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Peter Kellman Labor Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0271
Abstract

Materials were collected and compiled by Peter Kellman with regard, primarily, to the strike at the International Paper Mill in Jay, Maine. Other materials include the Simplex Lockout, the Madison Project, and the Millinocket Project.

Dates: 1984-1996

George A. LaBonte Forestry Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0284
Abstract

The papers of a forest entomologist working for the Maine Forest Service.

Dates: 1949-1984

Donald Richard Larrabee Journalistic Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0289
Abstract

The papers are related to articles and columns written by Donald Richard Larrabee, a Washington correspondent.

Dates: 1954-1970

Ralph Leavitt Sportsman's Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0292
Abstract

The Leavitt papers contain mostly materials used in the columns that he wrote for the "Bangor Daily News" concerning hunting, fishing, and other outdoor sports. Included are correspondence, articles, news releases, clippings, and photographs.

Dates: 1960s-1994

Collection on Edward John Limes

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1722-sc
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1943-1944

Maine Twin Party Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1782
Scope and Contents

Collection, 1938-1976, consists of the papers of the Maine Twin Party organization. Includes correspondence, photographs, clippings, scrapbooks, and a film reel documenting their semi-annual parties celebrating twins, and their research benefits. This party started as a small gathering for research, it expanded into a state organization that continued until the mid 1950s.

Dates: 1938-1976; 1938-1955 (bulk)

Earl M. McChesney Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0781
Abstract

Papers and business records of Earl M. McChesney, a forester and land surveyor from Bangor, Maine.

Dates: 1930-1996; Majority of material found within 1970-1990

Berniece C. and Leo Meissner Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SpC MS 0338
Scope and Contents

The papers of a journalist and art critic and of a Maine artist. Included are correspondence with artists, scrapbooks of articles written for the newspaper column Brush Strokes, greeting cards with original art work, brochures of museums and art galleries, photographs, pamphlets, exhibition catalogs.

Dates: 1956-1970

Charley Miller Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0348
Abstract

The collection contains the papers of Charley Miller of Bangor, Maine, an outdoorsman, Maine guide, fight conditioner, and outdoor cook. Included are photographs, celebrity endorsements, 16 mm films, and news articles documenting his work as a Maine guide, outdoorsman and outdoor cook.

Dates: 1931-1966

Frances Robinson Mitchell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0350
Scope and Contents

This collection contains both materials reflecting the life, interests, and activities of Frances Robinson Mitchell and materials which document the Robinson family's work in the lumbering and timberlands business in northern Maine. Included are correspondence, business records, photographs, newspaper clippings, deeds, leases, reports, tax documents, and plans.

Dates: 1893-2005; Majority of material found within 1944-1995

Harold F. Moon Theater Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0352
Abstract

The Harold F. Moon collection is composed of materials that document his career in the theater in the Bangor area. Includes scrapbooks of clippings, programs, and a manuscript.

Dates: 1895-1976

Arthur Herbert Norton Ornithological Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0368
Abstract

The correspondence, notes, articles, scientific papers, and other papers of Arthur Norton concerning birds, mammals, botany, and the natural history of Maine. Includes the card file catalogue used in "Maine Birds."

Dates: 1888-1943

Our Neighborhood Club Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1785
Abstract

The Our Neighborhood Club papers collection consists of club program booklets, scrapbooks, photographs, as well as club meeting minutes and attendance. The collection does have papers that span between 1908 to 2007, however, the collection primarily focuses on club materials during the 1960s through the 1990s.

Dates: 1908-2007

Ralph S. Palmer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1063
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...
Dates: 1842-2002; Majority of material found within 1880-1950

Paul C. Ware Mountain Journal

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0754-sc
Abstract

A handwritten daily journal of a fire spotter in Maine. It includes personal memoirs and official records during the summers Paul Ware was a watchman for fires. Included also are a map, a newspaper clipping about the phasing out of fire rangers, and photographs.

Dates: 1956-1971

Arthur B. Richardson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0434
Abstract

Family letters, newspaper clippings and documents relating to the geneology of the Cobb, Snow and Hopkins families.

Dates: 1915-2011

Arnold Thomas Rubenstein Historical Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0441
Abstract

Manuscripts of Rubenstein's unpublished books (Thousand Years of Russian History, The Potemkin) and book proposals (The Two Russian Revolutions 1905 and 1907, and Russia: What It Was and What It Is). Also included are copied papers that pertain to these manuscripts, notes, and source materials. Some of this material is translated, some is in German, French, and Russian. Some materials on Trotsky are included.

Dates: 1705-1950

Mildred "Brownie" and William E. Schrumpf Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0455
Abstract

Papers of a newspaper columnist and gastronomic guru in the Bangor area and of an agricultural economist. Includes columns, cookbooks, recipes, notebooks, menus and correspondence. Many of the cookbooks and much of the material relates to Maine.

Dates: 1905-1990s

Marion Whitney Smith Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0870-sc
Abstract The papers of a Maine author. Included are photocopies of her stories and poems written when she was a student at the Prince School in Boston, newspaper clippings of reviews of her books, issues of The Millinocket Journal (1953, 1956, 1962 and 1963) containing articles by her and reviews of her books, the summer 1953 issue of The pine cone: a panorama of Maine with a review of her book Katahdin fantasies, 3 photographs of her, newspaper clippings of stories about her, and issues of the...
Dates: 1953-1975

Jasper Jacob Stahl Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0478
Abstract

Papers of a historian of Waldoboro, Maine including correspondence, research notes, and clippings relating to Stahl's history of Waldoboro and to Germans in Maine.

Dates: 1886-1970

Steamboat Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0835-sc
Abstract

A collection of photographs, postcards, and clippings about steamboats sailing in Penobscot Bay, Maine.

Dates: 1858-1945

Telos Canal Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1064-sc
Abstract The records of a logging company in Maine. Included are copies of the incorporation papers of 1846, financial papers of the company from 1903 to 1919, statements of tolls, minutes of meetings, correspondence, and tax papers. Included also are two copies of a document Telos Lake, from Report of Land Agent of Maine of 1841, printed by order of Senate of January 14, 1840. Included also is a map of the Upper St. John River; two copies of a newspaper clipping from the Bangor Daily News (Aug. 22,...
Dates: 1846-1966; Majority of material found within 1846-1920

Harry T. Treworgy Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0508
Scope and Contents

The papers of Harry T. Treworgy include advertisements from his establishments and items from his service to the state of Maine. Included in this are correspondence, petitions, and reports. There are a few photographic prints.

Dates: 1940-1976

Rudy Vallée Papers and Memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0598
Abstract

The papers of a popular vocalist in the U.S. during the 20th century. Included are correspondence from 1917 to 1984, newspaper clippings, scores, photographs, scrapbooks, phonograph records, megaphone, and other memorabilia.

Dates: 1917-1984

William Tell Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0629
Abstract

Records of the William Tell Club, a private hunting and social club on Spencer Pond near Maine's Moosehead Lake. It also contains a small group of papers of George T. and Mabel Bain, parents of the collection's donor.

Dates: 1903-1950; Majority of material found within 1903-1933

Woman's Club of Orono Records

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0637
Abstract

The collection consists of the records of the Woman's Club of Orono from the founding of the Club. Many prominent Orono families are represented in the membership.

Dates: 1887-