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Pepperell Manufacturing Company collection (MS 100)
The history of the textile industry that developed along the banks of the Saco River in Biddeford and Saco, Maine is complicated by a complex web of interconnectedness. A core group of businessmen show up repeatedly in the development of … Continue reading
Newspapers collection (MS 61)
Collected single issue and bound volumes of newspapers, spanning over 200 years of mostly local news. Most of the papers come from Biddeford and Saco, however the collection also includes papers from New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York and St. Paul, … Continue reading
George Thacher papers (MS 1)
The Thacher collection consists of a folio album containing an account between George Thacher and his nephew, Silas Lee; one photograph of George Thacher’s portrait, painted by Henry Williams; and eighteen pieces of correspondence. The correspondence includes a letter written … Continue reading
Salvas-Coulombe Theater Collection (MS 49)
For nearly forty years Joseph Jovite “J.J.” Salvas was actively engaged in the staging and direction of amateur theatrical productions. His companies were made up largely of Biddeford people, and they played to enthusiastic audiences in Biddeford and throughout New … Continue reading
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Tagged acting, actors, arts, Biddeford, collections, Conrad Coulombe, culture, Felix Coulombe, Franco-Americans, Francos, history, John B. Joncas, local history, theater
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Walter Perkins Amateur Newspaper Collection (MS 12)
Collection of amateur newspapers, the bulk produced between 1873 and 1874, from across the United States and Canada. They were collected by Walter E. Perkins of Biddeford, who at age 14 was producing his own paper “The Snow Flake”. Perkins … Continue reading
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Tagged amateur newspapers, Biddeford, collections, history, hobbies, journalism, local history, Maine, newspapers, Saco, United States, Walter Perkins
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Almanac collection (MS 37)
This is a collection of almanacs of various types, mostly farmers almanacs, from the New England region, from 1766 to 1935. The bulk of the almanacs are from the 19th century. The Almanac collection consists of 68 almanacs of various … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, almanacs, clergy, collections, New England, Northeast
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