Description: Essay describing the life of Rev. John Mayo, emigrant from England to Massachusetts, and photocopied photos of locations related to his life.
Description: Photocopy (2pp.) of handwritten notes pertaining to various members of the Somes family in colonial Mass. Notes were taken from the source: "Commerce and Culture, The Maritime Communities of Colonial Massachusetts, 1690-1750" by Christine Leigh Heyrman publ. by W.W. Norton Co., New York, 1984.
Description: Photocopy of article in "American Genealogist", Vol.53, No.1, January, 1977. Article is on Morris Somes who emigrated from England to settle in Gloucester, Mass.
Description: Handwritten excerpt from book, "The Saga of Cape Ann". Contains biographical information on Capt. John Somes, brother of Abraham Somes of Mount Desert, Maine.
Description: Two photocopies of genealogical chart showing descendants of Daniel Somes, son of Abraham Somes who settled in Somesville on Mount Desert Island. Also included are photocopies of death notices of Andrew Somes andCaroline T.H. Somes and photo and biographical information on Colonel Carol V. Cadwell.
Description: Photocopy of text, possibly from "Maine Families in 1970" in the Maine Genealogical Society. Content is information on Abraham Somes, settler of Somesville, ME.
Description: Includes genealogical charts of Eliot and other families and brief biography of Charles W. Eliot. Extensive records of cruising the New England coast.
Description: Collection of letters and photos. describing journey of Dr. Charles William Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard, to the Far East under the auspices of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Description: "A moving account of how the life of an island [Gotts], past and present, shapes and transforms the unexpected loss of a son." (From the flyleaf.)