Details
Object ID : 001146
Object Name : Holden, Grinfill - Early Settlers
Object Desc : Manuscript volume, titled Early Settlers of Otisfield. First history of the town. Originally deposited in Town Vault. Marguerite Lovewell made typescript of vols. 1 & 2 in 1929 and wrote a preface to book.
Collection : Coll. 10, Grinfill B. Holden Papers
Accession # : 1997.22
Alternate ID : Coll. 10 #1-4
General Category : Documents
Category : Miscellaneous Documents
Source Category : Gift
Accession Date : SEP 19,2007
Location : Range 4
Status : In Collection
Object Keywords : Early Settlers of Otisfield,Otisfield - History,Otisfield - Genealogy,Otisfield - Settlement of,Lovewell, Marguerite,
Title : Architectural Survey 1981
Description : Survey provided incentive for start of OHS in same year, under Ethel Turner. Survey was for all Oxford Co. towns, resulted in eventual publication of Randall Bennett's book, Oxford County, Maine: A Guide to Its Historic Architecture (Bethel, 1984). Original plan was to publish one such volume for each county, but funding ran out after only 2 counties were done. Some of the town's oldest houses aren't included in survey, for reasons unknown. But information here is invaluable. Survey sheets have been updated over the years and now include house numbers for identification.