Isles of Shoals collection, 1800-1965 (bulk 1890-1950).

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Isles of Shoals collection, 1800-1965 (bulk 1890-1950).

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Materials relating to the Isles of Shoals, a group of Islands (White, Star, Malaga, Smuttynose, Appledore, Duck, Londoners, Cedar, and Seavey), off the coast of New Hampshire and Maine, including correspondence of residents and visitors, hotel records, records of the Star Island Corporation, scrapbooks of Lyman Rutledge and others, and maps of the islands. Materials generated by the Star Island Corporation include records, files, business correspondence, minutes, financial statements, reports, and other materials, chiefly collected by Rev. Lyman Rutledge, an officer of the company (affiliated with the Unitarian Universalists), which was responsible for organizing summer conferences and other activities on Star Island, the operation of the Oceanic hotel, and the ownership of Star, Duck, and most of Appledore; scrapbooks of Lyman Rutledge, including brochures and clippings, publicizing the conferences; and records of Rutledge's oral history project entitled "The Living History."

15 linear ft.

Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum

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SNAC Resource ID: 8047842

Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum

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Oceanic (Hotel)

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Laighton, Thomas B., -1866

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Rutledge, Lyman, 1885-1977

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Thaxter, Levi

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Levi Lincoln Thaxter, son of Levi Lincoln and Nabby Howe Thaxter, was born in Watertown, Ma. 1821. Thaxter spent a lot of time away from home, travelling with two of his sons and pursuing interests in botany and ornithology. His wife was the celebrated poet Celia Thaxter. From the description of Papers of Levi Lincoln Thaxter, 1860-1875 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 175317085 ...

Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894

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American poet and water-colorist. From the description of Letters, 1872-1894. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233101484 Celia Laighton Thaxter was an American poet and essayist who lived much of her life in the Isles of Shoals, at first on White Island and later in a large cottage her brothers built for their parents on the island of Appledore, in which she eventually died. The family ran a hotel, Appledore House, which, along with Celia's cottage, burned...

Star Island Corporation

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