Guide to the Alfred Hitchcock Correspondence, 1867-1895
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Cite as: Alfred Hitchcock Correspondence, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine
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Alfred Hitchcock was born October 3, 1859, in Strong, Maine. He was graduated from Bowdoin in 1881 and received a degree from the Medical School of Maine in 1883. Hitchcock became a physician and established a practice in Strong, Maine, from 1884-1889 and later in Farmington, Maine, from 1889-1897. He died on June 11, 1900, due to lead poisoning. He was survived by his parents and his wife, Mabel Blake. They had no children.
Correspondence between members of the Hitchcock family dated between February 1867 and April 1895. Many of the letters are addressed to and from Alfred Hitchcock at boarding school prior to his matriculation at Bowdoin College. Principle correspondents during this period are his mother and father, Clara and Edward Hitchcock, and his cousin, Arthur Read of Boston. In a few of the later letters Hitchcock describes life at Bowdoin College and his time as a physician.
February 1867 - September 1, 1872
September 29, 1872 - February 1, 1873
February 26, 1873 - May 6, 1873
May 8, 1873 - June 20, 1873
June 21, 1873 - November 8, 1873
November 18, 1873 - April 16, 1874
April 29, 1874 - May 13, 1874
May 17, 1874 - June 12, 1874
January 1875 - December 1876
January 1877 - March 1878
April 1878 - September 1894
October 1894
November 1, 1894 - November 23, 1894
November 27, 1894 - April 3, 1895
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