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Isabel B. Burger Children's Theater Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0078
Scope and Contents

The papers of Isabel Burger pertain mostly to her work with the Children's Experimental Theater and the Children's Theater Association. The collection includes correspondence, scripts, bylaws, minutes, financial, and other records concerning the children's theater organizations.

Dates: 1942-1969

Edward Sandford Burgess Diary

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1523-sc
Abstract A diary kept by Burgess from September 1907 to June 1908 recording his daily activities including walks and hikes in the area around New York City, travels to New Hampshire for the summer, and trips into Maine as well as in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Entries give detailed descriptions of plants seen, hiking trails followed, etc.; many include sketches by Burgess of buildings and houses in the areas he visited. The diary also records some of his activities while in New York City...
Dates: 1907-1908

John Perez Burnham Collections

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0915-sc
Abstract

A collection of material relating to the publisher Thomas Bird Mosher, a collection of material relating to the Elijah Lorenzo Green family, and a collection of material relating to the Best/Burnham families.

Dates: 1875-2000

Burnham & Morrill Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0079
Scope and Contents

Financial records of a food canning company in Portland, Maine.

Dates: 1892-1966

Henry S. Burrage Letter

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0680-sc
Abstract

Autograph letter signed. Letter accompanying gift to library of Higgins Academy.

Dates: August 2, 1890

Bushelling Book

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1072-sc
Abstract

Daybook, or bushelling book, of an unidentified tailor or seamstress. Entries are for mending, pressing or altering garments and give names of customers and amounts charged. Also includes a cash book, 1909-1913, and an inventory book, 1905-1909, listing types and amounts of fabrics on hand and their cost.

Dates: 1905-1914

Business Records from Monroe, Maine

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SpC MS 1638
Scope and Contents A collection of records of businesses in Monroe, Maine. Includes two day books, 1836-1838 and 1838-1839, and a ledger, 1837-1851, recording goods sold and services performed. Most transactions center around lumbering. Also contains a day book, 1835-1856, of Benjamin F. Palmer of Monroe recording work done, including boards hauled or sawed, surveying of timber, etc.; and another, 1844-1887, of Joseph Palmer of Monroe also listing work done as well as goods such as coffee, molasses, tea, etc....
Dates: 1836-1889

Business Records of a Blacksmith

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1841-sc
Content Description

The Collection consists of the business records of an unidentified blacksmith from the mid-1800's. The sheets list services performed and their cost. The blacksmith appears to have lived and/or worked in the town of Standish, Maine.

Dates: 19th century

Bussell Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0080
Abstract

Papers and business records of Alfred W. Bussell of Argyle, Maine and John B. Bussell of Old Town, Maine.

Dates: 1856-1912; Majority of material found within 1883-1904

Henry B. Butler Civil War Letters

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0737-sc
Abstract

Photocopies of typescript of the letters of a Civil War soldier.

Dates: 1862-1989; Majority of material found within August 17, 1862-March 13, 1865

Henry Russ Butler Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1339-sc
Scope and Contents

Photographs belonging to Henry Russ Butler and taken between 1916 and 1920. The photos depict buildings on the University of Maine campus, as well as students and campus activities from that time period. Also included are a few photographs of the Parsonsfield Seminary, Parsonsfield, Maine, and shots taken in Bridgton, Portland and Gray, Maine.

Dates: 1916-1920

Joseph Butler and James Otis Bradbury Account Book

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Identifier: SpC MS 1060-sc
Abstract

An account book used by 2 unrelated residents in Maine. Joseph Butler recorded his accounts with Irving A. Butler, John N. Butler, Jethrow Hurd, Wm. Goodwin, and Moses Goodwin from January to November of 1859. James Otis Bradbury used the account book to record his cash accounts from March 1879 to January 1883.

Dates: 1859-1883

William Butterfield Autobiography

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0775-sc
Abstract

A photocopy of a handwritten autobiography of a Maine resident who lived in the first half of the 19th century. Included also is a genealogical record and list of marriages performed by William Butterfield as Justice of the Peace.

Dates: 1865

C. A. Donnell Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1634
Abstract

Collection contains incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1861-1896, and receipts for company purchases, 1846-1896.

Dates: 1846-1896

C. E. Foster & Co. Car Book

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1190-sc
Abstract

The volume is arranged by customer name and primarily lists shipments of bark. It also contains financial and other information about the company, including equipment and supplies purchased for and used at various logging camps, lists of the company's wild lands, and statements of debts and credits. Much of the land was in Weld and Woodstock, Maine.

Dates: 1880-1892

C. E. Thayer Son Business Records

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0494
Abstract

Documents of a general store in Winterport, Maine. Among the letters are some personal ones including one about petitioning in a murder / assault case.

