Price, H. H. (Harriet H.), 1940-

Born in 1940, Harriet H. Price (H. H. Price) of Portland, Maine, is an award-winning author of two books and numerous print articles, reviews, op/ed pieces, educational brochures and online articles. Price is also a social activist, who has worked for peace and civil rights since 1970. The recipient of the 2007 Maine Historical Society's Neal Woodside Allen Jr. History Award and numerous recognitions by Maine Media Women, Price managed the non-profit entity Visible Black History from 1999 to 2010, producing and making available educational materials on Maine's black history. In conjunction with this effort she co-authored, with Gerald Talbot, the book Maine's visible black history: the first chronicle of its people, published by Tilbury House in 2006. An expert on the history of the Underground Railroad in Maine, Price convened the Maine Underground Railroad Association in 2000, developed print and online educational materials between 1996 and 2000 and presented widely on the subject across the state. She is also the author of Blackberry season: a time to mourn, a time to heal, a collection of short stories published by LuraMedia in 1993 that recounts Price's experiences growing up with her paternal grandparents in Vermont, and living with the loss of her mother. Her essay entitled Making do is included in the collection At a grandmother's table: women write about food, life, and the enduring bond between grandmothers and granddaughters, edited by Ellen Perry Berkeley and published by Fairview Press in 2000.

From the description of H. H. Price papers, 1983-2009 (University of New England). WorldCat record id: 767524814

Maine advisory to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

From the description of Civil rights in Maine materials, 1973-1974. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 763299536

Harriet Price of Portland, Maine, is an author and social activist with an emphasis on peace and Maine's Native American people. She was coordinator for the Hancock County People for Peace in Vietnam Now and a delegate to the Citizens Conference to End the War in Indochina held in Paris in 1971. She was Maine consultant to the United States Commission on Civil Rights in 1972-1974 and to the American Indian Policy Review Commission in 1976. She has also done research on the Underground Railroad in Maine and is the co-author of "Maine's visible black history: the first chronicle of its people."

From the description of Papers 1970-1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 53957570