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Such News Of The Land: U.S. Women Nature Writers, Thomas S. Edwards, Elizabeth A. Dewolfe Aug 2019

Such News Of The Land: U.S. Women Nature Writers, Thomas S. Edwards, Elizabeth A. Dewolfe

History Faculty Books

This pathbreaking collection, which contains 19 essays from scholars in a variety of fields, illuminates the work of two centuries of American women nature writers. Some discuss traditional nature writers such as Susan Fenimore Cooper, Mary Austin, Gene Stratton Porter, and Annie Dillard. Others examine the work of Zora Neale Hurston, Gloria Anzaldua, and Leslie Marmon Silko, writers not often associated with this genre. Essays on germinal texts such as Marjory Stoneman Douglas's The Everglades: River of Grass stand alongside examinations of market bulletins and women's gardens, showing how the rich diversity of women's nature writing has shaped and expanded …


For The Cobweb Club: Mottoes, Margaret J. M. Sweat Feb 2018

For The Cobweb Club: Mottoes, Margaret J. M. Sweat

Annals of the Cobweb Club

Ribbon-bound booklet containing handwritten mottoes for the Cobweb Club.


Margaret Jane Mussey Sweat Diary, 1849-1880, Margaret J. M. Sweat Nov 2016

Margaret Jane Mussey Sweat Diary, 1849-1880, Margaret J. M. Sweat

Diary, 1849-1880

Diary of Margaret Jane Mussey Sweat with entries dating from 1849-1880. Includes several clippings and photographs pasted in.


The National Dorothea Dix Memorial Association, The National Dorothea Dix Memorial Association Jun 2016

The National Dorothea Dix Memorial Association, The National Dorothea Dix Memorial Association

Dorothea Lynde Dix Pamphlets

Brochure for the National Dorothea Dix Memorial Association, containing a short bio of Dix as well as an invitation to join the Association.


Teacher Of America's Legislatures, Raymond Schuessler Jun 2016

Teacher Of America's Legislatures, Raymond Schuessler

Dorothea Lynde Dix Pamphlets

Photocopy of article by Raymond Schuessler about Dorothea Dix and her work "humanizing the care of the insane." From the Nov-Dec 1978 issue of the NRTA Journal.


Motus 1977, St. Francis College History Collection Jan 1977

Motus 1977, St. Francis College History Collection

Yearbooks

1977 yearbook of St. Francis College in Biddeford, Maine.


Motus 1976, St. Francis College History Collection Jan 1976

Motus 1976, St. Francis College History Collection

Yearbooks

1976 yearbook of St. Francis College in Biddeford, Maine.


Motus 1975, St. Francis College History Collection Jan 1975

Motus 1975, St. Francis College History Collection

Yearbooks

1975 yearbook of St. Francis College in Biddeford, Maine.


Motus 1974, St. Francis College History Collection Jan 1974

Motus 1974, St. Francis College History Collection

Yearbooks

1974 yearbook of St. Francis College in Biddeford, Maine.


Motus 1973, St. Francis College History Collection Jan 1973

Motus 1973, St. Francis College History Collection

Yearbooks

1973 yearbook of St. Francis College in Biddeford, Maine.


Motus 1972, St. Francis College History Collection Jan 1972

Motus 1972, St. Francis College History Collection

Yearbooks

1972 yearbook of St. Francis College in Biddeford, Maine.


Motus 1971, St. Francis College History Collection Jan 1971

Motus 1971, St. Francis College History Collection

Yearbooks

1971 yearbook of St. Francis College in Biddeford, Maine.


Motus 1970, St. Francis College History Collection Jan 1970

Motus 1970, St. Francis College History Collection

Yearbooks

1970 yearbook of St. Francis College in Biddeford, Maine.


Motus 1969, St. Francis College History Collection Jan 1969

Motus 1969, St. Francis College History Collection

Yearbooks

1969 yearbook of St. Francis College in Biddeford, Maine.


