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Maine Women Writers Collection
Abplanalp LibraryUniversity of New England716 Stevens AvenuePortland, Maine [email protected]: http://www.une.edu/mwwc
Sarah Orne Jewett collection, 1801-1997
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Table of Contents
Summary Information .................................................................................................................................... 3
Biographical/Historical Note ......................................................................................................................... 3
Collection Scope and Content ....................................................................................................................... 4
Arrangement ................................................................................................................................................... 4
Administrative Information ............................................................................................................................ 5
Related Materials ........................................................................................................................................... 6
Controlled Access Headings .......................................................................................................................... 6
Collection Inventory ....................................................................................................................................... 7
Jewett Manuscripts and Notes .................................................................................................................... 7
Jewett Correspondence ................................................................................................................................ 7
Jewett Publications .................................................................................................................................... 18
Jewett Articles, Reviews, Papers .............................................................................................................. 19
Jewett Photographs .................................................................................................................................... 20
Jewett Memorabilia ................................................................................................................................... 21
Jewett Family and Business Records ........................................................................................................ 23
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Summary Information
Repository: Maine Women Writers Collection
Creator: Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909
Title: Sarah Orne Jewett collection
ID: 0196
Date [inclusive]: 1801-1997
Date [bulk]: 1881-1906
Physical Description: 5 linear feet 6 boxes
Language of theMaterial:
English
Preferred Citation
Sarah Orne Jewett collection, Maine Women Writers Collection, University of New England,Portland, Maine
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Biographical/Historical Note
Theodora Sarah Orne Jewett was born September 3, 1849, to physician Theodore Herman Jewett andCaroline Frances Perry in South Berwick, Maine. She published as Sarah Orne Jewett. Because oftenill as a child, she attended Miss Rayne's School infrequently: instead she drove with her father on hisrounds to visit his patients. Jewett graduated from Berwick Academy in 1865 and soon began to write.Her career took off with her submission of short stories to William Dean Howells, assistant editor of TheAtlantic Monthly, who then put her in touch with James Fields of Boston's Ticknor and Fields. Placingher work with the Atlantic throughout her life, Jewett gathered stories into periodic book collections.Her first successful novel was Deephaven (1877), though she is best known for The Country of thePointed Firs (1896). Fields's wife Annie and Jewett became close friends. After the deaths of Annie'shusband and Sarah's father, the two women became companions in a "Boston marriage." They traveledtogether throughout the United States and Europe. They resided at Jewett's home in South Berwickas well as in Fields's homes in Boston and Manchester by the Sea. Jewett, considered regionalist or"local colorist," wrote about New England life and captured the native accent, diction, and syntaxespecially of Maine's people. Jewett's novel, A Country Doctor (1884), among other titles, suggests herfeminist awareness of women's larger capabilities. Other works consider issues of domestic culture, class
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structure, ecology, and the natural world. Influenced by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Jewett often invited herto Boston gatherings at the Fields' home. There Jewett met and influenced Willa Cather. Other womenin the social circle of artists and writers included Harriet Prescott Spofford, Celia Thaxter, and SarahWyman Whitman. In 1901 Jewett became the first woman to receive an honorary Litt.D. degree fromBowdoin College, her father's alma mater. Just one year later, she suffered crippling injuries in a carriageaccident, thereby limiting her physical mobility and hence her writing. After suffering a first strokein March 1909 and a second June 23, 1909, Jewett died. Jewett's South Berwick home, maintained byHistoric New England, welcomes visitors.
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Collection Scope and Content
The collection includes manuscripts, correspondence, articles, reviews, research papers, memorabilia,photographs, printed material, artifacts, and family business records. The manuscripts include: a poemwritten by Jewett at age fourteen; notes found in her personal copy of the Norman Conquest; "Indians,"her earliest known manuscript; and a complete manuscript copy of the "Night Before Thanksgiving." Thecorrespondence with family, friends and business associates gives a view into Jewett's family and sociallife as well as her life as a writer. The letters to and from Annie Fields include a consoling note after thedeath of Fields' husband, James T. Fields, in 1881. Jewett and Fields long friendship is documented intheir own letters and in mentions in letters to others including letters that Fields and Mary Rice Jewettwrote to others after Sarah's death dealing with her estate. Close family relationships are presentedin the many letters to Mary Rice Jewett particularly in the care the aunts' took of nephew TheodoreEastman after his mother Carrie Eastman, Jewett's sister, died. The letters to Abbie S. Beede, who typedmanuscripts for Sarah and Annie, shows the development of the relationship with Beede from distantto friendly with Jewett sometimes asking Beede for her opinion of a particular story. The third series iscomposed of published articles both original and in photocopy. The fourth series includes newspaperand journal articles, book reviews, and scholarly papers on Sarah Orne Jewett. The fifth is made upof photographs of Jewett, her family, and her home and other locations in South Berwick, Maine. Thememorabilia series includes calling cards, a silk handkerchief, and a Sarah Wyman Whitman stainedglass wreath. The family/business series has many family business receipts and a lecture on electricitywritten by Jewett's father.
