Sarah Orne Jewett collection, 1801-1997
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Maine Women Writers Collection Abplanalp Library University of New England 716 Stevens Avenue Portland, Maine 04103 [email protected] URL: http://www.une.edu/mwwc Sarah Orne Jewett collection, 1801-1997
Table of Contents
Summary Information ...... 3 Biographical/Historical Note ...... 3 Collection Scope and Content ...... 4 Arrangement ...... 4 Administrative Information ...... 5 Related Materials ...... 6 Controlled Access Headings ...... 6 Collection Inventory ...... 7 Jewett Manuscripts and Notes ...... 7 Jewett Correspondence ...... 7 Jewett Publications ...... 18 Jewett Articles, Reviews, Papers ...... 19 Jewett Photographs ...... 20 Jewett Memorabilia ...... 21 Jewett Family and Business Records ...... 23
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Summary Information
Repository: Maine Women Writers Collection Creator: Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909 Title: Sarah Orne Jewett collection ID: 0196 Date [inclusive]: 1801-1997 Date [bulk]: 1881-1906 Physical Description: 5 linear feet 6 boxes Language of the English Material:
Preferred Citation
Sarah Orne Jewett collection, Maine Women Writers Collection, University of New England, Portland, Maine
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Biographical/Historical Note
Theodora Sarah Orne Jewett was born September 3, 1849, to physician Theodore Herman Jewett and Caroline Frances Perry in South Berwick, Maine. She published as Sarah Orne Jewett. Because often ill as a child, she attended Miss Rayne's School infrequently: instead she drove with her father on his rounds to visit his patients. Jewett graduated from Berwick Academy in 1865 and soon began to write. Her career took off with her submission of short stories to William Dean Howells, assistant editor of The Atlantic Monthly, who then put her in touch with James Fields of Boston's Ticknor and Fields. Placing her work with the Atlantic throughout her life, Jewett gathered stories into periodic book collections. Her first successful novel was Deephaven (1877), though she is best known for The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896). Fields's wife Annie and Jewett became close friends. After the deaths of Annie's husband and Sarah's father, the two women became companions in a "Boston marriage." They traveled together throughout the United States and Europe. They resided at Jewett's home in South Berwick as well as in Fields's homes in Boston and Manchester by the Sea. Jewett, considered regionalist or "local colorist," wrote about New England life and captured the native accent, diction, and syntax especially of Maine's people. Jewett's novel, A Country Doctor (1884), among other titles, suggests her feminist awareness of women's larger capabilities. Other works consider issues of domestic culture, class - Page 3- Sarah Orne Jewett collection, 1801-1997 structure, ecology, and the natural world. Influenced by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Jewett often invited her to Boston gatherings at the Fields' home. There Jewett met and influenced Willa Cather. Other women in the social circle of artists and writers included Harriet Prescott Spofford, Celia Thaxter, and Sarah Wyman Whitman. In 1901 Jewett became the first woman to receive an honorary Litt.D. degree from Bowdoin College, her father's alma mater. Just one year later, she suffered crippling injuries in a carriage accident, thereby limiting her physical mobility and hence her writing. After suffering a first stroke in March 1909 and a second June 23, 1909, Jewett died. Jewett's South Berwick home, maintained by Historic New England, welcomes visitors.
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Collection Scope and Content
The collection includes manuscripts, correspondence, articles, reviews, research papers, memorabilia, photographs, printed material, artifacts, and family business records. The manuscripts include: a poem written by Jewett at age fourteen; notes found in her personal copy of the Norman Conquest; "Indians," her earliest known manuscript; and a complete manuscript copy of the "Night Before Thanksgiving." The correspondence with family, friends and business associates gives a view into Jewett's family and social life as well as her life as a writer. The letters to and from Annie Fields include a consoling note after the death of Fields' husband, James T. Fields, in 1881. Jewett and Fields long friendship is documented in their own letters and in mentions in letters to others including letters that Fields and Mary Rice Jewett wrote to others after Sarah's death dealing with her estate. Close family relationships are presented in the many letters to Mary Rice Jewett particularly in the care the aunts' took of nephew Theodore Eastman after his mother Carrie Eastman, Jewett's sister, died. The letters to Abbie S. Beede, who typed manuscripts for Sarah and Annie, shows the development of the relationship with Beede from distant to friendly with Jewett sometimes asking Beede for her opinion of a particular story. The third series is composed of published articles both original and in photocopy. The fourth series includes newspaper and journal articles, book reviews, and scholarly papers on Sarah Orne Jewett. The fifth is made up of photographs of Jewett, her family, and her home and other locations in South Berwick, Maine. The memorabilia series includes calling cards, a silk handkerchief, and a Sarah Wyman Whitman stained glass wreath. The family/business series has many family business receipts and a lecture on electricity written by Jewett's father.
