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History Of Bradley Maine, Sesquicentennial History Committee

Maine History Documents

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Mellie Dunham: A Remembrance Norway Maine Summer Festival, July 2003, David Sanderson

Maine History Documents

The story of Mellie Dunham continues to fascinate, even some seventy-five years after the events. The tale of the 72-year-old country fiddler invited to play for Henry Ford, made famous by the media, then hugely successful as a vaudeville performer, seems almost too perfect to be true. But it all happened, and it was Mellie’s own grace and lack of pretense, a genuineness that inspired the public’s affection for him, that was as much as anything else responsible for the events of 1925 and 1926.

This booklet was created to mark Mellie’s 150th birthday, July 29, 2003. We call it …

New English Canaan, Thomas Morton

Maine History Documents

In 1883 the Prince Society published in very limited quantity The New English Canaan edited by Charles Francis Adams. Since then there has been no new edition of this informative and entertaining work. Adams held faithfully to the original in spelling, punctuation, and even in the use of the early in the text. His footnotes are learned, copious, and occasionally a bit irrelevant, but a number of mystifying expressions are not explained. It may simply be the short supply and relatively poor readability that have caused modern scholars to deny Morton’s work the attention that it deserves. In this edition …

Tourist Homes In Maine, Rena Campbell Bowles

Maine History Documents

A guide to beginning a business in Maine to open one's home to travelers, published in 1936.

The Black Mansion, Ellsworth, Maine, Mrs. Axel Eliason

Maine History Documents

A script of the tour of the Black Mansion, now known as the Woodlawn Museum, circa 1928, describing the furnishings in the Ellsworth, Maine home.

Humane Education In The Public Schools Of Maine: Animals Have Rights As Well As We, Percival P. Baxter

Maine History Documents

A booklet encouraging kindness to animals. Headings include: Introduction, The Law, Humane Education Defined, No Special Method Prepared, Making Use of Pets, Domestic Animals, Wild Animals, A Helpful Suggestion, Animals in Art, Band of Mercy Pledge, In Connection with the School Improvement League, Interesting Exercises, Suggestions for a Program, Books on Animals for Younger Children, Short Stories, The Horse's Prayer, and Eulogy on the Dog by George Graham West. Includes photographs of Governor Baxter's Irish Setter, Garry.

The Swimming Club, Bar Harbor, Maine, The Club

Maine History Documents

This publication includes a list of the members of the Bar Harbor Swimming Club, many advertisements for local and New York businesses, and the performance program of the Meyer Davis Orchestra July 10-15, 1916. Reproductions of several photographs by Underwood & Underwood are also included.

Abraham Lincoln, Seen From The Field In The War For The Union, Joshua L. Chamberlain

Maine History Documents

A paper read before the Commandery of the State of Pennsylvania by Joshua Chamberlain, February 12, 1909.

Falmouth Neck In The Revolution, Nathan Goold

Maine History Documents

A history of Falmouth Neck (now Portland), Maine during the Revolutionary War, prepared by the Historian of the Maine Sons of the American Revolution.

Story Of The Girls' High School Of Portland, Maine, 1850-1863, Elizabeth Mcl. Gould Rowland

Maine History Documents

A detailed account of daily life for the students at the girl's high school in Portland, Maine, as overseen by Moses Woolson. Includes lists of graduates, librarians, scholars, and a diagram of the schoolroom.

Biographical Review : This Volume Contains Biographical Sketches Of Leading Citizens Of Cumberland County, Maine, Biographical Review Publishing Company

Maine History Documents

In all this wide earth there is nothing else so interesting and important as human life ; and the history of individual lives is recognized as, at its best, one of the most attractive and valuable forms of literature. It behooves every generation to write its own records, to leave behind its own memorials. The present volume of local biographies, carefully prepared from materials furnished by the patrons of the work, is issued by the publishers in the confident hope that it will prove satisfactory as the fulfilment of promise and a work of permanent value. These pages treat of …

The Oldtown Monthly, S. Bradbury

Maine History Documents

A scanned version of volume 1, number 1 of The Oldtown Monthly for March, 1875. The text indicates that it was to be "published monthly" by S. Bradbury, M.D., in Oldtown, Maine, but this is the only issue in the collections at Raymond H. Fogler Library. As of 2017, no other libraries indicate holdings in national catalogs, so this may be the only issue ever produced.

Message Of The Governor Of Maine To The Legislature Regarding The Northeastern Boundary Of The State Of Maine, Maine Office Of The Governor

Maine History Documents

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