Motus 1968, St. Francis College History Collection Jan 1968

Motus 1968, St. Francis College History Collection

Yearbooks

1968 yearbook of St. Francis College in Biddeford, Maine


Motus 1967, St. Francis College History Collection Jan 1967

Motus 1967, St. Francis College History Collection

Yearbooks

1967 yearbook of St. Francis College in Biddeford, Maine.


Motus 1966, St. Francis College History Collection Jan 1966

Motus 1966, St. Francis College History Collection

Yearbooks

1966 yearbook of St. Francis College in Biddeford, Maine.


Motus 1965, St. Francis College History Collection Jan 1965

Motus 1965, St. Francis College History Collection

Yearbooks

1965 yearbook of St. Francis College in Biddeford, Maine.


Motus 1964, St. Francis College History Collection Jan 1964

Motus 1964, St. Francis College History Collection

Yearbooks

1964 yearbook of St. Francis College in Biddeford, Maine.


Motus 1963, St. Francis College History Collection Jan 1963

Motus 1963, St. Francis College History Collection

Yearbooks

1963 yearbook of St. Francis College in Biddeford, Maine.


Motus 1962, St. Francis College History Collection Jan 1962

Motus 1962, St. Francis College History Collection

Yearbooks

1962 yearbook of St. Francis College in Biddeford, Maine.


Maine's Joan Of Arc : An Address Made Before The Kennebec Historical Society, John Francis Sprague Jan 1924

Maine's Joan Of Arc : An Address Made Before The Kennebec Historical Society, John Francis Sprague

Dorothea Lynde Dix Pamphlets

Booklet containing an address by John Francis Sprague given to the Kennebec Historical Society on January 8, 1924 about Dorothea Dix. Series 1, number 2 of "Kennebec Historical Society's Brochures."


Annals Of The Cobweb Club, Margaret Jane Mussey Sweat Jan 1890

Annals Of The Cobweb Club, Margaret Jane Mussey Sweat

Annals of the Cobweb Club

Book containing hand-written notes from meetings of the Cobweb Club, a women's organization with which Margaret Jane Mussey Sweat was heavily involved. Contents include lists of special guests, notes on meeting discussions, and a drawing of flowers and a cobweb in the front of the book. Inserts and clippings are included in the order they are found within the book.


Dorothea Lynde Dix : A Paper Read Before The Worcester Society Of Anitiquity, Alfred Seelye Roe Nov 1888

Dorothea Lynde Dix : A Paper Read Before The Worcester Society Of Anitiquity, Alfred Seelye Roe

Dorothea Lynde Dix Pamphlets

Booklet containing a paper about Dorothea Dix, read to the Worcester Society of Antiquity, November 20, 1888.


The Disciples' Pulpit : Sermons Of James Freeman Clarke, James Freeman Clarke Oct 1887

The Disciples' Pulpit : Sermons Of James Freeman Clarke, James Freeman Clarke

Dorothea Lynde Dix Pamphlets

Vol. 1, no. 9 of The Disciples Pulpit, about Dorothea Dix.


Message From The President Of The United States, Returning To The Senate The Bill Entitled..., Franklin Pierce May 1854

Message From The President Of The United States, Returning To The Senate The Bill Entitled..., Franklin Pierce

Dorothea Lynde Dix Pamphlets

President Pierce addresses the Senate, regarding a bill.


Special Message Of President Pierce To The Senate Of The United States: May 3, 1854, Franklin Pierce May 1854

Special Message Of President Pierce To The Senate Of The United States: May 3, 1854, Franklin Pierce

Dorothea Lynde Dix Pamphlets

President Pierce addresses the Senate, regarding a bill.


Congressional Record, 30th Congress, 1st Session, Misc. No 150: Memorial Of D. L. Dix, Dorothea Lynde Dix Jun 1848

Congressional Record, 30th Congress, 1st Session, Misc. No 150: Memorial Of D. L. Dix, Dorothea Lynde Dix

Dorothea Lynde Dix Pamphlets

Dorothea Dix addresses the U.S. Senate, advocating for the mentally ill.