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Arrangement
This collection is organized into the following series: I. Manuscripts and notes: II. Correspondence: III. Publications: IV. Articles, reviews and papers: V. Photographs: VI. Memorabilia: VII. Family and business records
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Administrative Information
Publication Statement Maine Women Writers Collection
Abplanalp Library University of New England 716 Stevens Avenue Portland, Maine 04103 [email protected] URL: http://www.une.edu/mwwc
Access Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the Curator of the Maine Women Writers Collection.
Custodial History Provenance: The bulk of the correspondence and manuscript material was acquired from New Hampshire collector Kent Bicknell in 2004-2005. Some of this material was previously owned by Maine collector Joseph Frost. Some material in the Frost-Bicknell Collection and in the pre-existing MWWC Jewett Collection was owned by Burton Trafton.
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Related Materials
Related Materials MWWC holds over eighty books of Sarah Orne Jewett's work, many with inscriptions by Jewett to friends, family and admirers; more than ninety books from the libraries of Jewett and her family; and many periodicals containing Jewett stories.
Sarah Orne Jewett papers, Milne Special Collections and Archives, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, New Hampshire
Sarah Orne Jewett papers, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine
Abbie S. Beede collection, Maine Women Writers Collection, University of New England, Portland, Maine
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Controlled Access Headings
• Country life • American poetry -- 19th century • South Berwick (Me.) • Manuscripts • Correspondence • Photographs • Research • Obituaries • Postcards • Memorabilia • Clippings • Ephemera • Negatives • Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909 • Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909 • Fields, Annie, 1834-1915 • Jewett family
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Collection Inventory
Jewett Manuscripts and Notes Title/Description Instances "Ode to Ellen Cobby" handwritten poem, 1863 Box 1 Folder 001
"Discontent" handwritten poem, 1878 Box 1 Folder 002
Handwritten notes from Sarah Wyman Whitman's letters, undated Box 1 Folder 003
Handwritten poem "When her soft eyes awake...", undated Box 1 Folder 004
Manuscript material "One of the dolls whose name was Box 1 Folder 005 Adeline...", undated
SOJ's notes from Story of the Normans, undated Box 1 Folder 006
Handwritten notes by SOJ inserted in Norman Conquest (5 Box 1 Folder 007 folders)
"Indians" early handwritten essay by SOJ, undated Box 1 Folder 008
"The Night Before Thanksgiving" handwritten manuscript (3 Box 1 Folder 009 folders), undated
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Jewett Correspondence Title/Description Instances ALS Annie Fields to Sarah Orne Jewett, circa 1907 August Box 1 Folder 001 Digital Object: Although we could say so little...
AL Annie Fields to Sarah Orne Jewett, undated Box 1 Folder 002 Digital Object: I felt a bit anxious yesterday...
ALS Annie Fields to Sarah Orne Jewett, undated Box 1 Folder 003 Digital Object: Have you seen Janet Ross's vegetable book...
ALS Annie Fields to Sarah Orne Jewett, undated Box 1 Folder 004 Digital Object: As for Mrs. Forbes dearest...
ALS Annie Fields to Sarah Orne Jewett, circa early 1880s Box 1 Folder 005 Digital Object: Aldrich and Lillian have just gone...
ALS Annie Fields to Sarah Orne Jewett, undated Box 1 Folder 006 Digital Object: Just one word this Saturday morning...
ALS Annie Fields to Sarah Orne Jewett, undated Box 1 Folder 007 - Page 7- Sarah Orne Jewett collection, 1801-1997
Digital Object: The noble box of "green growing things"...
ALS Annie Fields to Sarah Orne Jewett, undated Box 1 Folder 008 Digital Object: I hope that you and Mary can come...
ALS Annie Fields to Sarah Orne Jewett, circa 1885 Box 1 Folder 009 Digital Object: Your letter urging me to come to you...
ALS Annie Fields to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1885 December 12 Box 1 Folder 010 Digital Object: Did the little cab return for you...
ALS Annie Fields to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1888 Box 1 Folder 011 Digital Object: I begin to fear you are not getting...
ALS Mary Rice Jewett to Sarah Orne Jewett, undated Box 1 Folder 012 Digital Object: There is no going abroad for joys...
ALS Mary Rice Jewett to Sarah Orne Jewett, undated Box 1 Folder 013 Digital Object: It was so pleasant to come home...
ALS Mary Rice Jewett to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1881 March 26 Box 1 Folder 014 Digital Object: It was pleasant to find that everything seems to have gone well...
APC Mary Rice Jewett to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1881 March Box 1 Folder 015 Digital Object: Pincess is well thank you -- but lazy...
ALS Ellen Mason to Sarah Orne Jewett, circa 1870 Box 1 Folder 016 Digital Object: I had no intention of letting so long a time pass...
ALS Ellen Mason to Sarah Orne Jewett, circa 1870 Box 1 Folder 017 Digital Object: I want you to keep Fénélon...
ALS John Lord to Sarah Orne Jewett, undated Box 1 Folder 018 Digital Object: I have been waiting to send you the "Statesman of the 19th Century"...
