Letter to the Trustees of the Camden Public Library

Tremaine to Trustees: Copyright: None
Tremaine to Trustees

Copyright: None

Name/Title

Letter to the Trustees of the Camden Public Library

Entry/Object ID

WHC 2017.18.14

Scope and Content

A letter and envelope from Ada Bampton Tremaine to the Trustees of the Camden Public Library, regarding a donation. The letter is undated and the postmark is illegible, but Tremaine had a cottage in Rockport from about 1906 or 1907, and her post office box in Rockland is listed in directories during the 1920's. She died in Rockport in 1928. The stationery lists Alderbrook Farm, Rockport, Maine, but "Rockport" has been crossed out on the letterhead and on the envelope. On the envelope it is replaced with the post office box in Rockland. Trustees Camden Public Library Camden Maine Dear Sirs, Enclosed please find check to your order for annual contributions to the work of the library. Kindly make no mention of my name in local papers. With best wishes for continued success in the library work believe me Very truly yours Ada Bampton Tremaine

Collection

Camden Public Library History Collection

Cataloged By

Marie Stickney

Acquisition

Accession

WHC 2017.18

Source or Donor

Camden Public Library

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Letter

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Correspondence

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Correspondence, Fund raising

Search Terms

Camden Public Library

Archive Details

Creator

Tremaine, Ada Bampton

Archive Size/Extent

1 letter (1 folded sheet, 5 in. x 6 1/2 in.) and 1 envelope (5 in. x 3 1/2 in.)

Archive Notes

Date(s): circa 1920's

Location

Location

Container

WHC 2017.18 Box CPL History Coll. Safe

Shelf

Shelf 4

Cabinet

Vault Shelving Unit 2

Room

Storage Room

Building

Walsh History Center

Category

Permanent

Date

October 21, 2025

Location

Room

Storage Room

Building

Walsh History Center

Category

Permanent

Inventory

Inventoried By

Wyatt Berry

Inventoried Date

Mar 27, 2018

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Date Examined

Sep 12, 2017

Examined By

Marie Stickney

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Tremaine, Ada Bampton

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: Marie Stickney Status Date: 2017-09-12

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

September 12, 2017

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

October 27, 2025