The Moses Greenleaf Primer, Holly K. Hurd

Friends of OML, Occasional Publications

A childrens "primer" on the life of Moses Greenleaf, Maine's first mapmaker.

The Land Of Norumbega - Maine In The Age Of Exploration And Settlement, Maine Humanities Council

Osher Map Library Exhibition Catalogs

The Land of Norumbega - Maine in the Age of Exploration and Settlement.

An Exhibition by Susan Danforth, Maine Humanities Council, Portland, Maine 1988.

This exhibition began in 1986, when the University of Southern Maine received an extraordinary collection of rare maps, atlases, and globes donated by Lawrence M.C. and Eleanor Houston Smith. In 1987, in response to a call from the National Endowment for the Humanities for programs relating to the Columbian Quincentenary, the Maine Humanities Council submitted a proposal for the "Land of Norumbega" project.

The Forts Of Maine, 1607-1945: An Archaeological And Historical Survey, Robert L. Bradley Ph.D

Maine Collection

The Forts of Maine, 1607-1945: An Archaeological and Historical Survey

by Robert L. Bradley, Ph.D. - Maine Historic Preservation Commission

This booklet was co-published in September, 1981 by the Maine Historic Preservation Commission and the Maine Bureau of Parks and Recreation, with Federal funds provided by the Commission through the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, matched by State funds provided by the Bureau of Parks and Recreation. Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr., State Historic Preservation Officer

Portland Historic Resources Inventory, 1976, Maine Historic Preservation Commission

Maine Collection

Portland Historic Resources Inventory, 1976

Compiled and written by Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr. and John E. Pancoast; in cooperation with the Portland Planning Department and Greater Portland Landmarks, Inc.

Augusta : Maine Historic Preservation Commission, 1976.

The Indians Of The Androscoggin Valley : Tribal History, And Their Relations With The Early English Settlers Of Maine, Charles M. Starbird

Maine Collection

The Indians of the Androscoggin Valley : Tribal History, and their Relations with the Early English Settlers of Maine.

Charles M. Starbird

Forward by Arthur G. Staples ("Mr. Starbird has confined his research and writing to the Androscoggin, or Anasagunticook Tribe").

Chapter Five includes "Pejepscot" (poem), "Some Noted Anasagunticooks", "Various Spellings" etc.

Sprague's Journal Of Maine History (Vol.Xiv, No.1), John Francis Sprague (Ed.)

Maine Collection

Sprague's Journal of Maine History (Vol.XIV, No.1) January, February, March 1926.

Edited by John Francis Sprague.

Vol. 14, No.1 (1926) Contents: Longfellow's English Ancestors / Fort Mary / A New Version of Thanatopsis / When King George Assessed the Town of Gorham, Maine, in 1770 / Politics in Bangor in 1860 / Referring to the Name of Mount Battie / List of Tax Payers in the Town of Vienna, Maine, for the Year 1834 / James Henry Carleton / An Old Maine Newspaper / My Mother / Historic Thanksgiving at Southwest Harbor / The Lugubrious Tale and Doleful Death of …

Sprague's Journal Of Maine History (Vol.Xiv, No.2), John Francis Sprague (Ed.)

Maine Collection

Sprague's Journal of Maine History (Vol.XIV, No.2) April, May, June 1926.

Edited by John Francis Sprague.

Vol. 14, No. 2 (1926) Contents: History of the Chadwick Survey / Undeveloped Areas for Maine History Research / Fred Pike / Record of Marriages of Aroostook Pioneers / John C. Cross / Historical Notes about Farmington, Maine / "Like a Bell's Distant Tone" / Relating to Farmington and Sandy River Region / Facts to be Remembered about the State of Maine / Passing of the Old Tanneries / School Department / Editorial Comment / Captain Silas Adams / Sayings of the Subscribers

Sprague's Journal Of Maine History (Vol.Xiv, No.3), John Francis Sprague (Ed.)

Maine Collection

Sprague's Journal of Maine History (Vol.XIV, No.3) July, August, September 1926.

Cover: "In Memoriam John Francis Sprague, June 16, 1848 -- May 7, 1926".

Vol.14, No. 3 (1926) Contents: Tributes to John Francis Sprague / All Alone / March in a Maine Pasture / Regarding the Jonothan Edwards Family / What Forestry Means to Maine / Repeating Maine History / Side-light on Ancient Local History / Chadwick Survey Paper Corrigenda / First Permanent Settler / Census of Penobscot County / Letters from Journal's Friends / Maine Patriotic Orders / Kind and Appreciative Words / Sayings of Subscribers

A History Of Swan's Island, Maine, Herman Wesley Small M.D.

