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Higgins (Edward Leander) Architectural Records, 1910-1951, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Collection contains architectural drawings and records of Edward Leander Higgins and his son Ambrose S. Higgins, including office records, specifications, plans and elevations, architectural renderings, correspondence and blueprints for a wide variety of buildings mostly in the state of Maine. Represented in the collection are plans for business, public and residential structures in Bar Harbor, Ellsworth, Skowhegan, Portland, Camden and Cape Elizabeth among others.

Mcneary (Matthew) Papers, 1924-1951, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Papers reflecting Matthew McNeary's teaching career and committee service while a professor at the University of Maine. Included is correspondence, 1946-1951; registration information and course outlines, 1949-1951; and samples of exams and drawings. Also included is correspondence, meeting minutes, etc. from McNeary's work on various university committees.

Hewes Family Papers, 1843-1918, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Materials in the collection include many family letters, the diaries of two members of the Hewes family, and a few documents related to the attendance of Benjamin W. Hewes at Bowdoin College. The majority of the letters were saved by Benjamin W. Hewes and were written to him by friends and family members including his parents, sisters, and cousins.

Eastern Maine General Hospital School Of Nursing Collection, 1892-, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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This collection reflects the history of the School of Nursing at Eastern Maine General Hospital/ Eastern Maine Medical Center from its beginning. Included are photographs, yearbooks, scrapbooks, correspondence, artifacts, etc. concerning the School of Nursing and its alumni. Rules, curricula, administrative papers, and student progress reports are also included.

Demeritt (Dwight B., Jr.) Collection, 1866-1998, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Dwight B. Demeritt, Jr. graduated from the University of Maine in 1951 with a degree in History and Government. Postcards, photographs, news clippings, brochures, photocopies and original documents related to the history of Mount Kineo House at Moosehead Lake and Maine logging and river driving.

Mcintire (Clifford Guy) Papers, 1953-1965, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The official records of Clifford G. McIntire during his time in office as U.S. Representative from the 2nd and 3rd districts of Maine, during the period 1953-1965.

Cary Family Papers, 1856-1920, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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A collection of letters and diaries of a family during the mid-19th century. Includes diaries and letters of two brothers, Frank Cary and George A. Cary, who fought with the 5th Maine Infantry during the Civil War. The family members were farmers from Topsham.

Ames (John) Travel Films, 1940s-1960s, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Travel films made by John Ames. Locations include Mexico and Jamaica.

Bardwell (Thomas C.) Collection, 1870s-1960s, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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A collection of materials related to Maine band leader and composer, R. B. Hall. Collection includes correspondence of Thomas C. Bardwell and items of and about R.B. Hall. Scores and sheet music of Hall's compositions comprise much of the collection.

Drake (S. S.) Sermons, 1839-1879, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Collection contains manuscript copies of sermons of Samuel S. Drake, a Presbyterian minister in southern Maine. Many sermons in the collection are given a number but are undated. Other sermons are dated from 1839 to 1879.

Westerfield Historical Collection, 1783-1885, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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This collection is a mix of personal and business documents concerning families other than the Westerfield Family. These documents include ships logs and diaries, personal diaries, account books, and letters. A few other family related documents are included.

University Of Maine. Office Of The President, 1810-2015, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The collection contains textual material, particularly correspondence, memorandums, press releases, and reports from the Office of the University of Maine President.

Packard (William) Papers, 1966-1985, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Papers of William Packard, a screenwriter, poet, playwright, and editor of The New York Quarterly, a poetry magazine. The papers contain worksheets for plays, novels, films, poetry, and trade books by William Packard. Included also are editorial drafts, interviews, documents, and correspondence for The New York Quarterly.

Spectator Club Records (University Of Maine), 1911-2000, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The Spectator Club collection contains copies of the club constitution, a history of its founding, group photographs of members taken on three different dates, a list of program topics, a few event programs, letters, bills, receipts, and minutes from meetings 1911-2000. Many of the letters offer thanks for support of various causes. Other letters thank the group for gifts and condolences following the death of one of the members. Minutes include detailed accounts of meetings along with lists of officers, members, attendance, speakers, entertainers, topics, dues, expenditures, and treasurer's reports.

Cooperative Extension Service Records (University Of Maine), 1913-2006, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The Cooperative Extension is part of the nationwide Cooperative Extension System, which works through the land-grant universities in each U.S. state. Maine’s land-grant university is in Orono at the University of Maine.

The records mainly contain textual information created by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, but there are also photographic, visual, and audio visual material. Some of the report record series also contain photographs of Cooperative Extension Service operations, events, and staff. The reports submitted during the First World War and Second World War years detail the effects the wars had on agriculture in Maine.

Darling Marine Center (University Of Maine) Records, 1941-2009, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The Ira C. Darling Center for Research Teaching and Service now commonly referred to as the Darling Marine Center or DMC is closely associated with the University of Maine's School of Marine Sciences (SMS).

The Sea Grant College Program Records contain items regarding the founding of the Sea Grant Program, copies of various publications, publication catalogs, and reports, reference material, project proposals, planning documents, and calendar of events.

Darling Marine Center & Department of Oceanography Records contain copies of various Center publications and catalog of publications, lists of summer programs, reference material, various items regarding the Bi-State Commission on Oceanography. …

Bureau Of Public Administration (University Of Maine) Records, 1966-1981, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The Bureau of Public Administration had its start at the University of Maine with the city manager program in the 1930’s. The Bureau was part of the progressive movement to professionalize municipal administration. The position of town manager became popular through this movement as a way to administer above the political fray. The Bureau hosted, delivered, and facilitated training for municipal and public employees on a range of subjects. In 1989, the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center was founded and took over many of the responsibilities of the Bureau. By 1991 training, seminars, workshops were phased out and the program …

O'Meara (Lieselotte) Slide Collection, 1938-1977, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Lieselotte O'Meara was born in Danzig, Poland in 1920. She and her family defected to Germany after the Russian take-over of Poland. Lieselotte became a nurse in Germany during World War II and worked in an American occupied hospital in Bayreath, Germany where she met her future husband, David O'Meara. After his discharge from the U.S. Army, they moved to the United States, finally settling in Old Town, Maine in the mid-1950s.

