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Mr. Edgar Anderson On Employment, Amber Panzella

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Mr. Edgar Anderson Full Interview

Edgar Anderson was born in Chicago in 1950, the second-oldest of six children. On his mother’s side, he has black, German, and Cree Native American ancestry; on his father’s side, he is descended from sharecroppers and former slaves from Mississippi. He attended high school in Chicago, and then went to the Military Academy at West Point in 1968, where he was one of ten black cadets in his class of 1200. He spent time in the Army as a basic training officer, and then received a graduate degree from Yale in business management and human …

Mrs. Rose Jackson On Education, Hamida Suja

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Mrs. Rose Jackson Full Interview

Rose Jackson was born in Louisville, Mississippi, to Willie O Clayton Hathorne and Bertha Ophelia (Young) Hathorne; she had three sisters and three brothers. She left school at fifteen to marry her first husband, with whom she had five children; after his death, she married John Jackson, with whom she had another daughter. She worked as a cleaner and hairdresser, and received her diploma from Portland High night school. At the time of this interview, she had been living in Maine 40 years; her family moved here because she had a brother-in-law who had been …

Mrs. June Mckenzie On Education And Employment, Aretha Williams

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Mrs. June McKenzie Full Interview

June McKenzie, a fifth-generation Mainer, was born in Portland, Maine, in 1929, one of twelve children. Her mother, Florence Eastman Williams, was a Portland native; her father, a truck driver, was a graduate of Tuskegee Institute. She graduated from Portland High School in 1947; she attended Northeastern Business College for one year, and took several classes at the American Institute of Banking while employed at People’s Heritage Bank, where she worked for twenty-two years. She married and had eight children, and at the time of this interview had two grandchildren. She is a longtime member …

Mrs. June Mckenzie On Education, Aretha Williams

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Mrs. June McKenzie Full Interview

June McKenzie, a fifth-generation Mainer, was born in Portland, Maine, in 1929, one of twelve children. Her mother, Florence Eastman Williams, was a Portland native; her father, a truck driver, was a graduate of Tuskegee Institute. She graduated from Portland High School in 1947; she attended Northeastern Business College for one year, and took several classes at the American Institute of Banking while employed at People’s Heritage Bank, where she worked for twenty-two years. She married and had eight children, and at the time of this interview had two grandchildren. She is a longtime member …

Mr. James Mathews On Education And Employment, Maureen Elgersman-Lee

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Mr. James Mathews Full Interview

James Mathews was born at Maine General Hospital in Portland, Maine, in 1941. He had four siblings; his father, Oscar Mathews, Jr., was a cook for the railroad that ran between Portland and Boston, and his mother, Llewena Hill Mathews, was one of the first graduates of the Gorham Normal School. His father’s family emigrated from Nova Scotia. As a child, he lived with his aunt and uncle in South Portland; the family moved to another home in South Portland when the state took their home to build I-295. Mathews graduated from Portland High School …

Ms. Lucille Young On Employment, Anah Osman

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Ms. Lucille Young Full Interview

Lucille Young was born in Jackson, Mississippi in 1928. Her father and her five brothers and sisters lived on eight different plantations throughout Mississippi during her childhood; her mother became ill and died when she was an infant. Lucille attended school up to tenth grade, then worked at the Swift Packing Company, a box factory, and as a house cleaner and nanny. She married and had eight children, seventeen grandchildren, and fifteen great-grandchildren.

She moved to Portland, Maine, in 1967, after her eldest daughter got a JobCorps position in the city.

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Mr. James Sheppard On Education And Employment, Sanela Zukic

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You can listen to the full interview and read a transcript HERE.

James Sheppard was born in New York City in 1924, to parents who had just emigrated from Antigua. He was the eldest of four siblings. He graduated high school in 1942, and served in the Army during World War II. He worked as an aviation mechanic after the war; in 1957 he was hired by the Federal Aviation Administration as an inspector, a job he continued until he retired in 1985. He married twice, and had five children and seven grandchildren. His family moved to Westbrook, Maine, …

Ms. Beverly Bowens On Employment, Vanessa Saric

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Ms. Beverly Bowens. Full Interview

