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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

Kendall A. Merriam Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0341
Scope and Contents

Manuscripts of poetry, typescripts, notebooks, newspaper clippings, correspondence and miscellaneous papers of a Maine poet and author.

Dates: 1913-1996; Majority of material found within 1969-1975

Daphne Winslow Merrill Research Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0343
Scope and Contents

The collection is composed of research notes, scrapbooks and manuscripts for Ms. Merrill's book on Maine lakes, and some other papers concerning the American Mothers Committee, Toy Len Goon, Mother of the Year, 1953 and class materials for teaching English.

Dates: 1950s-1970

Lucius Herbert Merrill Family and Academic Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0346
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1891-1974

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

Norman B. Nash Historical Research Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0359
Scope and Contents

The Norman B. Nash collection contains historical research on Eastern Maine and New Brunswick. The collection includes manuscripts, notes, correspondence, and illustrations. A number of original documents are photocopied.

Dates: 1918-1956

Robert H. Newall Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0362
Scope and Contents

The papers of a critic, columnist, and professional pianist and organist. Included are reviews written by Mr. Newall and programs collected by him in his career as a critic and patron of the arts. Included are correspondence, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and theater programs.

Dates: 1961-1987

Nettie Gove Nicholson Genealogical Papers

 Collection — Box: 421
Identifier: SpC MS 0364
Scope and Contents

Collection of notes, correspondence, and other materials used in compiling the genealogy authored by Nettie Gove Nicholson. The genealogy includes many Maine and New England families.

Dates: undated

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

Olof Olsson Nylander Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0817-sc
Abstract A collection of material by and about a geologist and mineralogist whose discovery of the first fossil specimens unearthed in Aroostook County altered many theories about the geological history of northern Maine. Included are newspaper clippings by and about Olof O. Nylander in Maine newspapers from the period 1932 to 1943. The newspapers represented are the Bangor Daily News, Presque Isle Star-Herald, Houlton Pioneer Times, Aroostook Republican, and the Lewiston Journal Magazine Section....
Dates: 1895-1943; Majority of material found in 1932-1943

Administration And Finance. Institutional And Facilities Planning. Office of Facilities Management (University Of Maine) Records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA RG 0004-008-002
Content Description

The records contain textual information and photographs regarding University of Maine campus buildings. Including, but not for every building: correspondence, memorandums, reports, financial information, photographs, clippings, programs from naming ceremonies, and architectural plans.

Dates: 1920-1987

Office Of The President (University Of Maine) Records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA RG 0003
Scope and Contents

The folders mainly contain textual material, particularly; correspondence, memorandums, press releases, and reports. But there are some books, photographs and artifacts such as plaques, banners, and a medal and media such as cassette, video, and radio tapes, film and Compact Discs.

Dates: 1810-2018; Majority of material found within 1934-1984

Old Town, Maine Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0808-sc
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...
Dates: 1885-1921

Faculty Records (University Of Maine). Olmstead (Kathryn J.) Journalism Papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA RG 0011-051
Content Description The record group contains mostly textual material created and curated by Kathryn J. Olmstead during her tenure as a professor of journalism and associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Maine and career as a journalist. Includes clippings of articles by the journalists Brooks Hamilton, Doug Kneeland, and David Lamb. There is also correspondence with Lamb and details of his induction into the Maine Press Association's Hall of Fame (2005).There...
Dates: 1954-2005

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

Papers on Ralph Owen Brewster

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SpC MS 0069
Scope and Contents

The majority of the collection consists of correspondence, clippings, and telegrams about his campaign for the U.S. Senate in 1952. Some materials cover the Senate hearings on the national defense program (1947) and on wiretapping (1951).

Dates: 1947-1986

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

Payson-Fogler Family Reunion Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0391
Scope and Contents

Documents are primarily concerned with the annual reunion of the Payson-Vogler (Fogler) families. Materials include letters and accounts of reunions.

Dates: 1865-2003

Faculty Records (University of Maine). Peck (H. Austin) Records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA RG 0011-005
Scope and Contents

The papers of an educator. Includes course notes, correspondence, office files, materials connected with his Jamaica sabbatical, correspondence with Frank Coffin, and personal effects.

Dates: 1946-1963

Penobscot Paddle and Chowder Society Records

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0399
Abstract

The collection contains records of the Penobscot Paddle and Chowder Society, an organization in Bangor, Maine, for people interested in canoeing, kayaking and other outdoor activities. The materials center on environmental advocacy activities of the group in the 1970s.

Dates: 1974-1976

Student Organizations And Publications. Phi Beta Kappa. Delta Of Maine (University of Maine) Records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA RG 0009-012
Scope and Contents

The records contain textual information created and curated by the University of Maine chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, a national scholastic honor society. Included are: charter for the Delta Chapter of Maine, correspondence, minutes of meetings, histories of the chapter, membership lists, candidate lists, clippings, publications, constitution, and by-laws.

Dates: 1922-1981

Sanford Phippen Literary Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0406
Abstract

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

Dates: 1954-

James Shepherd Pike Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0409
Scope and Contents

The papers of a journalist, diplomat and author from Calais, Maine. Including correspondence, diaries, notebooks, account books, manuscripts, and some family material. Correspondents include Salmon P. Chase, Charles Anderson Dana, G.G. Fogg, and Horace Greeley.

Dates: 1850-1880

Students/Alumni Records (University Of Maine). Pinkham (Lawrence D.) Papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA RG 0010-006
Content Description Papers from Lawrence Pinkham, who attended UMaine Orono in the late 1940s. Pinkham was a history/journalism major and worked on The Maine Journalist and The Maine Annex newspapers. He was editor-in-chief of The Maine Campus in 1950.The record group includes:Copies of the University of Maine student newspapers The Maine Journalist (May, 1950), with Pinkham photographed on the front cover and a mention of him being admitted to Columbia University, copies of The Maine...
Dates: 1947-1950

Portland League for Peace and Freedom Records

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0417
Abstract

This collection documents the foundation and activities of the Portland League for Peace and Freedom in the years before World War II. Included are correspondence, pamphlets, newsletters, and clippings concerning the League. Of interest are the publicity scrapbooks that include manuscript material. The collection also includes materials from the American Civil Liberties Union and the Emergency Peace Campaign.

Dates: 1933-1940

Harriet H. Price Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0424
Abstract

Collection contains Harriet Price's papers documenting her work with Maine's Native American population and her activities as a citizen opposed to the war in Vietnam. Also contains publications on Maine Indian laws and legal issues and a collection of articles from Maine newspapers concerning Maine Indian land claims, 1977-1987.

Dates: 1970-1995

Faculty Records (University Of Maine). Professor Campana (Richard J.) Papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA RG 0011-041
Scope and Contents The records mainly contain textual information created and curated by Richard J. Campana, who was a University of Maine Botany and Plant Pathology professor, but there are also photographs of Campana, slides, research tools, graphs, charts, and cartographic materials. The record series Biographical Information contains information regarding educational background, resumes, past achievements, awards, and personal correspondence of Campana. The record series Research...
Dates: 1937-1989; Majority of material found within 1970-1985