Old Town (Me.) -- Social life and customs

Scope and Contents From the Collection: A 1992 community based oral history project co-sponsored by the Maine Folklife Center and the Franco-American Center at the University of Maine generated a series of 35 interviews focusing on the culture and history of the French Canadian immigrant community located on French Island, Old Town, Maine. The project also resulted in a book of photographs, interview excerpts, and articles, Nos Histoires de I’lle: History and memories of French Island, Old Town, Maine (1999) ...

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Charter of the Old Town and Orono, Maine, chapter of the Dickens Fellowship, an association founded in 1902 for people who share an interest in the life and works of Charles Dickens.

Scope and Contents The collection contains materials collected by Lois LaBeau about the history of Old Town and Orono, Maine. Most of the collection consists of photographs of individuals and scenes in the two towns, including a train accident in Orono in 1898 on the Maine Central Railroad, photographs of pupils in Orono schools in 1885 and 1924, logging on the Penobscot River, St. Mary's Church in Orono, and photographs of a play at Old Town High School in 1925. Several photographs of Indians are also...

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Records include annual reports and minutes of meetings, 1934-1987; and scrapbooks of League activities, 1934-1994.

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An autograph book belonging to Maggie A. Miles of Old Town, Maine, with inscriptions and verses dedicated to her from family and friends.

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Administrative records of the Neeburban Club including minutes of meetings, 1901-1978; a club history; and yearbooks, 1902-1992, listing names of members and activities at monthly meetings. Also includes scrapbooks kept by club officers, 1983/1984 to 1991/1992. A few publications from the Maine Federation of Women's Clubs are also found in the collection.

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Includes minutes of meetings of S. J. Oakes Post No. 121, Woman's Relief Corps for 1896-1900 and 1959-1966. Also includes copies of general orders issued 1921-1943 by the Woman's Relief Corps, Dept. of Maine.