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Walter Lewellen Arnold Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0023
Abstract

Personal papers and business records of Walter L. Arnold, a businessman, guide, fur trader, trapper and author from Greenville, Maine.

Dates: 1893 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1959

Camping in Maine Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0083
Abstract

The collection contains information on summer camps and fishing and hunting camps in Maine.

Dates: 1900-1976

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

Meyer Davis Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0127
Abstract

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

Dates: 1880-1977

John Franklin Day Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0129
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1908-1974

Normand Dubé Education Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0148
Abstract

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

Dates: 1951-1988

Roscoe C. Emery Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0166
Abstract

Papers related to Roscoe C. Emery's roles as a politician, newspaper editor, real estate agent and insurance agent in Eastport, Maine.

Dates: 1830-1969; Majority of material found within 1930-1968

John Newcomer Feaster Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0174
Scope and Contents

The papers of a minister in the Congregational Church. The bulk of the papers are copies of sermons. The rest of the materials are related to his ministry in Bangor, Maine and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Also included are photographs, a scrapbook, letters, newspaper clippings, a copy of his thesis, and historical topics such as the Civil War and Pilgrims.

Dates: 1934-1981

Floyd Phillips Gibbons Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0200
Abstract

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

Dates: 1900-1940

Barbara Dunn Hitchner Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0248
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1790-1977

Josselyn Botanical Society of Maine Records

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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

Maine Twin Party Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1782
Scope and Contents

Collection, 1938-1976, consists of the papers of the Maine Twin Party organization. Includes correspondence, photographs, clippings, scrapbooks, and a film reel documenting their semi-annual parties celebrating twins, and their research benefits. This party started as a small gathering for research, it expanded into a state organization that continued until the mid 1950s.

Dates: 1938-1976; 1938-1955 (bulk)

Berniece C. and Leo Meissner Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SpC MS 0338
Scope and Contents

The papers of a journalist and art critic and of a Maine artist. Included are correspondence with artists, scrapbooks of articles written for the newspaper column Brush Strokes, greeting cards with original art work, brochures of museums and art galleries, photographs, pamphlets, exhibition catalogs.

Dates: 1956-1970

Arthur Herbert Norton Ornithological Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0368
Abstract

The correspondence, notes, articles, scientific papers, and other papers of Arthur Norton concerning birds, mammals, botany, and the natural history of Maine. Includes the card file catalogue used in "Maine Birds."

Dates: 1888-1943

Parsons Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0386
Scope and Contents The Parsons family papers consist primarily of the business records and personal papers of George Parsons and his sons Henry and William Usher Parsons. They reflect the involvement of the Parsons family in the banking, interurban railroad, steel and coal businesses, primarily in Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama. The papers are arranged in four series: Business records, Personal papers, Records of Parsons family trusts, and Ancillary materials. Each series has several...
Dates: 1838-1956; Majority of material found within 1880-1954

David Howard Tribou Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0760-sc
Abstract A collection of materials by and about one of the outstanding figures of New England Methodism and a chaplain in the United States Navy. Included are a historical address delivered at Machias in 1922, a historical address delivered at Bucksport in 1913, "Derelicts" printed in the Naval Home Calendar in 1920, a sermon titled The World's redeemer: the perfect man, letters to Alfred and Ellen Hempstead from David Howard Tribou, an obituary taken from the Zion's Herald of June 7, 1922, lines on...
Dates: 1922-1943

Rudy Vallée Papers and Memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0598
Abstract

The papers of a popular vocalist in the U.S. during the 20th century. Included are correspondence from 1917 to 1984, newspaper clippings, scores, photographs, scrapbooks, phonograph records, megaphone, and other memorabilia.

Dates: 1917-1984

Woman's Club of Orono Records

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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-

Erskine Clifton York Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0643
Abstract

Collection relating to the circus career of "Yorkie the Clown," and restaurant owner from Camden, Maine. Includes correspondence, clippings, and memorabilia.

Dates: 1839-1955