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Old Town (Me.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Argyle Boom Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MF003
Scope and Contents The Argyle Boom Collection consists of approximately seventy-five hours of tape recorded interviews (now digitized). The interviews deal with Argyle Boom, which was one of several locations at which logs that had been cut upriver and floated or “driven” down the Penobscot River were sorted before being sent on to the lumber mills in Old Town, Orono, Veazie, Bangor, and Brewer, Maine, from approximately 1900 to 1930. The material includes interviews with people who had worked on the boom and...
Dates: 1973-1975

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

Heddle Hilliard Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0786-sc
Abstract The collection includes correspondence, notes, deeds, land records, mortgages of the Old Town, Maine area, and Penobscot River Navigation Company certificates. Folder 1 contains bills, receipts, and letters relating to Old Town from 1833-1878; a copy of the Eagle Literary Fraternity College Gazette, v. 1, no. 3, ca. 1869; a copy of a list of plants analyzed by class in the year 1869 by Heddle Hilliard; letters from G.E. Hammond (1871-1873), E.J. Haskell, and others; and 2 letters to Cornelia...
Dates: 1832-1878

George H. Hunt Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0771-sc
Abstract

A letter book containing letters written by an Indian Agent and merchant in Old Town, Maine in 1904 to 1906. Some of the letters are signed by George H. Hunt, Agent and some by Hunt & Stowe. Included also are photoreproductions of the letters in the letter book and typed transcripts of the letters.

Dates: February 10 1904 - October 19 1906

Old Town, Maine Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0936-sc
Abstract

A collection relating to Old Town and Milford, Maine.

Dates: 1847-1960

Lieselotte O’Meara Slide Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1775
Content Description

Collection of 35mm slides discovered in the attic of Lieselotte O'Meara documenting her life, her international travels, and her love of the natural and scenic landscapes of her chosen home, Maine. Images range from 1938 through 1977.

Dates: 1938-1977

Penobscot Chemical Fibre Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0783
Dates: 1912-1993; Majority of material found within 1960-1990

Robert H. White Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1747
Scope and Contents

Robert H. White Collection contains notes, interview tapes and a microcassette recorder pertaining to Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, and Maliseet language and cultural materials. Also includes notes from White's book: Tribal Assets.

Dates: 1987-1990