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Arrangement
This collection is organized into the following series: I. Manuscripts and notes: II. Correspondence:III. Publications: IV. Articles, reviews and papers: V. Photographs: VI. Memorabilia: VII. Family andbusiness records
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Administrative Information
Publication Statement
Maine Women Writers Collection
Abplanalp LibraryUniversity of New England716 Stevens AvenuePortland, Maine [email protected]: http://www.une.edu/mwwc
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the Curator of the Maine Women WritersCollection.
Custodial History
Provenance: The bulk of the correspondence and manuscript material was acquired from NewHampshire collector Kent Bicknell in 2004-2005. Some of this material was previously owned byMaine collector Joseph Frost. Some material in the Frost-Bicknell Collection and in the pre-existingMWWC Jewett Collection was owned by Burton Trafton.
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Related Materials
Related Materials
MWWC holds over eighty books of Sarah Orne Jewett's work, many with inscriptions by Jewett tofriends, family and admirers; more than ninety books from the libraries of Jewett and her family; andmany periodicals containing Jewett stories.
Sarah Orne Jewett papers, Milne Special Collections and Archives, University of New HampshireLibrary, Durham, New Hampshire
Sarah Orne Jewett papers, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives,Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine
Abbie S. Beede collection, Maine Women Writers Collection, University of New England, Portland,Maine
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Controlled Access Headings
• Country life• American poetry -- 19th century• South Berwick (Me.)• Manuscripts• Correspondence• Photographs• Research• Obituaries• Postcards• Memorabilia• Clippings• Ephemera• Negatives• Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909• Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909• Fields, Annie, 1834-1915• Jewett family
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Collection Inventory
Jewett Manuscripts and Notes
Title/Description Instances
"Ode to Ellen Cobby" handwritten poem, 1863 Box 1 Folder 001
"Discontent" handwritten poem, 1878 Box 1 Folder 002
Handwritten notes from Sarah Wyman Whitman's letters, undated Box 1 Folder 003
Handwritten poem "When her soft eyes awake...", undated Box 1 Folder 004
Manuscript material "One of the dolls whose name wasAdeline...", undated
Box 1 Folder 005
SOJ's notes from Story of the Normans, undated Box 1 Folder 006
Handwritten notes by SOJ inserted in Norman Conquest (5folders)
Box 1 Folder 007
"Indians" early handwritten essay by SOJ, undated Box 1 Folder 008
"The Night Before Thanksgiving" handwritten manuscript (3folders), undated
Box 1 Folder 009
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Jewett Correspondence
Title/Description Instances
ALS Annie Fields to Sarah Orne Jewett, circa 1907 August
Digital Object: Although we could say so little...
Box 1 Folder 001
AL Annie Fields to Sarah Orne Jewett, undated
Digital Object: I felt a bit anxious yesterday...
Box 1 Folder 002
ALS Annie Fields to Sarah Orne Jewett, undated
Digital Object: Have you seen Janet Ross's vegetable book...
Box 1 Folder 003
ALS Annie Fields to Sarah Orne Jewett, undated
Digital Object: As for Mrs. Forbes dearest...
Box 1 Folder 004
ALS Annie Fields to Sarah Orne Jewett, circa early 1880s
Digital Object: Aldrich and Lillian have just gone...
Box 1 Folder 005
ALS Annie Fields to Sarah Orne Jewett, undated
Digital Object: Just one word this Saturday morning...
Box 1 Folder 006
ALS Annie Fields to Sarah Orne Jewett, undated Box 1 Folder 007
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Digital Object: The noble box of "green growing things"...
ALS Annie Fields to Sarah Orne Jewett, undated
Digital Object: I hope that you and Mary can come...
Box 1 Folder 008
ALS Annie Fields to Sarah Orne Jewett, circa 1885
Digital Object: Your letter urging me to come to you...
Box 1 Folder 009
ALS Annie Fields to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1885 December 12
Digital Object: Did the little cab return for you...
Box 1 Folder 010
ALS Annie Fields to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1888
Digital Object: I begin to fear you are not getting...
Box 1 Folder 011
ALS Mary Rice Jewett to Sarah Orne Jewett, undated
Digital Object: There is no going abroad for joys...
Box 1 Folder 012
ALS Mary Rice Jewett to Sarah Orne Jewett, undated
Digital Object: It was so pleasant to come home...
Box 1 Folder 013
ALS Mary Rice Jewett to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1881 March 26
Digital Object: It was pleasant to find that everything seems tohave gone well...
Box 1 Folder 014
APC Mary Rice Jewett to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1881 March
Digital Object: Pincess is well thank you -- but lazy...
Box 1 Folder 015
ALS Ellen Mason to Sarah Orne Jewett, circa 1870
Digital Object: I had no intention of letting so long a time pass...
Box 1 Folder 016
ALS Ellen Mason to Sarah Orne Jewett, circa 1870
Digital Object: I want you to keep Fénélon...
