The exhibit Sincerely Yours, Letters From the Maine Women Writers Collection was on display on UNE’s Biddeford campus in 2014. The exhibit included reproductions of correspondence including telegrams, emails, letters, and drawings. Dates ranged from the early 1800s to the 21st century. A number of MWWC collections were represented, including Ann Beattie, Mollie Lee Clifford, Elizabeth Coatsworth, Sarah Wood Frost, Perdita Huston, Florence Burrill Jacobs, Sarah Orne Jewett, Donna Loring, May Sarton, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Only a portion of the materials in the exhibit have been digitized.
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Letter from Donna Loring to Beverly C. Daggett and Patrick Colwell, November 20, 2003.
Two page typed letter from Donna Loring to Beverly C. Daggett and Patrick Colwell, dated November 20, 2003, urging them to approve a "State of the Tribes Address" to a Joint Legislative Session.
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Note from Michael Mahoney to Donna Loring, April 15, 2008.
Handwritten note from Michael Mahoney to Donna Loring - "The Governor just signed the veto message."
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Collection info tags
Informational tags used in the exhibit "Sincerely Yours" which included letters from a variety of people. The tags include biographical and hisotrical information about the writers of the letters and their holdings at MWWC.
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Sincerely Yours, Letters from the Maine Women Writers Collection
Exhibit poster created for: Sincerely Yours, Letters from the Maine Women Writers Colleciton.
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My window is open and the children are all in the streets...
Letter from Sarah Orne Jewett to Annie Fields discussing Jewett's health and her wishes to be together with and caring for Fields.
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Letter from Margaret Chase Smith to Florence Burrill Jacobs.
Typed letter from Margaret Chase Smith to Florence and George (Jacobs) regarding her recent hip replacement surgery.
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Letter from Mollie Lee Clifford to daughter Margaret ("Marty").
Handwritten letter from Mollie Lee Clifford to her daughter Margaret ("Marty"), in which she discusses Nana's health, visiting plans, and other happenings.