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Colby College

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

Collection of Alfred Eliab Buck Materials

 Collection
Identifier: CAMS BUCK-1
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1857 - 1905

American Annual of Photography , 1938

 Item
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains correspondence primarily between Smith and Colby's alumni secretaries, and President Strider and his assistant, Richard Dyer. The collection also includes manuscripts of poetry, short stories, editorials for the Echo as well as the Portland Camera Club, press releases regarding the Mayflower Hill campus, and an article series on Colby's fraternities. Journals accounting Smith's travels as well as his Echo editorials are included, and a wide array of photographs, many...
Dates: 1938

American Annual of Photography, 1941

 Item
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains correspondence primarily between Smith and Colby's alumni secretaries, and President Strider and his assistant, Richard Dyer. The collection also includes manuscripts of poetry, short stories, editorials for the Echo as well as the Portland Camera Club, press releases regarding the Mayflower Hill campus, and an article series on Colby's fraternities. Journals accounting Smith's travels as well as his Echo editorials are included, and a wide array of photographs, many...
Dates: 1941

Collection of Bonnie (Barron) Laforme Materials

 Collection
Identifier: CAMS LAFORME-1
Dates: 1954-1958

Collection of American Association of University Women Materials

 Collection
Identifier: AAUW-1
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1923-1985

Eileen M. Curran Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CAMS CURRAN-1
Abstract

The collection comprises working files, dissertation materials, photographs, personal documents and artifacts, published reference materials, and accruals by and about Eileen Curran, a librarian, professor of English, and authority on Victorian-Era British literature and periodicals, born in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Dates: 1927 - 2013

Collection of Esther Wood/Wood Family Materials

 Collection
Identifier: CAMS WOOD-1
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1845-2002 and undated

Folder B6: Manuscripts No Date #2

 File
Scope and Contents

Folder contents (by type): -"What About Mayflower Hill?" article series by JCS -Colby-related manuscripts -Essays on college/the college experience -Photography articles/editorials

Dates: 1914 - 1975

Folder E4: Clippings - re: Colby

 File
Scope and Contents

Folder contents: -re: the Mayflower Hill campus -re: Colby's progress (buildings and fundraising) -JCS photo exhibition at Colby Oversize: -Morning Sentinel Editorials: "Colby in the Sixties" 7-7-1971

Dates: 1919 - 1979

Folder F1: Magazines - feat. Colby - 1951-1963, 1951 - 1963

 File
Scope and Contents

Folder contents: -Down East May 1960 and June 1963 -other magazines Oversize: -4 magazines

Dates: 1951 - 1963

Folder F2: Magazines - feat. Colby - 1964-1979, 1964 - 1979

 File
Scope and Contents

Folder contents: -Down East Nov 1964 and May 1979 -Maine 68 March and May -other magazines

Dates: 1964 - 1979

Folder F3: Magazines - feat. Colby - by JCS

 File
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains correspondence primarily between Smith and Colby's alumni secretaries, and President Strider and his assistant, Richard Dyer. The collection also includes manuscripts of poetry, short stories, editorials for the Echo as well as the Portland Camera Club, press releases regarding the Mayflower Hill campus, and an article series on Colby's fraternities. Journals accounting Smith's travels as well as his Echo editorials are included, and a wide array of photographs, many...
Dates: 1951 - 1979

Folder H1: Colby Publications by JCS, 1921 - 1963

 File
Scope and Contents

Folder contents: -Alumnus 2nd quarter 1924-5, 3rd quater 1930-1 -The Torch 1921 -The Campus of Colby College photo portfolio 1935 -Colby College Bulletin(s) -The Faith to Venture Farther

Dates: 1921 - 1963

Folder H2: Colby Publications, 1936 - 1962

 File
Scope and Contents

Folder contents: -Colby College Bulletin(s) -Sigma Kappa Triangle Winter 1953

Dates: 1936 - 1962

Folder H3: Colby Publications (No Date)

 File
Scope and Contents

Folder contents: -A Venture of Faith -Sharing in Living -Names that Endure -other similar

Dates: 1921 - 1953

Collection of Frances Parker Materials

 Collection
Identifier: CAMS PARKER-1
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: 1985-2002

Collection of Francis Snow Hesseltine Materials

 Collection
Identifier: CAMS HESSELTINE-1
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1861-1865; 1861 - 1865

Harold Alfond and Dorothy Alfond Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CAMS ALFOND-1
Dates: 1914 - 2007

Collection of James Carpenter Materials

 Collection
Identifier: CAMS CARPENTER-1
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1951-1991, undated

Collection of Joseph Coburn Smith Materials

 Collection
Identifier: CAMS SMITH-2
Abstract

Materials by or about Smith or Colby College, as well as materials about a few other institutions.

Dates: 1919 - 1979

Collection of Mark Tappan Materials

 Collection
Identifier: CAMS TAPPAN-1
Dates: Record Keeping: 1946-2005

Pacy Levine and Ludy Levine Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CAMS LEVINE-1
Dates: 1902 - 1996

Perry Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CAMS PERRY-4
Abstract

The collection comprises correspondence, scrapbooks, printed materials, photographs, written essays and schoolwork, and clippings by and about the Perry Family, of which three members, James Gleason, George W., and Wilder Washington are Colby alumni.

Dates: 1867 - 1968

Series G: Bound Volumes, 1921 - 1941

 Series
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains correspondence primarily between Smith and Colby's alumni secretaries, and President Strider and his assistant, Richard Dyer. The collection also includes manuscripts of poetry, short stories, editorials for the Echo as well as the Portland Camera Club, press releases regarding the Mayflower Hill campus, and an article series on Colby's fraternities. Journals accounting Smith's travels as well as his Echo editorials are included, and a wide array of photographs, many...
Dates: 1921 - 1941

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.