Box 1 Folder 017
ALS John Lord to Sarah Orne Jewett, undated
Digital Object: I have been waiting to send you the "Statesmanof the 19th Century"...
Box 1 Folder 018
ALS Georgina Halliburton to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1880 October 8
Digital Object: A sonnet
Digital Object: I hope you did not feel very tired after thepleasant little lunch...
Box 1 Folder 019
ALS Mary O. Long to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1892 February 9
Digital Object: Your note this morning was indeed a bombshell!
Box 1 Folder 020
ALS Grace Gordon to Sarah Orne Jewett, undated
Digital Object: I wish you had heard it...
Box 1 Folder 021
ALS Grace Gordon to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1871 October 31
Digital Object: I am in despair my Theodora!
Box 1 Folder 022
ALS Susan Perkins to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1871 May 1 Box 1 Folder 023
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Digital Object: I was very much obliged to you for the copy ofthose verses...
ALS L. M. Perry to Sarah Orne Jewett, undated
Digital Object: I bid you a most loving and cordial welcome...
Box 1 Folder 024
ALS Charles Warren Stoddard to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1895 March
Digital Object: You are mighty good to me...
Box 1 Folder 025
ALS Mary F. Russell to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1900 July 9
Digital Object: Thank you for the catalogue...
Box 1 Folder 026
ALS Theophilus Parsons to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1876 June 3
Digital Object: I cannot let you run away to the greatExposition...
Box 1 Folder 027
ALS Theophilus Parsons to Sarah Orne Jewett [fragment],undated
Digital Object: If you think so, you may say...
Box 1 Folder 028
ALS George Wallis Haven to Sarah Orne Jewett, undated
Digital Object: You gave me a very pleasant walk...
Box 1 Folder 029
ALS George Wallis Haven to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1895 March 12
Digital Object: As the shipwrights of Elsinore...
Box 1 Folder 030
ALS William Perry to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1900 June 4
Digital Object: I am glad to know that you are safe on shore...
Box 1 Folder 031
ALS C. S. D. to Sarah Orne Jewett, undated Box 1 Folder 032
ALS H. G. K. to Sarah Orne Jewett, undated Box 1 Folder 033
ALS William Perry to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1898 December 23 Box 1 Folder 034
ALS William Perry to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1877 June 26 Box 1 Folder 035
ALS Frances Perry to Sarah Orne Jewett, undated Box 1 Folder 036
ALS Clara Garland Goodwin to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1906November 5
Box 1 Folder 037
ALS George Ickabod Goodwin to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1894 August12
Box 1 Folder 038
ALS Kate Birkhead to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1872 March 31 Box 1 Folder 039
ALS E.S. Quincy to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1875 August 5 Box 1 Folder 040
ALS Horace E. Scudder to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1875 August 5 Box 1 Folder 041
ALS J. L. Whitney to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1876 November Box 1 Folder 042
ALS Mrs. Hayes Ward to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1877 August 30 Box 1 Folder 043
ALS Helen D. Sewall to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1877 May 8 Box 1 Folder 044
ALS Eliza Seeger to Sarah Orne Jewett, undated
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Box 1 Folder 045
TL Scribner Co. to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1873 Box 1 Folder 046
ALS Mary Mapes Dodge to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1875 December21
Box 1 Folder 047
ALS Theo H. Jewett to Sarah Orne Jewett, undated Box 1 Folder 048
ALS An admirer to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1889 September 24 Box 1 Folder 049
ALS Mary P. Clafin (?) to Sarah Orne Jewett, undated Box 1 Folder 050
ALS Mrs. Warren to Sarah Orne Jewett, undated Box 1 Folder 051
AL Sarah Orne Jewett to Annie Fields, 1882
Digital Object: Your letter makes me wish to fly to you...
Box 1 Folder 052
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Annie Fields, 1882
Digital Object: I have just read your two letters and I long tohold you close...
Box 1 Folder 053
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Annie Fields, 1881
Digital Object: Your two letters have come and I don't knowwhat to say...
Box 1 Folder 054
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Annie Fields, undated
Digital Object: I had a good long afternoon's work...
Box 1 Folder 055
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Annie Fields, 1902
Digital Object: My window is open and the children are all inthe streets...
Box 1 Folder 056
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Annie Fields [fragment], 1908November 3
Digital Object: And I wish I had my own dear warm little Fuff...
Box 1 Folder 057
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Annie Fields, undated
Digital Object: I didn't read a word in the cars...
Box 1 Folder 058
AL Sarah Orne Jewett to Annie Fields, undated
Digital Object: I was so sorry after I had sent the letter...
Box 1 Folder 059
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Annie Fields, undated
Digital Object: I don't believe you were half so sad...
Box 1 Folder 060
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Carrie Jewett, circa 1871
Digital Object: I did have the very nicest time last night!
Box 1 Folder 061
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Carrie Jewett, 1871 December 30
Digital Object: I did have the best time yesterday...
