Drawings

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Account books (one bound volume and eleven sheets) documenting artist Jeremiah Pearson Hardy's painting commissions. Bound volume contains several sketches. Collection includes photocopies and transcriptions.

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Journals kept by the residents and visitors of 31 Kossuth Street, Bangor, Maine documenting their activities in the early 1970s. The journals consist of diary entries, drawings, and photographs. Collection also includes "Nevada State Honey Works Live at the Ram's Horn" audio CD.

Content Description Original drawing for the Peter Edes Memorial, a bronze tablet installed in front of the Hammond Street Congregational Church in Bangor, Maine, that reads: "Peter Edes: printer, publisher, patriot lived near this spot. He established in 1815 Bangor's first newspaper the Weekly Register. He died March 29, 1840 and is buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery. This tablet to his memory erected by the De Burians, 1929." Collection includes several newspaper clippings and copies of a print depicting the Edes...

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Contains photographs of Bangor Public Library benefactors George Tyler Stodder and James Chesterman Stodder, a drawing of Katahdin from Pockwockamus Pond from 1874 or 1876 by George Stodder, a grammar school certificate for James Stodder, and other items.

Content Description Drawing books, loose sketches, and photograph albums created by Walter L. Head of Bangor, Maine. The drawings and sketches feature landscapes and waterfront scenes of Bangor in the late 19th century including houses, ships, and people. The photograph albums are primarily of Islesford, Maine, featuring coastal scenes, sailboats, and family members. A booklet of drawings titled "Panorama of the War" contains illustrations representing Fort Sumpter, Bull Run, and Great Bethel. Some drawings may...