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Woodworth, Fred, Collection, 1972-2012, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

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The collection contains various media materials pertaining to The Match!, an anarchist free-thought publication that Fred Woodworth edited and help create. These materials include negatives, paste-ups, plates, and issue cover illustrations of the 110^th Edition of The Match! that was published in Spring 2012. This collection also includes a poster, calendar, and flyers pertaining to the publication as well. Cataloged elsewhere also includes various issues of The Match! also including issues of Mystery and Adventure Series Review, Fred’s Multigraph Letter, as well as various works by Woodworth.

Fred Woodworth is a dedicated self-publisher and editor of …

Stimmel Family Collection, 1857-1865, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

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This collection consists of correspondence of Joseph Stimmel and Samuel E. Weimer during the American Civil War. The letters describe military matters, occupations and daily soldierly duties. Prior to their deposit at Pittsburg State University, the letters were laminated. There is also a journal of John Moorhead, a Methodist minister who was likely related to Stimmel and Weimer.

Joseph Stimmel (1842-1917) lived in Juniata County, Pennsylvania. He and his cousin, Samuel Weimer (1844-1900), served in the same regiment (126th Pennsylvania Infantry). Both mustered in on August 3^rd, 1862 and mustered out on May 20th, 1863. They fought in …

Gudgen, Jr., Prentice, Collection, 1849-1997, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

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A collection of correspondence, Kansas history, programs and flyers, publications, city directories, photographs, postcards, maps, stationery, newspaper clippings, miscellaneous, and oversized.

Prentice E. Gudgen Jr. was born on April 15, 1939 to Prentice Everett and Gretta H. Stuessi Gudgen. His father was a coach at Pittsburg State University. He graduated from Pittsburg High School in 1958 and worked for McNally’s Manufacturing for twenty-seven years. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Boy Scouts of America, and the Crawford County Historical Society. Gudgen was also a local historian. He passed away on June 16, 2006.

New Hope Baptist Church Collection, 1945-1963, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

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A collection of minutes, ledgers, and balances for the New Hope Baptist Church of Pittsburg, Kansas.

The New Hope Baptist Church of Pittsburg, Kansas was started by Reverend M. Pickins in 1896. Services were first held in his home, but in 1909 a frame building was purchased where Pittsburg Middle School (originally the high school) now stands. When the city of Pittsburg decided to build a new high school at the site in the early 1920s, the congregation moved the building to 11^th Street. One of the ledgers in the collection belonged to Benjamin White, an African American contractor …

Feaster (John Newcomer) Papers, 1934-1981, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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John Newcomer Feaster was born in 1908 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died in 1980. He received his A.B. degree from Bucknell University in 1930, with high honors. He graduated, also with honors, from the Andover-Newton Theological School in 1933. He came to Maine to accept a call to the Kennebunkport parish upon his graduation from theological school. He served there for 7 years and then served as pastor of the Hammond Street Congregational Church in Bangor, Maine for 7 years. He then served as pastor of the North Congregational Church in Portsmouth, New Hampshire starting in 1946. He served there …

Howard (Michael) Papers, 1955-2001, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Michael W. Howard (Ph.D., Boston University, 1981; M.A., Boston University, 1977; B.A., University of Chicago, 1974) came to the University of Maine in 1981 as an assistant professor of Philosophy and went on to chair the department from 1993-1998 and from 2008-2009. Professor Howard retired from the University of Maine in August 2022.

Professor Howard specialized in social and political philosophy and taught courses on justice, political and economic democracy, the history of philosophy (ancient and modern) and formal logic and was involved with various peace and justice organizations, including the Maine Peace Action Committee Peace and Justice Center of …

Presbyterian Church Of Pittsburg Collection, 1879-2003, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

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A collection of minutes, registries, historical notes, and photographs of the First Presbyterian and the United Presbyterian Churches of Pittsburg, Kansas.

