Dorothy Cole collection, 1977-1981
Collection Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence to Dorothy Healy and four bell catalogs of the Cole Museum – Taps, Twisters and Twirlers; Bells That Do Not Ring; The Museum Home of Dorothy and Robert Cole…Mecca in Maine; and Door-Bells.
Biographical/Historical Note
Dorothy Cole was born in 1910. She and husband Robert lived on a dairy farm and part of their home housed a large collection of bells and other historical items. Cole wrote a number of articles for The Bell Tower, the official publication of the American Bell Association.