The Luella Pettee Fund was established during 1939-40 as a memorial to Mrs. Charles H. (Luella) Pettee. The fund generates small gifts to needy and worthy women undergraduates of the University of New Hampshire. This series contains the records of the Luella Pettee Fund Committee. Included are committee minutes and correspondence from donors.
Luther Locke (1820-1892) was a dentist and physician who had been trained at Harvard Medical School. He also served as a Union Army surgeon in the American Civil War. This collection is mostly comprised of papers from his Civil War service.
Lydia Hall (b. 1788?) was a member of the Hubbard family of Walpole, N.H. A letter to Sanuel J. Hubbard, Walpole, NH in which Hall describes Manchester, N.H., mentions hearing “a collard [sic] man from Canida [sic]” who wanted money to assist “runaway slaves in getting up a school for the children” and also discusses other, more personal matters.
Lysander H. Carroll was born in Croydon, NH on October 8, 1835. He was educated in the public schools, earned his own living from youth. In 1895 he moved to Concord and in 1879 was appointed by President Hayes, postmaster of the city, serving two terms and inaugurating the free mail delivery system. In 1899 he was appointed labor commissioner of the state of New Hampshire and so served until 1911. This collection of letters concerning routine business he received in his role of Commissioner of…
This 50 page journal, primarily covering the years 1843-1844, contains entries on women’s rights and the works of the poet John Keats. In the back are genealogies of Eli Demerit(t) (1696) and Nathaniel Young (1794), suggesting that perhaps the author was a member of one of these families.
Margaret Carson Hubbard (1897-1989) was born in Clinton, Iowa. She accompanied her husband Wynant, a geologist, to Northern Rhodesia in 1922. After her divorce, she returned to Africa in 1936 to film a documentary, the first of a number of trips. During World War II, Mrs. Hubbard was employed by the United States War Department African section as an analyst. After the war, she was Vice Consul in the Auxiliary…
This scrapbook was created by Marion Dunlap Williams True, Class of 1923, from Portsmouth, NH. She graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1923 with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering. She was a member of Alpha Xi Delta, the Mathematics Club, the Folk Club and she played Class Basketball. She went on to become a teacher and married Lawrence M. True in 1927. This scrapbook is comprised of items dating from the…
Private Mark H. Haskell of Windham, N.H. (son of Edward Haskell and Clara Haskell) served in Company E of the 301st Engineers of the American Expaditionary Force. He wrote to his parents from basic training in Fort Devon Mass., as well as England, France, and Germany. 56 letters home to his parents describing weather, military life, equipment, and local civilians. The letters are dated May 30 1918-May 7 1919.
Author from Northwood, NH. He is best known for his book The Death of the Detective, which was nominated for the National Book Award in 1974. This collection contains 24 letters written mostly to his editors at Little, Brown and Company, about his career as a novelist. In 1964, there is a 4 page letter that is written as an autobiography and analysis of his own work. Other letters are about his next novel and its…
Town of Marlborough New Hampshire, Cheshire County. One page description of the town of Marlborough, N.H. The document contains information about the town’s boundaries and geography, roads and schools, churches and ministers, notable residents, and a brief history of its settlement and incorporation.
