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D. W. Clark Ice Co. Daybooks
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1166-sc
Abstract
Volumes list daily financial transactions with the company's customers but do not indicate the amount of ice sold to each customer.
Dates:
1906-1907
Lewellyn C. Daigle Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1294
Scope and Contents
A scrapbook compiled and annotated by Daigle describing his activities during World War II. The scrapbook contains photographs of fellow soldiers as well as of places Daigle was stationed during the war. The collection also contains two books: "God is my co-pilot" by Robert L. Scott and "Born in battle" by Rowan T. Thomas. The latter book contains a dedication to Daigle from Capt. Thomas.
Dates:
1941-1943
S. Dakins Daybook
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1755-sc
Scope and Contents
Daybook, circa 1834-circa 1843, of S. Dakins (possibly Sherilah?) of Orono, Maine. One side of volume begins with what appear to be art history notes with brief biographical sketches of Van Dyck, Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, etc. Other side of volume contains expense accounts.
Dates:
circa 1834-circa 1843
Olive E. Dana Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SpC MS 0123
Scope and Contents
The papers of Olive E. Dana consist of correspondence, poems, accounts, receipts, book reviews, short stories, clippings of articles written for magazines, and newspaper clippings.
Dates:
1877-1969
Dances in rural New England thesis/Nora Groce
Collection
Identifier: MF172
Scope and Contents
A collection of five interviews conducted as research for her Master’s thesis (1977) at Brown University on dances in rural New England.
Dates:
1976-1977
E. O. Danforth Diary
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0948-sc
Abstract
A diary by a farmer living in Madison, Maine.
Dates:
1899-1930; Majority of material found within 1899-1915
Edward J. Danforth Diaries
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0124
Scope and Contents
Personal diaries of a naturalist and columnist from 1969 to 1988.
Dates:
1969-1988
Belle D'Arcy Papers
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0125
Abstract
American actress; diary kept while on tour across the
U.S. and in Canada, programs, playbills, autograph album, and clippings.
Dates:
1894-1933
Academic Affairs. Dean, College Of Natural Science, Forestry, And Agriculture. Darling Marine Center (University Of Maine) Records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-RG 0006-007-002
Scope and Contents
The records mainly contain textual information created and collected by the University of Maine Darling Marine Center, but there are also photographic material and Compact Discs. The record series Sea Grant College Program Records contains items regarding the founding of the Sea Grant Program, copies of various Sea Grant Program publications, publication catalogs, and reports, reference material, project proposals, planning documents, and calendar of events. The record...
Dates:
1941-2009; Majority of material found within 1965-1998
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
Lawrence Weston Davee Papers
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1399
Abstract
The collection contains papers of Lawrence W. Davee and
includes biographical information, photographs, membership certificates and information
about awards he received from the University of Maine. It also contains some information
about his father, Everett W. Davee.
Dates:
1917-1981
David Ingraham Collection
Collection
Identifier: MF125
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of multiple interviews about writing songs in Maine about Maine, by songwriter David Ingraham. Ingraham was a local songwriter and singer from Ellsworth, Maine. Seven of these accessions consist of recordings of Ingraham talking about his songwriting and singing songs he composed about the local people and incidents that happened. The other five accessions include interviews with other songwriters and singers about the process of writing songs; interviews with local...
Dates:
1970s-1980s
David T. Sanders Co. Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1485-sc
Abstract
Correspondence to David T. Sanders, proprietor of a general store in Greenville, Maine. Letters were written from Bangor, Portland, Brewer, Skowhegan and Dexter, Maine, as well as from Boston and places in New Hampshire and New Brunswick. Most concern purchases of goods made by Sanders to supply his business. Goods purchased include boilers, sheet iron, oats, hay, flour, pork, etc.
Dates:
1865-1873
Abner Davis Book No. 1
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1193-sc
Abstract
Daybook kept by Abner Davis in 1830 and 1831 recording purchases presumably at his general store in Stow, Maine. The volume gives names of customers, their purchases and prices paid for both groceries and dry-goods. Items bought include broadcloth, silk, tea, gin, yarn, eggs, etc.
Dates:
1830-1831
Davis Family Diaries
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1400-sc
Scope and Contents
Daily diaries kept by Annie C. Davis of West Paris, Maine, and her young son, Ellis M. Davis. Annie Davis' diaries date from 1916, 1917, 1921-1925, 1929 and 1930. Ellis Davis' diaries date from 1908, 1911-1912, 1914-1915. A few of the diaries list their residence as Woodstock or South Woodstock, Maine. Entries outline daily activities, family events, and community happenings.
