Keywords: Author homes
Item 11188
Sophie May House in Norridgewock, ca. 1845
Contributed by: Norridgewock Historical Society Date: circa 1845 Location: Norridgewock Media: Photographic print
Item 33326
Joseph T. & Ella Jordan Mason home, Biddeford, 1896
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1896 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 151565
Clifford cottage on Cushing Island, Portland, 1908-1912
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1908–1912 Location: Portland Client: Phillip G. Clifford Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Item 151493
Longfellow's Birthplace on corner of Fore and Hancock, Portland, 1950
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1950-04-26 Location: Portland Client: unknown Architect: John Howard Stevens and John Calvin Stevens II Architects
Exhibit
Published women authors with ties to Maine are too numerous to count. They have made their marks in all types of literature.
Exhibit
Student Exhibit: Rebecca Sophie Clarke
Sophie May, whose real name was Rebecca Clarke, was the author of over 40 books between 1861 and 1903. She wrote the "Little Prudy Series" based on the little town of Norridgewock.
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Old Berwick Historical Society
View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo Raynes remembrance of trip around Cape Horn
"… Raynes' death in 1914 when the unidentified author found a transcript he thought was lost of Raynes' remembrances of the trip around Cape Horn."
Story
In an Old, Abandoned Island House, I Found my Mentor and my Muse
by Robin Clifford Wood
An aspiring writer finds inspiration and a mentor from the past in an old island home.
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
