International Longfellow Society collection, 1974.

Jackson, Arthur Charles, 1858-1949

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Sturtevant, Bhima M. (Bhima MacDonald), 1887-

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Westbrook College

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International Longfellow Society

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Founded in 1914 by Arthur Charles Jackson who bought the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow birthplace in Portland, Me. The society was dedicated to purchasing and preserving the Longfellow Birthplace, which was built around 1784 and located on the corner of Fore and Hancock streets. Around 1917-1918 the society conducted an aggressive recruitment campaign in order to pay the taxes and mortgage on the property. They were unsuccessful and the building was demolished in 1955. Longfellow's childhood home, ...

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882

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Poet, from Cambridge (Middlesex Co.), Mass. From the description of Papers, 1859-1874. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19903002 American author and poet. From the description of A psalm of life, fourth verse, 1850. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 274069802 American teacher, translator, and poet. From the description of Letter, Nahant, Mass., to Mrs. T.B. Lawrence, Newport, 1872 July 20. (Boston Athenaeum...

O'Brien, Francis M.

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Antiquarian bookseller and book collector in Portland, Me.; opened first shop in Portland in 1937 and between 1938 and 1939 had shops in Pasadena, Calif., and Northampton, Mass., returning to Portland in 1939; later also had a shop in Hiram, Me.; b. 1908; d. 1994. From the description of Francis M. O'Brien papers, ca. 1938-1994. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 501967360 Antiquarian bookseller and book collector in Portland, Me.; opened first shop in P...