Box 1 Folder 062
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Carrie Jewett, undated Box 1 Folder 063
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Digital Object: It seems more convenient to sit here and writewith a pencil...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Carrie Jewett, undated
Digital Object: It looks like rain so I don't believe I shall...
Box 1 Folder 064
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated
Digital Object: Stopping at this place ideal spot...
Digital Object: Now you may see a sister all prettily settled...
Box 2 Folder 065
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated
Digital Object: I was both glad and sorry to get your letter...
Box 2 Folder 066
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated
Digital Object: I am so sleepy with the cool evening...
Box 2 Folder 067
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1893
Digital Object: Yesterday was a nice rainy day...
Box 2 Folder 068
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1902 March
Digital Object: I wish that you had stayed over...
Box 2 Folder 069
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1903 April 27
Digital Object: I went to see old Helen's house...
Box 2 Folder 070
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1900 September 12
Digital Object: Give my love to Eva...
Box 2 Folder 071
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1900 September 7
Digital Object: It is half-past ten and all candles were put out...
Box 2 Folder 072
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1900 September 5
Digital Object: It is a beautiful morning and for some reason...
Box 2 Folder 073
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated
Digital Object: It is werry hot!
Box 2 Folder 074
AL Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated
Digital Object: I got your two good letters yesterday...
Box 2 Folder 075
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated
Digital Object: I must begin to write my letters over nightagain...
Box 2 Folder 076
AL Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1881 November 19
Digital Object: I was glad to get your letter tonight and to makesure you are going to stay...
Box 2 Folder 077
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1900 July 11 Box 2 Folder 078
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Digital Object: We had a good little journey though it waswarm...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1900 July 12
Digital Object: This has been a good day and we have hadcompany to dinner...
Box 2 Folder 079
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1900 August 11
Digital Object: We had a pretty party last night...
Box 2 Folder 080
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, circa 1900
Digital Object: This has been a busy day with me, Mr. and Mrs.Bliss Perry...
Box 2 Folder 081
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated
Digital Object: I found your beautiful letty when I came outfrom breakfast...
Box 2 Folder 082
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated
Digital Object: What a lovely day!
Box 2 Folder 083
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated
Digital Object: It is a nice morning Jocko!
Box 2 Folder 084
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated
Digital Object: A sister now having been to Mrs. Bullard's...
Box 2 Folder 085
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated
Digital Object: That train is quite a beauty...
Box 2 Folder 086
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, circa 1900
Digital Object: The chapters and their copy arrived in goodseason...
Box 2 Folder 087
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, circa 1900
Digital Object: It does seem funny to write to you...
Box 2 Folder 088
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1900 August 14
Digital Object: I thought that you would speak of it's being hot...
Box 2 Folder 089
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated
Digital Object: I was glad to find Carrie when I came home...
Box 2 Folder 090
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1900 August 23
Digital Object: If you can put your hand on it...
Box 2 Folder 091
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1900 September 6
Digital Object: I shall send such a short letter...
Box 2 Folder 092
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1885 April 6
Digital Object: A sleepy sister on account of being out late...
Box 2 Folder 093
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1885 April 1
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Digital Object: I started in for a great letter this morning... Box 2 Folder 094
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1885 March 30
Digital Object: I had a beautiful time at dinner last night...
Box 2 Folder 095
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1885 March 29
Digital Object: It is just after half past one..
Box 2 Folder 096
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1893 May 5
Digital Object: Will you please get my thick white drivingsack...
Box 2 Folder 097
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated
Digital Object: I had a delightful sail down the bay...
Box 2 Folder 098
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1898 August 7
Digital Object: I had a prosperous journey...
Box 2 Folder 099
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated
Digital Object: Thank you for your nice letter yesterday...
Box 2 Folder 100
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated
Digital Object: I was glad to see your letter and to know youwere well!
Box 2 Folder 101
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, circa 1897
Digital Object: Who do you think appeared just as we finishedtea...
Box 2 Folder 102
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, circa 1893-1894
Digital Object: I thought it might be wise to write a line...
Box 2 Folder 103
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated
Digital Object: It is a good bright morning and I must have ahopping foot...
Box 2 Folder 104
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated
Digital Object: I thought you would like to know of my safearrival...
Box 2 Folder 105
AL Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated
Digital Object: You will be pleased to hear from your sister atBagg's Hotel...
Box 2 Folder 106
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated
Digital Object: I suppose you will be getting my budgets...
Box 2 Folder 107
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated
Digital Object: I don't seem to have much to tell...
Box 2 Folder 108
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated Box 2 Folder 109
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Digital Object: I send you a long and appealing letter from theJudge...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated
Digital Object: Please excuse this second hand sheet...
Box 2 Folder 110
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated
Digital Object: I don't know what time my letters stray along toyou...
Box 2 Folder 111
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated
Digital Object: I will seize this occasion to speak of generalsubjects
Box 2 Folder 112
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1901 July 5
Digital Object: I thought that you might like to hear that I hadmade so great a journey...
