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The records mainly contain textual information particularly meeting agendas, minutes, reports, notes, and supporting material from University of Maine Board of Trustee and various committees (both standing and ad-hoc committees), biographical information related to individual University of Maine trustees, chairs, sectaries, and clerks, and various files on subjects under consideration by the Board.

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Personal and professional correspondence of Dr. Herschel L. Bricker, and pamphlets, programs, photos, clippings, magazines, plays, reviews, playbills about the Maine Masque Theater, and theater in Maine.

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Included are the personal correspondence and papers of former Governor Percival P. Baxter (born 1876 - died 1969) and former director of Baxter State Park Irvin “Buzz” Caverly, Jr. regarding Baxter State Park.

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Writings, research materials, and notes on Maine academies, of a professor of Education, and author. Most of the papers are concerned with her writings whose topics include schools and academies in Maine, education, and place names in Maine.

Abstract Papers of a newspaperman, school master, politician, and member of the Greenback Party in Maine. Included are a handwritten autobiography, a typescript copy, and handwritten articles by Solon Chase debunking the Church, on the conduct of life, on his candidacy for the governorship, on the decoration at the Grange Hall, and on fruit and potato farms. Included also are typescript copies of those handwritten articles. Included also is a handwritten speech to the Chase-Coll Family Association,...

Scope and Contents The records mainly contain textual information created by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, but there are also photographic, visual, and audio visual material. Some of the report record series also contain photographs of Cooperative Extension Service operations, events, and staff. The reports submitted during the First World War and Second World War years detail the effects the wars had on agriculture in Maine. County Agent Reports were submitted by the...

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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.

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The Meyer Davis collection reflects the career of a society orchestra leader.

Scope and Contents The records mainly contain textual information and photographic material created by Professor Alaric Faulkner and his survey teams. The record group also includes cartographic material, cassette tapes, and some computer discs and audio visual material. The records series Class Slides includes slides both from presentations and classes Faulkner taught on archaeological techniques and specific sites of archeological interest. The Archaeological Publications series...

Scope and Contents The record group mostly contains textual information created by and pertaining to the Department of Zoology, including information that deals with graduate’s physiology project greenhouse renovation, where there is grant proposals, acceptance of the grant and plans to go forth with the project. In particular, one of the graduate students is deciding on whether to conduct an experiment on the reproductive cycle of Strongylocentrotus drobachiensis (sea urchin) with an emphasis on temperature...

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Collection of correspondence, clippings, pamphlets, and publications in which Mrs. Doane's poems appear.

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A collection relating to the Emery and Kinney families of Eastport, Maine.

Scope and Contents The records mainly contain textual information created by the University of Maine General Student Senate, but there are also photographic material in Box 9, folders 4, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 55, 59, 64, 70, 77, 84, 87, 89, 96, 97, 106, 111, 112; Box 10, Folder 4, 5, 7, 8, 10; Box 16, Folder 29, a photo & stamp press in Box 9 Folder 59, film strips in Box 8, Folder 15, and a scrapbook of clippings in Box 17. The record series Administrative Records includes meeting minutes,...

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Papers contain correspondence, columns, comic strips, manuscripts of his writings, radio scripts, recordings, newsclips, photographs, and Gibbons family memorabilia.

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The collection reflects the business and civic activities of both Amos A. and Octavia Moulton Graffte. The collection is enriched by notes of explanation added to most items by the Grafftes' daughter, Marjorie Graffte Prout, the donor of the collection.

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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.

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The Hamlin family papers consist primarily of the personal, political and business papers of Hannibal Hamlin, his sons Charles, Cyrus, Hannibal E., and Frank Hamlin, Charles Hamlin's son, Charles E. Hamlin and his wife, Myra Sawyer Hamlin, and their daughter, Louise Hamlin. The collection also includes papers of Hannibal Hamlin's brother, Elijah L. Hamlin and his son, Augustus C. Hamlin, as well as photographs, and materials about other family members.

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The collection contains the personal papers of Harriet P. Henry, Maine's first woman judge. They reflect her many civic activities as well as her expertise in the areas of marine law and the environment.

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Materials in the collection generally include newspaper clippings, original records and copies of original records, and notes from various sources. Genealogies also include Barbara Dunn Hitchner correspondence.

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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 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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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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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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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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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.

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...

Scope and Contents The records mainly contains textual information created by the University of Maine's Maine Folklife Center, but there are also photographic material, audio recording on vinyl records, CDs, and cassettes, and also computer disks containing programming material. The record series Administrative Records contains copies of various departmental reports and policies, fund raising information, Board of Advisors meeting material, and publicity material. Also, includes information...

Scope and Contents The record series contains material on theater productions at the University of Maine mostly in the latter half of the 20th century. Included are photographs of actors and actresses and performances, programs, scripts, newspaper clippings, financial records, and posters.There are also programs and clipping regarding from Maine Masque Theater performances directed by Mark Bailey, Professor of Public Speaking, Head of Speech Department, University of Maine. The material was donated...

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Papers and business records of Earl M. McChesney, a forester and land surveyor from Bangor, Maine.