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The collection contains both academic and family papers of Lucius H. Merrill and of his son, Edward O. Merrill, and Alan Merrill. These include lecture notes, research notes, letters, correspondence, diaries, and journals.

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A scrapbook kept by Mildred Hastings Merrill from 1909-1915. It contains photographs of buildings, campus scenes, students and activities at the University of Maine, as well as images of friends and family. The volume also contains theater programs, tickets, and other memorabilia from performances in Denver in 1914.

Abstract The Collection is composed of correspondence, financial records, photographs, and plans that were created by Cooper Milliken and his firm, for various clients. The subject of the collection is almost entirely based on his work and is geographically focused around the State of Maine with some outliers in New York and Massachusetts. Some prominant projects included the renovations of Alumni Hall, Fernald Hall and Carnegie Hall at the University of Maine. As well as the designs for the City of...

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Papers include copies of Coleman's letters, 1929-1945, primarily to his mother and sister in which he writes of his life while teaching in Berlin, N.H., as an analyst in the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce in Washington, D.C., and while serving with the United States Army in Italy during World War II. The collection also contains letters of condolence to Coleman's wife after his death in 1945 as well as family photographs.

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A scrapbook maintained by Niles while a student at the University of Maine. It contains signatures and comments of class members as well as memorabilia and photographs especially of the university track team. It also includes souvenirs and photographs from Niles's membership in Lambda Chi Alpha; of particular interest are those documenting his attendance at the Lambda Chi Alpha national convention in Dallas, Texas, in Dec. 1921-Jan. 1922.

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Correspondence primarily between Llewellyn N. Edwards and University of Maine President Harold S. Boardman about the availability of obsolete ordnance material from the United States Navy Department.

Scope and Contents The records contain textual information created by the University of Maine's Personnel Department (now known as Office of Human Resources). Much of the material appears to have been curated by Fogler Library Special Collections staff and consists of public facing information circulated to University of Maine employees. The record group Employment Records contains details of appointments, promotions, tenures, emeriti titles, retirements, and resignations that were submitted to the...

Scope and Contents The collection contains research material and writings of Ralph S. Palmer, a professor and naturalist. It includes material related to Manly Hardy and his daughter Fannie Hardy Eckstorm, as well as an extensive reprint collection of publications in natural history and zoology. Included are notes, articles, clippings, photographs, reprints, ledgers, typescripts, illustrations, card indexes, and correspondence of Ralph S. Palmer, Jonathan Titcomb Hardy, Manly Hardy, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm, and...

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Scrapbooks compiled by Marie Haines Pancoast while a student at the University of Maine. They contain programs, photographs and memorabilia of campus activities and social and sorority life. Topics of particular interest within the scrapbooks include newspaper clippings about activities on campus concerning World War II and programs, souvenirs, etc. from Phi Mu sorority.

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A student paper written by Arthur A. Davis for a course entitled "Problems in Forest Management," in 1947. The course was taught by Professor Robert Ashman at the University of Maine in Orono.

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A scrapbook from an unidentified compiler consisting of clippings of a column from an unidentified newspaper, probably the Bangor Daily News, Bangor, Maine. Each column is about either a woman faculty member or the wife of a faculty member at the University of Maine.

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Scrapbook containing memorabilia of a college student during the early 20th century. The scrapbook contains photographs, programs, and other items collected during Lawrence E. Philbrook's years as a student on the Orono campus of the University of Maine, from 1912 to 1916. Also includes Beta Theta Pi materials.

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Papers of a Maine author, poet, and high school teacher and alumnus of the University of Maine. Includes papers concerning his publications High clouds soaring, Storms driving low: the letters of Ruth Moore, The police know everything, and Kitchen boy. Also includes writings of Orono High School students and writings of and about other Maine authors

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

Scope and Contents The collection contains photographs and memorabilia from Kents Hill School especially items regarding the centennial in 1929 of the Calliopean Society, a literary society at the school. Also found in the collection is a scrapbook maintained by Pinkham while a student at the University of Maine and photographs and other material documenting his years at the university including pictures and awards from his time on the track team, pictures of activities of Theta Chi fraternity, and a...

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The papers of an educator interested in recreation programs in Maine. Included are brochures, pamphlets, and student papers on camps in Maine, camping in Maine, and recreation in Maine.

