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From The Collections Of The Maine Historical Society, Jamie Kingman Rice

Maine History

Discussion of the Maine Historical Society's pamphlet collection.

Editor's Note, Eileen Hagerman

Maine History

Overview of the contents of this issue of Maine History by its Editor.

Counter Currents: Arthur Lower, Lincoln Colcord, And Ideological Isolationism In Interwar Canada And The United States, James Spruce

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis is a comparative study of the ideology of isolationism in interwar Canada and the United States. It proceeds with that comparison using an individual subject from each country as a case study. For Canada, the subject is the historian and social scientist Arthur R.M. Lower; for the United States, it is the journalist and fiction author Lincoln Ross Colcord. Both men are worthy of study as individual isolationists of note, but they are also appropriate for the comparison because of the similarity of their isolationist positions and due to their personal backgrounds. Through the 1930s, Colcord and Lower …

Sir Hiram Maxim And His Gun: A Literary Trail, Charles Shain

Maine History

Hiram Maxim, born near Sangerville, Maine, in 1840, enjoyed a brilliant career as an inventor and self-promotor. His best-known invention, the Maxim gun, proved appallingly successful during the British imperialistic ventures in Africa at the turn of the century and later in World War I. In this article, Emeritus Professor Charles Shain traces the literary usages for Maxim ’s invention, both as noun and as a verb - describing the scything action of the gun as it mowed down an advancing foe. Charles Shain published and taught in the field of American Studies at Carleton College and for twelve years …

Maine Alumnus, Volume 27, Number 8, May 1946, General Alumni Association, University Of Maine

UMaine Alumni Magazines - All

Contents:

Commencement Plans --- Judge Fellows Named to Maine Supreme Court --- Tribute to Charles E. Crossland --- List of Veterans of World War I

State Of Maine Service Officers' Manual, State Of Maine

Maine History Documents

Full title: State of Maine Service Officers' Manual Including Practical explanations and instructions relative to procurement of monetary benefits payable to living World War veterans and hospitalization privileges to veterans of all wars, expeditions, and rebellions, September 16, 1934.

From the introduction: To Post Officers: The new Federal regulations on hospitalization should be understood by veterans and the high spots are hereby published for your information.

Maine Alumnus, Volume 11, Number 4, December 1929, General Alumni Association, University Of Maine

UMaine Alumni Magazines - All

Contents:

University music programs and history --- Plans For Song Contest Announced --- Musical Organizations --- History of Maine’s War Band

Phi Eta Kappa, War Record Of Great World War, 1914-1918, Phi Eta Kappa

General University of Maine Publications

A scanned version of a pamphlet prepared by Phi Eta Kappa to provide a record of those who were members of the University of Maine fraternity who served in the Great War of 1914-1918.

Spc Ms 1791 Sc, Vintage Postcard Depicting La Grande Roue, Paris, Henry G. Wood

20th Century Maine

Vintage post card depicting La Grande Roue, Paris on the front; verso has message dated Oct. 20, 1918 describing conditions at camp and being confined due to "flu." Signed "H" and addressed to his mother Mrs. F.T. Wood, Steuben, Maine, USA.

The State Of Maine Agricultural And Industrial League: Why It Was Organized, What Its Purposes, How It Is Progressing, State Of Maine Agricultural And Industrial League

Maine History Documents

A scanned version of a pamphlet produced by the State of Maine Agriculture and Industrial League, Fidelity Building, Portland, Maine, on its goals to help "feed Maine folks with Maine-grown food," noting that "since the United States went into the war the scarcity of competent labor on the farms has been constantly increasing, until it has become one of the most vital problems in agriculture today."

The University Of Maine And The War, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

A scanned version of a pamphlet "prepared for the purpose of giving information to the alumni, students, and friends of the University of Maine" about those who served in World War I.

State Of Maine Agricultural And Industrial League Constitution, The League

Maine History Documents

A scanned version of a pamphlet that provided the constitution for the State of Maine Agricultural and Industrial League published in 1917. The object of the league was to a) bring about cooperation between producer and consumer in the marketing of farm products and encourage and assist in the advancement and development of agriculture and rural life, b) create, through publicity, a wider knowledge of the natural resources of the state of Maine and aid in their development, c) aid in the development of hotel interests and tourist traffic, and d) aid in securing the economical production and distribution of …