ALS Georgina Halliburton to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1880 October 8 Box 1 Folder 019 Digital Object: A sonnet Digital Object: I hope you did not feel very tired after the pleasant little lunch...
ALS Mary O. Long to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1892 February 9 Box 1 Folder 020 Digital Object: Your note this morning was indeed a bombshell!
ALS Grace Gordon to Sarah Orne Jewett, undated Box 1 Folder 021 Digital Object: I wish you had heard it...
ALS Grace Gordon to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1871 October 31 Box 1 Folder 022 Digital Object: I am in despair my Theodora!
ALS Susan Perkins to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1871 May 1 Box 1 Folder 023 - Page 8- Sarah Orne Jewett collection, 1801-1997
Digital Object: I was very much obliged to you for the copy of those verses...
ALS L. M. Perry to Sarah Orne Jewett, undated Box 1 Folder 024 Digital Object: I bid you a most loving and cordial welcome...
ALS Charles Warren Stoddard to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1895 March Box 1 Folder 025 Digital Object: You are mighty good to me...
ALS Mary F. Russell to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1900 July 9 Box 1 Folder 026 Digital Object: Thank you for the catalogue...
ALS Theophilus Parsons to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1876 June 3 Box 1 Folder 027 Digital Object: I cannot let you run away to the great Exposition...
ALS Theophilus Parsons to Sarah Orne Jewett [fragment], Box 1 Folder 028 undated Digital Object: If you think so, you may say...
ALS George Wallis Haven to Sarah Orne Jewett, undated Box 1 Folder 029 Digital Object: You gave me a very pleasant walk...
ALS George Wallis Haven to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1895 March 12 Box 1 Folder 030 Digital Object: As the shipwrights of Elsinore...
ALS William Perry to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1900 June 4 Box 1 Folder 031 Digital Object: I am glad to know that you are safe on shore...
ALS C. S. D. to Sarah Orne Jewett, undated Box 1 Folder 032
ALS H. G. K. to Sarah Orne Jewett, undated Box 1 Folder 033
ALS William Perry to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1898 December 23 Box 1 Folder 034
ALS William Perry to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1877 June 26 Box 1 Folder 035
ALS Frances Perry to Sarah Orne Jewett, undated Box 1 Folder 036
ALS Clara Garland Goodwin to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1906 Box 1 Folder 037 November 5
ALS George Ickabod Goodwin to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1894 August Box 1 Folder 038 12
ALS Kate Birkhead to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1872 March 31 Box 1 Folder 039
ALS E.S. Quincy to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1875 August 5 Box 1 Folder 040
ALS Horace E. Scudder to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1875 August 5 Box 1 Folder 041
ALS J. L. Whitney to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1876 November Box 1 Folder 042
ALS Mrs. Hayes Ward to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1877 August 30 Box 1 Folder 043
ALS Helen D. Sewall to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1877 May 8 Box 1 Folder 044
ALS Eliza Seeger to Sarah Orne Jewett, undated - Page 9- Sarah Orne Jewett collection, 1801-1997
Box 1 Folder 045
TL Scribner Co. to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1873 Box 1 Folder 046
ALS Mary Mapes Dodge to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1875 December Box 1 Folder 047 21
ALS Theo H. Jewett to Sarah Orne Jewett, undated Box 1 Folder 048
ALS An admirer to Sarah Orne Jewett, 1889 September 24 Box 1 Folder 049
ALS Mary P. Clafin (?) to Sarah Orne Jewett, undated Box 1 Folder 050
ALS Mrs. Warren to Sarah Orne Jewett, undated Box 1 Folder 051
AL Sarah Orne Jewett to Annie Fields, 1882 Box 1 Folder 052 Digital Object: Your letter makes me wish to fly to you...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Annie Fields, 1882 Box 1 Folder 053 Digital Object: I have just read your two letters and I long to hold you close...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Annie Fields, 1881 Box 1 Folder 054 Digital Object: Your two letters have come and I don't know what to say...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Annie Fields, undated Box 1 Folder 055 Digital Object: I had a good long afternoon's work...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Annie Fields, 1902 Box 1 Folder 056 Digital Object: My window is open and the children are all in the streets...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Annie Fields [fragment], 1908 Box 1 Folder 057 November 3 Digital Object: And I wish I had my own dear warm little Fuff...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Annie Fields, undated Box 1 Folder 058 Digital Object: I didn't read a word in the cars...
AL Sarah Orne Jewett to Annie Fields, undated Box 1 Folder 059 Digital Object: I was so sorry after I had sent the letter...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Annie Fields, undated Box 1 Folder 060 Digital Object: I don't believe you were half so sad...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Carrie Jewett, circa 1871 Box 1 Folder 061 Digital Object: I did have the very nicest time last night!
