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This small collection includes two copies of accounts of events and achievements of the Music Department at the University of Maine from the time period of 1963 to 1967 when Dr. Herrold Headley was at the university.

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A scrapbook compiled by Jackson while a student at the University of Maine. It contains photographs, programs, and memorabilia pertaining to students and activities on campus.

Scope and Contents The collection includes biographical information about Matthew and Ramona Highlands, newspaper clippings about his war service and career, and correspondence dated 1945-1949, including letters of appreciation for his service in the military and during the Berlin blockade. Included among the letters is one from Pres. Harry Truman written in 1949, expressing his appreciation to those involved in the relief effort in Germany after the war. The collection also includes photographs of Matthew and...

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Collection of correspondence, scripts, and other materials used by Richard Hill for his radio spot on the Maine Public Broadcasting Network. The scripts date from 1982 on.

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A scrapbook compiled by Hill while a student at the University of Maine. It contains signatures and comments of class members, programs and memorabilia of student activities, and photographs of students and athletic teams.

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Items gathered in 1993 by James W. Hilty, professor of plant pathology at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, in the course of research for a biography of Frank Lamson-Scribner. Materials include copies of original correspondence, reports, photographs, etc., held by repositories such as Bowdoin College, the Smithsonian Institution, the Library of Congress, the National Archives, and the University of Tennessee.

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A scrapbook compiled by Hitchner while a student at the University of Maine. It contains signatures and comments of class members as well as programs, photographs and memorabilia of campus activities, social events and the university's athletic teams. Topics of interest within the scrapbook include information about Alpha Omicron Pi sorority and photographs of parades held in Orono to honor soldiers serving in World War I.

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The papers of Edward M. Holmes provide a record of his literary career. They include drafts of his writings, a diary from 1965, and a copy of his doctoral thesis.

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The record group contains lists of recipients, biographies, photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and guidelines for awarding honorary degrees at the University of Maine.

Scope and Contents The collection contains various notebooks of information compiled by Fay Hyland. The earliest volume contains class notes taken in 1923, presumably at Michigan State University. Three notebooks from 1933, 1934, and 1937-1938 record trees and other plants observed in various places in Maine. Another notebook contains information about experiments carried out by Hyland in Cambridge, Mass. in 1939 as well as information on experiments conducted in 1940. The final volume in the collection...

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Eleven scrapbooks containing columns written by Illyn between 1958 and 1970 for Novoye Russkoye Slovo, a Russian-language newspaper published in New York City. The columns are about life in the Soviet Union, politics, the history, literature and people of Russia as well as the experience of being a Russian emigrant in Maine. The town of Richmond, Maine, a center for Russian settlement in Maine, is featured in several of the columns.

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A scrapbook about Caroline Colvin compiled by Mary W. Ogborn, a relative of Dr. Colvin.

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The papers cover M. Eleanor Jackson's years as a student on the University of Maine Orono campus from 1916-1920. Included are scrapbooks containing photographs of campus scenes and buildings, programs, and other items as well as material on Delta Delta Delta sorority.

Scope and Contents The record group contains photographs and slides taken by Freeland Jones from around 1947 to 1965 of buildings and activities at the University of Maine including Winter Carnival, Penny Carnival, Class Day, etc. Also included is a folder containing correspondence between Edward W. Hackett, Jr., director of continuing education at the University of Maine, and Paul H. Day concerning a course entitled "Elements of Purchasing" to be taught at the University in 1968. Papers and articles related...

Scope and Contents Includes a scrapbook, photographs, memorabilia, etc. maintained by Fred T. Jordan while a student at the University of Maine, 1918-1922. The scrapbook contains signatures and comments of class members, programs of campus events, and photographs of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house and members, the university football team, etc. Also includes a scrapbook of Avis Strout Jordan, a member of the class of 1923 at the University of Maine. This volume includes photographs of the football team, members...

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A notebook used by S.A. Joyce in 1909 to record notes taken in an English class at the University of Maine.

Scope and Contents The records mainly contain textual information curated by Tony Kaliss during his time as a student at the University of Maine including on the subjects of student unions, general left caucus, anti-war marches, protests, and sit-ins, University President Libby's speech on rights, Justice Department visits, labor related activities, California grape boycott, Penobscot Shoe Co. strike, and Doug's shop and save strike.The records include material from various student union and...

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A scrapbook compiled by Dorothy Hanington while a student at the University of Maine.

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Photographs and news clippings related to the escape of University of Maine students Edward John Limes from a fire at Hannibal Hall February 13, 1944.

Abstract Contains correspondence about the locomotive, its history and its transfer from place to place. Many letters are to and from W.J. Sweetser, professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Maine, and H.D. Watson, head of the mechanical engineering department. Other letters are from Louis Ibbotson, librarian at the university, John R. Lyman, chair of the mechanical engineering department in the 1970s, and university presidents Arthur Hauck and Howard Neville. The collection also...

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The collection contains letters written by Merton R. Lovett while a student at the University of Maine to his mother and to Margaret Woodberry, who later became his wife. The letters describe his daily life and activities during the four years he attended the university.

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The personal and business papers of an engineer. The papers include primarily personal correspondence and business correspondence during his years with Clevite Corp. and Gould Inc.

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A scrapbook compiled by Lyon while a student at the University of Maine. It includes signatures and comments of class members as well as programs, photographs and memorabilia of campus activities and fraternity life. Much of the volume contains programs, photographs and newspaper clippings about the university's athletic teams, especially the baseball, football and track teams.

Scope and Contents This record group mostly includes copies of programs from the annual University of Maine Maine Day celebration. The record group also contains information on the history of Maine Day and for some years there are newspaper clippings, scripts, photographs, correspondence, transparencies, and an audio tape from the 1965 Maine Day. There is also a commemorative badge for former University of Maine President Arthur Hauck with an image of Hauck and the message "58 Years in the Tradition of...

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Collection contains records of activities of the Club including administrative records, minutes of meetings, correspondence, cabin logs, photograph albums, memorabilia and scrapbooks.

Scope and Contents A miscellaneous group of records regarding the history of the University of Maine from its founding as the Maine State College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts in 1865. Items appear to have been curated and compiled over time by Fogler Library Special Collections staff to document key events, figures, and milestones in the University's early history. Most material is from the end of the Nineteenth century through to the mid Twentieth century. The records mainly contain...

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Volumes containing information about selected students, perhaps members of the Mechanical Dept., enrolled at the Maine State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, later the University of Maine, 1896-1899.

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A scrapbook compiled by Mank while a student at the University of Maine. It includes signatures and comments of class members as well as programs, photographs and memorabilia of campus activities. Photos of the house and members of the Sigma Nu fraternity are also included as are photographs of activities of the university chapter of Scabbard and Blade, the national military honor fraternity.

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The papers of Professor Mendall concern primarily his research on birds and in particular ducks. The collection consists mainly of publications (articles, reprints, journals). Some manuscript materials are present along with field note cards.

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A scrapbook compiled by Daphne Winslow while a student at the University of Maine. It includes signatures and comments of class members as well as programs, photographs and memorabilia of campus activities and student life. Of interest within the scrapbook are items documenting residents of Balentine Hall, a campus dormitory, as well as materials concerning Winslow's membership in Phi Mu, All Maine Women and other campus organizations.