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Daughters of the American Revolution, Esther Eayres Chapter Records

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0122
Abstract

Collection contains records of the Orono chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. A few publications of the Maine state and national organizations are also found in the collection.

Dates: 1918-1991

Eastern Maine General Hospital School of Nursing Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0167
Scope and Contents

This collection reflects the history of the School of Nursing at Eastern Maine General Hospital/Eastern Maine Medical Center from its beginning. Included are photographs, yearbooks, scrapbooks, correspondence, artifacts, etc. concerning the School of Nursing and its alumni. Rules, curricula, administrative papers, student progress reports and early corporate records are also included.

Dates: 1892-

Franklin County Woman's Christian Temperance Union Convention Minutes

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1481-sc
Abstract

Minutes recording activities at annual conventions of the society, formed in 1888 in Wilton, Maine. Newspaper clippings and convention programs accompany the volumes.

Dates: 1888-1912

John W. Hakola Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0216
Abstract

This small collection contains papers gathered by Professor Hakola in his work in the History Department at the University of Maine. It also contains material reflecting his interest in the environment and natural resources of Maine.

Dates: 1956-1981; Majority of material found within 1967-1977

Halls Mills Lumber Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1726
Abstract

Business records of a sawmill located near Whiting, Maine, along with information about the history of the mill, area homesteads, and the logging industry in Washington County, Maine

Dates: 1855-1975; Majority of material found within 1917-1940

Island Reading Club of Orono, Maine Records

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0709-sc
Abstract

The records of a women's reading club in Orono, Maine.

Dates: 1884-1913

Josselyn Botanical Society of Maine Records

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0269
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1895-2000

League of Women Voters of Maine Records

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0291
Abstract

Records, 1913-2008, of the League of Women Voters of Maine, Maine's branch of the national nonpartisan political organization. Includes organizational election records, board meeting minutes, annual meeting records, voters guides, school guides as well as the records collected by a representative of the League of Women Voters of Maine while attending and observing public meetings of local municipal organizations.

Dates: 1913-2011

Madison Women's Club Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1787
Scope and Contents

Collection, 1894-2002, of the papers and photographs of the Madison Women's Club of Madison, Maine. The majority of the collection consists of scrapbooks but also includes meeting programs, minutes, financial records, and clippings.

Dates: 1894-2002

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

William D. Shipman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0785
Abstract

Papers of William D. Shipman, a professor of economics at Bowdoin College, reflecting his participation in studies and on committees about several proposed electric power projects in Maine in the 1970s. Projects included the Dickey-Lincoln School Lakes Project and the possibility of power output from the tides in Passamaquoddy Bay.

Dates: 1963-1981; Majority of material found within 1975-1978

United Association of Plumbers and Steam Fitters of the United States and Canada, Local 570 Records

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1026-sc
Abstract

Records of a local plumbers' union in Rockland, Maine. Included are the minutes for 9 meetings held Oct. 20, 1925; Jan. 5, 1926; March 16, 1926; May 4, 1926; July 19, 1927; August 1927; Dec. 20, 1927; Jan. 3, 1928; and Aug. 20, 1929.

Dates: October 20, 1925-August 20, 1929

James Russell Wiggins Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0626
Abstract

Papers of the Executive Editor and Vice President of the Washington Post. Most of the collection is related to the Washington Post with some personal papers. Other papers include Wiggins' appointment as ambassador to the United Nations, 1968-69, and files relating to his work at the Ellsworth American newspaper.

Dates: 1908-2000; Majority of material found within 1942-1994

William Tell Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0629
Abstract

Records of the William Tell Club, a private hunting and social club on Spencer Pond near Maine's Moosehead Lake. It also contains a small group of papers of George T. and Mabel Bain, parents of the collection's donor.

Dates: 1903-1950; Majority of material found within 1903-1933

Woman's Club of Orono Records

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0637
Abstract

The collection consists of the records of the Woman's Club of Orono from the founding of the Club. Many prominent Orono families are represented in the membership.

Dates: 1887-