Durham
- Special CollectionsRobert P. Tristram Coffin (1892-1955) grew up in Brunswick, Maine on a “saltwater farm.” He attended Bowdoin, Princeton, and Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar before, as well as after, serving two years in World War I. He taught at…
- Special CollectionsHarriet Sophia Coe (1840-1916) was born in Lubec, Maine, married Joseph William Coe on December 2, 1861 and resided in Durham, New Hampshire. The collection consists of 17 diaries written between 1897 and 1916 by Harriet Sophia (Churchill) Coe. These…
- Special CollectionsMajor Paul L. Briand, Jr. was a World War II veteran, a 1948 graduate of the University of New Hampshire, and a commissioned officer in the US Air Force. In 1967, the State University of New York, Oswego appointed Briand as a full professor and he…
- Special CollectionsGladys Ames Brannigan (1882-1944) was born in Hingham, MA. She attended Georgetown University, earning her B.A. in 1903 and M.A. in 1904, and later studied at the Corcoran College of Art and Design. In 1910 she exhibited at the WCC, and in 1911 with…
- Special CollectionsDonald Babcock was a philosophy professor at the University of New Hampshire. He joined the history department of New Hampshire College (as it was then known) in 1918 and in 1944 created the UNH Philosophy Department, for which he served as chairman…
- Special CollectionsThe Adams family resided at Adams Point in Durham, New Hampshire from 1835 until 1960. The principal figures of the family are: “Reformation” John Adams (1791-1851), Methodist minister and founder of the Adams Point branch of the family, his son Enoch…
