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

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

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Interviews about immigration from the Maritime Provinces to Maine.

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Copies of University of Maine System employment agreements for both C.O.L.T the Clerical, Office, Laboratory and Technical Unit and U.M.P.S.A. the Professional Staff Association.

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The collection contains records of William Engel's timberlands business and of the firm of Lowell & Engel.

Scope and Contents The records mostly contain textual information created by the University of Maine and U.S Office of Education regarding the Engineering, Sciences, and Management Defense Training Program, but there are some photographs of participants. The record series Academic & Administrative Records contains general information regarding the Program, U.S Office of Education reports, forms, publicity material, student applications, details of course offerings (declined classes included),...

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Copies of Entre Nosotros, a publication of Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society (La Sociedad Nacional Honoraria Hispánica).

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Contains records of the Chi Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Phi at the University of Maine. The record group includes biographical information and photographs of charter members, especially Arthur L. Deering, as well as of elected members from 1930 through the 1950s.

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A diary kept by E.W. Ericson of Rumford, Maine, in 1926. Entries describe his activities in school and at home.

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The records consist primarily of correspondence and legal documents of the European and North American Railway Company from 1878 to -1882.

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Contains newspaper clippings about the European and North American Railway and letters covering attendance at the opening ceremony. Photocopies of letters from Samuel L. Clemens, Joshua L. Chamberlain and Hamilton Fish are included.

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The financial records of a mill owned by Austin & Towle located in Belgrade Mills, Maine. The mill produced finely curled wood shavings called excelsior used to pack fragile items. The records list the number of bales sold. Many of the records list business with the Boston Excelsior Company.

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Includes a daybook and corresponding ledger with index for a general store in Waterville, Maine. Goods purchased include sugar, candles, cider, flannel, tobacco, pork, apples, etc.

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The records contain textual information created and curated by the University of Maine's Faculty and Professional Association's secretary includes copies of the constitution and bylaws, minutes, correspondence and related papers.

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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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Clippings from a Lewiston Journal article by Ava H. Chadbourne on the subject of the first female (co-educational) students at the Maine State College (now known as the University of Maine) in the 1870s and a clipping of a subsequent undated article on the same subject. Also, includes facsimile copies of the article, Chadbourne's research data, and correspondence regarding the students Percia Vinal White, Hannah Ellis Leavitt, Clara E. Webb, and Annie May Gould.

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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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The ledger of a general store owned by John Fairbanks located in Machias, Maine.

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A series of six letters recounting the local history of Biddeford and Saco published in the Saco Democrat in August 1847. The letters were signed by "O. K." John Fairfield pasted the letters into a pocket notebook and presented them to his wife.

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Collection contains manuscript copies of sermons of John Fairfield, most undated and one dated 1768. Also includes receipts, 1770-1779, from Fairfield mostly to Thomas Cutts for money paid to Fairfield from the town of Pepperrellboro (now Saco), Maine.

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Financial records of a company owning mills and water power rights in Fairfield, Maine.

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Tax collector's record book for the town of Fairfield, Maine. Timothy Jones was the collector for the town. The volume includes the names of residents, their poll tax, and the amount of taxes assessed on real estate and personal property.

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A collection including interviews that focus primarily on Fannie Hardy Eckstorm. The first interviews were conducted in 1934 and as recent as 1997. There are 5 series in NAFOH that relate to Eckstorm, but 4 belong soley to this collection. The fifth is na1118 from MF167 1.2

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A farm account book from August 1913 to 1916. It is unknown who kept the account book.

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A farm account book from 1918 to 1919. It is unknown who kept the account book and there are no towns mentioned so it is unknown where the farm was located.

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Account books of an unidentified farmer probably from Rome, Maine. The volumes record both personal purchases and expenses and income from goods sold. These goods include potatoes, wood, rock and gravel, dairy products, beef, poultry, eggs, etc. Expenses of maintaining the house and barn are also listed.

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A daybook of a farmer who probably lived in Dixfield, Maine.

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A ledger containing a farmer's diary and list of accounts, possibly from Phillips, Maine.

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A small notebook listing farm produce sold in 1941. Includes names of buyers, type and quantity of produce bought, and price.