Box 2 Folder 113
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1901 June 23
Digital Object: We have just come home from church...
Box 2 Folder 114
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1901 June 12
Digital Object: I was so glad to get your letter last night when Igot here...
Box 2 Folder 115
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1894 August 20
Digital Object: It stands very pleasant at the Albracca...
Box 2 Folder 116
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1901 July 9
Digital Object: With all your affectionate care to keep theparticulars from me...
Box 2 Folder 117
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1900 September 1
Digital Object: I shall come tomorrow at six...
Box 2 Folder 118
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated
Digital Object: What a beautiful rainy Sunday!
Box 2 Folder 119
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated
Digital Object: I had such a nice time with dear Alice Howe...
Box 2 Folder 120
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated
Digital Object: I should think our parrot would have thought...
Box 2 Folder 121
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated
Digital Object: The pride of Rome seems to have fallen...
Box 2 Folder 122
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated
Digital Object: The visits seem to go on most smiling...
Box 2 Folder 123
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated Box 2 Folder 124
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Digital Object: This has been a most trying day...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated
Digital Object: I was getting dressed and thought I should writeyou...
Box 2 Folder 125
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated
Digital Object: A nice cool East windy day...
Box 2 Folder 126
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated
Digital Object: I found that I had forgotten about the gig...
Box 2 Folder 127
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated
Digital Object: Cora and I have been to Carrie's to dinner...
Box 2 Folder 128
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated
Digital Object: This is a peaceful day after...
Box 2 Folder 129
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1896 July 11
Digital Object: Today is cooler, which is well!
Box 2 Folder 130
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mrs. Rice, 9 February Box 2 Folder 130a
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mr. Osgood, 1878 March 2 Box 2 Folder 131
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mr. Mason, 1878 November 27 Box 2 Folder 132
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Louis Holman, circa 1894 Box 2 Folder 133
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to J. D. Lee, circa 1894 Box 2 Folder 134
AL Sarah Orne Jewett to Daughters of the Vermont Revolution,1895 February 24
Box 2 Folder 135
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to H. Butterworth, Esq., undated Box 2 Folder 136
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Ms. Wallenschlager, 1885 April 12 Box 2 Folder 137
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Ms. Norton, undated Box 2 Folder 138
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to S. S. McClure, undated Box 2 Folder 139
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Jules Cretin, 1887 August 12 Box 2 Folder 140
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to fan, 1885 August 29 Box 2 Folder 141
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to unnamed, 1895 November 11 Box 2 Folder 142
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Ms. Remann, 1885 June 23 Box 2 Folder 143
AL Sarah Orne Jewett to Grace M. Austin, 1899 January 8 Box 2 Folder 144
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to George W. Curtis Esq., 1887 March 12 Box 2 Folder 145
Correspondence enclosure SOJ to George W. Curtis, 1887 March12
Box 2 Folder 145a
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Edwin A. Norton Esq., 1891 Box 2 Folder 146
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Correspondence Invitation from M Jewett to Edwin A. NortonEsq., 1891 May
Box 2 Folder 146a
Order of Exercises 100th Anniversary of the founding of BerwickAcademy, 1891 July
Box 2 Folder 146b
The Berwick Scholar, Berwick Academy [Vol. V, No. 1], 1891November
Box 2 Folder 146c
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Cousin Nelly, undated Box 2 Folder 147
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Thomas Mosher, undated Box 2 Folder 148
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mr. Townsend, undated Box 2 Folder 149
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Edith Haven Doe, undated Box 2 Folder 150
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Eva, undated Box 3 Folder 151
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Dr. Robert Collyer, DD, 1885 August 8 Box 3 Folder 152
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to My Dear Friend (? Dr. Robert Collyer),1897 May 21
