McBreairty family collection

Collection

Identifier: MCC-00249-UM-249-AX-249

Scope and Contents

This collection contains a transcribed diary from Margaret “Maggie” (McBreairty) McBreairty Hughey, two pages of Vinal and Lola (Walker) McBreairty’s parents and siblings, fourteen folders of letters from family and friends, to Vinal and Lola (Walker) McBreairty, and a clothes brush and knitted over sock with accompanying museum labels.

Dates

Creation: 1932-1995
Other: Dates acquired: 2002, 2026

Biographical/Historical Note: Darrell McBreairty

Darrell McBreairty was born on March 20, 1949, in Allagash, Maine, the son of Hope McBreairty. He is the author of numerous books, including Alcatraz Eel: The John Stadig Files, Lamentation in Two Parts, The Passing of Martha O'Shea, Redemption, New York Nights, At Ant Ev's, Conversations with Ant Ev, Diaries, and Voices. McBreairty is also a professional photographer. He lives in Allagash, Maine.

Biographical/Historical Note: Margaret "Maggie" (McBreairty) McBreairty Hughey

Margaret McBreairty McBreairty Hughey was born on May 22, 1906, the daughter of Thomas McBreairty and Eunice (Kelly) McBreairty. She married Elbridge McBreairty on June 26, 1923; they had nine children. Elbridge died in 1951 and Margaret remarried to Phil Hughey on August 14, 1957. Margaret died on October 20, 1997.

Biographical/Historical Note: Vinal and Lola (Walker) McBreairty

Vinal Henry Sherman McBreairty was born in 1917 in Allagash, to Thomas and Eunice (Kelly) McBreairty. After serving in the 446th Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force in WWII, he married Lola Coralie Walker in 1948. The couple had two children and lived the rest of their lives in Allagash, Maine. Vinal studied at Coyne Electrical School in Chicago and was an electrician for most of his life; he died in 2006.

“Vinal H. McBreairty.” Bangor Daily News, Bangor Publishing Company, 25 Sept. 2008. https://www.bangordailynews.com/2008/09/25/obituaries/vinal-h-mcbreairty/.