Photographs of Celia Thaxter and Appledore Island (Me.), ca. 1880-1890.-

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Photographs of Celia Thaxter and Appledore Island (Me.), ca. 1880-1890.-

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The collection is comprised of fourteen photographs mounted on board and presented in a handsewn accordion-style cloth enclosure. There is one photograph of Celia Thaxter with her grandson, Charles Eliot Thaxter, and one portrait of five artist and musician friends (Appleton Brown, William Mason, John Knowles Paine, Ross Turner, and William Winch). The remaining photographs depict the interior and exterior of Thaxter's cottage and the surf. Several photographs have been inscribed by Thaxter.

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Paine, John Knowles, 1839-1906

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Paine (1839-1906) was an American composer, organist, educator at Harvard University, and held the first chair of music in an American university. He was a charter member of the American Guild of Organists. From the guide to the Additional musical compositions, 1859-1939 and undated., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Paine received an honorary degree from Harvard in 1869 and taught music at Harvard. From the description of Papers of...

Turner, Rose, 1847-1915

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Lamb, Rose,

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Winch, William

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Brown, Appleton

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Turner, Ross, 1847-1915

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Watercolorist, painter, illustrator; Salem, Mass. From the description of Ross Turner letters, 1884-1913. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122595031 ...

Mason, William, 1829-1908

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Pianist, teacher, and musical theoretician. From the description of Autographs of musicians, 1830-1906. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122482701 BIOGHIST REQUIRED Pianist, teacher, and musical theoretician. From the guide to the William Mason Autographs of Musicians, 1830-1906, (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) ...

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...