Registers (Lists)

The records include 3 hotel registers (July 14, 1866-Feb. 17, 1870; Feb. 17, 1870-March 14, 1872; Dec. 6, 1878-Aug. 18, 1881).

The collection contains records from the Baycrest Hotel in Harborside, Cape Rosier, Maine. This small collection contains primarily financial records of the hotel. Included are journals of expenses incurred in running the hotel, 1939-1953, and registers from 1928-1965 of total charges for each guest for rooms, meals, the garage, etc. Also included are three volumes of daily guest registers, 1912-1967, listing the name and home address of each guest.

A guest register used at the Big Houston Camps, 1896-1939. Entries list names of guests, their places of residence, and dates of registration. Register also includes comments on weather and lake conditions added by camp proprietors especially Walter L. Arnold, proprietor in the 1930s.

Financial records of a local electric utility in Maine. Included are ledgers, journals, and registers.

A guest register used at Dean's Camp at Long Pond, Maine, 1895-1919. Entries list names of guests and their places of residence.

Register of guests at the Grand Trunk Hotel in South Paris, Maine, for October-December, 1898. Register also includes an inventory of hotel furnishings and their costs. Volume has printed blotter sheets headed "The national advertising hotel register," listing various businesses in Maine, as well as a printed hotel guide listing hotels in each state.

Letters, 1863, to Mary Greenleaf from a soldier in the 130th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment named George S. Erving or Ewing. Also a letter, July 2, 1864, from Augustus Vaughan written from a camp near Petersburg. Vaughan served in the 17th Maine Infantry and describes his service in a military hospital. Also contains a school register, 1863-1864, from Lexington, Maine, listing names of pupils, their ages, attendance, etc.

Daily register of guests, many of whom were from Massachusetts or Rhode Island.

The collection contains records of Kippewa for Girls, a summer camp located on Lake Cobbosseecontee in Winthrop, Maine.

Financial records of a local electric utility in Maine. Included are ledgers, a cashbook, journals, and a check and deposit register.

Hotel register for the year 1898 listing names of guests, their places of residence, lengths of stays, and numbers of horses.

Guest registers for the Newton House, Jackman, Maine; the West Forks Hotel, West Forks, Maine; and The Forks Tavern, The Forks, Maine. D.C. Pierce was the proprietor of the hotels. The register for the Newton House has blotter sheets between pages that contain advertisements for various businesses in Jackman.

The collection contains three volumes of guest registers, 1897-1904, for the hotel. Volumes two and three have printed blotter sheets advertising various businesses in Maine. They also contain printed guides listing hotels for each state, their rates, etc.

A register signed by guests at the cottage from 1896-1963. The volume also lists where each guest was from and includes notations on the weather and on various events in the life of the Holmes family. The register is accompanied by a history of the building of the cottage written by an unidentified person.

Hotel register for 1864 and 1865 listing names of guests and their places of residence.

Guest registers for the Robinson House in Bucksport, Maine.

Account book of insurance policies written by C. W. Tibbetts, agent, in Farmington, N.H. Contains recipes from newspapers glued to some pages.

Ledger of insurance policies. Includes newspaper clippings on knitting and handicrafts, some glued to pages and some loose.

A collection relating to Reuel Williams, a U.S. Senator from Maine.