Mr. O"Brien talks on the history of book selling and a number of Maine book collectors & dealers. Talk was given on 27 April 1982 at Auburn, Maine
The Boston Globe, May 25th, 1994
PORTLAND, Maine -- A memorial service is planned next week for Francis M. O'Brien, an antique book dealer for 60 years, who died Monday at Mercy Hospital. Mr. O'Brien, whosedeath was described by his daughter as cancer-related, was 85. Two daysbefore he died, Mr. O'Brien received the Maine Historical Society'sNeal W. Allen Jr. Award for preservation of state history. "I don'tthink there's anyone who's done serious research on Maine who hasn'tbenefited from his knowledge,"said Harland Eastman, a trustee of the Maine Historical Society. Born in Portland, Mr. O'Brien graduated from Portland ...
