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Reed, Clyde M., Collection, 1921-1931, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Reed, Clyde M., Collection, 1921-1931, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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This collection consists of personal and professional correspondence primarily addressed to Clyde M. Reed from various political figures.
Clyde Martin Reed was born on October 19, 1871 in Illinois. His family moved to Kansas when he was four years old. He married Minnie E. Hart in 1891 and they had ten children. In 1919, Reed became the personal secretary of Kansas Governor Henry J. Allen. In 1929, Reed was elected the 24th Governor of Kansas and served until 1931. Reed also served as a Kansas Senator from 1939-1949. He died on November 8th, 1949.
Buesing (Gregory) Papers, 1950-1982, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Buesing (Gregory) Papers, 1950-1982, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
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Born in 1947, Gregory Buesing has worked professionally in public service, non-profit management, fundraising, advocacy, and law. He received a bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, an MBA from the University of Maine at Orono, and a JD from Northeastern University School of Law, and is a former member of the Massachusetts and California bars.
Buesing began working for the Passamaquoddy at Pleasant Point in 1967 on a volunteer project. After working for or with tribes in various capacities, he served on the Maine Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights at the time of …
Hugo, George B., Collection, 1909-1919, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Hugo, George B., Collection, 1909-1919, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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The George B. Hugo Correspondence consists of his book Socialism: The Creed of Despair and 25 letters related to its publication.
George B. Hugo was born in 1866 in Massachusetts to French immigrants. Hugo married Jennie Saulsbury in 1888 in Boston and in 1893 a daughter they named Ruth was born. In Boston, Massachusetts, George worked as a merchant. In 1909 he published his book, Socialism: The Creed of Despair. The book is further described as a “Joint Debate in Faneuil Hall, March 22, 1909 between George B. Hugo, President Employers' Association of Massachusetts, Affirmative, and James F. Carey, …
Stalker, J. W., Collection, 1935-1949, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Stalker, J. W., Collection, 1935-1949, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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A collection of court papers and cases from J. W. Stalker, Justice of the Peace, Pittsburg, Kansas. The papers consist of correspondence, orders, and complaints, summons, and notices.
John W. Stalker was born in 1868. He was the Justice of the Peace in Girard, Kansas between 1935 and 1949. In 1892 he married Rena E. Myers in Crawford County. They had six children. John Stalker also worked independently as an insurance agent for Stalker’s Realty, “the Preferred Fire Insurance Co.” He passed away in 1959 in Girard.
Pittsburg Pottery Company Collection, 1983-1994, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Pittsburg Pottery Company Collection, 1983-1994, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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A collection of legal papers, financial statements, and correspondence relating to the final decade of the Pittsburg Pottery Company.
The pottery business in Pittsburg began in 1888 when a smelting company provided a section for stonemasonry. In 1913, this section became independent and was named the Pittsburg Clay Works. Originally owned by A. K. and E. V. Lanyon, the company was bought by a group of people, including Henry Matarazzi, in 1925. Matarazzi gained complete ownership in 1944 and the name changed to the Pittsburg Pottery Company. Matarazzi passed the business on to his son in 1952 who sold it …
School Of Law (University Of Maine Records, 1903-1968, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
School Of Law (University Of Maine Records, 1903-1968, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
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The original College of Law (also known as School of Law) began its operations in 1898 and was located in Bangor, Maine in a building at Exchange and State streets. The building and records were destroyed during the 1911 Great Fire of Bangor. Following the fire the School relocated to a house at the corner of Second and Union streets in Bangor (now known as the Farrar building.
On May 10, 1918 the College moved to the University of Maine's Orono campus. In 1920 during World War I, the decision was made to suspend the College of Law because of …