Box 3 Folder 153
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to My Dear Friend, undated Box 3 Folder 154
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Bowdoin College President Hyde, 1888December 8
Box 3 Folder 155
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Bowdoin College President Hyde,undated
Box 3 Folder 156
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to the Castilian Club, undated Box 3 Folder 157
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett letter fragment, undated Box 3 Folder 158
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Professor Robinson, undated Box 3 Folder 159
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Horace Parker Chandler, 1885 October18
Box 3 Folder 160
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Horace Parker Chandler, 1885 August 5 Box 3 Folder 161
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Horace Parker Chandler, 1885December 9
Box 3 Folder 162
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Rev. George Lewis, 1888 February 8 Box 3 Folder 163
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mr. Streat, 1901 October 3 Box 3 Folder 164
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, undated Box 3 Folder 165
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, 1900 August 9 Box 3 Folder 166
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, 1901 May 30 Box 3 Folder 167
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, 1901 October 4 Box 3 Folder 168
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, 1902 April 8 Box 3 Folder 169
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, 1902 May 8 Box 3 Folder 170
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, undated
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Box 3 Folder 171
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, undated Box 3 Folder 172
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, undated Box 3 Folder 173
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, undated Box 3 Folder 174
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, undated Box 3 Folder 175
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, undated Box 3 Folder 176
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, undated Box 3 Folder 177
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, undated Box 3 Folder 178
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, undated Box 3 Folder 179
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, undated Box 3 Folder 180
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, undated Box 3 Folder 181
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, 1899 November 23 Box 3 Folder 182
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, 1900 February 10 Box 3 Folder 183
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, 1900 February 13 Box 3 Folder 184
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, 1900 August 31 Box 3 Folder 185
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, 1900 January 22 Box 3 Folder 186
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, undated Box 3 Folder 187
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, undated Box 3 Folder 188
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, undated Box 3 Folder 189
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mr. Cushing, undated Box 3 Folder 190
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mr. Clement, 1894 June 22 Box 3 Folder 190a
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mr. Clement, undated Box 3 Folder 190b
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mr. Clement, undated Box 3 Folder 190c
ALS Annie Fields to Robert Collyer, 1871 Box 3 Folder 191
ALS Annie Fields to Mrs. Arthur Warren, 1889 July 1 Box 3 Folder 192
ALS Annie Fields to Abbie S. Beede, 1902 June 18 Box 3 Folder 193
ALS Annie Fields to Abbie S. Beede, 1902 June 17 Box 3 Folder 194
ALS Annie Fields to Abbie S. Beede, 1902 July 3 Box 3 Folder 195
ALS Annie Fields to Abbie S. Beede, 1902 July 15 Box 3 Folder 196
ALS Annie Fields to Abbie S. Beede, 1903 July 20 Box 3 Folder 197
ALS Annie Fields to Abbie S. Beede, 1903 July 22 Box 3 Folder 198
ALS Annie Fields to Mrs. Hosmer, undated Box 3 Folder 199
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APC Annie Fields to Mary Rice Jewett, 1910 April 23 Box 3 Folder 200
ALS Annie Fields to Robert Collyer, 1913 March 17 Box 3 Folder 201
ALS Annie Fields to Abbie S. Beede, undated Box 3 Folder 202
ALS Annie Fields to Abbie S. Beede, undated Box 3 Folder 203
ALS Annie Fields to Abbie S. Beede, undated Box 3 Folder 204
ALS Mary Ann Vincent to Annie Fields, undated Box 3 Folder 205
ALS Mary Rice Jewett to Robert Collyer, 1909 March 4 Box 3 Folder 206
ALS Mary Rice Jewett to Kathy, undated Box 3 Folder 207
ALS Rebecca O. Young to Mary Rice Jewett, 1889 May 16 Box 3 Folder 208
ALS John T. Perry to Mary Jewett, 1900 January 4 Box 3 Folder 209
ALS H.G.K to Mary Jewett, 1905 December 12 Box 3 Folder 210
ALS Frances Perry to Mary Jewett, undated Box 3 Folder 211
ALS Theodore F. Jewett to wife Olive, 1822 March 31 Box 3 Folder 212a
