Northeast Town History Papers Collection
Collection
Identifier: MF062
Scope and Contents
A collection of 100 student papers done as coursework for anthropology classes at the University of Maine at Orono between ca. 1976-1978. Each paper treats a specific town or community and deals with the history and lore concerning that place. Most towns are in Maine but a few are in New Hampshire and Newfoundland. Some papers contain maps, photos, and other supplementary items.
Dates
- 1976-1978
Conditions Governing Access
For digitized items free from access restrictions, we are working to upload this material (pdfs, mp3s, jpgs) for public access, but it is an ongoing project. If you don’t find what you are looking for here, contact Special Collections (um.library.spc@maine.edu).
Conditions Governing Use
Rights assessment remains the responsibility of the researcher. No known restrictions on material.
Extent
2 boxes (digital)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Papers are arranged alphabetically by state and town, in numbered acid-free folders in two archival document cases. A checklist of the town names is available in printed or electronic form. Folder No.001 contains a copy of the checklist. See below for town names and student last names.
Maine: Argyle, Bangor, Belfast, Bemis, Boothbay, Bowdoinham, Brewer, Bridgton, Bucksport, Calais, Camden, Cape Elizabeth; Cape Neddick, Castine, Cumberland, Dexter, Dixmont, Dover-Foxcroft, Eastport, Falmouth, Forest City, Fort Kent, Frankfort, Franklin, Greenville, Hall Quarry, Hampden, Harrison, Hermon, Holden, Howland, Isle Au Haut, Islesboro, Jonesboro, Kenduskeag, Lakewood, Mapleton, Mars Hill, Milbridge, Milford, Millinocket, Milo, Newcastle, New Sweden, Northeast, Norway, Old Town, Orland, Orrington, Orrs and Bailey, Passadumkeag, Peru, Pittston, Poland, Port Clyde, Presque Isle, Prospect, Rockport, Rumford, Saco, Sanford, Searsport, Sebec, Sidney, Standish, Stockton, Sumner, Surry, Swan’s Island, Thomaston, Thorndike, Topsfield, Turner, Van Buren, Veazie, Vinalhaven, Waldoboro, Waterford, Waterville, Wiscasset, Wytopitlock, York. New Hampshire: Newcastle Newfoundland: Cat Harbour, Small Point, St. John’s
TOWN/AUTHOR/DATE/PAGES
"Argyle, Maine"/Hueras, Laurence/79-03-01/8 "Bangor and the Jewish Immigrants"/Tomasik, Randolph R./n.d./15 "A Brief Look at Belfast, Maine"/Pierce, Sharon T./78-02-23/10 "The City of Belfast, Maine"/Brown, Joanne/78-02-23/11 "Town Paper: Bemis, Maine"/Brann, Cathy/76-02-26/9 "Boothbay Harbor"/Travis, Vicki/78-02-23/7 "Bowdoinham: Then and Now"/Hinkley, Allison/76-02-26/9 "The History of Brewer"/Gilgan, Peter P./76-02-03/10 "Bridgton, Past and Prestent"/MacLeod, Deirdre R./78-02-23/11 "Bucksport"/Sterling, Richard/76-02-25/8 "The Decline of a Town"/Shinnick, John n.s./n.d./11 "Bucksport, Maine"/McCobb, Donna/78-02-23/8 "Calais, Maine"/Esposito, Louis J./76-02-26/8 "Sketch of Camden, Maine"/Stancioff, Paul/76-02-26/10 "Camden, Maine"/Wight, Nancy/78-02-23/8 "Cape Elizabeth, Maine"/Steinen, Karen/78-02-23/11 "Cape Neddick, Maine"/Clark, Holly R./78-02-23/13 "Castine, Maine"/Spear, Nancy/n.d./9 "The Town of Cumberland"/Tuttle, Christine N./76-02-26/8 "Town Paper on Dexter"/Clukey, Robert/n.d./13 "Dexter"/Covel, Melinda/n.d./5 "Dixmont"/Willis, A. Richard/n.d./11 "Dover-Foxcroft"/Cameron, Marilyn M./n.d./15 "Dover-Foxcroft, Maine"/Grant, Emma Jane/n.d./14 "Eastport"/Correll, Joe D./78-04-13/7 "Falmouth"/Tierney, Thomas/78-02-23/5 "Forest