Collection title: Myrtle G. Doane Papers
Collection number: MS 142
Date of collection: 1960s-1970s
Size of collection: 2 boxes
Biography
Born in Lynn, Mass., graduated from Lynn English High School. Lived in Brownfield, Maine. A newspaper columnist and poet, belonged to the National League of American Pen Women. She was recognized by the National Freedoms Foundation with the Washington Medal five times. Was also a teacher. Author of the poem, "I Am An American."
Scope and Content Note
Collection of correspondence, clippings, pamphlets, and publications in which Mrs. Doane's poems appear.
Contents of Boxes
Box 576
Anthology of railroad poems, 1971. Birmingham Alabama, Thom Hendricks Assoc.,
1971.
Includes Black Knight by Myrtle Doane.
Margaret Burr Todd...Orr's Island, Maine. Profile written by Myrtle C. Doane. Typescript.
Poems, pamphlets, clippings relating to Myrtle Doane. Publications vary.
Adventures of Freddy the pug dog from Maine, by Myrtle Doane. Brownfield, Me., the author, 1972.
Box 576a
Biographical information about Loring Williams.
Brownfield news, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977.
Editorials, poetry, letters, and miscellaneous works of Myrtle Doane.
Flavors and savors from Down East, by Myrtle Doane. Brownfield, Me., the author, 1973.
Luck-Duck, the North Conway, New Hampshire duck, a children's story, by Myrtle Doane, drawings by Alfred M. Doane. Brownfield, Me., the author, 1971.
Material by and about Dr. Adrian Scolten collected by Myrtle Doane.
Ornithology.
Re-echoes of lyrical echoes of freedom by Myrtle Doane.
Sounds of Maine, by Myrtle Doane. Brownfield, Me., the author, 1973.
Think ecology with haiku, by Myrtle Doane. Brownfield, Me., the author, 10-72.
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.
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