May Sarton collection, 1860-1994.

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May Sarton collection, 1860-1994.

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The Sarton Collection consists of diverse material types: an extensive photograph collection compiled by Sarton, correspondence, poetry drafts and typescripts, special printings, sound recordings, literary criticisms, published material, and personal memorabilia. Maine Women Writers Collection also holds a large portion of Sarton's personal library, over 2000 volumes, accessible in the University of New England book catalog, in addition to the inserts found in those books, which are housed as an archival collection, alphabetically by book title. The photograph collection documents the formative events and people who influenced Sarton's development: contact with British intelligentsia, extensive travel abroad, including the Far East, her literary and social networks, life in her homes in New Hampshire and Maine. Additional highlights in other series include correspondence with Ashley Montague, examples of her writing process, and recordings by and of Sarton.

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University of New England, Jack S. Ketchum Library

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University of New England, Jack S. Ketchum Library

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Sarton, May, 1912-1995

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By Source, Fair use, Link May Sarton (May 3, 1912-July 16, 1995), poet and novelist, was born Elanore Marie Sarton in Wondelgem, Belgium, the daughter of George Sarton, a noted historian of science, and Eleanor Mabel Elwes, an English portrait painter and designer. Sarton moved with her parents to England, and in 1916 the family immigrated to the United States. All three became naturalized Americans in 1924, by which time Sarton's name had been Americanized to Eleanor May. Sart...

Sarton, George, 1884-1956

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Historian of science, George Alfred Leon Sarton was born on August 31, 1884, in Ghent, Belgium. He studied the natural sciences at the University of Ghent, and received his D.Sc. in 1911. Escaping to England before World War I, Sarton then came to the United States in 1915. After spending some time in lecturing positions, Sarton came to Harvard University in 1920, was made a full professor there in 1940 and retired in 1951 when he was made professor emeritus. He was founder of th...