Martin Delbrouck was born in Belgium in 1909 and resided in Durham, New Hampshire, where he operated a print shop in the 1930′s and served as the University’s publisher. He was publisher of The Durham News, the town’s first newspaper, from 1932-1933. In 1944, Delbrouck joined forces with Mrs. Oren V. Henderson and created Durham Notes to keep local servicemen informed of day-to-day events in Durham. The Martin…
Martin Snow, Civil War sailor, was born in Boston, Mass. in 1839 and died in Blair, Neb. in 1891. He married Caroline Augusta Barker in 1860 and was buried in Pittsfield, N.H., where he once lived and where his daughter, Lena Snow Sargent, resided. Contains a 92-page diary kept by Martin Snow from 1861 to 1862. The diary documents Snow’s experiences as a Navy sailor during the Civil War, his financial accounts, and some of his literary efforts. Included with the diary is Snow’s enlistment…
Martin V. B. Tewkesbury (1834-1900) of Danville, New Hampshire was primarily a farmer who grew potatoes, corn, and wheat, and also raised sheep and pigs. He supplemented his income by means of a saw and cider mill which were constantly in use depending on the season. He hauled huge quantities of wood and cider to neighboring villages and towns by horse-drawn wagon. He also owned a shingle machine for the production…
Martin Woodman Hoyt (1847-1924) was born in Northwood, N.H. He attended both Pittsfield Academy and Dartmouth College. Attending these schools with him was Nathan Robert Goss [1846-1905; Rye, N.H.]. The two became friends and lifelong collaborators in the production of “highly stylized tales of mystery, romance, and the frontier.” The collection contains the letters, of Martin Woodman Hoyt to Nathan…
This book was kept by Mary Merrill (Weeks) Cleasby (1815, Warren NH - 12 May 1886, Wentworth NH). Other prominent family names in the text include Merrill (her mother’s surname at birth) and Kezer (her sister Hannah’s married name). Cleasby’s single notebook is filled with poems commemorating deceased family members and neighbors. Three pages in the middle of the book list the Civil War draft roll for the towns of…
Mary Helson (1845-1896) and Irvin Folsom (1841-1917) owned a small farm in Raymond, N.H. They were married in 1865 in Epping N.H.; their three children were Maud Eliza (1867-1942), Nellie Allen (1870-after 1910), and Frank (1876-1976). They made their living growing, saving, and selling seed as well as produce and some meat. Mary’s diaries are dated 1876, 1877, 1881, 1882, and 1884-1885. Irvin’s are from 1867 and 1914. While Mary’s writing focuses mostly on the day to day family and household…
Maurice E. Bowes (b. 1923) was born in Greenfield, N.H. He enlisted in January 1943 and served with distinction in World War II as a first engineer and top turret gunner on a B24 bomber, being awarded a Purple Heart, two oak leaf clusters and an air medal. He was shot down over Rumania and held as a prisoner-of-war in Bucharest until the Rumanians capitulated a month later. The Maurice E. Bowes papers consist of…
Frederick Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966), the son of Stephen Parrish, was born in 1870 and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts from 1892-1894. In 1898, he purchased “The Oaks”, an estate in Plainfield, NH and became a member of the flourishing artist community in nearby Cornish, N.H. Parrish is best known for his paintings and illustrations, although he was also “a clever craftsman in both metal and wood.” He died in 1966 at the age of 96. Three letters written by Maxfield Parrish…
Poet and novelist who lived in Warner, New Hampshire. Four letters between Maxine Kumin and William B. Ewert in 1973 that document the publication of Kumin’s poem “On Digging Out Old Lilacs” in the Friends of the University of New Hampshire Library Newsletter (Dec. 1973). Also included is a typescript copy of the poem, a program from Kumin’s reading at the Writer’s Forum, State University of New York at Brockport (Feb. 1976), and a photograph of Kumin.
Jim Mayo is one of the few western square dance callers who began dancing in the more traditional style taught by Ralph Page and was later mentored in calling by Al Brundage. Mayo went on to be a founding member and chairman of CALLERLAB (est. 1972). His interest in the history of western square dance led to his 2003 book “Step by Step Through Modern Square Dance History”. The collection consists of papers…
Michael McKernan is a caller, fiddler, and banjo player from Putney, VT. He was involved in the contra dance band Applejack, as well as the Brattleboro Brass Band, and completed many dance/music residencies in area schools. He has published widely on the history of New England contra dance, and organized the Brattleboro Dawn Dances in the late 1970s. The Michael McKernan papers consist of correspondence, …
James McQueston (1794-1853) was the father of Jonathan Young McQueston (1821-1901), both of Manchester, N.H. The McQueston Family Papers consist of two land deeds for tracts purchased by James McQueston in 1818 and 1828, a receipt for a tooth extraction for his son Jonathan, three Manchester tax bills dated 1850-1852, and Jonathan McQueston's commission to the Manchester police department in 1858.
Robert Comer McQuillen (1923-2014) was a distinguished New England contra and square dance musician whose highly influential career spanned nearly 65 years and all of North America and Western Europe. This collection consists of materials relating to and generated by the musical career of Robert Comer McQuillen (1923-2014).
The New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts was formed in 1866 in Hanover, NH. The college moved to Durham, NH in 1893. This series contains inventories taken of the stock and apparatus of the Mechanic Arts Department. The inventories include the contemporary prices of each item named.
The UNH Media Relations Office is charged with generating stories about the University to both campus and off-campus audiences. Chief among such stories are those that center around the University Presidents. This series includes the Media Relations files on UNH Presidents Robert Chandler, John McConnell, Eugene Mills, Evelyn Handler, Gordon Haaland, Dale Nitzschke and Joan Leitzel as well as interim presidents, Jere Chase, Thomas Fairchild and Walter Peterson. It includes press realeases,…
. In 1970, UNH Photo Service was merged with the Audio Visual Center as a new Department of Media Service in Dimond Library. This collection consists of projects, scripts (including topics like women's history and Franco-Americans in New Hampshire), committee files, correspondence, releases, annual reports, and publications.
