1934 Jun 20 - Jun 26
1934 Jun 13 - Jun
1934 Jul 2 - Aug 9
1934 Aug 10 - Sep 10
1934 Sep 11 - Sep 15
1934 Sep 17 - Sep
1934 Oct 8 - Oct 29
1934 Oct 29 - Oct
1934 Nov 1 - Nov 18
1934 Nov 27 - Summer 1934
1934 Summer - 1935 Jan 23
1935 Feb 25 - Mar 1
1935 Mar 11 - Mar 19
1935 Mar 25 - Apr 17
1935 Apr 18 - Jun 12
1935 Jun 12 - Jun 21
1935 Jun 22 - end of Jun
1935 Jul 1 - Jul 7
1935 Jul 7 - Jul 15
1935 Jul 18 - Jul 21
1935 Jul 24 - Aug 12
1935 Aug 16 - Sep 13
1935 Sep 23 - Oct 1
1935 Oct 5 - Oct 9
1935 Oct 9
1935 Oct 17 - Oct 24
1935 Oct 27 - Oct 31
1935 Oct - Nov 16
1935 Nov 17 - Nov 24
1935 Nov 25 - Nov 29
1935 Nov 30 - Dec 7
1935 Dec 7 - 1936 Jan 3
1936 Jan 12 - Jan 30
1936 Feb 2 - Feb 8
1936 Feb 12 - Feb 23
1936 Mar 2 - Mar 8
1936 Mar 11 - Mar 19
1936 Mar 21 - Apr 3
1936 Apr 4 - Apr 21
1936 Apr 21
1936 Apr 24 - May 29
1936 May 29 - Jun 13
1936 Jun 14 - Jun 24
1936 Jun 25 - Jun 26
1936 Jun 29 - Jul 1
1936 Jul 4 - Jul 13
1936 Jul 15 - Jul 24
1936 Jul 26 - Jul 29
1936 Jul 30 - Jul
1936 Jul - Aug 17
1936 Aug 18 - Aug
1936 Aug - Sep 13
1936 Sep 20 - Oct 3
1936 Oct 3 - Oct 10
1936 Oct 20 - Oct 29
1936 Oct 30 - Nov 3
1936 Nov 3 - Dec
1936 Dec - 1937 Feb 10
1937 Feb 10 - Mar 3
1937 Mar - Apr
1937 Apr - Jul 1
1937 Jul 4 - Jul
1937 Jul 23 - Jul 31
1937 Aug 1 - Aug 10
1937 Aug 12 - Aug 18
1937 Aug 21 - Aug 30
1937 Aug 30 - Sep 7
1937 Sep 8 - Sep 15
1937 Sep 16 - Sep 24
1937 Sep 27 - Sep 29
1937 Sep 30 - Oct 1
1937 Oct 1 - Oct 15
1937 Oct 18 - Oct 25
1937 Oct 26 - Oct 30
1937 Nov 19 - 1938 Feb 6
1938 Feb 11 - Mar 1
1938 Mar 3 - Apr 3
1938 Apr 6 - Apr 13
1938 Apr 14 - May 22
1938 May 30 - Jun 12
1938 Jun 19 - Jun 23
1938 Jun 24 - Jul 16
1938 Jul 16 - Jul 26
1938 Jul 27 - Aug 4
1938 Aug 4 - Aug 18
1938 Aug 18 - Aug 27
1938 Aug 30 - Sep 11
1938 Sep 12 - Sep 18
1938 Sep 18 - Sep 21
1938 Sep 22 - Sep 27
1938 Sep 27 - Sep
1938 Oct 3 - Oct 15
1938 Oct 15 - Oct 17
1938 Oct 18 - Oct 24
1938 Oct 25 - Oct 28
1938 Oct 29 - Nov 1
1938 Nov 1 - Nov 14
1938 Nov 14 - Jan 2
1939 Jan 8 - Apr 5
1939 Apr 6 - c. Apr
1939 May 16 - Jul 16
1939 Jun 23 - Jul 7
1939 Jul 10 - Jul 31
1939 Aug 2
1939 Aug 16 - Aug 24
1939 Aug 28
1939 Aug 26 - Aug 28