Beverly Bowens was born in Portland, Maine, in 1934, and grew up on Munjoy Hill. She had one older brother. Her father was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin; her mother’s family had been in Portland for generations. She graduated from Portland High School, attended Mercy Hospital School of Nursing, and then moved to New York City to attend Teacher’s College at Columbia University; as of this interview, she had a bachelor’s degree in nursing, a master’s degree in nursing administration, and a master’s degree in institutional education. She married a surgeon and they had one …

Mr. James Mathews On Employment, Maureen Elgersman-Lee

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Mr. James Mathews Full Interview

James Mathews was born at Maine General Hospital in Portland, Maine, in 1941. He had four siblings; his father, Oscar Mathews, Jr., was a cook for the railroad that ran between Portland and Boston, and his mother, Llewena Hill Mathews, was one of the first graduates of the Gorham Normal School. His father’s family emigrated from Nova Scotia. As a child, he lived with his aunt and uncle in South Portland; the family moved to another home in South Portland when the state took their home to build I-295. Mathews graduated from Portland High School …

Mr. James Mathews On Employment, Maureen Elgersman-Lee

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Mr. James Mathews Full Interview

James Mathews was born at Maine General Hospital in Portland, Maine, in 1941. He had four siblings; his father, Oscar Mathews, Jr., was a cook for the railroad that ran between Portland and Boston, and his mother, Llewena Hill Mathews, was one of the first graduates of the Gorham Normal School. His father’s family emigrated from Nova Scotia. As a child, he lived with his aunt and uncle in South Portland; the family moved to another home in South Portland when the state took their home to build I-295. Mathews graduated from Portland High …

Ms. Beverly Bowens On Education And Employment, Vanessa Saric

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Ms. Beverly Bowens Full Interview

Beverly Bowens was born in Portland, Maine, in 1934, and grew up on Munjoy Hill. She had one older brother. Her father was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin; her mother’s family had been in Portland for generations. She graduated from Portland High School, attended Mercy Hospital School of Nursing, and then moved to New York City to attend Teacher’s College at Columbia University; as of this interview, she had a bachelor’s degree in nursing, a master’s degree in nursing administration, and a master’s degree in institutional education. She married a surgeon and they had one daughter; …

Ms. Beverly Bowens On Education, Vanessa Saric

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Ms. Beverly Bowens Full Interview

Beverly Bowens was born in Portland, Maine, in 1934, and grew up on Munjoy Hill. She had one older brother. Her father was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin; her mother’s family had been in Portland for generations. She graduated from Portland High School, attended Mercy Hospital School of Nursing, and then moved to New York City to attend Teacher’s College at Columbia University; as of this interview, she had a bachelor’s degree in nursing, a master’s degree in nursing administration, and a master’s degree in institutional education. She married a surgeon and they had one daughter; …

Correspondence To William Barrett Taylor, Date Unknown Or Unclear, Mary Sophia Boggs, Co-Operative Building Plan Association Architects, George S. & J. Willis Hewitt, Practical Paper Hangers, William Barrett Taylor

William Robertson Boggs Family Papers

Correspondence to William Barrett Taylor, date unknown or unclear.

Box 3, folder 7.

Correspondence To Elizabeth ("Bessie") Mccaw Boggs Taylor, Dates Unknown, William Barrett Taylor, Mary Sophia Boggs

William Robertson Boggs Family Papers

Boggs Family Paper, Box 2, Folder 1.

Correspondence to Elizabeth ("Bessie") McCaw Boggs Taylor, dates unknown

Correspondence To General William Robertson Boggs, 1900s: March 18, 1900 - January 6, 1908, Edith Boggs, George R. Bissell

William Robertson Boggs Family Papers

Boggs Family Papers, Box 1, Folder 7.

Correspondence to General William Robertson Boggs, 1900s: March 18, 1900 - January 6, 1908.

Correspondence From "Dad" (William Robertson Boggs) To "My Dear Baby" (Edith Boggs): November 26, 1896 - January 1, 1900, William Robertson Boggs

William Robertson Boggs Family Papers

Boggs Family Papers, Box 1, Folder 6.

Correspondence from "Dad" (William Robertson Boggs) to "My Dear Baby" (Edith Boggs): November 26, 1896 - January 1, 1900.

Examination of these items suggests they were not sent to the addressee.

Correspondence To General William Robertson Boggs, Date Unknown Or Unclear, Mary Sophia Boggs, Archibald Boggs

William Robertson Boggs Family Papers

Boggs Family Papers

Correspondence to General William Robertson Boggs, date unknown or unclear.

