Scope and Contents A miscellaneous group of records regarding the history of the University of Maine from its founding as the Maine State College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts in 1865. Items appear to have been curated and compiled over time by Fogler Library Special Collections staff to document key events, figures, and milestones in the University's early history. Most material is from the end of the Nineteenth century through to the mid Twentieth century. The records mainly contain...

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A scrapbook compiled by Mank 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. Photos of the house and members of the Sigma Nu fraternity are also included as are photographs of activities of the university chapter of Scabbard and Blade, the national military honor fraternity.

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A scrapbook compiled by Daphne Winslow 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 student life. Of interest within the scrapbook are items documenting residents of Balentine Hall, a campus dormitory, as well as materials concerning Winslow's membership in Phi Mu, All Maine Women and other campus organizations.

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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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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.

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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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.

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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.

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...

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The papers of a history professor. Includes primarily lecture notes and exams and University of Maine committee materials.

Scope and Contents The records mainly contain textual information in records reflecting Schoenberger’s activities as a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Maine as well as activities in the political arena. There is also an unlabeled photograph and illustrated brochures. The Political Science Department material include copies of Department meeting material, course proposals and details of curriculum changes, lists of students and their majors, Department publicity...

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Contents of a time capsule buried in 1952 at the 50-year anniversary of the founding of the Rho Rho chapter of Sigma Chi Fraternity at the University of Maine. The capsule was dug up on Oct. 26, 2002, at the 100-year anniversary. Collection includes photographs, Sigma Chi publications, a newspaper from Apr. 17, 1952, and a small collection of coins.

Scope and Contents The record group contains mostly textual information and photographs created and curated by University of Maine alum Arthur E. Silver regarding the University of Maine Class of 1902 which Silver was a member of. Includes copy of student handbook, various items regarding Class of 1902 events and reunions including programs, publications correspondence, photographs, and clippings. Also, includes Senior Alumni (Over 50 years) correspondence and meeting minutes and material from the...

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Photographs of students from the University of Maine Class of 1902. A few photographs of members of the classes of 1899, 1900, 1901, 1904 and 1905 are also included. Photographs were used in the Prism, the University's yearbook, and were taken by various photographers in Bangor, Maine, including Fred C. Chalmers, J.F. Gerrity & Co., John T. Heath, George Lansil, and Ramsdell & Halloran.

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Scrapbook compiled by Edgar Smart while a student at the University of Maine. It contains signatures and comments by class members, programs and memorabilia from campus activities, and photographs of students, campus buildings, athletic events and teams, and clubs and social events.