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

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The collection contains personal correspondence from the 1920s through the 1960s reflecting Day's literary interests, efforts to publish his work and his activities in various social organizations. Client files from his career in insurance are also found in the collection.

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The records of an honorary society of women educators in Maine. Included are histories of state and local chapters, copies of Mainspring, scrapbooks, minutes of meetings, newsletters, conference materials, treasurer's records, a fifty year history (1943-1993), and the biennial report (1991-1993).

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Postcards, photographs, news clippings, brochures, photocopies and original documents related to the history of Mount Kineo House at Moosehead Lake and Maine logging and river driving.

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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Records of the Timber Unit of the Diamond Match Company's Berst-Forster-Dixfield Division.

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A collection of Dinsmore / Rich family genealogy materials including over three hundred photos pertaining to outdoor life, women, and family gatherings.

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The collection is comprised of 6 archive boxes full of notes, recordings, photos, videos, CD ROMs and computer databases, collected between 1995 and 2007. Some of these materials are unlabeled and will require some research to identify the contents.

700 photos, some digital but most are not
200 slides, not scanned
75 hours of cassette tapes
25 hours of minidisc tape

Scope and Contents The records contain a mixture of textual and photographic material created and curated by the University of Maine Division of Marketing and Communications. The record series Press/News Releases & Publications contains press releases on various subjects related to the University of Maine. The record series University Photograph Archive contains photographs and slide negatives of people, buildings, and scenes related to the University of Maine. The...

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

Abstract The papers of a school teacher and wife of a physician in Maine. Included is an outline of the life of Carrie E. (Rand) Dolloff from 1881 to 1909; a catalogue and circular of the Eastern State Normal School at Castine, Maine for the year ending June 4, 1901; war ration books for David E. Dolloff, Carrie R. Dolloff, and Annie T. Hurley living in Biddeford, Maine; gasoline ration books for Carrie R. Dolloff; a wallet for ration books; an application in 1942 by David E. Dolloff for fuel oil...

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The papers of a professor of history at the University of Maine, Orono. The papers contain materials concerning his research, writing, and teaching.

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The papers of an educator, poet, and major figure in the Franco-American revival of the 1970s.

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A collection of illustrations of Maine scenes found on pages removed from magazines and newspapers of the mid to late nineteenth century. Includes scenes of logging, lumbering, hunting and fishing, as well as illustrations of significant buildings around the state.

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Records of a company and its successor which owned a share of the power rights of the Penobscot River in Maine.

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Photo albums of scenes of Maine, mostly Central and Eastern Maine, the coast and the mountains.

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Papers of Llewellyn Nathaniel Edwards, a graduate of the University of Maine and an expert on bridges and on concrete.

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The collection contains records from Albert Eells's grocery business in Camden, Maine and his shipyard in Rockport, Maine.

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Papers of an outdoorsman, journalist, writer, and photographer who spent much of his life in Maine. The collection contains correspondence, drafts of articles, and copies of published articles that document Robert Elliot's long career as a writer and photographer.

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

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Various miscellaneous material on chemical girding and debarking of trees research conducted by the University of Maine, 1951-1956. Including Maine Extension publications authored by Lewis P. Bissell, Extension Forestry Specialist, reference material, correspondence regarding the research, and photographs of the chemical girding and debarking of trees.

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A volume of photographs and historical sketches of University of Maine Orono campus buildings compiled by Professor Weston S. Evans (Class of 1918). A note in the volume states that the "pictures in this book were taken between August 15 and October 15, 1942". The authors of the historical sketches are noted where available.

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A scrapbook of photographs of University of Maine campus buildings, the Lamda Chi Alpha fraternity house, university students, and mascot Bananas the bear.

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Raymond Henry Fogler was a businessman and alumnus of the University of Maine. The University's library was named in his honor in 1962, becoming the largest library in Maine and serving as a foundation for intellectual pursuits at the university. Included in the collection are letters, correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia, spanning from his early life in South Hope, Maine, through his education, business career, and naval career, as well as personal photographs and mementos.

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The Edith Gardner and Family Papers is a collection of diaries, correspondence, photographs, and financial records that follow the Gardner family of Dennsyville, Maine from 1852-1981. Within the collection are business records for the A.L.R. Gardner Co. and the sheet music from the Dennysville Brass Band.

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The collection contains personal papers of Bill Geagan, an author, columnist, illustrator and naturalist from Bangor, 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.