Sally Dow collection, late 19th and 20th century.

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Sally Dow collection, late 19th and 20th century.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/706696928

Correspondence between Rada Nalon and Sally Dow concerning Annie Louise Cary and Clara Nickels, American singers, originally of Searsport, who performed throughout the U.S. and Europe with typed copy of material collected by Nalon with reviews of Clara's concert; photographs and ephemera; genealogical materials on the Dow, Doane, Duncan, Phillips, and Colcord families; notes on the Dow house; photographs of Sally Dow; obituaries of Sally Dow and John L. Dow; printed copy of Profiles of Some Searsport Master Builders, by Sally Dow, with draft and notes for the essay; clippings from Belfast Republican Journal, chiefly obituaries of shipbuilders; papers relating to Lawrence C. Allin and his research; several published books including Some Famous Privateers of New England by Ralph M. Eastman; account book for a loan (1892-1904); account sheet of schooner George Gurney with Capt. Leroy Dow; article by John R. Richardson "Capt. Leroy Dow and the Clarissa B. Carver" reprinted from the American Neptune (1980); clippings about Searsport, Waldo Pierce, and Searsport houses; copy of essay on Samuel Waldo by Milly Ford; autograph album; notes with material on the Dow family; and other materials.

1 box.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8035004

Related Entities

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Clarissa B. Carver (Schooner)

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Dow, John L.

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Cary, Annie Louise, 1842-1921

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Singer. From the description of Annie Louise Cary correspondence, 1880. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452803 Grand opera contralto and wife of banker Charles Raymond; toured Europe and U.S. From the description of Letter and letter fragment with autograph, 1880 June 30 and n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 54752207 American opera and concert singer. From the description of Annie Louise Cary autograph, 1877 Dec. 13. (Cornel...

Phillips family.

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Nickels, Clara Blanchard, 1852-1880

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George Gurney (Schooner)

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Richardson, John, Rev.

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Ford, Milly

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Allin, Lawrence Carroll

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Professor of naval history at University of Maine, Orono; also known as Larry Allin. From the description of One in five, Bangor's last sailing vessel, 20th century. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 695047418 ...

Dow, Sally, 1892-1980

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Resident of Searsport, Me.; daughter of Leroy Dow and Cora Ella (Eaton) Dow. From the description of Sally Dow collection, late 19th and 20th century. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 706696928 From the description of Dow family collection, 19th-20th centuries. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 701717452 ...

Nalon, Rada

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Doane family.

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Waldo, Samuel, 1695-1759

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Army officer, Boston merchant, capitalist, politician, and landowner in Maine. From the description of Papers, 1631-1824. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70972152 Boston merchant and capitalist who was chief proprietor and developer of a controversial patent located between the Muscongus and Penobscot Rivers in Maine. When opponents to Waldo's settlement projects questioned the validity of his title, he traveled to England in ...

Dow family.

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Duncan family.

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Dow, Leroy, 1842-1902

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Colcord family.

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Peirce, Waldo, 1884-1970

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Nationally recognized American artist Waldo Peirce (1884-1970) was known for illustrating envelopes. Peirce was a Harvard alumnus, having earned his Harvard AB 1908; the addressee, William Bingham (1889-1971) earned his Harvard AB 1916 and served as director of athletics at Harvard from 1926 to 1951. These envelopes were sent during a period when the Harvard football team was at a low point and being criticized by the press. From the description of Illustrated envelopes addressed to ...

Eastman, Ralph M. (Ralph Mason), 1891-1976

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