In Search of Mrs. Barrows

Book

Walsh History Center - Camden Public Library

Name/Title

In Search of Mrs. Barrows

Entry/Object ID

CAHC 2007.34.1

Description

When Antoinette Braucher bought a tall grey ledger at flea market in 1971, she had no inkling of the gripping effect its contents would have on her life. The ledger contained a diary started one hundred years before and kept up for twelve years, through 1883, by a widow who acted as mid-wife in Burnham and in the Camden-Rockport area of Maine. The 1870s was a period of national recovery from the Civil War and of personal recovery for the widow, for she had lost her husband three years before she started keeping the diary. Physical Description: 23 cm, teal softcover. 57 pages, signed by author.

Collection

Camden Area History Center Collection

Cataloged By

Mary Blair

Acquisition

Accession

CAHC 2007.34

Source or Donor

Blair, Katherine K.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

In Memory of: Emma Barrows

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

"Mary Day", Camden, Maine, Rockport, Rockville, Rockville Cemetery, Genealogy

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

31896000872253

Book Details

Author

Braucher, Antoinette

Publisher

The Kennebec River Press, Inc.

Place Published

Location

Woolwich, Maine

Date Published

1985

Call No.

GEN 929.2 Bar

ISBN

0-933858-07-8

Spine Label

GEN 929.2 Bar

Location

Wall

Genealogy

Building

Walsh History Center

Date

October 21, 2025

Location

Shelf

Shelf 6, Shelf 6

Room

Dining Room

Building

Camden Area History Center

Moved By

Mary Blair

Date

March 23, 2007

Location

Shelf

Shelf 4, Shelf 4

Room

Dining Room

Building

Camden Area History Center

Moved By

Mary Blair

Date

March 23, 2007

Inventory

Inventoried By

Heather Bilodeau

Inventoried Date

Oct 29, 2008

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Date Examined

Oct 29, 2008

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Mar 23, 2007

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Barrows, Gilman

Person or Organization

Barrows, Peter

Person or Organization

Barrows, Silas

Person or Organization

Dodge, Caleb

Person or Organization

Hunt, Boyce

Person or Organization

Reynolds, Arthur

Person or Organization

Reynolds, Cora

Person or Organization

Richardson, Brenda

Person or Organization

Tyler, Susan Rosella

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: Heather Bilodeau Status Date: 2008-10-29

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Create Date

March 23, 2007

Updated By

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Update Date

October 26, 2025