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A book listing surveys done in the Eden, Maine area. Includes a few drawings.

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Editorial cartoons from various newspapers in the United States compiled by an unidentified collector. A few cartoons are from Maine newspapers but most are from the New York Herald Tribune, Washington News, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, etc.

Scope and Contents MF167.1 consists of interviews conducted by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives on Prince Edward Island between 1969 and 1970, as part of his work to document the folk songs of Prince Edward Island, specifically the songs “made by” Joe Scott, Larry Doyle, and Larry Gorman. Material included in this collection served as source material for Ives’ later publications, Lawrence Doyle: The Farmer-Poet of Prince Edward Island (1971); Larry Gorman: The Man Who...

Scope and Contents Material collected by Maine Folklife Center (MFC) and Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History (NAFOH) founder Edward D. “Sandy” Ives or about him (for the latter, also see NA1636, NA2290, NA2301, NA2312, NA2390, NA2539). This record group includes Ives’s other interviews, folklore collections, and miscellaneous accessions include several that focus on moose poacher George Magoon (George Magood and the Down East Game War: History, Folklore, and the Law. Urbana: University...

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Photos of UMaine campus activities and events.

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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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An account of an 18th century mill in the area of Baileysville, Maine for work, goods, and services performed by James Dyer.

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Records of the Eliot Farmers' Union, a store in Eliot, Maine, owned and operated by John W. Staples.

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Many entries list date and place of birth and occupation for individual members. Collection also contains a small amount of correspondence from 1918 of the lodge secretary.

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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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The records include correspondence, receipts, ledgers, check stubs, and shipping records.

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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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The collection consists of a printed sheet of paper, possibly removed from a book. At the heading is "Historical Society, Elliot, Maine," and is followed by "Portsmouth, N.H. Old North Burying Ground. Copied November 5, 1897." Then, a brief biography of William Whipple and a transcription of his epitaph. Beneath the inscription is the name "Augustine Caldwell, 1900."

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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.