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Correspondence, publications, flyers, notes and other materials documenting the efforts to close the Maine Yankee nuclear power plant dating from the 1960s to the 2000s. Includes daily records of radioactive emissions from the plant.

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Two letters written by Vileria J. Horr of Lovell, Maine, to her sister Ruth. One letter is dated Dec. 22, 1883; the other is dated Mar. 9, 1884. Each letter also contains a letter written to Ruth by Vileria Horr's daughter, Carrie M. Horr. Vileria Horr writes about family matters, especially the health of various family members, as well as about the weather, etc. Carrie Horr also writes about her health, that of other family members, and about her schooling.

Scope and Contents The collection contains the papers of Duncan Howlett of Center Lovell, Maine, a minister, author, and forester. They concern his activities as a small woodland owner and as one of the founders of the Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine. Represented in the collection are materials from Rev. Howlett's terms of office on the boards of directors and various committees of the American Forestry Association, the Forest History Society, and the Natural Resources Council of Maine. These files...

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A letter book containing letters written by an Indian Agent and merchant in Old Town, Maine in 1904 to 1906. Some of the letters are signed by George H. Hunt, Agent and some by Hunt & Stowe. Included also are photoreproductions of the letters in the letter book and typed transcripts of the letters.

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Collection includes files and correspondence created by and relating to Jasper Hutchings and his work for the Lincoln Pulp and Paper Company. Also included are stockholder lists, financial records, and dockets. Other related files and correspondence pertain to the Chemical Fibre Association, Corwine Law Offices, and related documents about Thomas Stewart and his nomination as trustee of all the property of the Lincoln Pulp and Paper Company.

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A collection of letters to J. Herbert Hutchins from his mother, his father, and his brother H. Wesley. The letters span the years 1873 to 1888.

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The papers of a lawyer, businessman, and Collector of the Port of Bangor, Maine. Included are letters, bills, receipts, and agreements, mostly pertaining to logging in Maine. Also included are typed transcripts of many of the bills and letters. Also included is a copy of the pamphlet A tribute to the dead: Robert Ingersoll's matchless eulogy of Roscoe Conkling. Also included is An Act to incorporate the Bangor Boom Company (approved March 22, 1843)

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Correspondence, 1900-1902, from company president, Hugh Chisholm, or his secretary, E.W. Hyde, to Simon B. Gates, in Winn, Maine. Most letters concern land purchases for the company. Collection also includes copies of deeds, 1873-1901, for land in Winn and Mattawamkeag, Maine, as well as invoices, 1902, to Gates primarily for purchase of wood and other supplies.

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Collection contains personal papers and business records of Charles R. Ireland as well as a few papers of other members of the Ireland family. The majority of the collection contains business ledgers and invoices to Wm. B. Ireland and Son and C.R. Ireland for goods purchased for their dry goods and grocery business in Stetson. Records (1874-1887) of the Stetson Post Office are also found in the collection

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The records include correspondence and circulars, Thacker's Sugar Chart and Other Tables (1893), a receipt book, and ledgers covering the years 1895-1899. Includes letters to Boardman 1898-1899, check stub book January 20, 1899-August 23, 1899, ledgers of credit or loans September 1898-April 1899, inventory book for 1895-1899.

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Business records of a manufacturer of lumber and cooperage in East Limington, Maine. Included are 4 account books and approximately 40 bills and letters.

Abstract The papers of a political activist, public servant, and poet from Maine. The 2 microfilm reels (located in the Microforms Department in the Fogler Library - call number Microfilm J631) include the papers which were deposited in the Harvard University Library in Cambridge, Mass. They are largely concerned with labor conditions and laws pertaining to women and children in Massachusetts. Included in the folder in the Special Collections Department are correspondence, biographical material of...

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The correspondence of a Bowdoin College student in the late 1870s and early 1880s. The letters are from Fred LaForest Johnson's father, his young brother Harry, his cousin Carrie who lived in Northport, Maine, his aunt Amanda from Fort Wayne, Indiana. The bulk of the correspondence is from his sister Mae. Included also are a diary from 1877, 2 photographs of Fred, a short genealogy of the Johnson family, and other miscellaneous letters and papers.

Scope and Contents Personal papers and business records of three generations of the Johnston family, builders of dams and bridges in Maine. Included are materials of William Jasper Johnston; his son, William Percy Johnston; and Percy's son, Donald Percy Johnston. A few items belonging to John Johnston, father of Jasper Johnston are also found in the collection. The collection includes many photographs of dams and other construction projects of the Johnston family. Included are phorographs and negatives,...

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Letters from a son working in Washington, D.C. for the War Department during the First World War to his mother living in Old Town, Maine.

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The papers consist primarily of letters in answer to Ralph Kneeland Jones's request for information about the history of agricultural education.

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The records of the Josselyn Botanical Society of Maine include meeting minutes, newsletters, correspondence, scrapbooks, and clippings recording the society's activities. It also includes journals, lantern slides, and microscope slides documenting the information gathered by the society.

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Records of the Katahdin Iron Works, an iron producing company located near Brownville Junction, Maine. It also includes records of Piscataquis Iron Works, a successor to Katahdin, and records generated by Prentiss and Carlisle Company of Bangor while managing the timberland on the Iron Works property.

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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.

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Financial records and correspondence of a local electric utility in Maine. Included are cashbooks, journals, ledgers, purchase records, and letter books of the Kennebec Light and Heat Company from 1887 to 1911.

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Records of a Dennysville, Maine family and allied families. Includes letters, deeds, family histories, and town records of Dennysville.

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Letters written to John C. Rives, Benjamin Perley Poore, Harrison Wright and Martin Jenkins Crawford by King while he was first assistant postmaster-general. All concern postal matters. Also included is King's franking privilege signature.

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Two letters, May 14, 1895 and June 14, 1895, written in Brattleboro, Vermont, by Kipling to Lucius Tuttle, president of the Boston and Maine Railroad. One letter requests the establishment of a flag and freight station close to Kipling's home; the other recommends that trains sound a warning whistle when approaching a nearby bridge.

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The collection contains records of Kippewa for Girls, a summer camp located on Lake Cobbosseecontee in Winthrop, Maine.

Abstract Correspondence, 1860-1865, among members of the Knight family of Biddeford, Maine. Includes letters to Albert E. Knight while he was a student at the Maine State Seminary (now Bates College) primarily from his brother Daniel Knight, writing from Fairfield, Wayne Co., Illinois. The letters are filled with family news and advice on how Albert should behave while at school and at home. Also contains letters to Samuel D. (Dow) Knight from his brothers Albert and Mendal while they were serving in...

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A letter to Ronald B. Davis of Waterville, Maine enclosing surface pollen spectra Knox obtained from 18 bogs, swamps and marshes in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts from 1939 to 1943.

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The collection contains papers of Donaldson Koons of Sidney, Maine, focusing primarily on his work as Chair of the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission (LURC) in 1973 and 1974.

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

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

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Correspondence of the Lawrence family of Sorrento, Sullivan, and Castine, Maine.