1939 Aug 29 - Sep 11
1939 Sep 13 - Sep 20
1939 Sep 20 - Sep 30
1939 Oct 8 - Oct 14
1939 Oct 1 - Oct 5
1939 Oct 17 - Oct
1939 Nov 1 - Nov 3
1939 Nov 6 - Nov 9
1939 Nov 10 - Dec 30
c. 1939 - 1940 Feb
1940 Feb 19 - Mar 3
1940 Mar 3 - Mar 18
1940 Mar 20 - Mar 27
1940 Mar 28
1940 Mar 28 - Mar 30
1940 Mar 31 - Apr 10
1940 Apr 10 - Apr 13
1940 Apr 14 - Apr 20
1940 Apr 20 - May 17
1940 May 23 - Jun 28
1940 Jun 28 - Jul 11
1940 Jul 15 - Jul 29
1940 Jul 30 - Aug 17
1940 Aug 21 - Sep 9
1940 Sep 12 - Sep 23
1940 Sep 24 - Sep 28
1940 Sep 31 - Oct 5
1940 Oct 5 - Oct 8
1940 Oct 8 - Oct 11
1940 Oct 13 - Oct 14
1940 Oct 15 - Oct 23
1940 Oct 24 - Nov 13
1940 Nov 13 - Dec 18
1940 Dec 20 - 1941 Jan 24
1941 Feb 4 - Mar 31
1941 Apr 1 - Apr 7
1941 Apr 7 - Apr 10
1941 Apr 12 - Apr 15
1941 Apr 15 - May 5
1941 May 7 - May 10
1941 May 11 - Jun 7
1941 Jun 8 - Jul 8
1941 Jul 12 - Jul 21
1941 Jul 22 - Aug 3
1941 Aug 3 - Aug 19
1941 Aug 20 - Sep 19
1941 Sep 19 - Sep 22
1941 Sep 22 - Sep 24
1941 Sep 27 - Oct 2
1941 Oct 4 - Oct 14
1941 Oct 14 - c.Oct
1941 Nov 3 - Dec 5
1941 Dec 8 - c.Dec
1942 Jan 3 - Mar 24
1942 Apr 1 - Jun 10
1942 Jun 12 - Jun 26
1942 c.Jun - Jul 28
1942 Jul 29 - c.Jul
1942 Aug 4 - Aug 18
1942 Aug 20 - c.Aug
1942 Sep 2 - Sep 28
1942 Sep 29 - Nov 1
1942 Nov 2 - Nov 21
1942 Nov 26 - c.Nov 30
1942 Dec 3 - Dec 12
1942 Dec 13 - Dec 19
1942 Dec 19 - Dec 24
1942 Dec - 1943 Jan 10
1943 Jan 11 - Jan 16
1943 Jan 25 - Mar 8
1943 Mar 10 - Apr 18
1943 Apr 19 - May 5
1943 May 8 - May 13
1943 May 15 - Jun 5
1943 Jun 5 - Jun 16
1943 Jun 17 - Jul 3
1943 Jul 6 - c.Jul
1943 c.Jul - Aug 10
1943 Aug 10 - Aug 25
1943 Aug 30 - Sep 11
1943 Sep 13 - Sep 29
1943 c.Sep - Oct
1943 Oct 17 - Nov 11
1943 Nov 13 - Dec 24
1943 c. - 1944 Jan 28
1944 Feb 2 - Mar 2
1944 Mar 3
1944 Apr 28 - May 2
1944 May 6 - Jun 6
1944 Jun 6 - Jun 9
1944 Jun 10 - c. June
1944 Jul 7 - Jul 23
1944 Jul 28 - Aug 14
1944 Aug 15 - Sep 2
1944 Sep 2 - Sep 16
1944 Sep 16 - c. Sep
1994 Sep - Oct 10
1944 Oct 10 - Oct 19
1944 Oct 21 - Nov 11
1944 Nov 13 - Nov 15
1944 Nov 16 - Dec 28
1944 Dec 26 - 1945 Jan 31
1945 Feb 1 - Mar 27
1945 Mar 28 - Jun 6
1945 Jun 8 - Jun 26
1945 Jun 27
