Local histories

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1676 Berthe Roger, interviewed by Mark Silber and Steffan Duplessis, January 29, 1981, Lewiston, Maine. Roger talks about her mother’s motivation for moving the family to Lewiston during the Great Depression; living as a Franco-American outside “Little Canada”; working in a shoe shop; and childhood family gatherings. Text: 12 pp. partial transcript. Recording: T 1797 CD 2515 1-1/2 hours.

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Index cards about various buildings on the campus of the University of Maine giving information about their history, for whom they were named, etc.

Scope and Contents The records contain textual information created and curated by the University of Maine Department of Speech which after a number of combinations and name changes would become the Communication and Journalism Department. Mostly contains information regarding theater enterprises including Children’s Creative Theater’s summer sessions, Regional One Act Play Contest, and Summer Theater including: their history, script, cast lists, programs, press releases, planning material, and correspondence....

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The records of an honorary society of women educators in Maine. Included are histories of state and local chapters, copies of Mainspring, scrapbooks, minutes of meetings, newsletters, conference materials, treasurer's records, a fifty year history (1943-1993), and the biennial report (1991-1993).

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4286 Dorrice Trickey Wetzler, interviewed by Sarah K. Martin, April 22 and 27, 1998. Wetzler talks about living in the Little City neighborhood of Bangor, Maine from 1920-1927 starting when she was six years old. Text: 26 pp. transcript for April 22 (folder 1) and 10 pp. for April 27 (folder 2), 2 pp. release forms. Printed transcripts have pencil corrections on them. Recording: mfc_na4286_c01_01-mfc_na4286_c03_01 102 minutes.

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1671 Jeanne d’Arc Turgeon, interviewed by Raymond Pelletier and Mark Silber, May 13, 1981, Lewiston, Maine. Turgeon talks about her life as a Franco-American; exclusive use of French in daily life as a child; working in the shoe shop and mill during the 1940s; movement of Franco-Americans out of Lewiston’s “Little Canada”; social activities; and the value of sacrifice. Partially in French. Text: 13 pp., partial transcript (excludes French portion). Recording: T 1790, CD 2091 1 hour.

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4284 Louis Rolnick, interviewed by Sarah K. Martin, April 5 and April 27, 1998. Rolnick, born 1912, talks about his memories of Little City, Bangor, Maine. Text: 44 pp. transcript and 1 pp. release form for April 5 (folder 1), 41 pp. transcript and 3 pp. release forms for April 27 (folder 2). Recording: mfc_na4284_c01_01-mfc_na4284_c05_02 276 minutes.

Abstract The collection includes a handwritten history of Old Town, Maine (9 p.); a handwritten copy of An Act to incorporate the plantation heretofor called Stillwater in the County of Hancock into a town by the name of Orono (1806) with notes about the history of Old Town; an envelope addressed to Carrie E. Pierce (1911); a receipt (undated) from John Connors to I. F. Pierce for curbing; a receipt from Abbie Veazey to Mrs. Pierce dated Old Town Oct. 31, 1885 for one month's tuition; records from...

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4285 Suzanne “Sue” Hodgins Mock, interviewed by Sarah K. Martin, April 15 and 28, 1998, Bangor, Maine. Mock talks about growing up in the Little City Neighborhood of Bangor, ME and her family history in the area. Text: 20 pp. transcription and 1 pp. release form for April 15; 9 pp. transcript and 1 pp. release form for April 28. Recording: mfc_na4285_c01_01 and 02, mfc_na4285_c02_01 66 minutes.

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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.