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Carrie Jewett, 1871 December 30 Box 1 Folder 062 Digital Object: I did have the best time yesterday...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Carrie Jewett, undated Box 1 Folder 063
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Digital Object: It seems more convenient to sit here and write with a pencil...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Carrie Jewett, undated Box 1 Folder 064 Digital Object: It looks like rain so I don't believe I shall...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated Box 2 Folder 065 Digital Object: Stopping at this place ideal spot... Digital Object: Now you may see a sister all prettily settled...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated Box 2 Folder 066 Digital Object: I was both glad and sorry to get your letter...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated Box 2 Folder 067 Digital Object: I am so sleepy with the cool evening...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1893 Box 2 Folder 068 Digital Object: Yesterday was a nice rainy day...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1902 March Box 2 Folder 069 Digital Object: I wish that you had stayed over...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1903 April 27 Box 2 Folder 070 Digital Object: I went to see old Helen's house...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1900 September 12 Box 2 Folder 071 Digital Object: Give my love to Eva...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1900 September 7 Box 2 Folder 072 Digital Object: It is half-past ten and all candles were put out...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1900 September 5 Box 2 Folder 073 Digital Object: It is a beautiful morning and for some reason...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated Box 2 Folder 074 Digital Object: It is werry hot!
AL Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated Box 2 Folder 075 Digital Object: I got your two good letters yesterday...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated Box 2 Folder 076 Digital Object: I must begin to write my letters over night again...
AL Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1881 November 19 Box 2 Folder 077 Digital Object: I was glad to get your letter tonight and to make sure you are going to stay...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1900 July 11 Box 2 Folder 078
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Digital Object: We had a good little journey though it was warm...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1900 July 12 Box 2 Folder 079 Digital Object: This has been a good day and we have had company to dinner...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1900 August 11 Box 2 Folder 080 Digital Object: We had a pretty party last night...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, circa 1900 Box 2 Folder 081 Digital Object: This has been a busy day with me, Mr. and Mrs. Bliss Perry...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated Box 2 Folder 082 Digital Object: I found your beautiful letty when I came out from breakfast...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated Box 2 Folder 083 Digital Object: What a lovely day!
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated Box 2 Folder 084 Digital Object: It is a nice morning Jocko!
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated Box 2 Folder 085 Digital Object: A sister now having been to Mrs. Bullard's...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated Box 2 Folder 086 Digital Object: That train is quite a beauty...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, circa 1900 Box 2 Folder 087 Digital Object: The chapters and their copy arrived in good season...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, circa 1900 Box 2 Folder 088 Digital Object: It does seem funny to write to you...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1900 August 14 Box 2 Folder 089 Digital Object: I thought that you would speak of it's being hot...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated Box 2 Folder 090 Digital Object: I was glad to find Carrie when I came home...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1900 August 23 Box 2 Folder 091 Digital Object: If you can put your hand on it...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1900 September 6 Box 2 Folder 092 Digital Object: I shall send such a short letter...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1885 April 6 Box 2 Folder 093 Digital Object: A sleepy sister on account of being out late...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1885 April 1 - Page 12- Sarah Orne Jewett collection, 1801-1997
Digital Object: I started in for a great letter this morning... Box 2 Folder 094
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1885 March 30 Box 2 Folder 095 Digital Object: I had a beautiful time at dinner last night...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1885 March 29 Box 2 Folder 096 Digital Object: It is just after half past one..
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1893 May 5 Box 2 Folder 097 Digital Object: Will you please get my thick white driving sack...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated Box 2 Folder 098 Digital Object: I had a delightful sail down the bay...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1898 August 7 Box 2 Folder 099 Digital Object: I had a prosperous journey...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated Box 2 Folder 100 Digital Object: Thank you for your nice letter yesterday...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated Box 2 Folder 101 Digital Object: I was glad to see your letter and to know you were well!
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, circa 1897 Box 2 Folder 102 Digital Object: Who do you think appeared just as we finished tea...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, circa 1893-1894 Box 2 Folder 103 Digital Object: I thought it might be wise to write a line...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated Box 2 Folder 104 Digital Object: It is a good bright morning and I must have a hopping foot...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated Box 2 Folder 105 Digital Object: I thought you would like to know of my safe arrival...
AL Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated Box 2 Folder 106 Digital Object: You will be pleased to hear from your sister at Bagg's Hotel...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated Box 2 Folder 107 Digital Object: I suppose you will be getting my budgets...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated Box 2 Folder 108 Digital Object: I don't seem to have much to tell...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated Box 2 Folder 109
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Digital Object: I send you a long and appealing letter from the Judge...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated Box 2 Folder 110 Digital Object: Please excuse this second hand sheet...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated Box 2 Folder 111 Digital Object: I don't know what time my letters stray along to you...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated Box 2 Folder 112 Digital Object: I will seize this occasion to speak of general subjects
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1901 July 5 Box 2 Folder 113 Digital Object: I thought that you might like to hear that I had made so great a journey...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1901 June 23 Box 2 Folder 114 Digital Object: We have just come home from church...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1901 June 12 Box 2 Folder 115 Digital Object: I was so glad to get your letter last night when I got here...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1894 August 20 Box 2 Folder 116 Digital Object: It stands very pleasant at the Albracca...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1901 July 9 Box 2 Folder 117 Digital Object: With all your affectionate care to keep the particulars from me...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1900 September 1 Box 2 Folder 118 Digital Object: I shall come tomorrow at six...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated Box 2 Folder 119 Digital Object: What a beautiful rainy Sunday!