1945 Jun 30 - Jul 13
1945 Jul 15 - Aug 1
1945 Aug 2 - Aug 16
1945 Aug 19 - Aug 29
1945 Aug 29 - Sep 19
1945 Sep 23 - Sep 25
1945 Oct 25 - c. Nov
1945 Dec 8 - Dec 12
1945 Dec 18 - c. 1945
c. 1945 - 1946 Jan 24
1946 Jan 26 - Feb 22
1946 Mar 2 - Mar 25
1946 Mar 25 - May 4
1946 Apr - Jun 6
1946 Jun 6 - Jun 17
1946 Jun 19 - c. Jun
1946 Jul 1 - Aug 9
1946 Aug 12 - Sep 10
1946 Sep 12 - Sep 18
1946 Sep 20 - Oct 3
1946 Oct 4 - Oct 23
1946 Oct 24 - Nov 9
1946 Nov 12 - Dec 21
1946 Dec 30
1946 Dec 30 - c. 1946
c. 1946 - 1947 Jan 9
1947 Jan 12 - Jan 24
1947 Jan 24 - Apr 7
1947 Apr 9 - Apr 15
1947 Apr 17 - May 30
1947 Jun 1 - Jul 23
1947 c. Jul 1 - Aug 17
1947 c. Aug - Sep 30
1947 c. Sep - Oct 13
1947 Oct 22 - Nov 3
1947 Nov 13 - c. 1947
1948 Jan 1 - Apr 22
1948 Apr 29 - May 23
1948 May 28 - Jul 23
1948 Jul
1948
1948
1948: including letters from H.L. Mencken re: Dewey and Truman
1949
1949
1949
1949
1950 (was in folder labeled "Winfried Beutner")
1950
1950
1950
1950
1951
1951
1951
1952
1952
1952
1952
1953
1953
1953
1954
1954
1954
1955
1955
1955
1955
1956
Letter from Kate to Tia, October 23, 1956
1956
1956
1957
1957
1958
1958
Letter from Kate to Tia, April 2, 1959
Letter from Kate to Tia, July 25, 1959
1959
1959
1959
1960
1960
1961
1961
1962
1962
1963
1963
1964
1964
1965
1965
1966
1966
1967
1967
1968
1968
1970
1970
1971
1972
1972-1973
1972
1973
1974-1977
Correspondence 1923-1938 [electrostatic copies]
Letters to Kenneth and Francis Young, 1928-1974 [electrostatic copies]
Correspondence between E.C.B. and Col. Clark, 1960-1967 [electrostatic copies]
Correspondence between E.C.B. and Col. Clark, 1968-1969 [electrostatic copies]
H.B.'s letters, 1919-1925 [electrostatic copies]
Correspondence from E.C.B., n.d.
Correspondence from E.C.B., n.d.
Correspondence from E.C.B., n.d.
Correspondence to E.C.B., n.d.
Correspondence from Henry Beston, n.d.
Correspondence from Henry Beston, n.d.
Correspondence to Henry Beston, n.d.
Correspondence from Henry Beston, n.d.
Correspondence from Henry Beston and E.C.B. to David McCard, n.d.
Correspondence to Henry Beston and E.C.B. n.d.
Correspondence from Catherine (Kate) Beston, n.d.
Correspondence, n.d.
