Portland Society of Natural History records, 1850-1946.

Norton, Arthur Herbert, 1870-1943

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Arthur Norton was a geographer, botanist, mammalogist, ornithologist, author, and editor. Born in St. George, Maine, on April 19, 1870, he was the son of Horace F. and Cynthia Elwell Norton. In 1905 he became curator of the Portland Society of Natural History, serving in that position for 37 years. He was author of over 300 scientific articles, served as editor of the Maine Naturalist, and was a member of the Maine Ornithological Society, the American Ornithologists' Union and the Josselyn Botan...

Fox, Charles Lewis, 1854-1927

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Portland Society of Natural History (Me.)

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The Portland Society of Natural History was incorporated in 1850, succeeding the earlier Maine Institute of Natural Science. During its active period, members included Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Commodore Robert E. Peary. The collection of the Society was originally amassed through the donation or purchase of private collections and rivaled any others on the East Coast. Many of these were damaged by fires in 1854 and 1866. The Society was largely incorporated into the Maine Audubon Society i...

Willis, William, 1794-1870

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Naval historian & lawyer. From the description of Letter and portrait : of William Willis, 1822, n.d. [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812178 Lawyer, mayor of Portland, Me., local historian, and director of many local clubs and business enterprises. From the description of Scrapbooks, 1839-1869. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70978864 Lawyer, mayor of Portland, Me., and director of many local clu...

Neal, John, 1793-1876

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American author and editor John Neal was born in Maine and raised as a Quaker, although he broke with the church at a young age due to his fighting. A career as a merchant was bankrupted by the War of 1812, and he turned to literature, joining Baltimore's Delphian Club. He served as editor of various journals, and wrote long, complexly-plotted adventure novels, as well as critical essays, always seeking to promote American literature. While living in England, he wrote a long series of articles p...

Preble, George Henry, 1816-1885

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George Henry Preble was born 25 February 1816 Portland ME. He was elected a member of NEHGS in 1866 and became a life member in 1869. He died 1 March 1885 Brookline MA [memoir in Memorial Biographies 8:206]. From the description of George Henry Preble Papers, 1791-1873. (New England Historic Genealogical Society). WorldCat record id: 50057646 U.S. Navy officer and author; b. in Portland, Me. From the description of George Henry Preble memorandum book, 1859 and un...

Hubbard, Thomas H. (Thomas Hamlin), 1838-1915

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Thomas Hamlin Hubbard (b. Dec. 20, 1838-d. May 19, 1915), Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General, was the son of Maine Governor John Hubbard and a lawyer in practice when he enlisted in the 25th Maine Infantry as a First Lieutenant in September, 1862. With the 25th Maine he served on garrison duty in the defense of Washington, from October, 1862 to March, 1863. In December, 1863, he was promoted Lieutenant Colonel in the 30th Maine Infantry which participated in the Red River Campaign, in Marc...

Beckett, S. B. 1812-1882.

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Morese, Charles Wyman

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Fern, Fanny, 1811-1872

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Author; Journalist; Columnist; Children's author; Humorist. Sara Payson Willis (Fanny Fern) born Portland, Maine, 1811; educated in Boston and at Catharine Beecher's seminary in Hartford, Connecticut. Married Charles Eldredge, 1837 (died 1846); had three daughters; married Samuel P. Farrington (divorced three years later); married James Parton, 1856. In 1851 she began writing for several small Boston magazines under the name Fanny Fern, and her pieces were soon picked up...

Baxter, James Phinney, 1831-1921

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President of Maine Historical Society from 1890-1911. A Republican, he was mayor of Portland from 1893-1897 and 1904-1905. From the description of Scrapbooks of municipal affairs in Portland, Maine, 1893-1898. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 686772318 American author and editor. From the description of Papers of James Phinney Baxter [manuscript], 1885-1904. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647859308 Served as presiden...

Haven, Herbert M. W.

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Morse, George Frederick, 1885-1963

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Baxter, Percival Proctor, 1876-1969

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Mayor of Portland, governor of Maine (1921-1925), philanthropist and benefactor of Maine Historical Society, creator of Baxter State Park and a school for the deaf, of Portland, Me. From the description of Maine legislature hearings report, 1917. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 214070790 Lawyer, legislator, and governor of Maine. From the description of Percival P. Baxter collection of theater programs, 1895-1901. (Maine Historical Society...

Allen, Elizabeth Akers, 1832-1911

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Allen was born Elizabeth Anne Chase on October 9, 1832 in Strong, Maine and grew up in Farmington, Maine, where she attended Farmington Academy (later Maine State Teachers College). In 1851 she married her first husband, Marshall Taylor, but the marriage ended soon in divorce. She served as writer and associate editor for the Portland Transcript beginning in 1855, and in the next year published her first volume of poetry, Forest buds from the woods of Maine, under the pseudonym Florence Percy. S...

Hinds, Aurelius Stone

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Harmon, Charles C. (Charles Cobb), 1846-

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Resident of Portland, Me.; son of Zebulon King Harmon. From the description of Charles C. Harmon papers, 1922 and undated. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 187304212 ...

Moulton, Augustus Freedom, 1848-1933

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Gilbert, Fred A.

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