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated Box 2 Folder 120 Digital Object: I had such a nice time with dear Alice Howe...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated Box 2 Folder 121 Digital Object: I should think our parrot would have thought...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated Box 2 Folder 122 Digital Object: The pride of Rome seems to have fallen...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated Box 2 Folder 123 Digital Object: The visits seem to go on most smiling...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated Box 2 Folder 124
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Digital Object: This has been a most trying day...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated Box 2 Folder 125 Digital Object: I was getting dressed and thought I should write you...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated Box 2 Folder 126 Digital Object: A nice cool East windy day...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated Box 2 Folder 127 Digital Object: I found that I had forgotten about the gig...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated Box 2 Folder 128 Digital Object: Cora and I have been to Carrie's to dinner...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, undated Box 2 Folder 129 Digital Object: This is a peaceful day after...
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett, 1896 July 11 Box 2 Folder 130 Digital Object: Today is cooler, which is well!
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mrs. Rice, 9 February Box 2 Folder 130a
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mr. Osgood, 1878 March 2 Box 2 Folder 131
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mr. Mason, 1878 November 27 Box 2 Folder 132
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Louis Holman, circa 1894 Box 2 Folder 133
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to J. D. Lee, circa 1894 Box 2 Folder 134
AL Sarah Orne Jewett to Daughters of the Vermont Revolution, Box 2 Folder 135 1895 February 24
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to H. Butterworth, Esq., undated Box 2 Folder 136
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Ms. Wallenschlager, 1885 April 12 Box 2 Folder 137
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Ms. Norton, undated Box 2 Folder 138
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to S. S. McClure, undated Box 2 Folder 139
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Jules Cretin, 1887 August 12 Box 2 Folder 140
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to fan, 1885 August 29 Box 2 Folder 141
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to unnamed, 1895 November 11 Box 2 Folder 142
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Ms. Remann, 1885 June 23 Box 2 Folder 143
AL Sarah Orne Jewett to Grace M. Austin, 1899 January 8 Box 2 Folder 144
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to George W. Curtis Esq., 1887 March 12 Box 2 Folder 145
Correspondence enclosure SOJ to George W. Curtis, 1887 March Box 2 Folder 145a 12
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Edwin A. Norton Esq., 1891 Box 2 Folder 146
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Correspondence Invitation from M Jewett to Edwin A. Norton Box 2 Folder 146a Esq., 1891 May
Order of Exercises 100th Anniversary of the founding of Berwick Box 2 Folder 146b Academy, 1891 July
The Berwick Scholar, Berwick Academy [Vol. V, No. 1], 1891 Box 2 Folder 146c November
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Cousin Nelly, undated Box 2 Folder 147
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Thomas Mosher, undated Box 2 Folder 148
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mr. Townsend, undated Box 2 Folder 149
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Edith Haven Doe, undated Box 2 Folder 150
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Eva, undated Box 3 Folder 151
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Dr. Robert Collyer, DD, 1885 August 8 Box 3 Folder 152
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to My Dear Friend (? Dr. Robert Collyer), Box 3 Folder 153 1897 May 21
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to My Dear Friend, undated Box 3 Folder 154
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Bowdoin College President Hyde, 1888 Box 3 Folder 155 December 8
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Bowdoin College President Hyde, Box 3 Folder 156 undated
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to the Castilian Club, undated Box 3 Folder 157
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett letter fragment, undated Box 3 Folder 158
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Professor Robinson, undated Box 3 Folder 159