Beston children correspondence, 1930's
Beston children correspondence, 1940's
Beston children correspondence, 1940's
Beston children and grandchildren correspondence, 1950-60s
Misc. cards
The series contains various clippings, books and papers kept by Henry Beston, including many of his and his wife's, Elizabeth Coatsworth, children's stories and drawings. Also included in this series are financial papers, including tax forms, listings of investments, and other receipts. Souvenirs from his time spent in France are also in this series, as are clippings and articles about friends.
Original order.
No restrictions.
Henry Beston passport, 1915
Outermost House, design plans
Henry Beston-The Farm, 1933
Henry Beston-The Farm Diary analog, 1933-35
Henry Beston-diary/notebook, 1938-1941
Henry Beston-Farm Hopes and Notions, 1944-59
Henry Beston-address book, 1951
Henry Beston-account book, 1955-1957
Henry Beston-account book, 1951-1960
Henry Beston-desk calendar and diary, 1956
Handwriting character analysis
"Sea and Shore Birds and How to Identify Them" by R.H.W. Hodges (belong to H.B.)
Notes from the presentation of the Emerson-Thoreau Medal to H.B., 1961
National Grange- Degree of Flora, 1948
National Grange- Golden Sheaf Certificate and 50 year pin, 1967 and Nobleboro Grange ribbon
University of Maine- diploma and citation for LHD, 1958
Notebook re 1958 Honorary Degree from University of Maine
Passports and travel passes
Publishing contracts
Financial records: list of investments, 1935 and 1950
Financial records: tax return 1951 and investments
Financial Records: tax return 1952 and other tax forms
Last will and testament-H.B.
Fire insurance policy, 1935
Various receipts
Investments: correspondence and receipts
Prescriptions
E.C.B.'s account of meeting H.B.
Biography of H.B. by Pamela Bomhard, "I Heard of Different Drummer"
Letter to Marraine Davidson (friend), enclosed book review
Beston stationary
Small notebook of H.B. and membership cards
Membership cards
Misc. postcards, unmailed
Wedding invitations
Presentation of Bell by H.B. and E.C.B. to Theodore and Eleanor Roosevelt, Jr. (Oct. 12, 1938)
Notebook and "The Submarine" by C.H. Bedell
Souvenirs from Niagara Falls and two playbills
Confederate money
Misc. notes and keepsakes
Misc. notes
Children's report cards
Beston children's artwork
Beston children's artwork
Beston children's artwork
Beston children's artwork
Beston children's artwork
Beston children's artwork
Drawings by Kate and Meg Beston
Pencil sketches (Kate Beston?), Sept, 1943
Writing by Beston children
"Columbine's Adventure" by Kate Beston Barnes
"George and the Lumber Houses" by Kate Beston Barnes
Clippings from "Christian Science Monitor" re Beston House
"The Place No One Knew" by Eliot Porter (Sierra Club; mentions H.B. as a contributor)
"A New England Reader," ed. by Van Brooks, H.B. is "only writer mentioned twice"
"New Bedford Standard Times," Jan. 30, 1933
"New Bedford Standard Times Magazine," March 19, 1933
H.B. a contributor to "The Progressive," Dec. 25, 1944
Book review by H.B. and misc. print
Articles and clippings mentioning both H.B. and E.C.B.
Clippings relating to Beston family (1)
Clippings relating to Beston family (2)
Clippings relating to Beston family (3)
Clippings relating to Beston family (4)
Clippings relating to Beston family (5)
Clippings relating to Beston family (6)
Clippings relating to Beston family (7)
Clippings
Clippings
Clippings
Clippings
Clippings and printed material
Clippings and printed material
Printed material collected by H.B.
