Guide to the Chamberlain Family Papers
Summary Information:
Collection Title:
Chamberlain Family Papers
Date of Collection: 1800-1914
Box Numbers: Box 248
Quantity: 1 ft.
Administrative Information:
Provenance:
Initially purchased from A.F. Winslow of Windsor, CT in 1969. Subsequent acquisitions gifts from A.F. Winslow.
Access Restrictions: No Restrictions
Preferred Citation: Chamberlain Family Papers, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine
Copyright: Contact department for copyright information
For Additional Information:Special Collections Department
University of Maine
5729 Fogler Library
Orono, Maine 04469-5729
(207) 581 1686
Biographical Information:
The Chamberlain family of Brewer, Maine consisted of Joshua and Sarah Dupee Brastow Chamberlain and their five children, Joshua Lawrence, Horace, Sarah, John Calhoun, and Thomas Davee. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was a Union Army Officer who commanded the 20th Maine and was awarded the Medal of Honor. He was a graduate of Bowdoin college, an educator, and served as governor of the State of Maine from 1867 to 1871 and as President of Bowdoin College from 1871 to 1883.
Contents:
Letters, addresses, official papers, autographs, portraits and material on the chamberlain Family. Manuscripts and galley proofs of Joshua L. Chamberlain's book The Passing of the Armies (1915).
Finding
Aid:
(A more detailed finding aid to the Chamberlain
Family Papers is available)
Box 248
| Folder 1 | Farrington, Charles Oliver, 1837- . Patent for an improvement in a machine for turning or edging bricks, 1859. 1 item. |
| Folder 2 | Chamberlain, Horace. 1834- . Papers, 1847-1860. 2 items. Note to Horace Chamberlain, appointment as Justice of the Peace. |
| Folder 3 | Papers relating to the Mill Dam School district, Brewer, Maine, 1829-1857. 54 items. |
| Folder 4 | Chamberlain, Joshua, Jr., 1800-1880. Study book, 1821. [88]p. Contains lessons in geometry, trigonometry, and surveying. |
| Folder 5 | Chamberlain Thomas Davee, 1841 - . Papers, 1863-1865. 6 items. Letter, port., signature, account of his military career, appointment to Lieut. Colonel, list of Fortieth Regiment, Maine volunteers under Captain Thomas Chamberlain. |
| Folder 6 | Chamberlain, Jefferson. Papers, 1820-72. 7 items. Receipts, letter, deeds bearing signature of Jefferson Chamberlain as register. |
| Folder 7 |
Miscellaneous items relating to Chamberlain Family, 1827-1857. 5 items. Account sheets, p.5 of letter, lumber specifications, notebook. |
| Folder 8 | Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence, 1828-1914. Diplomas from Bowdoin College, Baccalaurealem in Artibus; Magistralem in Artibus, 1855. 2 items. |
| Folder 9 | Chamberlain, Horace B. 1834- . Bill from Bowdoin College, appointment to Justice of the Peace, correspondence, diploma from Bowdoin College, 1855-60. 6 items. |
| Folder 10 | Everett, J.H. Letters, 1863. 2 items. Letters written to his mother from Albany, N.Y. and Williamsport (no state). |
| Folder 11 | Author(s) unknown. Poems, essays, 186-? 15 items. |
| Folder 12 | Author unknown. Sermons, essays, 1853-1864. 40 items. |
| Folder 13 | Chamberlain, John Calhoun, 1838-1867. Essays, themes, poems, diploma from Bangor Theological Seminary, New Testament given by his mother, 1858-1864. 7 items. |
| Folder 14 | Farrington family papers, 1816-1955. 39 items. Receipts, advertising flyers, legal papers, photographs, study books, correspondence, pamphlet, "Farrington Memorial." |
| Folder 15 | Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence, 1828-1914. Address of Gen. Joshua L. Chamberlain at the dedication of the Maine monuments on the battlefield of Gettysburg, October 3, 1893. Augusta, Maine Farmers' Almanac Press 1895. 15p. |
| Folder 16 | Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence, 1828-1914. Letters, 1852-1910. 14 items. |
| Folder 17 | Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence, 1828-1914. Portraits, signatures. 6 items. |
| Folder 18 | Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence, 1828-1914. Newspapers and clippings relating to Gen. Joshua Chamberlain, 1858-1914. 4 items. |
