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Roger W. Allen, Sr. Papers, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

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This collection consists of the research papers of Roger W. Allen, Sr. Print and digital material include published and unpublished articles, maps, photographs, and various publications. Topics of interest include the history of Bulloch County, Statesboro, and Savannah as well as the establishment of Standardized Time in the United States.

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Logs Of Fishing Boats From Kennebunk, Wells, And Cape Porpoise, 1854-1860, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Ten logs of cod fishing boats from Kennebunk, Wells, and Cape Porpoise, 1854-1860. Includes information on the weather, location, and fish caught as well as information on the captain, home port, and dates.

Kaliss (Anthony M.) Research Material, 1759-2013, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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This research was undertaken in the mid-1970s by Anthony M. (Tony) Kaliss to provide supporting data for use as a part of the land claims suit by the Passamaquoddy and Penobscot Tribes. The suit has long been settled and the tribes were federally recognized. Both tribes had been recognized and dealt with continuously since at least the 1700s first by the Massachusetts colony, then by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a state and then the State of Maine when it separated from Massachusetts in 1820. This research focused entirely on financial relations. The purpose was to establish that there was …

College Of Engineering & Science (University Of Maine) Records, 1899-1988, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The College of Technology provided instruction in Mining Engineering (later dropped), Agricultural Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Engineering Physics, Mechanical Engineering, and Forestry (later known as Pulp and Paper Technology). The College offered Bachelor of Science Degrees and Associate of Science Degrees. In 1973, the College was renamed the College of Engineering and Science. In 1989, departments from the College of Engineering and Science and the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture merged with the College of Sciences, resulting in College name changes for the College of Engineering and the College of Applied Sciences and Agriculture. By the 1993-1993 …

Entre Nosotros (University Of Maine) Records, 1939-1976, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Copies of Entre Nosotros, a publication of Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society (La Sociedad Nacional Honoraria Hispánica).

Shaw (Wendell) Collection On Walter Arnold, 1800-1981, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Walter Arnold was born in 1894 in Willimantic, Maine, the son of Alonzo and Alice Arnold. As a young man Walter hunted, trapped and guided with his father. After service in World War I, he started a mail order business, selling trapping supplies and animal trapping scents and lures nationwide.

Shaw and Arnold were good friends and hunting buddies for over twenty years. They wrote letters to each other frequently from 1959-1980 discussing their day-to-day life and the hunting or trapping adventures they shared together.

This collection includes many letters written between Wendell Shaw and Walter Arnold (See: SpC MS …

Bates (Samuel P.) Collection On Rudy Vallée, 1914-1990, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Rudy Vallée was one of the most popular vocalists of the pre-swing era. With his megaphone and nasal voice, he will forever be remembered as the archetypal image of the early crooners. Born in Island Pond, Vermont, in 1901, Hubert Prior Vallée grew up in Westbrook, Maine, and earned the nickname 'Rudy' in college for his love of saxophone player, Rudy Wiedeoft.

Samuel P. Bates and his wife Shirlee were friends with Rudy Vallée and his wife Eleanor. While it's unknown how the couples came to know each other, it is possible Sam and Rudy met at 3M while Rudy …

Nolde (John J.) Records, 1950-1985, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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John Jacob Nolde was born in Reading, Pennsylvania in 1919 and died in 1988. He was a member of the faculty of the history department at the University of Maine and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. He served the University of Maine from 1950 to 1984. He wrote numerous articles on The China cantos of Ezra Pound.

Records cover Nolde's years as Professor of History (1950-1986) and tenure as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (1966-1973) at the University of Maine. The record series Lecture Notes contains Professor Nolde's notes for various history classes he …

Engineering Science And Management Defense Training Program (University Of Maine) Records, 1940-1945, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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During the 1940s, the University of Maine was one of many U.S. colleges and universities to offer tuition-free summer courses under the Engineering, Sciences, and Management Defense Training Program, funded by the U.S. Office of Education.

The classes were for high school graduates not planning to attend college and were intended to train students in defense activities in order to fill urgently needed technical and scientific civilian positions just prior to and during U.S. involvement in World War II.