Correspondence To General William Robertson Boggs, 1890s: March 7, 1892 - October 1, 1899., Mary Sophia Boggs, Edith Boggs, M. E. Mcjunkin, Andrew Johnston, John S. Boggs

William Robertson Boggs Family Papers

Boggs Family Papers, Box 1, Folder 5.

Correspondence to General William Robertson Boggs, 1890s: March 7, 1892 - October 1, 1899.

Miscellaneous Correspondence Written By William Robertson Boggs: Date Unknown Or Unclear., William Robertson Boggs

William Robertson Boggs Family Papers

Boggs Family Papers, Box 1, Folder 10.

Miscellaneous Correspondence Written by William Robertson Boggs: date unknown or unclear.

Correspondence To General William Robertson Boggs, 1880s: January 1880 - April 9, 1889, William H. Symington, Archer A. Phlegar, Elizabeth Mccaw Boggs, Edith A. Boggs, Edith Symington, William Robertson Boggs Jr.

William Robertson Boggs Family Papers

Boggs Family Papers, Box 1, Folder 4

Correspondence to General William Robertson Boggs, 1880s: January 1880 - April 9, 1889

Correspondence To General William Robertson Boggs, 1870s Cont.: November 17, 1878 - May 12, 1879, William H. Symington, Archibald Boggs

William Robertson Boggs Family Papers

Boggs Family Papers, Box 1, Folder 3.

Correspondence to General William Robertson Boggs, 1870s cont.: November 17, 1878 - May 12, 1879

Correspondence To William Barrett Taylor, May 4, 1878 - April 18, 1880, Elizabeth Mccaw Boggs, Mary Sophia Boggs

William Robertson Boggs Family Papers

Correspondence to William Barrett Taylor, May 4, 1878 - April 18, 1880.

Box 3, Folder 4.

Correspondence To Elizabeth ("Bessie") Mccaw Boggs Taylor, October 31, 1877 - March 3, 1879, William Barrett Taylor

William Robertson Boggs Family Papers

Boggs Family Papers, Box 2, Folder 2.

Correspondence to Elizabeth ("Bessie") McCaw Boggs Taylor, October 31, 1877 - March 3, 1879

Correspondence To General William Robertson Boggs, 1870s: January 21, 1875 - November 6, 1878, Archibald P. Boggs, William Robertson Boggs Jr., Andrew Johnston, William H. Symington

William Robertson Boggs Family Papers

Boggs Papers, Box 1, Folder 2

Correspondence to General William Robertson Boggs, 1870s: January 21, 1875 - November 6, 1878

Carte-De-Visite Photograph: "2 Headed Girl, Millie Crissie," No Date., J. H. Fitzgibbon

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Conjoined twins Millie and Christine McKoy in full portrait. Date of photograph unknown (likely ca. 1870, subjects died 1912).

Records And Documents Associated With Or Possibly Associated With General William Robertson Boggs, Some Date Unclear Or Unknown: September 23, 1867 - February 1880; July 5, 1902., William Robertson Boggs

William Robertson Boggs Family Papers

Boggs Family Papers, Box 1, Folder 11.

Receipts, estate documents, fragments, newspaper clippings, etc.

Records and Documents Associated with or Possibly Associated with General William Robertson Boggs, some date unclear or unknown: September 23, 1867 - February 1880; July 5, 1902.

Miscellaneous Correspondence Written By William Robertson Boggs: June 26, 1855 - April 15, 1880., William Robertson Boggs

William Robertson Boggs Family Papers

Boggs Family Papers, Box 1, Folder 9.

Miscellaneous Correspondence Written by William Robertson Boggs: June 26, 1855 - April 15, 1880.

Diary Of Mary Sophia Symington (Boggs), 1854, Mary Sophia Symington

William Robertson Boggs Family Papers

Full text of Mary Sophia Symington's 1854 diary.

This digitization is split up into 5 PDF files. Download all 5 for the full text.

Letter From Josiah Masters To John Reade About An Enslaved Man Named Dick Whom (Masters) Wishes To Sell. New York, 1796., Josiah Masters

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Masters writes to Reade that Dick "has been somewhat uneasy with me, the first cause [was] my separating his wench from him."

"The lowest price is one hundred pounds."

Addressed to Reade in Poughkeepsie, NY.