Mary Ellen Chase
Mary Ellen Chase
1887 – 1973
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Background – Biographical Information & Connection to Maine
Background – Biographical Information & Connection to Maine
A portrait of Mary Ellen Chase written by a close friend in 1962 (10)
Background – Biographical Information & Connection to Maine
Background – Biographical Information & Connection to Maine
A portrait of Mary Ellen Chase written by a close friend in 1962 (10)
The family home of Mary Ellen Chase in Blue Hill Maine, curtesy of the Southwest Harbor Public Library Digital Archives (12)
Visual Text
Visual Text
Mary Ellen Chase giving the Commencement Address at Colby College in 1958 (11)
Autographed photo of Mary Ellen Chase in 1935
with the words “With kindest thanks to all Maine readers” (2)
Virtual Visit – Landmarks & Museums
Virtual Visit – Landmarks & Museums
Click above for a virtual visit to Mary Ellen Chase’s beloved home Windswept (13)
Primary Sources
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Photo Credits and Sources:
1.”Mary Ellen Chase.” Dictionary of American Biography, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1994. Gale In Context: Biography, link.gale.com/apps/doc/BT2310016178/GPS?u=brun84057&sid=GPS&xid=23381f6c. Accessed 2 May 2021.
2. https://www.mainememory.net/artifact/1509?popup=1
3. https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/120490.Mary_Ellen_Chase?from_search=true&from_srp=true
4. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jyXTOp9yJ9edZgMxYQyNOJxAvwATMVFz/view?usp=sharing
5. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18316995/mary-ellen-chase
7. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1030&context=etd
8. http://www.franbecque.com/page/71/?___
9. “Mary Ellen Chase.” Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors, Gale, 2002. Gale In Context: Biography, link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000017356/GPS?u=brun84057&sid=GPS&xid=b2b37aaf. Accessed 2 May 2021.
10. https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1690&context=cq
11. https://web.colby.edu/csc-history-of/m-e-chase-collection/
12. https://swhplibrary.net/digitalarchive/items/show/4748
13. http://thedowneastdilettante.blogspot.com/2010/01/way-down-east-two-windswepts.html
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