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Horace Parker Chandler, 1885 October Box 3 Folder 160 18
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Horace Parker Chandler, 1885 August 5 Box 3 Folder 161
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Horace Parker Chandler, 1885 Box 3 Folder 162 December 9
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Rev. George Lewis, 1888 February 8 Box 3 Folder 163
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mr. Streat, 1901 October 3 Box 3 Folder 164
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, undated Box 3 Folder 165
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, 1900 August 9 Box 3 Folder 166
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, 1901 May 30 Box 3 Folder 167
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, 1901 October 4 Box 3 Folder 168
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, 1902 April 8 Box 3 Folder 169
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, 1902 May 8 Box 3 Folder 170
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, undated - Page 16- Sarah Orne Jewett collection, 1801-1997
Box 3 Folder 171
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, undated Box 3 Folder 172
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, undated Box 3 Folder 173
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, undated Box 3 Folder 174
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, undated Box 3 Folder 175
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, undated Box 3 Folder 176
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, undated Box 3 Folder 177
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, undated Box 3 Folder 178
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, undated Box 3 Folder 179
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, undated Box 3 Folder 180
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, undated Box 3 Folder 181
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, 1899 November 23 Box 3 Folder 182
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, 1900 February 10 Box 3 Folder 183
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, 1900 February 13 Box 3 Folder 184
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, 1900 August 31 Box 3 Folder 185
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, 1900 January 22 Box 3 Folder 186
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, undated Box 3 Folder 187
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, undated Box 3 Folder 188
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Abbie S. Beede, undated Box 3 Folder 189
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mr. Cushing, undated Box 3 Folder 190
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mr. Clement, 1894 June 22 Box 3 Folder 190a
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mr. Clement, undated Box 3 Folder 190b
ALS Sarah Orne Jewett to Mr. Clement, undated Box 3 Folder 190c
ALS Annie Fields to Robert Collyer, 1871 Box 3 Folder 191
ALS Annie Fields to Mrs. Arthur Warren, 1889 July 1 Box 3 Folder 192
ALS Annie Fields to Abbie S. Beede, 1902 June 18 Box 3 Folder 193
ALS Annie Fields to Abbie S. Beede, 1902 June 17 Box 3 Folder 194
ALS Annie Fields to Abbie S. Beede, 1902 July 3 Box 3 Folder 195
ALS Annie Fields to Abbie S. Beede, 1902 July 15 Box 3 Folder 196
ALS Annie Fields to Abbie S. Beede, 1903 July 20 Box 3 Folder 197
ALS Annie Fields to Abbie S. Beede, 1903 July 22 Box 3 Folder 198
ALS Annie Fields to Mrs. Hosmer, undated Box 3 Folder 199
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APC Annie Fields to Mary Rice Jewett, 1910 April 23 Box 3 Folder 200
ALS Annie Fields to Robert Collyer, 1913 March 17 Box 3 Folder 201
ALS Annie Fields to Abbie S. Beede, undated Box 3 Folder 202
ALS Annie Fields to Abbie S. Beede, undated Box 3 Folder 203
ALS Annie Fields to Abbie S. Beede, undated Box 3 Folder 204
ALS Mary Ann Vincent to Annie Fields, undated Box 3 Folder 205
ALS Mary Rice Jewett to Robert Collyer, 1909 March 4 Box 3 Folder 206
ALS Mary Rice Jewett to Kathy, undated Box 3 Folder 207
ALS Rebecca O. Young to Mary Rice Jewett, 1889 May 16 Box 3 Folder 208
ALS John T. Perry to Mary Jewett, 1900 January 4 Box 3 Folder 209
ALS H.G.K to Mary Jewett, 1905 December 12 Box 3 Folder 210
ALS Frances Perry to Mary Jewett, undated Box 3 Folder 211
ALS Theodore F. Jewett to wife Olive, 1822 March 31 Box 3 Folder 212a
ALS Theodore F. Jewett to wife Olive, 1826 February 19 Box 3 Folder 212b
ALS Theodore H. Jewett to Nathaniel Low, 1847 January 19 Box 3 Folder 213
ALS Harry Sturdivant to Theodore Jewett, 1873 May 31 Box 3 Folder 214
ALS Celia Thaxter to niece Eva, 1887 January 17 Box 3 Folder 215
ALS Bonnie McLellan to Sophie E. Perry, 1885 January 15 Box 3 Folder 216
ALS Kate McLellan to Sophie E. Perry, 1885 January 15 Box 3 Folder 217
