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Abstract 0886 Alta Mitchell, interviewed by Sarah Jane Adamski for IDL 105, October 27, 1974, Sanford, Maine. 24 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ brief cat. and trans. Mitchell talks about her life and travels during the first half of the twentieth century; her thoughts on early twentieth-century US presidents; why she worked to repeal Prohibition; working for women’s suffrage; her views on Nixon and the Watergate scandal; meeting Truman and his propensity for cursing; welfare work in Germany after WWII; teaching...

Scope and Contents The records mainly contain textual information created and curated by the University of Maine College of Educations, but there are also photographs from the Team Teaching and Comprehensive Career Education projects and photographs and a recording from Scholars Day Orientation. The record series Administrative Records includes College reports submitted to the University of Maine chancellor and administration, budget information, lists of faculty, various miscellaneous information...

Scope and Contents The record group contains textual information created and curated by College of Liberal Arts & Sciences administrators and administrative staff.The record series Annual Reports contains annual reports for the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and both the College of Arts and Humanities and College of Sciences which merged to form the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. Also, includes copies of individual College departmental annual reports and supporting material. ...

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The papers of an educator, poet, and major figure in the Franco-American revival of the 1970s.

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2565 Edward D. “Sandy” Ives, interviewed by Laura Finkel, September 27, 1994, Orono, Maine. Ives talks about his life and career teaching and studying folklore. Deposited by Finkel in August 1998. Recording: mfc_na2565_c1670_01, mfc_na2565_c1670_02 [C 1670]. 68 minutes

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),...

Scope and Contents The records contain textual information created and curated by the University of Maine Graduate School.The record series Faculty & Graduate Board Administrative Records contains copies of meeting minutes, agendas, and reports from the Committee on Graduate Study and its successor Faculty of Graduate Study, and the Graduate Board. There are also copies of Graduate Study policies and regulations, constitution of the Graduate School, reports, and memorandums. The...

Abstract NA3137 Greta Kerr, interviewed by Bertha C. Gulliver, March 26 and 29, 1984, and April 13 and 21, 1984, Portland, Maine. Kerr, born on June 6, 1890, recalls, in great detail and descriptive phrase, life in Portland: South Portland Bridge; Victoria Mansion; Constance Southworth home; Cutler House; Cutter House; Talbot House; Dyer House; Mussey House; Swett Mansion; Rufus Deering home; Rufus Deering Lumber Yard; High Street Bridge; Keating House; O’Brian’s Antique Book Store; Vice Consul...

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This collection includes twenty-eight interviews with thirteen Eastport residents, plus manuscript material collected as part of French’s research. In addition to the general history of Eastport, major topics discussed include the sardine industry and community holiday celebrations.

Scope and Contents The record group contains material created and curated by the University of Maine's Honors College. The records include administrative material regarding operations of the Honors College including: annual reports, newsletters, publicity material, handbooks, material regarding the organization of various celebrations and Maine Scholars Day, INBRE-ME grant project, minutes from Honors Council and Honors Program Task Force meetings and reports, and various photographs of staff, visiting...

Scope and Contents The Maine Folklife Center founder, Edward D. “Sandy” Ives, was prolific in his work. Due to the volume of material, his work has been divided between two collections, this one and MF 167 (previously all under MF 027). This collection contains the materials that were given to the center both upon Ives’s retirement and his death. MF 167 consists of fieldwork from 1955 to 1999 done by Ives and a variety of interviews which he conducted. Thus far, all of the material listed here has been...

Scope and Contents A miscellaneous group of records related to the history of the University of Maine, from its founding as the Maine State College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts in 1865. Items appear to have been curated and compiled over time by Fogler Library Special Collections staff to document key events, figures, and milestones in the University's early history. Most of the material is from the end of the Nineteenth century through to the mid Twentieth century. The records mainly...

Content Description Research journals of the late Brian Robinson, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology and Climate Change Institute, who died in 2016. Journal 1 includes research on the: Mackowski; Wapanucket; Table Land, Manchester, Morrill Point Mound; Godfrey Cemetery; Loring Site; Sunkhaze Ridge; Penobscot Nation Museum; Lawry collection, Waterville; Table Land, Clyde Berry; Henry Parson's archive, Kennebunk. Some of this research is from Robinson's time spent at Brown University. ...

Scope and Contents The records mainly contain textual information created by the University of Maine Pulp and Paper Summer Institute, but there are also pulp samples. The records includes an extensive walkthrough of the pulp and paper processes, which talks about every part and component that the wood endures when making the pulp and paper. The records include documents that have: an explanation of how and why they make the pulp, what chemicals are involved in the process, the science aspect of pulp and paper,...

Scope and Contents The records mainly contain textual information created by the University Of Maine School Of Law (also known as the College of Law). The record group contains correspondence of William Walz who was the Dean of the University of Maine's School of Law (1902-1918) on a range of subjects including: meetings with colleagues, staffing issues, class schedules, book acquisitions, bills, Maine Law Review and American Law School Review, various legal cases and articles, judge positions in Maine,...

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The records mainly contain textual information created on and by various summer institutes held at the University of Maine includes: correspondence, memorandums, press releases, clippings, grant applications, reports, and brochures. There are also photographs of attendees of the Education for Intercultural Understanding Workshop.

Scope and Contents The records mainly contain textual information created and curated by Carroll F. Terrell who as was a nationally known scholar on the works of the poet Ezra Pound, but there is also photographic material and audio recordings of a conference on Ezra Pound held at the University of Maine in August, 1980. The records cover Terrell’s academic career at the University of Maine, but also his work as the founder of the National Poetry Foundation and Northern Lights Press in Orono, as well as editor...