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Milliken (Cooper) Papers And Plans, 1956-1994, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The Collection is composed of correspondence, financial records, photographs, and plans that were created by Cooper Milliken and his firm, for various clients. The subject of the collection is almost entirely based on his work and is geographically focused around the State of Maine with some outliers in New York and Massachusetts. Some prominent projects included the renovations of Alumni Hall, Fernald Hall and Carnegie Hall at the University of Maine. As well as the designs for the City of Old Town, the Old Town Airport, Old Town Canoe Company, the James W. Sewall Company, the Penobscot County Court House, …

Taylor (Frank) Photograph Collection, 1930s-1960s, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The Frank Taylor Photograph Collection includes primarily bridge constructions sites showing the progress of construction of bridges around Maine in the 1930s. Several photographs include company owners and construction crews, including two of an underwater diver. There are also a few photographs of bridge sites in Canada and New Jersey, and photographs of family, college friends, Maine scenery.

International Paper Company Photograph Albums, 20th Century, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Albums containing photographs taken at various paper and pulp mills in Maine belonging to the International Paper Co. Included are the Umbagog mill, Riley mill, Rumford Falls mill and Otis mill. Two photographs of the Continental Paper Bag Co. in Rumford Falls, Maine, are also included.

Call (Bert) Photograph Collection, 1914-1939, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Albert Lincoln "Bert" Call, 1866-1963, was a professional photographer in Dexter, Maine, from 1887 to 1953. He started as an apprentice to A.G. Fassett and shortly thereafter purchased Fassett's studio. Call was a portrait photographer but was also known for his artistic photographs of the northern Maine woods. Call also served as the official photographer for the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad's publication, "In the Maine Woods," from 1915 to 1931.

The collection includes 3,376 photographs dating between 1914 and 1939 of outdoor scenes of mountains, lakes, woods and streams in the northern part of Maine. Included are shots from the …

Jones (Freeland) Papers, 1915-1968, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The record group contains photographs and slides taken by Freeland Jones, ca. 1947-1965, of buildings and activities at the University of Maine including Winter Carnival, Penny Carnival, Class Day, etc. The record group also contains photographs taken by Vaughan Jones on the campus, ca. 1915-1916, and group photographs of university students that include Vaughan's brother (and Freeland's father) Austin Jones.

Ms-132: Norman O. Forness Papers, Karen Dupell Drickamer

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For the most part, the collection represents Forness’ interest in architecture and architectural history as well as teaching Included is his research and writing on John Dempwolf, (a German architect from York, Pennsylvania who designed Glatfelter Hall, Brua Hall, and McKnight Hall) as well as other Pennsylvania architects and architecture in America. The collection also contains his files during the time he served on the Historical Architecture Review Board for the Borough of Gettysburg, 1988 through 2008. Also included are Forness’ course materials, lecture notes, examinations and grade book for his history courses at Gettysburg College.

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Gargoyles On Glatfelter Hall, Katherine D. Anthony

Hidden in Plain Sight Projects

When one walks around the campus of Gettysburg College, Glatfelter Hall towers above them, as one of the College’s most commanding edifices. One takes notice of the arched doorways, sunken windows, and the giant bell tower whose occupant chimes on the hour. What one may not notice are the eyes watching from the brownstone; faces and creatures at home in the stone, surveying your every move. Grotesques and gargoyles sit in the moldings, on the window sills and at the junction where roof and wall meet, hidden from the eye that does not have the compulsion to look. These architectural …

At Home In The City: Urban Domesticity In American Literature And Culture, 1850-1930, Elizabeth Klima

University of New Hampshire Press: Open Access Books

An interdisciplinary study of urban literature and domestic architecture in the United States from 1850-1930. With chapters on the hotel, Central Park, tenement houses, and apartment buildings, At Home in the City juxtaposes literary criticism with a history of the built environment to show the inception of American modernity. Works treated include: The Blithedale Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ruth Hall by Fanny Fern, The Bostonians by Henry James, How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis, Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser, The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton, Charlotte Perkins Gilman's feminist urban utopias, and Nella Larsen's Quicksand.

Letter From Walter W. Horn To Alfred L. Shoemaker, October 7, 1959, Walter W. Horn

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from Walter W. Horn to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated October 7, 1959. Horn responds to Shoemaker's inquiry about the similarities between the California Barn and the Pennsylvania Barn and informs Shoemaker of research that might interest him.

Letter From John I. Rempel To Alfred L. Shoemaker, January 5, 1959, John I. Rempel

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from John I. Rempel addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated January 5, 1959. Within, Rempel thanks Shoemaker for information about Pennsylvania barns and considers writing an article about the architecture of German settlers in Ontario.

Notes From Governor Steel's Journal As Printed In The Manchester New Hampshire Union Of October 26, 1889, Alfred L. Shoemaker

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

Handwritten notes copied by Alfred L. Shoemaker from The Manchester Union newspaper of October 26, 1889. The article prints excerpts of Governor Steel's journal as he journeys from Philadelphia to Chambersburg, Pennsylvania and comments on the quality of the barns and farm lands in the region.

Letter From J. William Stair To Alfred L. Shoemaker, May 10, 1950, J. William Stair

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

In this typed letter from J. William Stair to Alfred L. Shoemaker dated May 10, 1950, Stair encloses an article on brick-end barns written by his son-in-law. He tells Dr. Shoemaker he will continue looking for more data on these barns, and asks for any information he can provide.

Notes From Annals Of Luzerne County, A Year’S Residence In The United States Of America And Other Sources, 1818-1900, Alfred L. Shoemaker

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

Handwritten notes by Alfred L. Shoemaker from various sources including Annals of Luzerne County and A Year's Residence in the United States of America, copied circa 1950. The notes include a poem by a Methodist preacher entitled "Mush and Milk," descriptions of Pennsylvania barns, and an account of Pennsylvania Dutch dialect and customs.

Historical Newspaper Clippings Of Lewiston-Auburn In The Late 1800'S (Scrapbook #1), Franco-American Collection

Scrapbooks

Newspaper clippings regarding local events with photographs from the late 1800's from Lewiston and Auburn, Maine.

Ursinus College Bulletin Vol. 7, No. 8, Augustus W. Bomberger, Harvey E. Kilmer, Irvin F. Wagner

Ursinus College Bulletin, 1885-1902

A digitized copy of the May 1891 Ursinus College Bulletin.