Misc. printed items re H.B. and his family
Misc. printed material
Misc. printed material
Misc. items re H.B. and E.C.B.-ephemera
Propaganda pamphlets from WWII
"Truth About Pearl Harbor" by John T. Flynn
Press release from US Dept of Agriculture re: wood ticks
Map: Open Spaces in Massachusetts; Pamphlet re: Deep Sea Fish
Roadmap of Cape Cod
Souvenirs from France
"La Croix de Carmes" (in French)
"The Herbest," publication of the Herb Society of America (1968)
Scrapbook material belonging to Kenneth Young (friend of H.B. and E.C.B.) [electrostatic copies]
Misc. printed material, excerpts, manuscripts (not by a Beston)
Misc. non-Beston clippings
Clippings- Beston friends
"The Eternal Feminine" by Truesdell Fife, typescript
"An Atheist in the Family Closet" by Truesdell Fife, typescript
Watercolor by Hope Nash (friend)
Printed material by Beston's close friends Misc. items from friends of Beston
Addresses of Beston friends
Misc. printed material (not by a Beston)
Misc. prints and drawings
"A Fragile Place" by Robert Wirth, gift of Boe Wirth to E.C.B.
"The Physiography and Geology of the Coastal Plain of North Carolina" by W.B. Clark, B.L. Miller, L.W. Stephenson (Part 1)
Pocket notebook
Notebook with nature notes, H.B.
This series contains scrapbooks and notebooks collected by Henry Beston. There are two diaries that he wrote when he was living at the Fo'castle in Eastham, Massachusetts (c. 1926). A third diary documents Beston's and Coatsworth's traveling through Europe shortly after their wedding (c.1929). The scrapbooks contain clippings, receipts and notes collected and annotated by Henry.
Arranged chronologically.
No restrictions.
General diary II, 23 October 1926
General diary D, 1926 September
Diary
H.B.'s notebook re: 1929 travel in England; German diary; misc. travel document
Scrapbook, 1900-1904
Scrapbook-Herbs and the Earth, 1935
Scrapbook, 1942-1943
Scrapbook, ca. 1945
Scrapbook-Chimney Farm Stories
Scrapbook-Chimney Farm Stories
Scrapbook, 1963-1964
Scrapbook-In memory of Henry Beston (compiled by his wife, Elizabeth Coatsworth Beston), 1968
Scrapbook of recipes
Notebook of clippings; annotated by H.B. in his writing
Scrapbook of misc. items, annotated by H.B.
Scrapbook, clippings of "Chimney Farm Stories"
This series contains the original manuscripts to Henry Beston's books, as well as those of Elizabeth Coatsworth, his wife. The majority of the collection reflects Henry's works and includes edited manuscripts, research notes and publishing contracts. Titles include "The Outermost House," "St. Lawrence," "Especially Maine," "Northern Farm" and "Henry Beston's Fairytales." Manuscripts for unpublished works are also in this series, as are stories he told his children that were recorded by Elizabeth. Also in this series are lecture notes from guest lectures he did for the University of Maine.
Arranged by date of publication.
No restrictions.
Henry Beston-"Table Talk," notebook
Watercolor of Fo'castle, by H. Beston
Note from E.C.B. describes 3 notebooks "on ponds, fields and botany of the Capes." Notebooks are in H.B.'s writing
34 pp of handwritten ms.
Reviews of "Full Speed Ahead"
"Wind and Cloud"
"The Spear in the Furrow"
"The World of the Great Dunes"
New York Times Book Review re: "American Memory"
"Fairy Tales"
Notes and manuscripts of "Fairy Tales"
From folder labeled "Twelve Strange Tales"
"3 Stories"
"The Two Millers"
Review of J.S. Crane's manuscript about the Dresden air raid
Handwritten manuscript (after several strokes) by H.B. of Arthur Griffin's "New England," page 54
"Sound and Life", manuscripts for The Contributor's Club, "Atlantic Monthly," January 1933 by H.B.
"Soliloquy on a Moment of History" for "Human Events," by H.B.
"Island Farewell: In Loving Memory of Miss Hazel Young of Matinicus," by H.B.
