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Repository: Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Location: b
Call No.: MS Am 1272.2
Title: Miscellaneous photographs of Celia Thaxter and Appledore Island (Me.),
Date(s): ca. [1853]-1894.
Quantity: 2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
Abstract: Photographs of Celia Thaxter and her home on Appledore Island in the Isles of Shoals, Maine.

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Historical Note

Celia Laighton Thaxter was an American poet and essayist who lived much of her life in the Isles of Shoals (Me. and N.H.), at first on White Island (N.H.) and later in a large cottage her brothers built for their parents on Appledore Island (Me.), in which she eventually died. The family ran a hotel, Appledore House (Appledore Island, Me.), which, along with Celia's cottage, burned in 1914. The cottage was home to Celia's literary salon in summer months and was where she established her renowned garden. She lived with her oldest son, Karl.

Arrangement

Arranged first by known photographers, then roughly by subject, moving from outdoors indoors.

Scope and Content

This collection of photographs portrays Celia Thaxter, her cottage and gardens, Appledore House, and family members and others on Appledore Island in the Isles of Shoals, Maine.

Related Material

Another collection of photographs of Celia Thaxter and her home, some of which are duplicated in this collection, is held by the Houghton Library (MS Am 1272.1).

Container List

• Chandler, Horace P., photographer. [View of garden, looking out to sea], undated. 1 photograph.
  Moored ship is seen in the distance. Stamped on verso: Horace P. Chandler, 53 Devonshire St., Boston, Mass.
  Acquisition Information: *42-2413. Given by Caroline Coventry Haynes, 1942 Mar.

• Chandler, Horace P., photographer. [Cottage : interior, living room, ca. 1890]. 5 photographs.
  Slightly different views, each stamped on verso: Horace P. Chandler, 53 Devonshire St., Boston, Mass.
  Acquisition Information: *42-2412. Given by Caroline Coventry Haynes, 1942 Mar.

• L. V. Newell & Co., photographers. [Garden and graveyard on the coast], undated. 1 photograph.
  Acquisition Information: *42-2413. Given by Caroline Coventry Haynes, 1942 Mar.

• Thaxter, Karl, photographer. [Celia Thaxter with her grandson, Charles Eliot Thaxter? ca. 1889]. 1 photograph.
  Stamp on verso: Photo. by Karl Thaxter, Portsmouth, N.H.
  Acquisition Information: *42-2411. Given by Caroline Coventry Haynes, 1942 Mar.

• Thaxter, Karl, photographer. Celia Thaxter's room at Isles of Shoals, Appledore, 1891. 1 photograph.
  Blind-stamped: Photo. by Karl Thaxter.
  Acquisition Information: *42-2412. Given by Caroline Coventry Haynes, 1942 Mar.

• Thaxter, Karl, photographer. Celia Thaxter's "corner" at Isles of Shoals, Appledore, 1892. 1 photograph.
  Blind-stamped: Photo. by Karl Thaxter.
  Acquisition Information: *42-2412. Given by Caroline Coventry Haynes, 1942 Mar.

• [Garden], undated. 1 photograph.
  Acquisition Information: *42-2413. Given by Caroline Coventry Haynes, 1942 Mar.

• [Celia Thaxter in her garden, wearing a bonnet, ca. 1889-1894]. 1 photograph.
  Acquisition Information: Removed from Portrait File. No source or date.

• [Celia Thaxter in her garden, with bonnet on the ground, ca. 1889-1894]. 1 photograph.
  Acquisition Information: Removed from Portrait File. No source or date.

• [Celia Thaxter in her garden], 1889. 1 photograph.
  Inscribed on verso: John Brown & Agnes his wife, from Celia Thaxter, Shoals garden Aug. 1889. With love.
  Acquisition Information: *42-2411. Given by Caroline Coventry Haynes, 1942 Mar.

• [Celia Thaxter in her garden, 1889]. 1 photograph.
  Acquisition Information: Removed from Portrait File. No source or date.

• [Celia Thaxter on the cottage steps, wearing a bonnet, ca. 1889-1894]. 1 photograph.
  Acquisition Information: Removed from Portrait File. No source or date.

• [Cottage : exterior, with Celia Thaxter on the porch], undated. 1 photograph.
  Acquisition Information: *42-2412. Given by Caroline Coventry Haynes, 1942 Mar.

• [Celia Thaxter on the cottage porch among the vines], 1894 Aug. 16. 2 photographs.
  Date written on verso of each.
  Acquisition Information: Removed from Portrait File, no source or date; and *42-2411, given by Caroline Coventry Haynes, 1942 Mar.

• [Celia Thaxter on the cottage steps, with a man seated above on the porch (probably her son, Karl), ca. 1889-1894]. 1 photograph.
  Acquisition Information: Removed from Portrait File. No source or date.

• [Lobby of Appledore House (Appledore Island, Me.), ca. 1890-1899]. 1 photograph.
  Acquisition Information: *42-2413. Given by Caroline Coventry Haynes, 1942 Mar.

• [Cottage : interior, living room corner, ca. 1890]. 1 photograph.
  Acquisition Information: *42-2412. Given by Caroline Coventry Haynes, 1942 Mar.

• Celia Thaxter at 18. Karl Thaxter 1 year, [ca. 1853]. 1 photograph.
  Acquisition Information: *42-2411. Given by Caroline Coventry Haynes, 1942 Mar.

• [Celia Thaxter holding her grandson, Charles Eliot Thaxter, 1889]. 1 photograph.
  Image cut as a circle from a larger item.
  Acquisition Information: Removed from Portrait File. No source or date.

• Celia Thaxter and her mother Mrs. Laighton [seated by window in parlor], undated. 1 photograph.
  Acquisition Information: *42-2411. Given by Caroline Coventry Haynes, 1942 Mar.

• [Woman (probably not Celia Thaxter) outdoors with two young children], undated. 1 photograph.
  Acquisition Information: *42-2412. Given by Caroline Coventry Haynes, 1942 Mar.

• [Artists and musicians : portrait, ca. 1880-1890]. 1 photograph.
  Mirror image of the one found at bMS Am 1272.1 (14). Three seated and two standing men on wooden planking beside Appledore House are:

  • William Mason (standing, left);
  • Ross Turner (standing, right);
  • William Winch (seated, left);
  • John Knowles Paine (seated, middle);
  • Appleton Brown (seated, right).
  Acquisition Information: *42-2412. Given by Caroline Coventry Haynes, 1942 Mar.