ALS Theodore F. Jewett to wife Olive, 1826 February 19 Box 3 Folder 212b
ALS Theodore H. Jewett to Nathaniel Low, 1847 January 19 Box 3 Folder 213
ALS Harry Sturdivant to Theodore Jewett, 1873 May 31 Box 3 Folder 214
ALS Celia Thaxter to niece Eva, 1887 January 17 Box 3 Folder 215
ALS Bonnie McLellan to Sophie E. Perry, 1885 January 15 Box 3 Folder 216
ALS Kate McLellan to Sophie E. Perry, 1885 January 15 Box 3 Folder 217
ALS George E. Littlefield to K. B. Lewis, 1902 March 1 Box 3 Folder 218
Letters of Sarah Orne Jewett (reprinted and bound), edited byAnnie Fields, 1911
Box 3 Folder 219
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Jewett Publications
Title/Description Instances
Poem "Dunlure Castle" Harper's Magazine, 1883 November Box 4 Folder 010
Poem "The Eagle Trees" Harper's Magazine, 1883 March Box 4 Folder 011
Short story "A Bit of Color" undated, n.l. (first installment) Box 4 Folder 011a
Handbound group of short stories from Harper's MonthlyMagazine including "Sister Peacham's Return", circa 1903
Box 4 Folder 012
Broadside for "Miss Tempy's Watchers", undated Box 4 Folder 013
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Advertisement for "New England Stories" For Sale by John P.Spaulding, undated
Box 4 Folder 013a
Transcribed single page from "Decoration Day" by Sarah OrneJewett, undated
Box 4 Folder 013b
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Jewett Articles, Reviews, Papers
Title/Description Instances
Three reviews of "Deep Haven", undated Box 4 Folder 014
Review "White Heron" Harper's New Monthly Magazine, 1887February
Box 4 Folder 015
Journal articles, 1950-1988 Box 4 Folder 016
Newspaper clippings, 1973-1996 Box 4 Folder 017
"Sarah Orne Jewett" by Willa Cather in the Piper, undated Box 4 Folder 018
"Sarah Orne Jewett writes to Hamlin Garland" by James Nagel,N.E. Quarterly, undated
Box 4 Folder 019
Review of SOJ biography by F.O. Matthiessen, circa 1929 Box 4 Folder 020
"We New Englanders...Letters of SOJ to Louise Imogen Guiney"by William L. Lucey, S.J., American Catholic Historical Society,1959
Box 4 Folder 021
"New England Matriarch in Sketches of SOJ' by Adele Warren,thesis, 1967
Box 4 Folder 022
"Sarah Orne Jewett" by Yasuo Hashiguchi, American LiteraryReview, 1956 March
Box 4 Folder 023
"Verbal Criticism" by Yasuo Hashiguchi, Linguistic Science, II,1966 March
Box 4 Folder 024
"Sarah Orne Jewett's The Country of the Pointed Firs" by YasuoHashiguchi, American Literature No. 23, 1982 May
Box 4 Folder 025
"Tidewater" by Nicholas Durso play with review, 1981 Box 4 Folder 026
Reprint "Sarah Orne Jewett" by Gwen L. Nagel, Dictionary ofLiterary Biography, 1982
Box 4 Folder 027
"Two Maine Authors" by Eleanor V. Hines, Senior Seminar paper,1983
Box 4 Folder 028
"A New Spiritual Biography" by Melissa Pennell, Studies inAmerican Fiction, 1990
Box 4 Folder 029
"Sarah Orne Jewett: Her World and Her Work" by PaulaBlanchard reviews, 1996
Box 4 Folder 030
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"Unraveling Regions, Unsettling Periods: Sarah Orne Jewett andAmerican Literary History" by June Howard, American Literature,1996 June
Box 4 Folder 031
"Irish Stories of Sarah Orne Jewett" by Jack Morgan and Louis A.Renza, Maine Times, review, 1997 March 13
Box 4 Folder 032
Articles about SOJ's South Berwick home, 1977-1997 Box 4 Folder 033
"Dear Old House and Home" by Marie Donahue, Down East,1977
Box 4 Folder 034
"Sarah Orne Jewett" Peary D. Westbrook, Down East, 1963 Box 4 Folder 034a
Betty Goodwin interview by Marie Donahue, Lewiston Journal,1982 November 27
Box 4 Folder 035
"The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories" edited bySarah Way Sherman, 1989
Box 4 Folder 036
"Sarah Orne Jewett, an American Persephone" by Sarah WaySherman, Maine Sunday Telegram, 1990 December 2
Box 4 Folder 037
Friends of Sarah Orne Jewett Newsletter and SPNEA guide,1990-1993
Box 4 Folder 038
SPNEA SOJ events flyers and articles, 1995-1996 Box 4 Folder 039
Article about the Douglas Alvord edition of "The White Heron,"Maine Sunday Telegram, 1990 December 2
Box 4 Folder 040
Web site printout of Jewett houses in South Berwick, 2005 April12
Box 4 Folder 040a
Finding aid Bowdoin College Library, 1985 Box 4 Folder 040b
Yankee Magazine article re: Kent Bicknell, 1995 Box 4 Folder 040c
Letter from Truman Capote to students of Casco (Me.) JuniorHigh School--references "Country of the Pointed Firs", 1979
Box 4 Folder 040d
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Jewett Photographs
Title/Description Instances
Photograph of SOJ reading by Hollyer, undated Box 5 Folder 041
Photograph of SOJ profile, undated Box 5 Folder 042
Photograph of SOJ near desk, undated Box 5 Folder 043
Photograph of SOJ in academic robes, undated Box 5 Folder 044
Photograph of SOJ by Karl Thaxter, undated Box 5 Folder 045
Negatives: two of SOJ, one of house, undated Box 5 Folder 046
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Photograph of Annie Fields, undated Box 5 Folder 047
Photographs of Olive Grant, undated Box 5 Folder 048
Photograph of John Tucker, undated Box 5 Folder 049
