Scope and Contents The records mainly contain textual information created and curated by educator and historian David C. Smith. Smith was a widely recognized historian and lectured nationally and internationally on such topics as history, political science, climatology, agriculture, paper industry, literature, and popular culture. The records cover Smith's academic career at the University of Maine, but also his political work and time serving on numerous professional and community groups. The...

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The collection includes records the Sophomore Eagles, an honor society of the University of Maine for women that began in 1926, and the Sophomore Owls, an honor society for men that began in 1910.

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The collection contains copies of scores of the Maine Stein Song, correspondence of university presidents and the alumni association, and articles and clippings about the song and its history. The correspondence includes letters written in 1930 from various temperance organizations voicing objections to the song's associations with drinking as well as two letters written by Rudy Vallée, one of which gives a history of the song and Vallée's involvement with it.

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The collection contains material concerning student political activity on the University of Maine campus at Orono during the late 1960s and early 1970s. It includes materials about Students for a Democratic Society, Young Workers Liberation League, General Left Caucus, Vietnam War protests, student strike in May 1970, position papers, and correspondence.

Content Description Miscellaneous items from Wallace Augustus Weston (Class of 1901), Virginia Smith Weston (Class of 1944), and William Weston (Class of 1949) curated during their time at the University of Maine. Includes: University of Maine bills, invoices, and payment receipts for expenses occurred at the University including for Omega Mu Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta, Y.M.C.A. Topic Card (1899), Women's Athletic Association Banquet program (1941), football schedules and tickets, copies of the...

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The records mainly contain textual information created on and by various summer institutes held at the University of Maine includes: correspondence, memorandums, press releases, clippings, grant applications, reports, and brochures. There are also photographs of attendees of the Education for Intercultural Understanding Workshop.

Scope and Contents The records mainly contain textual information created and curated by Carroll F. Terrell who as was a nationally known scholar on the works of the poet Ezra Pound, but there is also photographic material and audio recordings of a conference on Ezra Pound held at the University of Maine in August, 1980. The records cover Terrell’s academic career at the University of Maine, but also his work as the founder of the National Poetry Foundation and Northern Lights Press in Orono, as well as editor...

Scope and Contents The collection primarily contains photographs taken between 1915 and 1917 of scenes on the campus of the University of Maine. Included are photographs of members of Delta Delta Delta; scenes in Balentine Hall, the dormitory where Thomas lived; a panoramic photograph of the campus in 1914; and a group photograph taken in 1953 at the 35th reunion of the class of 1918. The collection also includes bills for tuition, room and board, fees, etc. from 1915-1917, and Thomas's copy of "Maine...

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A scrapbook compiled by Thompson 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. Much of the volume contains programs and newspaper clippings about the university's athletic teams.

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Records of the University of Maine Thursday Club include by-laws, meeting minutes, member lists, programs from Club activities, and newspaper clippings. Also, includes material from Thursday Club's Newcomers' Group.

Scope and Contents The record group includes various reports on projects at Maine academic institutions that were funded under Title I of the Higher Education Act (1965). The reports were submitted by the Maine Maritime Academy, University of Maine at Orono (now known as the University of Maine), University of Maine at Machias, University of Maine at Augusta, University of Maine at Portland, Ricker College, and other Maine institutions. Research was carried in a number of areas related to higher education,...

Scope and Contents A scrapbook compiled by Brenna Blaisdell Tracy while a student at the University of Maine from 1926-1930. It includes signatures and comments of class members as well as programs, photographs and memorabilia of campus activities and sorority life. Of interest within the scrapbook are handbooks of the Women's Student Government Association, memorabilia and programs documenting activities of the Delta Delta Delta sorority and the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, and party invitations, favors,...

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Notes on portraits and photographs of presidents, trustees, faculty, alumni and friends of the University of Maine compiled by Gannett, the registrar of the university from 1913-1953.

Abstract The record group contains correspondence between University presidents and students serving in the military in World War I and World War II. Also, contains biographical information about each student killed in World War I. And lists of students and alumni who served in World War II, along with copies of the volume "University of Maine, World War II: In Memoriam" and biographical information used to compile this volume. A card file for those who were called or recalled to service in the...