{"id":906,"date":"2019-07-30T15:30:21","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T15:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/mwwc\/?post_type=collection&#038;p=906"},"modified":"2024-07-26T11:18:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T15:18:40","slug":"margaret-burnham-collection-1808-1995","status":"publish","type":"collection","link":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/mwwc\/collections\/collections-a-z\/margaret-burnham-collection-1808-1995\/","title":{"rendered":"Margaret Burnham collection, 1808-1995"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/mwwc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/MargaretBurnhamCollection.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 an obituary, poems, a sermon from Oliver Ellsworth, photographs, a beaded bag, and an invitation to the Constitutional Centennial Celebration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biographical\/Historical Note<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Margaret Burnham was born in Falmouth, Maine to George and Alice Greenleaf Ellsworth Burnham. She attended Waynflete School in Portland and was a graduate of Madeira School in Greenway, Virginia and Smith College. During World War II, she was a volunteer driver for the Red Cross. A philanthropist and poet, Burnham was a longtime supporter of the Falmouth Memorial Library and other local organizations. She wrote poetry for many years, some of which was published in <em>The State Streeter<\/em>, the bulletin of the State Street Church. She died in 1994 at the age of 91.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","collection-category":[],"class_list":["post-906","collection","type-collection","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/mwwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/collection\/906","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":10,"href":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/mwwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/collection\/906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7002,"href":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/mwwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/collection\/906\/revisions\/7002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/mwwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"collection-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/mwwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/collection-category?post=906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}