Angling
- David C. Seybold is the editor of several anthologies, and lives in Damariscotta, Maine. The David C. Seybold Collection consists of book proposals, correspondence, and drafts related to Seybold's books written 1980-2008.
- Special CollectionsJoseph Seccombe (1706-1760) was a parish minister in Kingston, N.H. A sermon by Rev. Seccombe, titled Business and Diversion inoffensive to God...A Discourse utter’d in Part at Ammauskeeg-Falls, in the Fishing-Season, is the earliest known document pertaining to recreation published during the…
- Special CollectionsDr. Richard J. Phillips (30 May 1861-30 March 1927) was the son of Harvey Phillips (1810-1876) and Anne B. Bailey (1820-1887). He married Lydia R. Meridith (1868-1927) in 1890. The family was longtime residents of south-eastern Pennsylvania. Richard J. Phillips's commonplace book, dated 1894-1901…
- Special CollectionsCharles F. Orvis (1856-1915) founded The Orvis Company in 1856 in his hometown of Manchester, Vermont. The company produced fishing rods, reels, and associated items of tackle. The company is now called Orvis and is known for its sporting equipment,…
- Special CollectionsIn 1969 Dick opened the Dick Surette Fly Fishing Shop in North Conway and later published his Trout and Salmon Fly Index book of fly patterns. The book was printed in a loose-leaf binder which allowed the owner to add additional updates as they came along. In 1978 he published the first issue of…
- Special CollectionsL. James (Jim) Bashline, son of J. Stanley and Mildred S. Bashline, was born in Tioga, PA on November 18, 1931. He was educated at Pennsylvania State University and Albright Art School, after which he entered the field of journalism. The James and…
- Special CollectionsCharles Theodore Russell (1881-1961) was the son of Joseph Ballister Russell, a merchant of Boston. He lived in Falmouth and Boston, Massachusetts. In 1906 he married Louise Rust and they had four children, Charles T. (b. 1907), Henry D. (b. 1910),…
- Special CollectionsL. James (Jim) Bashline, son of J. Stanley and Mildred S. Bashline, was born in Tioga, PA on November 18, 1931. He was educated at Pennsylvania State University and Albright Art School, after which he entered the field of journalism. The James and…
- Special CollectionsDaniel Hopkinson was born in Bradford, Essex County, MA on January 22, 1783, the son of Daniel and Hannah Hopkinson. He married Sarah Poore (1793-1867) in 1816. They had one daughter, Abigail. Hopkinson spent his entire life in Essex County, near the…
- Special CollectionsEmlyn Metcalf Gill, born in Walpole, N.H., was a sportman and writer. Five letters written by Emlyn Gill. Gill wrote three of the letters to Eugene V. Connett, sports writer and founder of the Derrydale Press. They rail against “worm fishing” and present a case for dry-fly fishing as opposed to wet…
- Special CollectionsHenry Van Dyke (1852-1933) was a clergyman, Princeton University professor of English literature, and sports writer. Four (4) letters from angling author Henry Van Dyke to Eugene V. Connett, sports writer and founder of the Derrydale Press. The letters primarily concern Van Dyke’s commitments to…
- Special CollectionsIda C. Humphrey was born in Dec. 1854. She did not marry or have children. Four page letter written by Ida C. Humphrey from Camp Diamond, Diamond Ponds, Stewartstown, NH to Addie W. Paul of Newfield, N.H. The letter describes Humphrey’s stay at Camp Diamond, including her accommodations and…
