Special Collections: Guide to the Julianna FreeHand Collection

Summary Information

Collection Title: Julianna FreeHand Collection
Collection Number: MS 187
Dates of Collection: 1870 - 1908
Box Numbers: 1191
Quantity: 1 box

Administrative Information

Provenance: On loan from Julianna FreeHand
Access Restrictions: Kept at Fogler Library's offsite storage facility. One week's notice required for retrieval
Preferred Citation: 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

Julianna FreeHand is the author of A Seafaring Legacy, a book which tells the story of Sumner Drinkwater (1859-1942), captain of the barque “Grace Deering” from 1897-1903, and his wife, Alice (1861-1915), who often accompanied him at sea.

Contents

Diaries and letters of Sumner Drinkwater, a Maine sea captain and his wife, Alice Gray Drinkwater, 1870 - 1908. Consists of some of the materials used by Julianna FreeHand in the writing of A Seafaring Legacy.

Arrangement

Diaries arranged chronologically.

Box 1191

Folder 1	Finding Aid
Folder 2	Sumner Drinkwater Diary 1872
Folder 3	Sumner Drinkwater Diary 1873
Folder 4	Sumner Drinkwater Diary 1874
Folder 5	Sumner Drinkwater Diary 1879
Folder 6	Sumner Drinkwater Diary 1880
Folder 7	Sumner Drinkwater Diary 1881
Folder 8	Sumner Drinkwater Diary 1882
Folder 9	Sumner Drinkwater Diary 1885
Folder 10	Sumner Drinkwater Diary 1886
Folder 11	Sumner Drinkwater Diary 1887
Folder 12	Sumner Drinkwater Diary 1888
Folder 13	Sumner Drinkwater Diary 1889
Folder 14	Sumner Drinkwater Diary 1890
Folder 15	Sumner Drinkwater Diary 1891
Folder 16	Sumner Drinkwater Diary 1892
Folder 17	Sumner Drinkwater Diary 1895
Folder 18	Sumner Drinkwater Diary 1899
Folder 19	Sumner Drinkwater Diary 1990
Folder 20	Sumner Drinkwater Diary 1991
Folder 21	Sumner Drinkwater Diary 1902
Folder 22	Sumner Drinkwater Diary 1903
Folder 23	Sumner Drinkwater Diary 1904
Folder 24	Sumner Drinkwater Diary 1905
Folder 25	Sumner Drinkwater Diary 1909
Folder 26	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Father, 13 Jul. 1870
Folder 27	Letter from S[umnner] P. D[rinkwater] to Father, 9 Feb. 1872
Folder 28	Letter from S[umner] P. Drinkwater to Father, 3 Sept. 1872
Folder 29	Letter from S[umner] P. Drinkwater to Father, 1 Aug. 1875
Folder 30	Letter from Father to Sumner [Drinkwater], 22 Nov. 1889 - 25 Nov. 1889
Folder 31	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Mother, 4 Oct. 1898
Folder 32	Letter from Rob. P. Pooley to Capt. and Mrs. Drinkwater, 19 Jan 1899
Folder 33	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Alice [Drinkwater], 1 May 1899
Folder 34	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Alice [Drinkwater], 3 May 1899
Folder 35	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Alice [Drinkwater], 5 May 1899
Folder 36	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Cousin Eva, 12 May 1899 - 16 June 1899
Folder 37	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Alice [Drinkwater], 14 May 1899-24 Sept 1899
Folder 38	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Alice [Drinkwater], 24 June 1899
Folder 39	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Alice [Drinkwater], 7 Oct. 1899-30 Oct. [1899]
Folder 40	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Alice [Drinkwater], 6 Nov 1899
Folder 41	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Alice [Drinkwater], 15 Feb 1900
Folder 42	Letter from Benj. Webster to U,S. Inspectos of Steam Vessels (copy), 2 Mar. 1900
Folder 43	Letter from Alice Drinkwater to Hattie, 20 Aug. 1900
Folder 44	Letter from N. W. Rice Co. to S. P. Drinkwater, 16 Mar. 1903
Folder 45	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Alice [Drinkwater], 15 Dec. 1903
Folder 46	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Alice [Drinkwater], 7 Feb. 1904-27 Mar. 1904
Folder 47	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Alice [Drinkwater], 31 Mar. 1904
Folder 48	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Alice [Drinkwater], 10 Apr. 1904
Folder 49	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Alice [Drinkwater], 17 Apr. 1904
Folder 50	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Alice [Drinkwater], 26 Apr. 1904- 28 Apr. 1904
Folder 51	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Alice [Drinkwater], 18 May 1904-22 {May 1904]
Folder 52	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Alice [Drinkwater], 29 May 1904-[7 May 1904]
Folder 53	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Alice [Drinkwater], 19 June 1904-11 July 1904
Folder 54	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater]to Alice [Drinkwater], 22 Dec. 1907-[14 Feb. 1908]
Folder 55	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Mother and Father, 1 Jan. 1908-14 Feb. 1908
Folder 56	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Alice [Drinkwater], 19 Feb. 1908-26 Feb. 1908
Folder 57	Letter from Alice [Drinkwater] to Sumner [Drinkwater], 23 Feb. [1908]-24 Feb [1908]
Folder 58	Letter from Alice [Drinkwater] to Sumner [Drinkwater], 1 Mar. 1908-2 Mar. 1908
Folder 59	Letter from Edith to Sumner [Drinkwater], 2 Mar. 1908
Folder 60	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Father and Mother, 8 Mar. 1908
Folder 61	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Alice [Drinkwater], 9 Mar. 1908
Folder 62	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Alice [Drinkwater], 13 Mar. 1908
Folder 63	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Alice [Drinkwater], 17 Mar. 1908-24 Mar. 1908
Folder 64	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Alice [Drinkwater], 5 Apr. 1908-28 Apr. 1908
Folder 65	Letter from Alice [Drinkwater] to Sumner [Drinkwater], 26 Apr [1908]-30 Apr [1908]
Folder 66	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Alice [Drinkwater], 27 Apr. 1908
Folder 67	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Alice [Drinkwater], 1 May 1908
Folder 68	Letter from Alice [Drinkwater] to Sumner [Drinkwater], 1 May 1908-4 May 1908
Folder 69	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Mother, 1 May 1908-12 May 1908
Folder 70	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Alice [Drinkwater], 7 May 1908
Folder 71	Letter from [Sumner Drinkwater] to Alice [Drinkwater] [1908]
Folder 72	Letter fromAlice [Drinkwater] to Sumner [Drinkwater], 9 May [1908]-11 May [1908]
Folder 73	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Alice [Drinkwater] n.d.
Folder 74	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Alice [Drinkwater] n.d.
Folder 75	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Alice [Drinkwater] n.d
Folder 76	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Alice [Drinkwater], 29 Mar. ?
Folder 77	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Alice [Drinkwater], 3 Apr. ?- 4 Apr. ?
Folder 78	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Alice [Drinkwater] n.d.
Folder 79	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Alice [Drinkwater] n.d.
Folder 80	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Alice [Drinkwater] n.d.
Folder 81	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to A[lice Drinkwater] n.d.
Folder 82	Letter from Sumner [Drinkwater] to Alice [Drinkwater] n.d.
Folder 83	Drinkwater Genealogy
Folder 84	Alice Drinkwater Diary 1898-1899 (copy)

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. Please contact Special Collections at spc@umit.maine.edu or (207) 581-1686 for further information.

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