In the early days of Pittsburg, Kansas, there were two Presbyterian Churches. While both were technically First United Presbyterian Churches, one was locally called the First Church and the other was called the United Presbyterian (UP) Church. The two churches, despite being the same denomination, were different in organization, style, and heritage. The First United Presbyterian Church was started on March 12, 1879. The first full-time minister was Reverend Francis Symmes who served from 1883 to 1885. The church …

Virtue (Charles F. Sawhill) Papers, 1917-1975, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Charles F. Sawhill Virtue joined the University of Maine in 1946 as an associate professor of philosophy. In 1963, Virtue was appointed head of the Department of Philosophy. Virtue retired in 1968 and later that year was awarded emeritus status. Virtue wrote widely on the subject of philosophy including the textbook Perspectives in Culture. The record series Subject Records contains clippings and correspondence on a range of subjects, including on the work of specific philosophers.

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.

Student Religious Association (University Of Maine) Records, 1938-1969, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The University of Maine's Student Religious Association (SRA) represented four clubs/organizations on campus the: Hillel, The Newman Club, The Maine Christian Association and Canterbury. Although the Association didn't represent only one religion, Hillel was the only non-Christian group.

The records include materials on all the groups involved with the SRA, including administration material such as meeting minutes and reports. Other materials cover such interests as the Brotherhood Book Drive, Academics and Religion, activities hosted or sponsored, and correspondence discussing various events that the Association were involved in. Material on educational seminars and programs that people either attended or were hosted …

Dutton Family Papers, 1840-1900, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Records, letters, and photos of an Ellsworth, Maine family, and of the Wheelock, Craig, and Briggs families of Augusta. Also included are sermons by Dutton family members.

Drake (S. S.) Sermons, 1839-1879, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Collection contains manuscript copies of sermons of Samuel S. Drake, a Presbyterian minister in southern Maine. Many sermons in the collection are given a number but are undated. Other sermons are dated from 1839 to 1879.

Spectator Club Records (University Of Maine), 1911-2000, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The Spectator Club collection contains copies of the club constitution, a history of its founding, group photographs of members taken on three different dates, a list of program topics, a few event programs, letters, bills, receipts, and minutes from meetings 1911-2000. Many of the letters offer thanks for support of various causes. Other letters thank the group for gifts and condolences following the death of one of the members. Minutes include detailed accounts of meetings along with lists of officers, members, attendance, speakers, entertainers, topics, dues, expenditures, and treasurer's reports.

Woodsum Family Papers, 1824-1890, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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William Woodsum was born in 1792 in Saco, Maine, the son of John and Sarah Woodsum. In 1814 he married Rosannah Woodman and they settled in Sumner, Maine, later moving to Peru, Maine. Woodsum was ordained in 1823 as a Free Will Baptist, preaching in about 20 Maine towns. He also served in the Maine legislature in 1833 and was a selectman in Peru in 1834 and 1836.

Church Of Universal Fellowship (Orono, Me) Records, 1843-1997, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Financial records, annual reports, and membership and historical information of the Church of Universal Fellowship, Orono, Maine, and its predecessors including the First Universalist Society, St. John's Universalist Church and the Fellowship Church. Records of the First Universalist Meeting House Corporation, the Orono Universalist Parsonage Association and the Women's Alliance of the church are also represented in the collection.

Bubar (Benjamin) Papers, 1923-1960, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Personal papers of Benjamin Bubar including a small amount of information about the Bubar family, publicity about Bubar's work as an evangelist, copies of his sermons and other writings on religion, and memorabilia and publicity about his political campaigns and service in the Maine legislature.

United Methodist Church Records (Orono, Me.), 1829-1996, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The records of a Methodist church in Orono, Maine from its beginnings to the present. Included are Trustees records, membership lists, annual reports, church bulletins, building committee records and financial records.

Chandler Family Papers, 1750-1956, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The collection contains the personal and business papers of several generations of the Chandler family of New Gloucester, Maine. It centers primarily on materials of Peleg, Philip, Solomon Hewett (both elder and younger), Charles Parsons, Charles Peleg, and Andrew Campbell Chandler, as well as business records of Bearce and Chandler, a grocery business of Dexter Bearce and Solomon Chandler.

United Baptist Church (Old Town, Me.) Records, 1835-1990, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Records include annual reports, clerk's records, financial documents, and membership records. Also included are histories and records of various church society groups, fellowships, and missionary groups.