Making Meaning with Mainers

Elisabeth Ogilvie
1917 – 2006

Background – Biographical Information & Connection to Maine (1) 

Click on Elisabeth Ogilvie’s photo to see the FantasticFiction page devoted to her books. (8)

Click above to read a summary and excerpts from several of Elisabeth Ogilvie’s novels. (10)

Virtual Visit – Landmarks & Museums

Click above to read from a “literary pilgrimage” to Elisabeth Ogilvie’s Gays Island (6)

Click above to read Essays, Journal Entries, Reflections & Short Stories: A CORRESPONDENCE WITH ELISABETH by Ruth Doan MacDougall (9)

Primary Sources

Click above for newspaper clippings and correspondence with Elisabeth Ogilvie at the Maine State Library. (7)

Covers of Books

Text Excerpts & Access to Books

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Text Excerpts

Find-a-Grave Cemetery Record (2)

 
Photo Credits and Sources:
BHS Library portrait of Elisabeth Ogilvie credits: 
1. “Elisabeth May Ogilvie.” Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors, Gale, 2006. Gale Literature Resource Centerlink.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000074303/LitRC?u=brun84057&sid=bookmark-LitRC&xid=7ead8123. Accessed 21 Mar. 2022.
https://memorials.bchfh.com/elisabeth-ogilvie/995037/obituary.php
2. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18772118/elisabeth-may-ogilvie
4. https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/14/obituaries/14ogilvie.html
5. https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/183046.Elisabeth_Ogilvie?from_search=true&from_srp=true
6. https://maineboats.com/print/issue-125/visiting-elisabeth
7. https://digitalmaine.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1210&context=maine_writers_correspondence
8. https://www.fantasticfiction.com/o/elisabeth-ogilvie/
9. https://ruthdoanmacdougall.com/essays/elisabeth.html (photo from this website as well)
10. https://peggysporchsite.wordpress.com/tag/elisabeth-ogilvie/

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