The lives of authors Ruth Moore and Eleanor Ruth Mayo were their own, but their private lives and the lives they led on Mount Desert Island, were so intertwined that archivists find it difficult to divide documents, stories and photographs between them. It is for this reason that this Item exists in the database. It ties together other Items that relate more to both women than to either as an individual. “Homesick For That Place: Ruth Moore Writes About Maine” by Jennifer Craig Pixley is so well conceived that it may be recommended to those who are interested in Ruth and Eleanor above many other works, but there is much to be learned from everything included here.
Description: The lives of authors Ruth Moore and Eleanor Ruth Mayo were their own, but their private lives and the lives they led on Mount Desert Island, were so intertwined that archivists find it difficult to divide documents, stories and photographs between them. It is for this reason that this Item exists in the database. It ties together other Items that relate more to both women than to either as an individual. “Homesick For That Place: Ruth Moore Writes About Maine” by Jennifer Craig Pixley is so well conceived that it may be recommended to those who are interested in Ruth and Eleanor above many other works, but there is much to be learned from everything included here. [show more]
The spelling of "Petit Plaisants" is found on the postcard and in Rita Johnson Kenway's book on Gotts Island. We have yet to determine the spelling used by Elizabeth Peterson.
Description: The spelling of "Petit Plaisants" is found on the postcard and in Rita Johnson Kenway's book on Gotts Island. We have yet to determine the spelling used by Elizabeth Peterson.
"Solomon T. Gott (1848-1924) was a great-great-grandson of Daniel Gott Jr. (1739-1814) and Hannah Norwood (1744-1836). Collistia or Collista F. Mullin (1853-1940) was born in February 1853. Collistia married Solomon T. Gott (1848-1924), son of James S. Gott and Hulda (Dawes) Gott, on July 20, 1873 in Tremont, Maine. Collistia F. (Mullin) Gott died in 1940 in Tremont, Maine."
Description: "Solomon T. Gott (1848-1924) was a great-great-grandson of Daniel Gott Jr. (1739-1814) and Hannah Norwood (1744-1836). Collistia or Collista F. Mullin (1853-1940) was born in February 1853. Collistia married Solomon T. Gott (1848-1924), son of James S. Gott and Hulda (Dawes) Gott, on July 20, 1873 in Tremont, Maine. Collistia F. (Mullin) Gott died in 1940 in Tremont, Maine."