Photographs of the exterior of Sarah Orne Jewett's South Berwickhome, undated
Box 5 Folder 050
Photographs of the interior of Sarah Orne Jewett's South Berwickhome, undated
Box 5 Folder 051
Framed photograph of the first floor front hall of Sarah OrneJewett's South Berwick home, undated
Box 5 Folder 052
SPNEA photograph of the exterior of Sarah Orne Jewett's SouthBerwick home by J. David Bohl [1984], 1984
Box 5 Folder 053
Photographs of Sarah Orne Jewett's summer home in TenantsHarbor, undated
Box 5 Folder 054
Photograph of school house in Tenants Harbor, 1984 Box 5 Folder 055
SPNEA photograph of Hamilton House, South Berwick by J.David Bohl, 1984
Box 5 Folder 056
Photographs of Hamilton House, South Berwick, undated Box 5 Folder 057
Gundalow photograph, undated Box 5 Folder 058
5 x 7 glass plate, photo of Jewett in academic robes, 1902 Box 5 Folder 058a
A printed portrait of SOJ with inscription, undated Box 5 Folder 059
Framed portrait of SOJ from book with handwritten inscription,undated
Box 5 Folder 060
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Jewett Memorabilia
Title/Description Instances
Insert: Notes and poem, undated Box 5 Folder 061
Insert: Scrap with doodles, undated Box 5 Folder 062
Insert: John Greenleaf Whittiers' sonnet "Godspeed" copied bySarah Orne Jewett, undated
Box 5 Folder 063
A printed photograph of home with inscription to Mrs. Hayes andSOJ signature, undated
Box 5 Folder 064
A SOJ signature and copy negatives, undated Box 5 Folder 065
A SOJ signature, 1896 March 31 Box 5 Folder 066
A SOJ signature with Arthur Helps quote, 1878 April 18 Box 5 Folder 067
Insert: Leaf, undated
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Box 5 Folder 068
Insert: Pressed flower, undated Box 5 Folder 069
Insert: Pages of notes, unidentified, from Common Book, undated Box 5 Folder 070
Insert: Handwritten copy of Thomas Jefferson quote, undated Box 5 Folder 071
Insert: letter to Katherine Foster Marston from Curtis R. ? found in"The Tory Lover", 1959
Box 5 Folder 071a
Inserts from the Bicknell Collection, 1959 Box 5 Folder 071b
Oil painting of Exeter, New Hampshire house attributed to SOJ,1884 July 2
Box 5 Folder 072
Pitcher Box 5 Folder 073
Stained glass wreath by Sarah Wyman Whitman Box 5 Folder 074
Scans (color) of stained glass wreath by Sarah Wyman Whitman Box 5 Folder 074a
Handkerchief, undated Box 5 Folder 075
Calling cards for Sarah Orne and Mary R. Jewett with case Box 5 Folder 076
Bookmark "Xmas, 1890 MOR", 1890 Box 5 Folder 077
Bookmark Berwick Academy, [1891] Box 5 Folder 078
Berwick Academy broadside for "The Berwick Scholar", undated Box 5 Folder 079
Chapter "Washburndale" from Robert Collyer to Sarah and MaryJewett, undated
Box 5 Folder 080
Obituary and funeral notice for SOJ, 1909 June 25 Box 5 Folder 081
Pen and ink drawing of SOJ's home by H.E. "Tommy" Thompson,circa 1930
Box 5 Folder 082
Printed photograph of the South Berwick house signed by Mary R.Jewett, 1912 December 16
Box 5 Folder 083
Postcards of three South Berwick locations, 1909, 1924, 1930 Box 5 Folder 084
Postcards, early 1900s Box 5 Folder 084a
Excerpt from "Dogs of Noted Americans" by Gertrude Van R.Wickham prepared by Gary W. Woolson, 1996
Box 5 Folder 085
Boston Theatre program for "Modjeska", 1900 Box 5 Folder 086
Program for Fogg Memorial Centennial at Berwick Academy,1994
Box 5 Folder 087
"At the grave of Sarah Orne Jewett" by Loring William, undated Box 5 Folder 088
Portrait of SOJ by Douglas Alvord, 1987 Box 5 Folder 089
Photograph of portrait of SOJ by Douglas Alvord, 1987 Box 5 Folder 090
Catalog for the Douglas Alvord exhibition "Sarah Orne Jewett TheCountry of the Pointed Firs", 1991
Box 5 Folder 091
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Jewett Family and Business Records
Title/Description Instances
"Lecture Upon Electricity" by Theo. M. Jewett, undated Box 6 Folder 092
Membership list of First Parish Church of South Berwick, 1828February 28
Box 6 Folder 093
Maine Medical Association eulogy for Theodore H. Jewett, 1879 Box 6 Folder 094
Theodore Jewett Eastman obituary, undated Box 6 Folder 095
Journal of family expenses, 1836 September 8-1838 September 8 Box 6 Folder 096
Olive Cushing receipt, 1843 April 4 Box 6 Folder 097
Mr. Jewett receipt, 1845 October 2 Box 6 Folder 098
T.H. Jewett hotel bill, 1875 November 6 Box 6 Folder 099
Capt.Theo. F. Jewett receipts, 1836-1843 Box 6 Folder 100
Capt.Theo. F. Jewett receipts, 1844-1845 Box 6 Folder 101
James Jewett receipt, 1801 May 8 Box 6 Folder 102
William D. Jewett Co. receipt, 1836 Box 6 Folder 103
William D. Jewett Co. receipt, 1839 Box 6 Folder 104
William D. Jewett Co. receipt, 1840 Box 6 Folder 105
William D. Jewett Co. receipt, 1841 Box 6 Folder 106
William D. Jewett Co. receipts, 1842 Box 6 Folder 107
William D. Jewett Co. receipts, 1843 Box 6 Folder 108
William D. Jewett Co. receipts, 1844 Box 6 Folder 109
William D. Jewett Co. receipts, 1845 Box 6 Folder 110
Poem manuscript "The Mountain Maid's Invitation" by Louise D.Wadsworth (relative), undated
Box 6 Folder 111
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