Mekeel McBride (1950-) is a writer who studied under Samuel Yellen, as well as going on to teach at Harvard, Princeton, Wheaton, and UNH (1979-present). Her books include A Change in the Weather (Chowder Chapbooks, 1979), No Ordinary World (1979), The Going Under of the Evening Land (1983), Red Letter Days (1988), Wind of the White Dresses (1995), and The Deepest Part of the River (2001), all published by Carnegie…
John Conant of Jaffrey, NH made several offers to the State of New Hampshire with regards to an agricultural college. He first offered his farm and $30,000 for the location and establishment of the agricultural college. That offer was declined and the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts was located in Hanover, NH in 1866. The next offer was a gift of $12,000 to be used for the erection of buildings for an experimental farm on the condition that the state contribute the…
Ezekiel Webster Dimond was the first faculty member of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. This series consists of one folder containing a tribute to Ezekiel Webster Dimond. The pages trace Dimond from his birth in 1836 to his death in 1876. It was written in 1877 by Joseph B. Webster and printed by Edward A. Jenks.
The MUB Board of Governors was created to enhance the learning experience and participation of students as well as increase their involvement in the governance of the Memorial Union. Topics concerned in the Board of Governors purposes include space allocation, programming, and the operations relating to educational and entertainment facilities for UNH students and members of the Durham community. This series…
The Alumni Association was responsible for initiating a fund drive to build the Memorial Union Building. This series contains some of the materials used in soliciting funds for the memorial union building. It also contains names of veterans who served in the wars, obtained in 1953 from the office of the Mayor of Manchester, NH.
The Men's Inter-dormitory Council was formed in 1947. Its purpose was to act as a liaison unit between dormitory men and the administration. This notebook contains the minutes from the monthly meetings of the Men's Inter-dormitory Council for the years 1949-1954.
Reuben Merchant was a western-style square dance and international folk dance caller from Nassau, New York. The collection consists of circa 1000 45 RPM and LP records, and a small amount of textual material.
The Merrimack Valley Branch of the University of New Hampshire was established in Manchester in September 1967. The branch started as an extension center. There were thirty-one credit courses, taught almost entirely by regular faculty members from the main campus, and enrolling 590 students. There also were seven short-term certificate courses enrolling 231. The first branch director, Frederick J. Robinson '49, had…
The Merrimack Valley Branch of the University of New Hampshire was established in Manchester in September 1967. This collection contains correspondence and papers from the various directors and deans of Merrimack Valley Branch. The list of names includes: Gordon O. Thayer, Director of the Division of Industrial and Community Services, Director Frederick Robinson, Chairman Raymond Hubbard, Dean Roger Bernard, …
The Merrimack Valley Branch of the University of New Hampshire was established in Manchester in September 1967. This collection contains a Facilities history and plan, Reports on Energy Studies, and a report on the buildings of Merrimack Valley Branch. It also includes reports from the Property and Planning and Development Committees, and the Physical Plant Development meeting notes.
The Merrimack Valley Branch of the University of New Hampshire was established in Manchester in September 1967. The branch started as an extension center. There were thirty-one credit courses, taught almost entirely by regular faculty members from the main campus, and enrolling 590 students. There also were seven short-term certificate courses enrolling 231. The first branch director, Frederick J. Robinson '49, had…
The Merrimack Valley Branch of the University of New Hampshire was established in Manchester in September 1967. The branch started as an extension center. There were thirty-one credit courses, taught almost entirely by regular faculty members from the main campus, and enrolling 590 students. There also were seven short-term certificate courses enrolling 231. The first branch director, Frederick J. Robinson '49, had…
The Merrimack Valley Branch of the University of New Hampshire was established in Manchester in September 1967. This collection contains miscellaneous papers and handbooks from the library of Merrimack Valley Branch.
The Merrimack Valley Branch of the University of New Hampshire was established in Manchester in September 1967. This collection contains various publications for the public and from the institution of Merrimack Valley Branch including course bulletins and brochures, and news bulletins for fall, spring, and summer semesters. A staff and student handbook is included as well as a few volumes of the intercollegiate…
The Merrimack Valley College began as a branch of the University of New Hampshire in 1967. This collection contains materials, studies, and reports relating to the Accreditation of Merrimack Valley College and papers from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.
