Economic Development - ETRC

P173/002.10
Clara May Cooke. - 1909-1962. - 0.01 m of textual records. - 4 postcards.
Biographical sketch:
One of Darius May and Emma Stevens’ ten children, Clara May was born 14 February 1886 in Baldwin’s Mills. She moved
to Montreal and married Fred Cooke, a widower, in 1927. The couple never had any children. Clara died 11 July 1968 and is
buried in Lakeview Cemetery in Baldwin’s Mills.
Scope and content:
The subseries consists of personal correspondence written by Clara May Cooke from 1909 to 1962. It includes letters and
postcards written to her sisters, Rose and Ruth, and to her neice, Alice.
Notes:
Title based on contents of subseries.
The documents are in English.
P173/002.11
Miscellaneous May family. - 1874-[199-?]. - 9 textual records.
Scope and content:
The subseries contains a variety of documents regarding members of the May family and their relatives from 1874 to the 1990s.
In consists of a business letter regarding the purchase of fruit, a letter to Sylvester May from Hollis Taylor, the funeral service
program for Fred Cooke, a certificate of church membership for Edith Ward May and Ruth May and a newspaper obituary and
rememberance for the deaths of Cecil May and Loretta Almeda Markwell May. It also contains photocopies of the following:
the portion of a land transaction between Darius May and Everett Sutton; the newpaper obituary for Darius May, a receipt for
to the purchase of a lot in the Baldwin’s Mills cemetery
by John P. Baldwin; the baptism and membership of
Ruth May in the Baldwin’s Mills Baptist Church; and
the membership of Edith Hard May in the Baldwin’s
Mills Baptist Church.
Notes:
Title based on contents of subseries.
The documents are in English.
P173/003
Other Correspondence. - [18--]-1958. - 0.03 m of textual
records. - 39 postcards.
Scope and content:
The series contains source material on work, education, Elvyn M. Baldwin Family fonds P173/005/001
sickness, economic challenges and family life from 1889 to 1958. It consists of correspondence from various individuals who were
close to the Baldwins or Mays but who were not related to them or the family connection is distant. The series is comprised of the
following sub-series: Cora Lovell Dilley (1913-1917, 1947-1958), Kate E. Ferrin (1889-1897), Mary Ann Baker Thomas (1954),
J. E. Gilbert family (1910-1918), Leta Ellis (1930), Robert Spendlove ([18--]) and C.M. Ferrin (1862-1864).
Notes:
Title based on contents of series.
The documents are in English.
P173/003.01
Cora Lovell Dilley. - 1910-1917, 1947-1958. - 0.015 m of textual records. - 39 postcards.
Biographical sketch:
Cora Lovell was born in 1893 to Hazen I. Lovell and Adelaide May. She grew up in the Coaticook area and attended school
with Ruth May as well as being cousins. In October 1912, along with her parents and siblings (Martin, Artemissa or ‘Artie’,
Alta, John and Allen) moved to Glendale, California. As a young woman, Cora worked as a telephone operator and, possibly,
as a secretary in an office. Around 1916, she married Paul Dilley and they had two children together: Pauline and John.
Scope and content:
The subuseries consists of correspondence written by Cora Lovell Dilley to Ruth May Baldwin from 1910 to 1958. The letters
and postcards contain information on Cora’s move from Coaticook to California, on family, on work and leisure activities as
well as on romantic relationships.
Notes:
Title based on contents of subseries.
The documents are in English.
P173/003.02
Kate E. Ferrin. - 1889-1897. - 3 textual records.
Administrative history:
Kate E. Ferrin was the born in about 1875 in Holland, Vermont, the daughter of Elvyn A. Ferrin and Antha Kidder. Kate’s
father, Elvyn, was Lill Ferrin Baldwin’s brother, making Kate Lill’s niece. She has a sister named Edith. Kate attended Derby
Academy.
Scope and content:
The subseries consists of three documents regarding the life of Kate Ferrin from 1889 to 1897. It is comprised of two letters
by Kate and a program for the commencement exercises at Derby Academy.
Notes:
Title based on contents of subseries.
The documents are in English.
P173/003.03
Mary Ann Baker Thomas. - 1954. - 3 textual records.
Administrative history:
Mary Ann was a daugher of John and Jane Baker. Mary Ann, a.k.a. Mamie, and her twin sister were born in Blanchard,
Wisconsin in 1874. Around 1894, Mamie married Howard Thomas, a banker in Blanchard and in 1895, they had a son, Foster
Keith. Mary Ann Baker may be related to the Baldwins through Mary Jeanette Baker, wife of John Percival Baldwin.
Scope and content:
The subseries consists of personal correspondence by Mary Ann (Mamie) Baker Thomas from 1954, which are largely about
the illness of her husband, Howard Thomas.
Notes:
Title based on contents of subseries.
The documents are in English.
P173/003.04
J. E. Gilbert family. - 1910-1918. - 0.01 m of textual records.
Scope and content:
The subseries consists of personal correspondence addressed to the J. Edwin Gilbert family from 1910 to 1918. The majority
of the correspondence are letters of sympathy over the passing of Flanders Gilbert in 1911.
Notes:
Title based on contents of subseries.
The documents are in English.
P173/003.05
Leta Ellis. - 1930. - 1 textual record.
Scope and content:
The subseries consists of a letter by Leta Ellis to her mother, Delia, dated 13 January 1930.
Notes:
Title based on contents of subseries.
The document is in English.
P173/003.06
Robert Spendlove. - [18--]. - 3 textual records.
Administrative history:
Robert Spendlove was born 29 July 1817. He lived in Hatley.
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