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The papers contain a history of debating at the University of Maine from 1931-1979. Included are newspaper clippings, debate schedules, and correspondence.

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A scrapbook compiled by Goldsmith 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. Items of interest within the scrapbook include photographs of the Sigma Chi house on the campus as well as photos and postcards of scenes in Orono and Old Town, Maine.

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A scrapbook compiled by Gray while a student at the University of Maine. It includes signatures and comments of professors and class members as well as programs, photographs and memorabilia of campus activities and fraternity and social events. Topics of interest within the scrapbook include items documenting Gray's activities as a member of the debating team, Maine Masque and Sigma Sigma Sigma.

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Materials from fraternities, sororities, and other Greek letter societies at the University of Maine at Orono. Includes membership lists, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, audiotape, and slides.

Abstract Collection contains personal papers of Clarine Coffin Grenfell. It includes correspondence, 1927-1997, the early part of which consists of love letters to and from suitors and from her future husband, Rev. Jack Grenfell. It also includes a scrapbook and other memorabilia from her time as a student at the University of Maine; family photographs, 1928-1990s; teacher's contracts and other work documents; memorabilia; and information about Grenfell's honorary degree from the University...

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A scrapbook compiled by Guice while a student at the University of Maine. It contains signatures and comments of class members, commencement programs and memorabilia, and photographs of students and buildings on the campus.

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The papers include personal information, correspondence, manuscripts, newspaper articles, course materials, information on public service activities, and materials relating to current legal issues in the field of journalism.

Abstract The collection contains a diary maintained by George Hamlin in 1874 in which he made notes about his classes and his activities at the University of Maine. Also included is a volume of notes on velocity measured by Hamlin on the west branch of the Stillwater River in Orono and an undated volume listing the elevations of bench-marks found on various streets in Bangor, Maine. The final volume in the collection appears to have been used by Hamlin to record miscellaneous notes, including...

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The papers contain correspondence which is primarily from the periods 1915 to 1919 and 1921 to 1922. Some of the correspondence is with the Federal Board for Vocational Education. There is also some miscellaneous biographical information in Box 1, Folder 10.

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The collection contains the personal papers of Vincent A. Hartgen, including correspondence and subject files about exhibits, art shows, galleries, etc. It also includes photographs of Hartgen, his art shows and other exhibits, and his paintings and drawings.

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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.

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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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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...

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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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.