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Cerulli World Series collection
A collection of signed baseballs, programs, periodical issues, photographs, and ticket stubs from World Series games 1941-2013.
Collection of Agnes Mary Clerke Materials
Collection of Agnes Mary Frances (Robinson) Duclaux Materials
The collection contains correspondence to Eugene Lee-Hamilton, Matilda and Violet Paget (primarily Violet,) Emily Sargent, and Irene Cooper-Willis from the 1880s to 1930s, as well as Duclaux's tribute to Eugene Lee-Hamilton and watercolor of Mary Robinson (?) by Mrs. Stedman.
Collection of Alfred Eliab Buck Materials
The collection comprises correspondence, scrapbooks, printed materials, photographs, and clippings by and about Alfred Eliab Buck, a Civil War soldier, politician, businessman, and diplomatic Minister to Japan, born in Foxcroft, Maine.
Collection of Alice Brown Materials
The collection contains letters (1895 - 1944) from Alice Brown to various correspondents, including some literary figures (Sarah Orne Jewett, Charles E. L. Wingate) and editors of publications (Boston Evening Transcript, Colby Library Quarterly). The collection also contains some First Appearances of the author's published work (Harper's Monthly magazine, The Youth's Companion).
Collection of American Association of University Women Materials
This collection includes Correspondence,Minutes, Branch Newsletters, Programs and Clippings. The bulk of the collection consists of Reports, Program Books, and Lectures/Workshops. The collection also contains 5 books of clippings about AAUW Events.
Collection of Amy Levy Materials
The collection contains letters to Violet Paget, 1886-1887, and four poetic manuscripts dedicated to Paget.
Collection of Andrew Lang Materials
Collection consists of a few letters of correspondence to Agnes Mary Frances Robinson Duclaux, Henry James, and Thomas Sargent Perry, circa mid 1880s and undated.
Collection of Annie Holdsworth Lee-Hamilton Materials
The collection contains letters to Violet Paget, copies of letters from Paget, and one manuscript in book by her husband, Eugene Lee-Hamilton.
Collection of Beatrix Potter Materials
Collection of Benjamin Franklin Butler Materials
Collection of Bernhard Berenson Materials
Collection of Bonnie (Barron) Laforme Materials
Collection of Booth Tarkington Materials
This collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, and other materials relating to the life and work of Booth Tarkington, a writer from Indiana who was well known for his novels of life in the midwest, and who later lived in Kennebunkport, Maine.
Collection of Burdett Gardner Materials
Collection contains one letter to Irene Cooper Willis and one typescript manuscript on Vernon Lee, both dated 1953.
Collection of Celia Thaxter Materials
Celia Laighton Thaxter, 1835-1894, was an American poet and prose writer. The collection contains Thaxter's letters, poems, prose fragments, an unfinished novel, scrapbooks, and first appearances in print.
Collection of Charles Henry Smith Materials
This collection contains correspondence, personal documents, manuscripts, artifacts, and clippings on Charles Henry Smith, Colby class of 1856, Colonel of the 1st Maine Cavalry during the Civil War, who was active in campaigns in Virginia and at Gettysburg. He served in the Army until his retirement in 1891, and was also a lawyer and a Maine State Senator (1866).
Collection of Clementina Anstruther-Thomson Materials
Collection of Edith Lewis letters to Patrick Ferry
This collection consists of letters written by Edith Lewis to Patrick Ferry, concerning the author Willa Cather and her writings.
Collection of Edith Wharton Materials
This collection includes correspondence of writer, Edith Wharton. The collection consists of letters written by Wharton to various correspondents between 1903 and 1933.
Collection of Edmund Clarence Stedman Materials
Collection of Edwin Arlington Robinson Materials
Collection of Edwin Markham Materials
The collection contains correspondence and manuscripts, some with autographs, dating from 1901-1930s.
Collection of Elizabeth Akers Allen Materials
This collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, and first publications of Maine writer, Elizabeth Akers Allen. The bulk of the collection consists of manuscripts and published writings written by Allen between 1846 and 1906. The collection also contains correspondence, an Autograph book, clippings, and a few photographic prints.
Collection of Esther Wood/Wood Family Materials
The collection, dated 1845-2002, contains materials from Esther Wood and her parents, John Friend Wood and Lizzie Maddocks Wood. Included are:
Diaries containing daily entries, lists, cash accounts
Letters between John and Lizzie Wood, family and general correspondences
Scrapbooks with clippings of Esther Wood articles, cards, letters, photographs
Esther’s personal mail, newspaper clippings, Alumni relations materials, death notices
Collection of Eugene Lee-Hamilton Materials
The collection consists of correspondence, primarily to mother Matilda Paget, half-sister Violet Paget, and other literary or social acquaintances; a typsecript compilation of letters (including some by Violet Paget)dated 1870-1871; manuscripts, documents pertaining to his diplomatic career, and first appearances, 1866-1905.
Collection of Frances Parker Materials
The collection contains information about the renewal of libraries at Colby college; it includes information about new buildings and plans, CBB , circulation, and personnel policies as well as staff meeting minutes, annual reports and annual budget information.
Collection of Francis Snow Hesseltine Materials
This collection contains correspondence, personal documents, manuscripts, and clippings on Francis Snow Hesseltine, Colby class of 1863, a Lieutenant Colonel of the 13th Maine Infantry during the Civil War who received the Congressional Medal of Honor, and who was later an attorney in Georgia, Massachusetts, and Maine.
Collection of Grace Mountcastle Martin Materials
The collection contains many letters of late 1950s-1960s to Richard Cary of Colby Special Collections explaining Martin's correspondence to literary and artistic figures of the day, some of the letters themselves, and a group of postcards.
Collection of Harriet Beecher Stowe Materials
This collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, and first publications of writer, Harriet Beecher Stowe. The collection consists of letters written by Stowe to various correspondents in 1863. The collection also contains manuscript items of varying length, her autograph, published writings, and a few photographic prints.
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Special Collections & Archives (SC&A), located in Miller Library, is the college’s repository for historically and culturally -significant materials, including the college archives. Our fabulous materials range in date from the 12th to the 21st centuries and represent a wide range of formats. We fully support Colby’s academic program and innovative pedagogies through aspirational collection development, faculty and student engagement, teaching and exhibition.