Dates:
1908-1930
Garry Davis Papers
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1067
Abstract
Papers relating to Davis's advocacy of world government and
world citizenship, especially his activities as coordinator of World Government of World
Citizens and its administrative arm, World Service Authority. Includes selected speeches,
press clippings, copies of the organization's newsletter World Citizen News, and books
written by Davis.
Dates:
1948-1989
Harold A. Davis Papers
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0126
Abstract
Notes and manuscripts of writings by Harold A. Davis on Maine
history. Included are notes and rough drafts for some of his articles.
Dates:
1940-1968
Harry E. Davis Tax Records
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0939-sc
Abstract
A collection of tax receipts from Lewiston, Maine.
Dates:
1917-1930
Hiram Davis Timber Lot Records
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0720-sc
Abstract
A ledger which contains a record of the lots, amount of timber, soil, and owner in T5R5 in Aroostook County, Maine.
Dates:
1881-1905
Meyer Davis Collection
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0127
Abstract
The Meyer Davis collection reflects the career of a society orchestra leader.
Dates:
1880-1977
Mary Dawson Papers
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0904-sc
Abstract
The papers of a stage and vaudeville star. Included are letters, newspaper clippings, photographs, postcards, and memorabilia concerning her family and her stage career.
Dates:
1911-1982
Almon C. Day Papers
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0920-sc
Abstract
The papers of a farmer and legislator from Turner, Maine. Included are correspondence, invoices, and other documents relating to Day's farm and his political career. The correspondence includes letters between Almon and his wife Clara during the years 1871 to 1884, a few letters to and from their children, and letters from Almon's and Clara's cousins. Included also is correspondence sent to Almon asking for his support and congratulating him on becoming a state legislator. Included also are...
Dates:
1871-1918; Majority of material found within 1871-1896
Helen M. Day Papers
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0128
Scope and Contents
Collection concerns the church work, mental health counseling, and camp nursing done by Helen Day. Includes letters, and counseling reports, and a manuscript of her autobiography.
Dates:
1901-1976
Holman Day Papers
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0862-sc
Abstract
Papers of a Maine author. The papers include a typescript of a poem titled He holds the hand of Sybil Howe and signed "H.F.D., Legislature 1899," a signed letter by Holman Day dated May 29 referring to a ballad he had sent for possible publication in the Thanksgiving issue, and a typescript draft of his novel When Egypt went broke. Also included is a packing slip from The Bucklins Books in Ipswich, Massachusetts dated July 22, 1970.
Dates:
1899-1970
J. Wilbur Day Autobiography
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0863-sc
Abstract
The autobiography of a hunter, guide, and farmer in Maine. Included are a photocopy of the original autobiography and two copies of a photocopy of a transcript of the autobiography.
Dates:
[undated]
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
Daybook (1798-1848)
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1284-sc
Abstract
Daybook recording purchases by customers from an unidentified business in Standish, Maine, probably a general store and sawmill. Early entries document purchases of salt, molasses, coffee, rum, etc., while those from the early 1800s onward show accounts for sawing boards, plowing, and hauling supplies such as salt and meal. The back of the volume was used to list expenditures in 1865 for labor and construction supplies, partially for construction of a dam, as well as containing a list of deaths...
Dates:
1798-1848
Daybook (1812-1847)
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1299-sc
Abstract
Daybook of an unidentified farmer from Frankfort, Maine. The name Andrew Tyler is mentioned in the volume. The volume records work done for various individuals as well as goods sold. Entries list activities such as cutting and hauling wood, making cider, and shearing sheep, as well as the sale of corn, potatoes, beef, etc.
Dates:
1812-1847
Daybook (1817-1826)
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1343-sc
Scope and Contents
A volume used to record daily purchases at a general store as well as casual labor done by an unidentified person, possibly from Gardiner, Maine. Both Gardiner and Unity, Maine are mentioned in the text. Goods purchased include rum, molasses, pork, nails, etc. Many of the entries record the sale of various kinds of lumber. The volume also lists wages received for such things as a day's work at a gristmill, conveying a raft to Bath and bringing fish, driving logs, etc.
Dates:
1817-1826
Daybook (1833-1834)
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1164-sc
Abstract
Daybook from an unidentified business in Thomaston, Maine, probably a general store.
Dates:
1833-1834
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