Maine Collection

A History of Swan's Island, Maine

by H.W. Small, M.D. (1865-1937)

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction - Aborigines - Discovery, 2. Purchase - Settlement and Land Titles, 3. A Sketch of the Life of Col. James Swan, 4. Biographical Sketches of early Settlers, 5. Gott's Island, 6. The Fishing Industry, 7. Synopsis of the Municipal Records, 8. Miscellaneous - Index of First Settlers

A History Of Peaks Island And Its People. Also A Short History Of House Island, Portland, Maine, Nathan Goold

Osher Map Library Rare Books

84 p., [1] leaf of plate : ill., map ; 20 cm

Hard cover debossed in gold with "History of Peaks and House Islands".

The Story Of New Sweden As Told At The Quarter Centennial Celebration Of The Founding Of The Swedish Colony In The Woods Of Maine, June 25, 1895, Stanley J. Estes

Maine Collection

The Story of New Sweden as Told at the Quarter Centennial Celebration of the Founding of the Swedish Colony in the Woods of Maine, June 25, 1895

Edited by Stanley J. Estes

Illustrated History Of Kennebec County Maine 1625-1799-1892 (Vol.2), Henry D. Kingsbury, Simeon L. Deyo

Osher Map Library Rare Books

Illustrated History of Kennebec County Maine 1625-1799-1892 - Volume II

Editors: Henry D. Kingsbury and Simeon L. Deyo

Second bound volume comprises pages 601-1273.

"Edition Limited to 1600 Prints"- Copyrighted 1892.

637 p. : ill. ; 28 cm

Illustrated History Of Kennebec County Maine 1625-1799-1892 (Vol.1), Henry D. Kingsbury, Simeon L. Deyo

Osher Map Library Rare Books

Illustrated History of Kennebec County Maine 1625-1799-1892 - Volume I.

Editors: Henry D. Kingsbury and Simeon L. Deyo.

First bound volume comprises pages 1-600.

"Edition Limited to 1600 Prints"- Copyrighted 1892.

600 p. : ill. ; 28 cm

History Of Androscoggin County, Maine (Illustrated), Georgia Drew Merrill (Ed.)

Osher Map Library Rare Books

History of Androscoggin County, Maine (Illustrated)

Editor: Georgia Drew Merrill

Copyright, 1891

W.A. Fergusson & Co., Boston, Mass. (Journal Press, Lewiston, Me.)

879 p.: ill., ports.; 26 cm

The Kennebec Valley, Seth Harding Whitney

Maine Collection

The Kennebec Valley. This work is devoted to the early history of the valley; also relating many incidents and adventures of the early settlers; including a brief sketch of the Kennebec Indian.

by S.H. Whitney. Sprague, Burleigh & Flynt, printers to the state,1887.

Chapter Titles: The Kennebec Indian / The Kennebec River / Sources of land titles in the Kennebec Valley / Sagadahoc County / Kennebec County / Somerset County / Arnold in the Kennebec Valley / Dresden / Casco Bay

1786-1886 Centennial Celebration - An Account Of The Municipal Celebration Of The One Hundredth Anniversary Of The Incorporation Of The Town Of Portland , July 4th, 5th And 6th, 1886, John T. Hull

Osher Map Library Rare Books

Title Page: "1786-1886 Centennial Celebration - An Account of the Municipal Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town of Portland , July 4th, 5th and 6th, 1886".

"Edited by John T. Hull under the direction of the Publication Committee of the City Council."

Blue fabric hard cover debossed in gold with "Centennial Celebration 1786 - 1886. Portland, Me." and with black ornamental trim.

379 pages, illustrations

Annals Of Calais, Maine, And St. Stephen, New Brunswick; Including The Village Of Milltown, Me., And The Present Town Of Milltown, N.B., Isaac Case Knowlton

Maine Collection

Annals of Calais, Maine, and St. Stephen, New Brunswick; Including the Village of Milltown, Me., and the Present Town of Milltown, N.B.

by Rev. Issac Case Knowlton

Index Includes Chapter Titles: "Aborigines", "The Beginning", "Primeval Age--1790 to 1800", "The Bar", "Physicians", "Benevolent Societies", "Shipping", "Newspapers", "New Churches", "Smuggling", "Cemeteries", etc. 33 Chapters with Appendix.

A Statistical View Of The District Of Maine, Moses Greenleaf

Osher Map Library Rare Books

Full title: A Statistical View of the District of Maine; more especially with reference to the Value and Importance of its Interior

Early survey of the District of Maine 1816 by Moses Greenleaf.

1 book: 154 pages