Emery-Kinney family papers, 1864-2000.

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Emery-Kinney family papers, 1864-2000.

A collection relating to the Emery and Kinney families of Eastport, Maine. Most of the material concerns Roscoe C. Emery and his daughter Joyce Emery Kinney. Included is correspondence to and from Roscoe C. Emery. Correspondents include Margaret Chase Smith, Owen Brewster, and Helen M. Day. Included also is a small collection of Emery family letters and genealogies. Included also are newspaper clippings and miscellaneous family papers. The papers of Joyce Kinney include a photograph of her, correspondence, examples of her left and right handed writing, papers written when she was a high school student, an obituary of her husband, a copy of her book The Vessels of Way Down East with additions (restricted until her death), and personal memorabilia. The folio folder contains the articles Joyce Emery Kinney wrote under the pseudonym Amos Boyd for the Downeast Times from Feb. 12 to Dec. 2, 2000 about Maine history.

2 folders (ca. 135 items)1 folio folder (31 items)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7752623

Raymond H. Fogler Library

Related Entities

There are 9 Entities related to this resource.

Smith, Margaret Chase, 1897-1995

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Margaret Chase Smith was born in Skowhegan, Maine, on December 14, 1897. Her entry into politics came through the career of Clyde Smith, the man she married in 1930. Clyde was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1936. Margaret served as his secretary. When Clyde died in 1940, she succeeded her husband. After four terms in the House, she won election to the United States Senate in 1948. In so doing, she became the first woman elected to both houses of Congress. Senator Smi...

Kinney, Grover Bradford, 1924-1981.

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Brewster, Owen, 1888-1961

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Lawyer, statesman, governor of Maine, and U.S. senator; b. Ralph Owen Brewster. From the description of Christmas card, 1927. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70926064 ...

Emery, Roscoe C., 1886-1969.

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Roscoe C. Emery, son of Oliver and Josephine Emery, was a politician, newspaper editor, and real estate and insurance agent in Eastport, Maine. He was the owner and editor of the Eastport Sentinel from 1914-1946 and owner of the Sentinal Real Estate Agency. He served in the Maine State Senate from 1920 to 1924 and was Mayor of Eastport from 1928 to 1932 and 1934 to 1936. He was an active promoter of the Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Development Project and founded the Washington County Chamber of Co...

Day, Helen M., 1901-1987.

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Helen M. Day was the wife of John F. Day. She was a mental health nurse and counselor. She was active in church matters also. From the description of Papers 1901-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 778701402 ...

Kinney, Joyce E.

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Kinney family.

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Emery family.

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Emery, Josephine.

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