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Collection of Henry Clay Merriam Materials
The collection contains letters, documents, and photographs of Merriam and his family, especially the post-Civil War period.
Collection of Henry James Materials
The collection contains correspondence to artists, actors, and literary figures in the United States and Britain from the 1880s to 1914, several published manuscripts, a few miscellaneous program documents, and many photographs.
Collection of Henry Seidel Canby Materials
Collection of James Brendan Connolly Materials
The Connolly Collection contains the writings and personal library of James Brendan Connolly (1868-1957), an Irish-American author, athlete, politician, and correspondent.
Collection of James Carpenter Materials
This collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, and first publications of James Carpenter. The bulk of the collection consits of notes about art, correspondence, and rough drafts of his manuscripts. The collection also contains a few photogrpahs and a few personal items of James Carpenter.
Collection of John Addington Symonds Materials
Collection of John Lane Materials
Collection contains correspondence to other British literary figures, 2 publisher statements to Violet Paget, and a published article on Anatole France's visit to England.
Collection of John Masefield Materials
The collection contains correspondence from and to Masefield, dated 1899-1960 and undated; manuscripts and published materials, music using the poet's words, and materials about the poet.
Collection of John Wesley Coombs Materials
Collection of Joseph Coburn Smith Materials
Materials by or about Smith or Colby College, as well as materials about a few other institutions.
Collection of Kate Douglas Wiggin Materials
This collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, and first publications of the writer Kate Douglas Wiggin. The bulk of the collection consists of letters written by Wiggin to various correspondents between 1890 and 1922. The collection also contains manuscript items of varying length, clippings, published writings, and a few photographic prints.
Collection of Laura E Richards Materials
Collection of Lilla Cabot Perry Materials
The collection contains clippings, correspondence, two diaries, published and unpublished manuscripts, a memorial exhibit document, two portrait paintings (William Dean Howells, Edwin Arlington Robinson) and photograph items.
Collection of Louise Helen Coburn Materials
The collection contains materials by and about Louise Helen Coburn, including correspondence regarding the coeducation debate at Colby College, and original poetry written by Coburn.
Collection of Margaret Wade Deland Materials
The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, and first publications of Maine writer, Margaret Wade Deland. The bulk of the collection consists of letters written by Deland to various correspondents between 1884 and 1944. The collection also contains manuscript items of varying length, clippings, published writings, and a few photographic prints.
Collection of Mark Tappan Materials
Collection of Mary Low Carver Materials
The Low Collection contains various materials gathered about Mary Low Carver, the first woman to graduate from Colby College in 1875. Low was active in protesting the formation of a separate women's division at Colby in the 1890's.
Collection of Minerva Eliza Leland Materials
This collection includes correspondence,coursework, biographical information and account books of Minerva E. Leland. The bulk of the collection consists of letters written by Leland to various correspondents btween 1867 and 1905. The collection also contains materials belonging to friends and relatives of Leland, such as letters and account books.
Collection of Osborne Family Materials
Collection of Philip Bourke Marston Materials
The collection contains correspondence from the 1880s and one undated manuscript.
Collection of Richard Cutts Shannon Materials
Collection of Robert Underwood Johnson Materials
Collection contains correspondence (some tipped into poetry volumes) to American literary figures in late nineteenth to early twentieth century and one typed manuscript.
Collection of Sarah Orne Jewett Materials
This collection includes correspondence (primarily written between 1879-1908) and manuscripts by 19th-century Maine writer Sarah Orne Jewett.
Collection of Sir Edmund William Gosse Materials
The collection contains correspondence from 1880s-1920s and two published articles on Thomas Hardy, one from 1896 and the other from 1927.
Collection of Sydney Carlyle Cockerell Materials
Collection of Thomas Bailey Aldrich Materials
The collection contains correspondence and other materials that document Aldrich's life and work, primarily dating from the 1870s to the early 1900s.
Collection of Victoria Sackville-West Materials
The collection contains personal correspondence from V. Sackville-West to Grace Mountcastle Martin between 1947-1961.
Collection of Waldo Peirce Materials
The collection comprises letters, scrapbooks, and manuscript items by Waldo Peirce, an American painter, bohemian, and expatriate born in Bangor, Maine.
Collection of William Butler Yeats Materials
Collection of William James Materials
The collection contains correspondence to some family members and intellectual colleagues dated from 1860s to approximately 1910, clippings from 1935-1941, and photographs.
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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.