| Folder 19 | Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence, 1828-1914. Papers, 1851-1958. 20 items. Includes speech, biographical articles, sermons, translation of poetry, excerpt from will, order blank for Passing of the Armies, campaign flyers, receipts, themes, invitation, release deed, descriptive list of soldier, letter asking for information about Joshua L. Chamberlain. |
| Folder 20 | Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence, 1828-1914. Papers, 1852-1872. 8 items. Includes certificate of qualifications for ministry, 2 legal papers signed as governor, receipt of gift to Bowdoin College when president, 4 copies of order of exercises for Bowdoin College, 1852. |
| Folder 21 | Chamberlain Joshua, 1800-1880. Papers, 1847-1879. 57 items. Contains correspondence, signatures, lumbering information. |
| Folder 22 | Blake, Brigadier General. Letter, 1812, July 23, Brewer, [Maine] to John Farrington, Brewer. [2]p. Asks aid in defending country during War of 1812. |
| Folder 23 | Pension statement of John Farrington. 1843, Sept. 4, Penobscot County. [2]p. Statement for Revolutionary Pensioner. |
| Folder 24 | Genealogies of the Chamberlain and Farrington families, typed genealogies compiled at Brewer Public Library, 1973, Genealogy of Chamberlain family dates back to the time of William the Conqueror. 3 items. |
| Folder 25 | Legal papers, 1829-1882. 72 items. Deeds, receipts, agreements, bills, other legal papers of the Chamberlain family, many relating to lumbering in Maine. |
| Folder 26 | Chamberlain, Sarah Brastow. Papers, 1825-1881. 3 items. 2 letters, valuation and tax statement. |
| Folder 27 | Chamberlain, John Calhoun, 1838-1867. Book of poems and quotations, 1858-1860. 1v. |
| Folder 28 | Queen Mary's escape, a musical score. 1p. |
| Folder 29 | Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence, 1828-1914. The passing of the Armies, [by Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain]. xvii, 391p. Printer's proofs. |
| Folder 30 | Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence, 1828-1914. The Passing of the Armies, [by] Joshua L. Chamberlain. Unnumbered manuscript with notes. |
| Folder 31 | Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Commandery of the State of Maine. In memoriam. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, late Major-General U. S. V. Circular No. 5, Series of 1914, whole number, 328. 14p. |
| Folder 32 | Chamberlain, Joshua L. Ruling powers in history. Address delivered at Thomaston, Maine on the three hundredth anniversary of the visit of George Waymouth to the St. George's River, July 6, 1905. |
| Folder 33 | Chamberlain, Joshua L. Abraham Lincoln seen from the field in the war for the Union. A paper read before the Commandery of the State of Pennsylvania, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, February 12, 1909. 21p. |
| Folder 34 | Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence. Five Forks: A paper read before the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, Commandery of Maine, May 2, 1901. Portland, Me., Lefavor - Tower Co., 1902. 48p. |
| Folder 35 | Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence. Military operations on the White Oak Road, Virginia, March 31, 1865. [Read before the Military Order of the Loyal Legion Commandery of Maine. Dec. 6, 1893.] Portland, Me., the Thurston Print, 1897. 49p. |
| Folder 36 | To his Excellency Gen. Joshua L. Chamberlain. Gorham Seminary, March 7, 1871. 1p. Poem, no author. |
| Folder 37 | Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence. Authors proof “My Story of Fredericksburg” Cosmopolitan Magazine, 1912. |
Finding Aids for selected manuscript collections in the Special Collections Department at Fogler Library are accessible online in URSUS, in a browsable Guide to Manuscript Collections, and in a keyword searchable database. Please contact Special Collections at spc@umit.maine.edu or (207) 581-1686 for further information.
Revised: 01/28/2008
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