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Higgins (Edward Leander) Architectural Records, 1910-1951, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Collection contains architectural drawings and records of Edward Leander Higgins and his son Ambrose S. Higgins, including office records, specifications, plans and elevations, architectural renderings, correspondence and blueprints for a wide variety of buildings mostly in the state of Maine. Represented in the collection are plans for business, public and residential structures in Bar Harbor, Ellsworth, Skowhegan, Portland, Camden and Cape Elizabeth among others.

Payson (Ellen Louise) Collection Of Landscape Architectural Drawings, 1913-1941, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Ellen Louise Payson was born in Portland, Maine in 1894, and trained as a landscape architect at the Lowthorpe School of Landscape Architecture for Women in Groton, Massachusetts. She gained widespread recognition for her designs for private estates in Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York.

The collection consists of about 525 architectural drawings including landscape architecture plans, contour drawings, planting diagrams and blueprints. There are also detailed drawings of fences, garden paths, outbuildings and gates. The drawings were done mostly in the 1920s and 1930s primarily for clients in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, with a few …

Thompson (Deborah) Architectural Papers, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Architectural Historian, Dr. Deborah Thompson has been associated with the University of Maine, Colby College Museum, the Bangor Historical Society, and the Bangor Historic Preservation Committee. The architectural papers concern primarily the research and writing of the book "Bangor, Maine, 1769-1914: an architectural history." The collection includes manuscripts, proofs, and notes.