Fragments "to be developed" by H.B.
Misc. handwritten fragments (1/2)
Kraft paper separated from July 4, 1916 communique (2/2)
Manuscript fragments
Original manuscripts: written for H.B.'s acceptance speech for the Emerson-Thoreau Medal, E.C.B.'s handwriting
Typescript of H.B.'s acceptance speech for Emerson-Thoreau Medal
H.B.'s journal of articles in "The Progressive"
"A Glimpse of the Indian Past" by H.B.
Typescript from C.S.T. about H.B.
Misc. manuscripts by H.B.
Publishing contract for "The St. Lawrence"
"The St. Lawrence," misc. notes and pages, manuscripts
Notes for "The St. Lawrence"
"The St. Lawrence," cataract
"The St. Lawrence," Intro to Section 1, first draft
"The St. Lawrence," Intro to Section 1
"The St. Lawrence," Intro to Section 1, typescript
"The St. Lawrence," Intro to Section 2, manuscript
"The St. Lawrence," Intro to Section 2, typescript
"The St. Lawrence," Chapter 1, manuscript
"The St. Lawrence," Chapter 3, manuscript
"The St. Lawrence," Chapter 6, manuscript
"The St. Lawrence," Chapter 7, manuscript
"The St. Lawrence," Chapter 8, first draft (page number is odd)
"The St. Lawrence," Chapter 8 "Sunday on the River" (later Chapter 9); Chapter 9 "A Pause to the Current" (later Chapter 10); Chapter 10 "Episode on the Cote Nord" (later Chapter 11)
"The St. Lawrence," Chapter 12
"The St. Lawrence," Chapter 12 (later 13), Chapter 13 (later 14)
"The St. Lawrence," Chapter 14
"The St. Lawrence," illustrations
"The St. Lawrence," "Possible Source Material," annotated by E.C.B.
"The St. Lawrence," photos, postcards
Correspondence re: "The St. Lawrence"
Letter and review re: "The St. Lawrence"
Reviews of "The St. Lawrence"
"The St. Lawrence," clippings and reviews
"Especially Maine," Front Matter, typescript
"Especially Maine," Section I: South of Maine, typescript
"Especially Maine," Section II, typescript
"Especially Maine," Section II: Northern Farm, typescript
"Especially Maine," Section II: Northern Farm: Spring, typescript
"Especially Maine," Section II: Northern Farm: Summer, typescript
"Especially Maine," Section II: Northern Farm: Autumn, typescript
"Especially Maine," Section II, typescript
"Especially Maine," Section III: North of Maine, typescript
"Especially Maine," galleys with corrections
"Especially Maine," galleys
"Especially Maine," galleys
"Especially Maine," correspondence and draft by E.C.B.
Announcements of "The Outermost House" publication
Chapters printed from "The Outermost House": "The Heading Wave" and "An Isla Stroll in Spring"
Quotations from "The Outermost House" as used in Lesson Four of Marry Oceanic Institute's Intro. to Oceanography.
Quotations from "The Outermost House"
Quotations from "The Outermost House"
Tape of sounds at The Outermost House" (located in AV/Photo box, see series M12.5)
"The Outermost House," decorative plaque
Paper re: Illustrations from "The Outermost House"
"The Outermost House," drawings and pictures
"The Outermost House," postcards by Nan L. Waldron (2 sets, 1 autographed)
Fo'castle
"The Outermost House," plans for the Fo' castle
"The Outermost House," plans for the Fo' castle, specifications
Correspondence re: "The Outermost House"
Correspondence re: "The Outermost House"
Correspondence re: "The Outermost House"
Correspondence re: "The Outermost House"
Correspondence re: "The Outermost House"
Clippings and Letters re: The Outermost House"
Geographical, clippings, 1964 "Canonization" (dedication of the outermost house as a historical site)
"The Outermost House," reviews
"The Outermost House," Chronology of Chapters, handwritten by H.B.
