{"id":1479,"date":"2019-07-30T18:18:02","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T18:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/mwwc\/?post_type=collection&#038;p=1479"},"modified":"2025-05-27T10:00:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T14:00:50","slug":"dorothy-simpson-collection-1933-1999","status":"publish","type":"collection","link":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/mwwc\/collections\/collections-a-z\/dorothy-simpson-collection-1933-1999\/","title":{"rendered":"Dorothy Simpson collection, 1933-1999"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/mwwc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/DorothySimpsonCollection.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Full finding aid (pdf)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Collection Scope and Content<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This collection includes 12 folders of typescript, design and layout for graphics for <em>Maine Islands<\/em> as well as correspondence, reviews and interviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biographical\/Historical Note<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Aleda Dorothy Knowlton Simpson was born June 28, 1905 and grew up on Criehaven Island off the coast of Maine. Later in life, she lived on Gay&#8217;s Island off Friendship and in Cushing with her longtime companion and well-known Maine author, Elizabeth Ogilvie. During the 1950s and 1960s, Simpson published a number of books for children and young adults, all set on islands off the coast of Maine. After Simpson&#8217;s death on December 19, 1998 her niece, also named Dorothy Simpson, published <em>The Island&#8217;s True Child: A Memoir of Growing Up on Criehaven<\/em> (2003), based on Simpson&#8217;s unpublished journals dating to 1930.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","collection-category":[],"class_list":["post-1479","collection","type-collection","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/mwwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/collection\/1479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/mwwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/collection"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/mwwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/collection"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/mwwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/collection\/1479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7456,"href":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/mwwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/collection\/1479\/revisions\/7456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/mwwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"collection-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/mwwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/collection-category?post=1479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}