Dates: 1853-1880s

C. Richard K. Lunt Collection (Jones Tracy & Boat Builders)

 Collection
Identifier: MF082
Scope and Contents This collection consists of two parts. The first, Jones Tracy, is a set of interviews (NA2968-NA2976) conducted by Richard Lunt in 1963 and 1964 which served as the basis for Lunt’s University of Maine M.A. thesis. Some material was also published as Jones Tracy: Tall Tale Hero from Mount Desert Island (Northeast Folklore, Vol. X). Interviewees recorded on tape include: Chauncey Somes, Ralph Tracy, Laurie Holmes, John Carroll, Robert Smallidge, George Tracy Reed, Lydia Storer, Clark Manring,...
Dates: 1963, 1964, 1970, 1974

Bert Call Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0081
Abstract

Negatives of photographs taken between 1914 and 1939 by Call of outdoor scenes of mountains, lakes, woods and streams in the northern part of Maine.

Dates: 1914-1939

Howard A. Camp Letters

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1553
Scope and Contents

Letters written between Aug. 1862 and May 1865 by Howard A. Camp, a member of the 21st Connecticut Infantry Regiment, to his family and friends. Collection also includes Camp's diaries for 1862 and 1863 and background information on Camp and his regiment supplied by the donor.

Dates: 1862-1865

Campbell Book Store Records

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0082
Abstract

A collection of the business records of a retail book store owned and operated by Charles E. Campbell in Portland, Maine. Includes ledgers, account books, inventories, and auditors' reports.

Dates: 1935-1970

Joseph Campbell Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1344-sc
Scope and Contents A volume used by various members of the Campbell family of Boothbay, Maine, to records goods sold and work done for various individuals. Entries from various dates are interspersed throughout the volume. The earliest entries date from 1797 and document sales of items such as tea, sugar, rum, and molasses as well as provision of wood, masts and timber. Beginning in the 1830s, most entries record work done, including hauling brick, boards, lime or wood or days spent fishing, planting, plowing...
Dates: 1797-1872

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

Canada Road Survey

 Collection
Identifier: MF007
Scope and Contents

Series of interviews by historian Barry Rodrigue on immigration into Maine from Quebec along the route known as the Canada Road, which includes Route 201. The Canada Road ran from the Quebec border through Dennistown, Jackman, Moose River, West Forks, The Forks, and Caratunk, to Moscow and Bingham, Maine. 2373 Rodrigue, Barry H. July 1995.

Dates: 1994-1998

Research. Canadian-American Center (University Of Maine) Records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA RG 0005-004
Scope and Contents The records mainly contain textual information created by the University of Maine Canadian-American Center, but there are also photographic material. The record series Conference, Lecture & Workshop Records contains correspondence, press releases, photographs, newspaper clippings, programs, and lists of attendees for various conferences, lectures, and workshops on the subject of Canada, New England, and Canadian-American relations. Most of the events were held at the...
Dates: 1935-1985; Majority of material found within 1968-1979

Canadian Broadcasting Company “Folkways” Radio Programs

 Collection
Identifier: MF114
Scope and Contents

A series of CBC radio programs dealing with the folklore of the Canadian Maritime Provinces.

Dates: 1955-1968; Majority of material found within 1967

Students/Alumni Records (University Of Maine). Canadian/American Research Papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA RG 0010-009
Scope and Contents

The record group includes seminar papers written by University of Maine students for History 291, History 308 (Seminar in Canadian history), History 309 (Seminar in New England-Atlantic provinces history), History 347 (Seminar in methodology and historiography), and History 348.

Dates: 1966-1984

R. G. F. Candage Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1247
Scope and Contents

The collection includes a letterbook of Candage's outgoing correspondence from 1860 to 1865, journals he kept on the Electric Spark from 1864 and 1865 and on the National Eagle from 1865 to 1867, as well as copies of essays he wrote on various seafaring topics. The collection also contains a small group of ships' papers from 1807 to 1817.

Dates: 1808-1895

Canton, Maine Town Records

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1085
Scope and Contents A collection of town records of Canton, Maine. Included is a ledger dated 1842 listing taxes assessed on real estate and personal property of residents, another from 1882 listing property valuations and taxes assessed, a pocket valuation and list book for 1916, and a small collection of tax records from years between 1874 and 1900. Also included is a small collection of records from the selectmen's office from 1829 to 1868; a collection of bills presented to the town between 1839 and 1904,...
Dates: 1829-1916

Carding Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1640-sc
Abstract

A document from an unidentified compiler recording carding done, numbers of rolls, and money owed and paid to various individuals. The volume covers July and August, 1843 and includes a list of names of those included in the document.

Dates: 1843

Frank Carlson Letter

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0681-sc
Abstract

Typed letter signed. Letter refers to a proposed commemorative stamp honoring professional entomologists.

Dates: July 19, 1954

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