The collection includes 35mm slides documenting Lieselotte O'Meara's international travels, natural, and scenic landscapes.

Smith (David G.) Papers, 1888-1990, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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David G. Smith, a resident of Camden, Maine, had a life-long interest in and connection to the Katahdin Iron Works area of Maine. The collection is arranged in two series:

Series I: Katahdin Iron Works Information Files, contains all of the material gathered by Smith during his life-long association with and interest in the KI region and its history.

Series II: Pine Knot Association Records, contains Smith’s files about his activities in managing the finances and maintenance of the Pine Knot family camp at KI.

Fryeburg Business And Professional Women's Club Records, 1928-1970, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The collection contains administrative records of the Fryeburg Business and Professional Women's Club, including minutes of meetings, treasurer's records, and information about disbanding the club, 1970.

Maine State Federated Labor Council Records, 1914-1967, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The collection contains business records of the Maine State Federation of Labor and its successor, the Maine State Federated Labor Council. Records include correspondence, financial records, records of conventions and of the Council's newspaper"Maine State Labor News." Both national and state projects and campaigns are represented in the collection, and subject areas include work programs, labor laws and legislation, strikes, workers' compensation, etc. Correspondents include prominent state and national labor leaders as well as Maine politicians such as Margaret Chase Smith, Edmund S. Muskie, William Hathaway and others. Many materials are from Benjamin Dorsky, president of the Council until 1979.

Palmer (Llewelyn D.) Legal And Municipal Papers, 1820s-1900, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The documents of the law partners of Llewelyn D. P. Palmer and Judge Charles F.H. Green. Includes correspondence, manuscripts, drafts of official documents, and other papers of Palmer and Green, law partners in Athens, Maine. Documents relate to town affairs, Maine militia, politics and legal work of the law firm.

Llewelyn D. P. Palmer was a General of the Maine volunteer militia and Commander of the 8th Division. He was an attorney, an Athens, Maine Selectman, a Democratic Party official, and the Athens Postmaster. Charles F. H. Green was a Judge of the Somerset County Probate Court and an attorney.

Maine Aerial Photograph Collection, 1940-1957, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Aerial photographs of Maine taken between 1940 and 1957 for the U.S. Geological Survey. Most were done by Aero Service Corp. of Philadelphia with a few taken by James W. Sewall Co. of Old Town, Maine.

Research And Sponsored Programs Records (University Of Maine), 1978-2013, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) at the University of Maine assists members of the campus community in seeking outside grants and contracts to fund their research. This collection contains technical reports and project summaries of grant-funded projects undertaken at the University of Maine from 1978 to the present. The reports are arranged by year and within each year alphabetically by the name of the principal investigator(s). The name of the granting agency is also given when indicated on the report.

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Nash (Norman B.) Historical Research Papers, 1918-1956, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Norman Nash was born in Bangor, Me. in 1888. He was educated at Harvard, Episcopal Theological Seminary, and Western Theological Seminary. He served in WWI as a Chaplain; from 1916-1939 and was a professor at the Episcopal Theological Seminary.

The Norman B. Nash collection contains historical research on Eastern Maine and New Brunswick. The collection includes manuscripts, notes, correspondence, and illustrations. A number of original documents are photocopied.

Blanchard (James A., Ii) Correspondence, 1940-1954, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Correspondence, 1940-1954, consisting of letters from James A. Blanchard II to his wife, June E. (Peterson) Blanchard, while stationed in the Pacific with the U.S. Navy during World War II. One series of letters was pasted into a scrapbook by June Blanchard. Also includes letters and some memorabilia to Bob Blanchard, as well as letters from June Blanchard to James A. Blanchard II.

Department Of Art Records (University Of Maine), 1928-1983, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The records mainly contain illustrations with describing text in University of Maine Department of Art publications regarding art exhibitions, but there is also photographic material. The record group currently only contains records regarding outward facing activities of the Department, not administrative records regarding the internal workings of the Department. The record group also contains general information regarding the University of Maine's art collection.

Counseling Service (University Of Maine) Records, 1976-1983, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The University of Maine Counseling Center offers counseling for students and faculty/staff and delivers outreach and education including various workshops, presentations, and suicide prevention efforts, made possible by the grant funded Touchstone Project. The Center also serves as a training site for masters and doctoral students interested in developing clinical and/or outreach-focused skills.

The records contain textual information created by the University of Maine Counseling Service. The record series Center publications includes copies of Center annual reports, brochure, flyer, and various Testing and Counseling Reports on a range of subjects.

Allen (Charles Edwin) Papers, 1852-1982, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Business and personal letters written to Charles Allen between 1867 and 1911 by friends, business associates, political and labor figures and those interested in local history. Allen was born in Sanford, Maine, Oct. 26, 1839. Allen worked as a printer and compositor for the Morning Star, a newspaper in Dover, N.H., the Eastern Argus in Portland, Maine, and the Boston Journal before being employed as a proofreader and compositor at the Riverside Press in Cambridge, Mass.

Croswell Family Papers, 1791-1921, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Business records of the Croswell family, long-time owners of a general store in Farmington, Maine. This small collection contains primarily financial records from the general store and memorandum books of a general nature or dealing with specific activities. Most of the materials are dated but only a few can specifically be identified as belonging to the Croswell family.