"The Outermost House," clippings and printed material mentioning "The Outermost House"
"The Outermost House," clippings and printed material mentioning "The Outermost House"
Clippings and Reviews of "The Outermost House"
"The Outermost House," clippings and printed material
Clippings re: "The Outermost House"
"The Alewives are Running," typescript
"Northern Farm," misc. notes and fragments
"Northern Farm," misc. notes and fragments
"Northern Farm," Original drawing by Thomas MacDonald (ch.28, p.153)
"Northern Farm," pamphlet describing "Human Events" in which "Northern Farm" appeared serially
H.B.'s Country Chronicle, articles not published in "Northern Farm"
"Northern Farm," clippings
"Northern Farm," Reviews
"Henry Beston's Fairy Tales:" "Aileel and Ailinda," revised version from "The Starlight Wonder Book."
"Henry Beston's Fairy Tales:" "The Shepherd and the Clouds," revised pp. from "The Firelight Fairy Book."
"Henry Beston's Fairy Tales:" "The Last Half Hour," revised pp. from "The Firelight Fairy Book."
"Henry Beston's Fairy Tales:" "The Brave Genadien," revised pp. from "The Starlight Wonder Book."
"Henry Beston's Fairy Tales:" "The City of the Winter Sleep," revisions from "The Starlight Wonder Book."
"Henry Beston's Fairy Tales:" "Mr. Snowman."
"Henry Beston's Fairy Tales," French Translation, typescript (p.1-96).
"Henry Beston's Fairy Tales," French Translation, typescript (p.94-184).
"Henry Beston's Fairy Tales," French Translation, typescript (p.185-264).
"Henry Beston's Fairy Tales"
"The Seller of Dreams" (from "Henry Beston's Fairy Tales"), dramatization.
"Henry Beston's Fairy Tales," clippings and reviews.
"The Starlight Wonder Book:" "La Demi Heure Perdue."
"Firelight Fairy Book" and "The Starlight Wonder Books," clippings and reviews.
"The Firelight Fairy Book," reviews, advertising, notices.
"The Starlight Wonder Book," clippings, reviews, notices.
"Chimney Farm Stories," printed in the Christian Science Monitor.
"Chimney Farm Bedtime Stories," clippings
"Chimney Farm Stories"
Stories told by H.B. to his children, recorded by E.C.B.
Stories told by H.B. to his children, recorded by E.C.B., published in C.S. Monitor "Chimney Farm Stories."
Stories told by H.B. to his children, recorded by E.C.B., published in C.S. Monitor "Chimney Farm Stories."
Stories told by H.B. to his children, recorded by E.C.B., published in C.S. Monitor "Chimney Farm Stories."
"Herbs and the Earth," source material
Notes and Letters for "Herbs and the Earth."
"Herbs and the Earth," misc. notes
"Herbs and the Earth," order blanks with note in H.B.'s writing.
"Herbs and the Earth," quotations
"Herbs and the Earth," clippings mentioning.
"Herbs and the Earth," reviews
"White Pine and Blue Water," clippings and reviews.
"White Pine and Blue Water," Preface, Introduction and biographical and literary notes.
"The Road to Maine" (unpublished 1971-2), description by E.C.B.
"The Road to Maine" (unpublished 1971-2), Chapter 1, typescript.
"The Road to Maine" (unpublished 1971-2), Chapter 2, typescript.
"The Road to Maine" (unpublished 1971-2), Chapter 3, typescript.
"The Road to Maine" (unpublished 1971-2), Chapter 4, typescript.
"The Road to Maine" (unpublished 1971-2), Chapter 5, typescript.
"The Road to Maine" (unpublished 1971-2), Chapter 6, typescript.
"The Road to Maine" (unpublished 1971-2), Chapter 7, typescript.
"The Road to Maine" (unpublished 1971-2), Chapter 8, typescript.
