A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812

Name/Title

A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812

Entry/Object ID

WHC 2017.33

Description

Drawing on the diaries of a midwife and healer in eighteenth-century Maine, this intimate history illuminates the medical practices, household economies, religious rivalries, and sexual mores of the New England frontier. Physical Description: 444 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.

Collection

Maine History Collection

Cataloged By

Marie Stickney

Acquisition

Accession

WHC 2017.33

Source or Donor

Bowley, Donovan.

Acquisition Method

Donation

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

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

Midwives, Diaries

Search Terms

Diaries, Biographies, Hallowell, Augusta, Maine

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

Other Number

318960013004445

Book Details

Author

Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf

Place Published

Location

New York

Date Published

1990

Publication Language

English

Call No.

Maine B Bal

ISBN

0394568443

Location

Location

Wall

Maine History

Room

Walsh History Center

Building

Walsh History Center

Category

Permanent

Date

October 21, 2025

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Date Examined

Jan 28, 2018

Examined By

Marie Stickney

Notes

Very extensive foxing edges of all pages as well as dust jacket.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Parker, Minnie (see Dutcher)

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: Marie Stickney Status Date: 2018-01-28

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Create Date

January 28, 2018

Updated By

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Update Date

January 28, 2018