Old Town, Maine Collection
Scope and Content Note
The collection includes a handwritten history of Old Town, Maine (9 p.); a handwritten copy of An Act to incorporate the plantation heretofor called Stillwater in the County of Hancock into a town by the name of Orono (1806) with notes about the history of Old Town; an envelope addressed to Carrie E. Pierce (1911); a receipt (undated) from John Connors to I. F. Pierce for curbing; a receipt from Abbie Veazey to Mrs. Pierce dated Old Town Oct. 31, 1885 for one month's tuition; records from the Ladies' Keeley Aid Society in Old Town; a clipping with 2 letters recommending the Keeley Cure and the Keeley Institute in North Conway, New Hampshire; and a page of the Bangor Daily Commercial dated June 25, 1921, with an article titled The early missionaries to Indian Island, Old Town, Me. by Sarah E. Kelley.
Dates
- 1885-1921
Language of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access.
Use Restrictions
Information on literary rights available in the repository.
Historical Note
Old Town, Maine, located 12 miles north of Bangor, was once a part of Orono. It was incorporated March 16, 1840 and incorporated as a city March 30, 1891.
Extent
1 folder (10 items)
1 folio folder (1 item) ; 59 x 49 cm
Abstract
The collection includes a handwritten history of Old Town, Maine (9 p.); a handwritten copy of An Act to incorporate the plantation heretofor called Stillwater in the County of Hancock into a town by the name of Orono (1806) with notes about the history of Old Town; an envelope addressed to Carrie E. Pierce (1911); a receipt (undated) from John Connors to I. F. Pierce for curbing; a receipt from Abbie Veazey to Mrs. Pierce dated Old Town Oct. 31, 1885 for one month's tuition; records from the Ladies' Keeley Aid Society in Old Town; a clipping with 2 letters recommending the Keeley Cure and the Keeley Institute in North Conway, New Hampshire; and a page of the Bangor Daily Commercial dated June 25, 1921, with an article titled The early missionaries to Indian Island, Old Town, Me. by Sarah E. Kelley.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Roswell P. Averill in 1970.
- Clippings Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Indian Island (Penobscot County, Me.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America -- Maine -- Missions Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Keeley Institute (North Conway, N.H.)
- Kelley, Sarah E.
- Ladies' Keeley Aid Society (Old Town, Me.)
- Local histories Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Old Town (Me.) -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Old Town, Maine Collection
- Status
- No Additional Box Or Folder List For This Small Collection
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English.
Repository Details
Part of the Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections Repository
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207-581-1686