"The Road to Maine" (unpublished 1971-2), Chapter 9, typescript.
Correspondence re: photos by Cleaves
"Possible New Fairy Tales," unpublished
"The Princess with the Long Nose," printed ephemera.
"Marsh Country"
Misc. printed ephemera, re: lesser known works of H.B.
Printed ephemera, review of J. Ducharme's "The Shadow of the Trees" (NY Times May 2, 1943).
Printed ephemera (clippings, detached pages, etc.) of articles written by H.B.
Printed ephemera, booklets written by H.B. and magazines containing articles written by H.B.
1953 Maine Calendar containing quotations from many of H.B.'s works and leaf from 1966 Maine calendar with quotations from H.B.
Pertaining to Beston book illustrators
Postcards with H.B.'s notes
Lecture by H.B. on Thoreau
Lectures, Bangor, Jan 31- Feb 2, 1950
Lectures by H.B.
Notes by H.B.
Lectures, Bangor, Jan 31, 1950 I
Lectures, Bangor, Feb 1, 1950 II
Lectures, Feb 1, 1950 III
Lectures, Bangor, Feb 2, 1950 IV
Schedule for Career Day at Lincoln Academy, 1948; H.B. spoke there.
Lectures, Orono
Lectures, Orono
Lectures, Orono
Lectures, Orono
Misc. items re: H.B.'s lectures and exam based on H.B. quotation.
Lectures, "The Naturalist Concept of War"
Clippings mentioning H.B. and E.C.B. marriage, bulletin from Audubon Society Ephemera
Clippings (Nissen Donation)
"The Volunteer Poilu," Press clippings, adds etc. (Nissen Donation) 1/2
"Mermaid Lake," 1940 (Nissen Donation), 2/2
"The Cowboy and His Diversions" (Nissen Donation)
"Breaking in a Tenderfoot:" (Nissen Donation) re: The yellow cat
Favorite Things, annotated by E.C.B.
E.C.B.'s work, clippings and reviews
Illustrations from "Sword of the Wilderness," by E.C.B.
"Bod Bodden and the Good Ship Rover," by E.C.B.
"The Gate of the Renegade" by E.C.B.
"Five Bushel Farm" by E.C.B.
"The Poetry of Amy Lowell" by E.C.B., unfinished
Misc. writing by E.C.B.
Article written about E.C.B., 1983
Lecture notes on European history by E.C.B.
This series contains photoprints of Henry Beston and his family at all ages. Also included are photos of their friends and of the Beston's many homes. The original photographs for the "The Outermost House" and dedication ceremony of the outermost house (Fo'Castle) as a historical site (1964) are also in this series. Photos of Henry Beston's experience in WWI are also included here.
No restrictions.
Henry Beston
Beston children and family
Non-Beston people (including family and friends)
Home in Shipcate, MA
Chimney Farms
Parson Capen House
Outermost House/Fo'Castle
Outermost House dedication, 1964 Oct 11
"Outermost House, The"
"Outermost House, The" [the original], taken by W.A. Bradford
H.B. and E.C.B.'s works [photographs and slides concerning]
Glass negatives; prints
Photos of Places
Animals
World War I [?]
Ships and sailors
Miscellaneous
People [including Bestons]
Beach and ocean images
"Outermost House, The" [relating images]
This series contains tape recordings of interviews with Henry Beston and his friends. The tapes with the interviews have been notated by Elizabeth Coatsworth Beston. Also included are sounds from the outermost house (Fo'Castle) and a tape sent to Beston by his friends.
Arranged alphabetically.
Col. E. Clark's program on H.B. (1976) and other recordings (reel to reel master and CD transfer)
Recordings of interviews with H.B. (reel to reel master and CD transfer)
Tape of sounds from the outermost house (reel to reel master and CD transfer)
Tape re: H.B. (by friends) (reel to reel master and CD transfer)
Realia