These records include general information regarding the Program, U.S Office of Education reports, forms, publicity material, details of course offerings, …

Graduate School (University Of Maine) Records, 1900-1980s, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The Graduate School at University of Maine has primary responsibility for administering the policies and procedures relating to these graduate studies. Graduate School policy is made by Graduate Faculty, acting through its representative body, the Graduate Board.

The records contain textual information created and curated by the University of Maine Graduate School.

Canadian-American Research (University Of Maine) Papers, 1966-1984, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Student papers for classes taught by University of Maine history professors Alice R Stewart, Ronald Tallman, McAndrew, and Pease. The record group includes seminar papers written by University of Maine students for History 291, History 308 (Seminar in Canadian history), History 309 (Seminar in New England-Atlantic provinces history), History 347 (Seminar in methodology and historiography), and History 348.

Ward Family Collection Microfilm, Ats Special Collections And Archives

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Frank Bateman Stanger Arc1988-003 Part 18 (Boxes 161-170), Ats Special Collections And Archives

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Frank Bateman Stanger Arc 1998-003 Part 7 (Boxes 51-60), Ats Special Collections And Archives

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Records Of United Christian Ashrams, Ats Special Collections And Archives

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Frank Bateman Stanger Arc1988-003 Part 26 (Boxes 241-250), Ats Special Collections And Archives

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Papers Of Kenneth E. Geiger, Ats Special Collections And Archives

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Frank Bateman Stanger Arc1998-003 Part 17 (Boxes 151-160), Ats Special Collections And Archives

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Henry Clay Morrison Letters To Emily, Ats Special Collections & Archives

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Papers Of Albert Edward Day, Ats Special Collections And Archives

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Frank Bateman Stanger Arc 1988-003 Part 8 (Boxes 61-70), Ats Special Collections And Archives

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Frank Bateman Stanger Arc 1988-003 Part 15 (Boxes 131-140), Ats Special Collections And Archives

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Frank Bateman Stanger Arc1988-003 Part 19 (Boxes 171-180), Ats Special Collections And Archives

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Amateur Radio Station Logos Scrapbook, 1948-1976, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Scrapbook with 1930s and 1940s QSL cards from around the United States and beyond, as well as a few related amateur radio station logs and other material, collected by Norman S. "Froggy" Davis, University of Maine, Class of 1925.

American Association Of University Women Records, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Correspondence, reports, minutes, membership lists, programs, history and other records of Orono Chapter of the American Association of University Women. Some statewide records are also found in the collection.

Payson (John Dana) Diaries, 1885-1910, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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15 diaries, 1885-1910, of John Dana Payson, a teacher, summer resort keeper, and pastor. Payson was born in Cushing, Maine in 1861. Diaries date from his time at seminary in Bucksport, followed by stations in Bangor, Dexter, Southport, Camden, and Union. Payson notes the weather, church activities such as marriages and funerals, and daily activities.

Allan (Isaac Hobart) Business Records, 1802-1925, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Record books and daybooks of the general store at Edmunds, Maine, 1802-1925 (15 volumes), run primarily by Isaac Hobart Allan during the period of approximately 1830-1885.

Douglass, (Irwin B.) Records, 1935-1974, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Irwin Bruce Douglass was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1904. A scholar, teacher, researcher and humorist, Douglass became a professor of chemistry at the University of Maine at Orono in 1940 and carried out a number of studies into potato starch and the chemical process (and pollution) involved in the pulp and paper industry processes. He retired in 1972 and moved to Vermont where he died in 1998.

The record group mostly contains textual information during Douglass's tenure at the University of Maine, but there are also some photographs of events Douglass attended.

Pease (William H. And Jane H.) Records, 1957-2003, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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William Pease was a professor of history at the University of Maine, 1966-1987 focusing on U.S. history. Jane Pease was a professor of history at the University of Maine, 1969-1987 and in 1975 also taught the first Women's Studies course at the University. Together, the Peases authored Bound with Them in Chains: A Biographical History of the Antislavery Movement.

The records contain textual material created and curated by University of Maine history professors William and Jane Pease.

Bangor, Maine Collection, 1900-1997, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Descriptive and historical materials about Bangor, Maine compiled by the Norumbega Club. The collection includes a copy of the 1931 city charter, information about revitalization and historic preservation of the downtown area.