ALS George E. Littlefield to K. B. Lewis, 1902 March 1 Box 3 Folder 218
Letters of Sarah Orne Jewett (reprinted and bound), edited by Box 3 Folder 219 Annie Fields, 1911
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Jewett Publications Title/Description Instances Poem "Dunlure Castle" Harper's Magazine, 1883 November Box 4 Folder 010
Poem "The Eagle Trees" Harper's Magazine, 1883 March Box 4 Folder 011
Short story "A Bit of Color" undated, n.l. (first installment) Box 4 Folder 011a
Handbound group of short stories from Harper's Monthly Box 4 Folder 012 Magazine including "Sister Peacham's Return", circa 1903
Broadside for "Miss Tempy's Watchers", undated Box 4 Folder 013
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Advertisement for "New England Stories" For Sale by John P. Box 4 Folder 013a Spaulding, undated
Transcribed single page from "Decoration Day" by Sarah Orne Box 4 Folder 013b Jewett, undated
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Jewett Articles, Reviews, Papers Title/Description Instances Three reviews of "Deep Haven", undated Box 4 Folder 014
Review "White Heron" Harper's New Monthly Magazine, 1887 Box 4 Folder 015 February
Journal articles, 1950-1988 Box 4 Folder 016
Newspaper clippings, 1973-1996 Box 4 Folder 017
"Sarah Orne Jewett" by Willa Cather in the Piper, undated Box 4 Folder 018
"Sarah Orne Jewett writes to Hamlin Garland" by James Nagel, Box 4 Folder 019 N.E. Quarterly, undated
Review of SOJ biography by F.O. Matthiessen, circa 1929 Box 4 Folder 020
"We New Englanders...Letters of SOJ to Louise Imogen Guiney" Box 4 Folder 021 by William L. Lucey, S.J., American Catholic Historical Society, 1959
"New England Matriarch in Sketches of SOJ' by Adele Warren, Box 4 Folder 022 thesis, 1967
"Sarah Orne Jewett" by Yasuo Hashiguchi, American Literary Box 4 Folder 023 Review, 1956 March
"Verbal Criticism" by Yasuo Hashiguchi, Linguistic Science, II, Box 4 Folder 024 1966 March
"Sarah Orne Jewett's The Country of the Pointed Firs" by Yasuo Box 4 Folder 025 Hashiguchi, American Literature No. 23, 1982 May
"Tidewater" by Nicholas Durso play with review, 1981 Box 4 Folder 026
Reprint "Sarah Orne Jewett" by Gwen L. Nagel, Dictionary of Box 4 Folder 027 Literary Biography, 1982
"Two Maine Authors" by Eleanor V. Hines, Senior Seminar paper, Box 4 Folder 028 1983
"A New Spiritual Biography" by Melissa Pennell, Studies in Box 4 Folder 029 American Fiction, 1990
"Sarah Orne Jewett: Her World and Her Work" by Paula Box 4 Folder 030 Blanchard reviews, 1996
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"Unraveling Regions, Unsettling Periods: Sarah Orne Jewett and Box 4 Folder 031 American Literary History" by June Howard, American Literature, 1996 June
"Irish Stories of Sarah Orne Jewett" by Jack Morgan and Louis A. Box 4 Folder 032 Renza, Maine Times, review, 1997 March 13
Articles about SOJ's South Berwick home, 1977-1997 Box 4 Folder 033
"Dear Old House and Home" by Marie Donahue, Down East, Box 4 Folder 034 1977
"Sarah Orne Jewett" Peary D. Westbrook, Down East, 1963 Box 4 Folder 034a
Betty Goodwin interview by Marie Donahue, Lewiston Journal, Box 4 Folder 035 1982 November 27
"The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories" edited by Box 4 Folder 036 Sarah Way Sherman, 1989
"Sarah Orne Jewett, an American Persephone" by Sarah Way Box 4 Folder 037 Sherman, Maine Sunday Telegram, 1990 December 2
Friends of Sarah Orne Jewett Newsletter and SPNEA guide, Box 4 Folder 038 1990-1993
SPNEA SOJ events flyers and articles, 1995-1996 Box 4 Folder 039
Article about the Douglas Alvord edition of "The White Heron," Box 4 Folder 040 Maine Sunday Telegram, 1990 December 2
Web site printout of Jewett houses in South Berwick, 2005 April Box 4 Folder 040a 12
Finding aid Bowdoin College Library, 1985 Box 4 Folder 040b
Yankee Magazine article re: Kent Bicknell, 1995 Box 4 Folder 040c
Letter from Truman Capote to students of Casco (Me.) Junior Box 4 Folder 040d High School--references "Country of the Pointed Firs", 1979
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Jewett Photographs Title/Description Instances Photograph of SOJ reading by Hollyer, undated Box 5 Folder 041
Photograph of SOJ profile, undated Box 5 Folder 042
Photograph of SOJ near desk, undated Box 5 Folder 043
Photograph of SOJ in academic robes, undated Box 5 Folder 044
Photograph of SOJ by Karl Thaxter, undated Box 5 Folder 045
Negatives: two of SOJ, one of house, undated Box 5 Folder 046
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Photograph of Annie Fields, undated Box 5 Folder 047
Photographs of Olive Grant, undated Box 5 Folder 048
Photograph of John Tucker, undated Box 5 Folder 049
Photographs of the exterior of Sarah Orne Jewett's South Berwick Box 5 Folder 050 home, undated
Photographs of the interior of Sarah Orne Jewett's South Berwick Box 5 Folder 051 home, undated
