Papers, 1908-1974.

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Papers, 1908-1974.

The collection contains personal correspondence from the 1920s through the 1960s reflecting Day's literary interests, efforts to publish his work, and his activities in various social organizations. Included also are scrapbooks, diaries, photographs, postcards and artifacts, especially those relating to the Day family, the East Maine Conference Seminary and Wesleyan University. Also included are files about Day's writing and manuscripts of poems and essays. Client files from his career in insurance are also found in the collection.

11 boxes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7682015

Raymond H. Fogler Library

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Wesleyan university, Middletown, Conn.

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William John James (1860-1941) was College Librarian from 1891 to 1929 and Assistant Treasurer of Wesleyan from 1908 to 1929. From the description of William John James Trustee and Financial Records, 1870 - 1939. (Wesleyan University). WorldCat record id: 499124185 The Wesleyan Glee Club formed in 1846 and frequently traveled and performed from the mid-19th century through the mid-20th century. The Glee Club, along with the Chapel Choir and Concert Choir, performed at the an...

Day, John Franklin, 1884-1972

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John Franklin Day was born in 1884 in Wesley, Maine, the son of Joel and Catherine Breen Day. He attended the East Maine Conference Seminary in Bucksport, Maine, and graduated in 1914 from Wesleyan University. He spent his career in the insurance industry, working as an agent and then as director of sales for the New England Mutual Life Insurance Co. in Boston. He was also an author and a poet, publishing a novel, East of Katahdin, in 1949, and Facets of the Mind, a privately printed book of poe...

New England Mutual Life Insurance Company

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East Maine Conference Seminary (Bucksport, Me.)

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