City, an International Community"/Brooks, Joan/n.d./9 "Fort Kent, Maine"/Roy, Rob/78-02-23/6 "A Glimpse at the Town of Frankfort"/Moore, Andrea/76-02-26/10 "Town of Franklin"/Spearing, Jeanette/76-02-23/7 "Greenville, Maine"/Roberts, Roxanne/n.d./9 "Hall Quarry: The Little Town That Isn’t There"/O’Neill, Susan/78-03-01/10 "Hampden, Maine"/Ryan, Hope-Lindsay/78-03-02/21 "Harrison, Maine"/Saxby, Ed/78-02-24/12 "A Maine Town: Hermon"/Brown, Bruce B., Jr./76-02-26/10 "Holden, Maine"/Lynch, James K./n.d./9 "The Town of Howland"/Thurlow, William D./78-03-01/12 "Isle Au Haut, Maine"/Nickolls, Steven/76-02-26/10 "Islesboro"/Coombs, Sheila/n.d./7 "A Study of Jonesboro"/Maker, Kimberly/76-02-26/10 "Kenduskeag, Maine"/Kazmierczak, Stephen/76-02-26/8 "Lakewood"/Corson, Debra/76-02-26/9 "Town of Mapleton"/Desmond, Jed C./76-02-26/11 "Mars Hill"/Silakowski, Mike/76-02-23/7 "Milbridge"/Whitehead, Donita J./78-03-01/10 "Town Paper Milford"/Edwards, Melanie/78-02-23/8 "Town Study - Milford"/Taylor, Kathleen McKay/n.p./12 "Millicket "The Magic City"/Burch, Dennis/76-02-26/7 "Milo: Not to Worry, We’ll Survive"/Eames, Karen A./76-02-26/12 "Newcastle"/Sherman, Peter/78-02-23/7 "New Sweden, Maine"/Dalrymple, Deke/76-02-26/11 "Northeast Harbor, Maine"/Rechholtz, Deborah/76-02-26/9 "Town Paper- Norway Maine"/Partridge, Brian S./76-02-26/11 "Norway, Maine"/Wilkinson, Peter L./76-02-26 "Old Town, Maine"/Adams, Jeanne C./76-02-26/9 "Orland, Maine"/Kreidel, Lauren/78-02-23/10 "Orrington"/Dolley, Tim /n.d./9 "Twin Islands (Orrs and Bailey)"/Skillings, Constance/78-02-23/8 "A Short Look at Passadumkeag, ME"/Kennedy, Jonathon/76-02-27/11 "Town Paper - Peru"/Richard, Peg/76-02-26/8 "Pittston, Maine"/Essency, David/76-02-26/10 "Town Paper: Poland, ME"/Kolnos, Ritchie/78-02-23/12 "Port Clyde, Maine"/Zwoll, Jackie van/78-02-23/11 "Presque Isle: A Town Paper"/Gartley, George/76-03-02/17 "Prospect"/Jenkins, Peter/n.s./n.d./4 "The Town of Rockport"/Rector, Timothy J./n.d./9 "Rumford"/Bulger, Richard/76-02-26/11 "Rumford"/Carusi, Cynthia J./78-03-02/8 "The One and Only Saco, Maine"/Underwood, Chris/78-02-23/11 "Sanford"/Owen, Connie/76-02-26/19 "Searsport, Maine"/Garrett, Janice n.s./76-02-25/7 "Sebec"/Whedon, Katherine A./76-02-26/17 "Sidney, Maine: A Brief History"/Young, Willis/n.d./8 "Town Report: Standish"/Wright, Sandra R./n.d./12 "Stockton Springs"/Light, Michele/76-02-26/8 "A Brief Description of the town of Sumner, Maine; Past and Present"/Coburn, Cori/78-02-23/9 "Surry A Town Paper"/Milam, Anna Mary/78-02-23/13 "Swan’s Island: Then and Now"/Turner, Kim/n.d./10 "Thomaston Town Paper"/Wallace, Peg n.s./76-01-26/11 "Thondike A Town Paper"/Wilcox, Alan R./78-03-02/11 "Town Paper Topsfield, Maine"/Bean, Ronald E./76-02-26/13 "Turner"/Leadbetter, Fred Jr./76-02-26/8 "Town Paper (Van Buren, Me.)"/Morrow, Gail/n.d./11 "Van Buren"/Wood, Jonathan/78-02-21/6 "Veazie, Maine, Town Paper"/Stuart, Brian/78-02-22/8 "Vinalhave, Maine"/Peterson, Terri/78-02-23/10 "Waldoboro, Maine: Then and Now"/Cooper, Edward A./78-02-23/7 "Town Paper Town of Waterford"/Ramsay, Kathy/76-02-26/8 "A Short Report on the City"/Williams, Susan/78-02-20/8 "Town Paper"/Richards, Allan/n.d./3 "The Early Beginnings of Waterville"/Paduan, Bonnie L./n.d./9 "Wiscasset, Maine"/Chaney, Michael/78-02-23/13 "Town Paper"/Rollins, Rhonda/78-02-23/5 "York, Maine"/Moy, Rebecca/76-02-26/11 "Town Paper York, Maine"/Miller, Karen/n.d./8 "New Castle, New Hampshire"/Beard, Jack/n.d./14 "Cat Harbour, Newfoundland A Town Study"/Williams, Douglas/78-02-27/9 "Round About Small Point, Newfoundland" /Reynolds, Alan G./76-02-26/12 "St. John’s, Newfoundland"/Sparkman, Gregory/76-02-26/8