Framed photograph of the first floor front hall of Sarah Orne Box 5 Folder 052 Jewett's South Berwick home, undated
SPNEA photograph of the exterior of Sarah Orne Jewett's South Box 5 Folder 053 Berwick home by J. David Bohl [1984], 1984
Photographs of Sarah Orne Jewett's summer home in Tenants Box 5 Folder 054 Harbor, undated
Photograph of school house in Tenants Harbor, 1984 Box 5 Folder 055
SPNEA photograph of Hamilton House, South Berwick by J. Box 5 Folder 056 David Bohl, 1984
Photographs of Hamilton House, South Berwick, undated Box 5 Folder 057
Gundalow photograph, undated Box 5 Folder 058
5 x 7 glass plate, photo of Jewett in academic robes, 1902 Box 5 Folder 058a
A printed portrait of SOJ with inscription, undated Box 5 Folder 059
Framed portrait of SOJ from book with handwritten inscription, Box 5 Folder 060 undated
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Jewett Memorabilia Title/Description Instances Insert: Notes and poem, undated Box 5 Folder 061
Insert: Scrap with doodles, undated Box 5 Folder 062
Insert: John Greenleaf Whittiers' sonnet "Godspeed" copied by Box 5 Folder 063 Sarah Orne Jewett, undated
A printed photograph of home with inscription to Mrs. Hayes and Box 5 Folder 064 SOJ signature, undated
A SOJ signature and copy negatives, undated Box 5 Folder 065
A SOJ signature, 1896 March 31 Box 5 Folder 066
A SOJ signature with Arthur Helps quote, 1878 April 18 Box 5 Folder 067
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Box 5 Folder 068
Insert: Pressed flower, undated Box 5 Folder 069
Insert: Pages of notes, unidentified, from Common Book, undated Box 5 Folder 070
Insert: Handwritten copy of Thomas Jefferson quote, undated Box 5 Folder 071
Insert: letter to Katherine Foster Marston from Curtis R. ? found in Box 5 Folder 071a "The Tory Lover", 1959
Inserts from the Bicknell Collection, 1959 Box 5 Folder 071b
Oil painting of Exeter, New Hampshire house attributed to SOJ, Box 5 Folder 072 1884 July 2
Pitcher Box 5 Folder 073
Stained glass wreath by Sarah Wyman Whitman Box 5 Folder 074
Scans (color) of stained glass wreath by Sarah Wyman Whitman Box 5 Folder 074a
Handkerchief, undated Box 5 Folder 075
Calling cards for Sarah Orne and Mary R. Jewett with case Box 5 Folder 076
Bookmark "Xmas, 1890 MOR", 1890 Box 5 Folder 077
Bookmark Berwick Academy, [1891] Box 5 Folder 078
Berwick Academy broadside for "The Berwick Scholar", undated Box 5 Folder 079
Chapter "Washburndale" from Robert Collyer to Sarah and Mary Box 5 Folder 080 Jewett, undated
Obituary and funeral notice for SOJ, 1909 June 25 Box 5 Folder 081
Pen and ink drawing of SOJ's home by H.E. "Tommy" Thompson, Box 5 Folder 082 circa 1930
Printed photograph of the South Berwick house signed by Mary R. Box 5 Folder 083 Jewett, 1912 December 16
Postcards of three South Berwick locations, 1909, 1924, 1930 Box 5 Folder 084
Postcards, early 1900s Box 5 Folder 084a
Excerpt from "Dogs of Noted Americans" by Gertrude Van R. Box 5 Folder 085 Wickham prepared by Gary W. Woolson, 1996
Boston Theatre program for "Modjeska", 1900 Box 5 Folder 086
Program for Fogg Memorial Centennial at Berwick Academy, Box 5 Folder 087 1994
"At the grave of Sarah Orne Jewett" by Loring William, undated Box 5 Folder 088
Portrait of SOJ by Douglas Alvord, 1987 Box 5 Folder 089
Photograph of portrait of SOJ by Douglas Alvord, 1987 Box 5 Folder 090
Catalog for the Douglas Alvord exhibition "Sarah Orne Jewett The Box 5 Folder 091 Country of the Pointed Firs", 1991 - Page 22- Sarah Orne Jewett collection, 1801-1997
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Jewett Family and Business Records Title/Description Instances "Lecture Upon Electricity" by Theo. M. Jewett, undated Box 6 Folder 092
Membership list of First Parish Church of South Berwick, 1828 Box 6 Folder 093 February 28
Maine Medical Association eulogy for Theodore H. Jewett, 1879 Box 6 Folder 094
Theodore Jewett Eastman obituary, undated Box 6 Folder 095
Journal of family expenses, 1836 September 8-1838 September 8 Box 6 Folder 096
Olive Cushing receipt, 1843 April 4 Box 6 Folder 097
Mr. Jewett receipt, 1845 October 2 Box 6 Folder 098
T.H. Jewett hotel bill, 1875 November 6 Box 6 Folder 099
Capt.Theo. F. Jewett receipts, 1836-1843 Box 6 Folder 100
Capt.Theo. F. Jewett receipts, 1844-1845 Box 6 Folder 101
James Jewett receipt, 1801 May 8 Box 6 Folder 102
William D. Jewett Co. receipt, 1836 Box 6 Folder 103
William D. Jewett Co. receipt, 1839 Box 6 Folder 104
William D. Jewett Co. receipt, 1840 Box 6 Folder 105
William D. Jewett Co. receipt, 1841 Box 6 Folder 106
William D. Jewett Co. receipts, 1842 Box 6 Folder 107
William D. Jewett Co. receipts, 1843 Box 6 Folder 108
William D. Jewett Co. receipts, 1844 Box 6 Folder 109
William D. Jewett Co. receipts, 1845 Box 6 Folder 110
Poem manuscript "The Mountain Maid's Invitation" by Louise D. Box 6 Folder 111 Wadsworth (relative), undated
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