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Record group includes clippings, proposals, and other materials relating to the attempt to establish a medical school at the University of Maine in the 1970s.

Scope and Contents The records mainly contain textual information created and curated by Arthur Lowell Deering who was a nationally known educator and expert in Maine agriculture and agricultural education, but there are also some photographic material of staff in the Extension Service and events at the University of Maine and other academic institutions and an audio recording from an outstanding farmers awards ceremony (1957). The records cover his service to the University of Maine at Orono as Director of...

Scope and Contents The records mainly contain textual information created and curated by scholar, a teacher, researcher and humorist Irwin Douglass who was a faculty member in the Chemistry Department at the University of Maine and a widely-known specialist in organosulfur chemistry and the chemistry of wood pulp and pulp manufacture. The record group mostly contains textual information during Douglass's tenure at the University of Maine, but there are also some photographs of events Douglass attended. ...

Scope and Contents The records contain textual information created and curated by University of Maine professor Franklin P. Eggert. The record series Graduate School Correspondence contains various correspondence of Eggert related to the University of Maine’s Graduate School which Eggert was the dean of from 1963 to 1975. The record series Correspondence contains various correspondence of Eggert primarily related to his time as chairperson of the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences...

Scope and Contents The records mainly contain textual information created and curated by University of Maine Professor Hilda Fife, but there are also some photographic material and a wooden map of Henry David Thoreau's travels in Maine. The record series Academic Papers contains copies of both Fife’s masters and doctoral thesis, articles by Thesis, course outlines, a display kit, and biographies. The record series Reference Material contains copies various publications and books,...

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Papers which reflect the career of a long-term educator at the University of Maine.

Scope and Contents The record group mostly contains textual information created and curated by Professor John Hankins during his tenure as college professor of English at the University of Maine, but there is also a photograph of Hankins in Folder 12. Includes: biographical information from the faculty index, correspondence, dramatic pieces, poems, and short stories (including some written by Hankin), articles, and speeches, newspaper clippings on a range of subjects, conference material, and various items...

Scope and Contents The records mainly contain textual information created by and about E. Reeve Hitchner during his tenure as Professor of Bacteriology (1922-1959), Head of the Department of Bacteriology (1932-1958), and overseeing the Pullorum-Typhoid Testing Service at the University of Maine until his retirement in 1958. There are also photographs of Hitchner and Hitchner Hall and a signed photograph from U.S Congressman Clifford G. McIntire. Include biographic information regarding Hitchner,...

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The record group contains notes for lectures and papers written by Robert E. Jensen for presentation at symposia.

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Papers reflecting Matthew McNeary's teaching career and committee service while a professor at the University of Maine. Included is correspondence, 1946-1951; registration information and course outlines, 1949-1951; and samples of exams and drawings. Also included is correspondence, meeting minutes, etc. from McNeary's work on various University of Maine committees.

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Papers of University of Maine French professor Marie Christiansen Mengers. Included are correspondence, research notes, and lectures relating to the French poet Henri de Régnier (1864-1936). Correspondents include Jacques de Lacretelle, Claude Debussy, George Duhamel, and Henri de Régnier. Also included are copies of Mengers's M.A. and Ph.D. theses, an index to her Ph.D. thesis, unpublished manuscripts, and a copy of her book of poetry Nothing but Song.

Scope and Contents The records of a well-known Asian historian and former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Maine. They cover his years as Professor of History (1950-1986) and tenure as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (1966-1973) at the University of Maine. The record series Lecture Notes contains Professor Nolde’s notes for various history classes he taught and a copy of student evaluations (1983).The record series Course Outlines contains course...

Scope and Contents The record group contains papers of William P. Randel. Although Randel was a English professor at the University of Maine, most of the material relates to Randels' writing career particuarly draft manuscripts, both published and unpublished written by Randel. The record series Miscellaneous Manuscripts, Talks & Research Notes contains draft manuscripts on a range of subjects related to literature and history. Also, in many cases the folders include research and submissions to...

Scope and Contents Mostly contains textual information created and curated by University of Maine professor of electrical engineering Edmund MacMillan "Ned" Sheppard.The record series Board of Trustee and Budget Records contains information Sheppard curated during his tenure as the faculty representative to the University of Maine System Board of Trustees including meeting packages, reports, Sheppard’s notes, and copies of budget reports and presentations including for specific departments affected...