Blanche Heald diary,1890

Archive

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Walsh History Center - Camden Public Library

Name/Title

Blanche Heald diary,1890

Entry/Object ID

WHC 2011.30

Scope and Content

Diary belonging to Blanche Heald (1868-1964) of Rockport, Maine dated January-December 1890. The diary is filled with daily happenings as well as a list of books she read in that year and her opinion of them, lists of callers, and detailed ink drawings of dresses, hats and other ladies' garments. Ella Blanche Heald (known as Blanche), born in Rockport, Maine, was the daughter of Captain Lucien Heald of Camden, Maine and Marcia Augusta Levenseller of Waldoboro. Captain Lucien Heald was the son of Gorham F. Heal(d), a farmer in Lincolnville, Maine, and Jane Shepherd of Jefferson, Maine. Marcia Augusta Levenseller was a seamstress and the daughter of Aaron Levenseller, a Waldoboro trader, and Mary Benner of Waldoboro, Maine. Lucien and Marcia were married 7 December 1865. Captain Heald was the captain of the 3-masted schooner "Hattie G. Luce" and he drowned 26 January 1903 when the Luce, laden with granite, collided with the "John C. Buttrick" off Martha's Vineyard in a blizzard. Blanche married William K. Ellsworth of Lynn, Massachusetts 24 November 1897. She then married John Andrew Holland of Ashland on 23 August 1909 and they resided in Boston with her widowed mother Marcia. Blanche appears in the 1930 census living alone in Rockport, Maine. At the age of 80, she married Alfred B. Merriam of Norfolk, Virginia on 14 December 1948. She died in Union, Maine on 7 January 1964. She is buried with her parents in Amsbury Cemetery, Lot 151, in Rockport, Maine. Diary was purchased from a flea market in New Mexico by the donor.

Collection

Blanche Heald Papers

Cataloged By

Heather Bilodeau

Acquisition

Accession

WHC 2011.30

Source or Donor

Ms. Dorsey DeMaster

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Diary

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Journal

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Clothing & dress, Diaries, Illustrations

Search Terms

Rockport, Camden, Maine

Archive Details

Creator

Heald, Blanche

Date(s) of Creation

Jan 1890

Archive Size/Extent

1 bound diary, 16 cm.

Restrictions

Access: Open for research.

Primary Language

English

Archive Notes

Date(s): 1890

Location

Location

Wall

Glass case

Building

Walsh History Center

Category

Permanent

Date

October 21, 2025

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Date Examined

Sep 10, 2011

Examined By

Heather Bilodeau

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Heald, Ella Blanche

Copyright

Notes

No restrictions.

General Notes

Note

Notes: Item has been scanned and is being transcribed. Status: OK Status By: Heather Moran Status Date: 2014-08-02

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

September 10, 2011

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

October 27, 2025