Maine: Argyle, Bangor, Belfast, Bemis, Boothbay, Bowdoinham, Brewer, Bridgton, Bucksport, Calais, Camden, Cape Elizabeth; Cape Neddick, Castine, Cumberland, Dexter, Dixmont, Dover-Foxcroft, Eastport, Falmouth, Forest City, Fort Kent, Frankfort, Franklin, Greenville, Hall Quarry, Hampden, Harrison, Hermon, Holden, Howland, Isle Au Haut, Islesboro, Jonesboro, Kenduskeag, Lakewood, Mapleton, Mars Hill, Milbridge, Milford, Millinocket, Milo, Newcastle, New Sweden, Northeast, Norway, Old Town, Orland, Orrington, Orrs and Bailey, Passadumkeag, Peru, Pittston, Poland, Port Clyde, Presque Isle, Prospect, Rockport, Rumford, Saco, Sanford, Searsport, Sebec, Sidney, Standish, Stockton, Sumner, Surry, Swan’s Island, Thomaston, Thorndike, Topsfield, Turner, Van Buren, Veazie, Vinalhaven, Waldoboro, Waterford, Waterville, Wiscasset, Wytopitlock, York. New Hampshire: Newcastle Newfoundland: Cat Harbour, Small Point, St. John’s
TOWN/AUTHOR/DATE/PAGES
"Argyle, Maine"/Hueras, Laurence/79-03-01/8 "Bangor and the Jewish Immigrants"/Tomasik, Randolph R./n.d./15 "A Brief Look at Belfast, Maine"/Pierce, Sharon T./78-02-23/10 "The City of Belfast, Maine"/Brown, Joanne/78-02-23/11 "Town Paper: Bemis, Maine"/Brann, Cathy/76-02-26/9 "Boothbay Harbor"/Travis, Vicki/78-02-23/7 "Bowdoinham: Then and Now"/Hinkley, Allison/76-02-26/9 "The History of Brewer"/Gilgan, Peter P./76-02-03/10 "Bridgton, Past and Prestent"/MacLeod, Deirdre R./78-02-23/11 "Bucksport"/Sterling, Richard/76-02-25/8 "The Decline of a Town"/Shinnick, John n.s./n.d./11 "Bucksport, Maine"/McCobb, Donna/78-02-23/8 "Calais, Maine"/Esposito, Louis J./76-02-26/8 "Sketch of Camden, Maine"/Stancioff, Paul/76-02-26/10 "Camden, Maine"/Wight, Nancy/78-02-23/8 "Cape Elizabeth, Maine"/Steinen, Karen/78-02-23/11 "Cape Neddick, Maine"/Clark, Holly R./78-02-23/13 "Castine, Maine"/Spear, Nancy/n.d./9 "The Town of Cumberland"/Tuttle, Christine N./76-02-26/8 "Town Paper on Dexter"/Clukey, Robert/n.d./13 "Dexter"/Covel, Melinda/n.d./5 "Dixmont"/Willis, A. Richard/n.d./11 "Dover-Foxcroft"/Cameron, Marilyn M./n.d./15 "Dover-Foxcroft, Maine"/Grant, Emma Jane/n.d./14 "Eastport"/Correll, Joe D./78-04-13/7 "Falmouth"/Tierney, Thomas/78-02-23/5 "Forest City, an International Community"/Brooks, Joan/n.d./9 "Fort Kent, Maine"/Roy, Rob/78-02-23/6 "A Glimpse at the Town of Frankfort"/Moore, Andrea/76-02-26/10 "Town of Franklin"/Spearing, Jeanette/76-02-23/7 "Greenville, Maine"/Roberts, Roxanne/n.d./9 "Hall Quarry: The Little Town That Isn’t There"/O’Neill, Susan/78-03-01/10 "Hampden, Maine"/Ryan, Hope-Lindsay/78-03-02/21 "Harrison, Maine"/Saxby, Ed/78-02-24/12 "A Maine Town: Hermon"/Brown, Bruce B., Jr./76-02-26/10 "Holden, Maine"/Lynch, James K./n.d./9 "The Town of Howland"/Thurlow, William D./78-03-01/12 "Isle Au Haut, Maine"/Nickolls, Steven/76-02-26/10 "Islesboro"/Coombs, Sheila/n.d./7 "A Study of Jonesboro"/Maker, Kimberly/76-02-26/10 "Kenduskeag, Maine"/Kazmierczak, Stephen/76-02-26/8 "Lakewood"/Corson, Debra/76-02-26/9 "Town of Mapleton"/Desmond, Jed C./76-02-26/11 "Mars Hill"/Silakowski, Mike/76-02-23/7 "Milbridge"/Whitehead, Donita J./78-03-01/10 "Town Paper Milford"/Edwards, Melanie/78-02-23/8 "Town Study - Milford"/Taylor, Kathleen McKay/n.p./12 "Millicket "The Magic City"/Burch, Dennis/76-02-26/7 "Milo: Not to Worry, We’ll Survive"/Eames, Karen A./76-02-26/12 "Newcastle"/Sherman, Peter/78-02-23/7 "New Sweden, Maine"/Dalrymple, Deke/76-02-26/11 "Northeast Harbor, Maine"/Rechholtz, Deborah/76-02-26/9 "Town Paper- Norway Maine"/Partridge, Brian S./76-02-26/11 "Norway, Maine"/Wilkinson, Peter L./76-02-26 "Old Town, Maine"/Adams, Jeanne C./76-02-26/9 "Orland, Maine"/Kreidel, Lauren/78-02-23/10 "Orrington"/Dolley, Tim /n.d./9 "Twin Islands (Orrs and Bailey)"/Skillings, Constance/78-02-23/8 "A Short Look at Passadumkeag, ME"/Kennedy, Jonathon/76-02-27/11 "Town Paper - Peru"/Richard, Peg/76-02-26/8 "Pittston, Maine"/Essency, David/76-02-26/10 "Town Paper: Poland, ME"/Kolnos, Ritchie/78-02-23/12 "Port Clyde, Maine"/Zwoll, Jackie van/78-02-23/11 "Presque Isle: A Town Paper"/Gartley, George/76-03-02/17 "Prospect"/Jenkins, Peter/n.s./n.d./4 "The Town of Rockport"/Rector, Timothy J./n.d./9 "Rumford"/Bulger, Richard/76-02-26/11 "Rumford"/Carusi, Cynthia J./78-03-02/8 "The One and Only Saco, Maine"/Underwood, Chris/78-02-23/11 "Sanford"/Owen, Connie/76-02-26/19 "Searsport, Maine"/Garrett, Janice n.s./76-02-25/7 "Sebec"/Whedon, Katherine A./76-02-26/17 "Sidney, Maine: A Brief History"/Young, Willis/n.d./8 "Town Report: Standish"/Wright, Sandra R./n.d./12 "Stockton Springs"/Light, Michele/76-02-26/8 "A Brief Description of the town of Sumner, Maine; Past and Present"/Coburn, Cori/78-02-23/9 "Surry A Town Paper"/Milam, Anna Mary/78-02-23/13 "Swan’s Island: Then and Now"/Turner, Kim/n.d./10 "Thomaston Town Paper"/Wallace, Peg n.s./76-01-26/11 "Thondike A Town Paper"/Wilcox, Alan R./78-03-02/11 "Town Paper Topsfield, Maine"/Bean, Ronald E./76-02-26/13 "Turner"/Leadbetter, Fred Jr./76-02-26/8 "Town Paper (Van Buren, Me.)"/Morrow, Gail/n.d./11 "Van Buren"/Wood, Jonathan/78-02-21/6 "Veazie, Maine, Town Paper"/Stuart, Brian/78-02-22/8 "Vinalhave, Maine"/Peterson, Terri/78-02-23/10 "Waldoboro, Maine: Then and Now"/Cooper, Edward A./78-02-23/7 "Town Paper Town of Waterford"/Ramsay, Kathy/76-02-26/8 "A Short Report on the City"/Williams, Susan/78-02-20/8 "Town Paper"/Richards, Allan/n.d./3 "The Early Beginnings of Waterville"/Paduan, Bonnie L./n.d./9 "Wiscasset, Maine"/Chaney, Michael/78-02-23/13 "Town Paper"/Rollins, Rhonda/78-02-23/5 "York, Maine"/Moy, Rebecca/76-02-26/11 "Town Paper York, Maine"/Miller, Karen/n.d./8 "New Castle, New Hampshire"/Beard, Jack/n.d./14 "Cat Harbour, Newfoundland A Town Study"/Williams, Douglas/78-02-27/9 "Round About Small Point, Newfoundland" /Reynolds, Alan G./76-02-26/12 "St. John’s, Newfoundland"/Sparkman, Gregory/76-02-26/8
Existence and Location of Originals
Located at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress: AFC 2012/047 https://lccn.loc.gov/2013655211.
- Cities and towns Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Folklore Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Maine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oral histories Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Students -- Papers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Northeast Town History Papers Collection
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Amanda Marden
- Date
- March 2018
- 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 Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History Repository
Contact:
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207.581.1686
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207.581.1686
