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Ld 1028 - Protection Of Indian Archaeological Sites : Report To The Standing Committee On Appropriations And Financial Affairs, Maine Historic Preservation Commission

Maine Collection

LD 1028 - Protection of Indian Archaeological Sites : Report to the Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs.

Arthur Spiess, Archaeologist, Maine Historic Preservation Commission with Representative Donald Soctomah, January, 2000.

Contents: Introduction / The Resource / The Problem / Synopsis of Existing Laws / Discussions with Law Enforcement / Site Monitoring or Stewardship / Discussion / Recommendations / Appendix A - Text of 27 MRSA 371-378 as Amended to Date / Appendix B - Written Comments from State Agencies on LD 1028 Consultation / Appendix C - Archaeological Site Monitoring Materials

Discovering Maine's Prehistory Through Archaeology : An Interdisciplinary Curriculum Unit For Grades 5-8, Diane R. Kopec

Maine Collection

Discovering Maine's Prehistory Through Archaeology : An Interdisciplinary Curriculum Unit for Grades 5-8

Developed by Diane R. Kopec for the Maine Historic Preservation Commission (Draft Edition), Augusta, Me., 1988.

Contents: Acknowledgements / Introduction / Description / Organization & General Procedures / Educational Goals & Behavioral Objectives / Unit Plan / What is Archaeology / Doing Archaeology: The Archaeologist & Methods / Doing Archaeology: Prehistory / Doing Archaeology: Excavation & Interpretation / Living Archaeology / Native Americans Today / You and Archaeology / Sources. References, Teacher Bibliography and Glossary

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

The Maine Indian Land Claims Case: Pro And Con, Joseph Pecoraro

Maine Collection

The Maine Indian Land Claims Case: Pro and Con / Materials compiled by Dr. Joseph Pecoraro, curriculum consultant, State Department of Educational and Cultural Services, 1979.

"This is a collection of articles taken from The Church World dealing with the Maine Indian Land Claim issue."

In Commemoration Of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain : A Guide - Bibliography, Maine State Archives

Maine Collection

In Commemoration of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain : A Guide - Bibliography

Compiled and Edited by Barrett Parker, Pejepscot Historical Society and Sylvia J. Sherman, Maine State Archives.

"Published under Appropriation No. 1065.1".

Maine State Archives, Augusta, Maine (May 1, 1978).

Contents: Introduction / Preface / Part I. Publications / Part II. Manuscripts / Appendix

Appendix consists of a "Facsimile of Report of Colonel Joshua L. Chamberlain, 20th Maine Volunteers to Headquarters, 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Corps, Army of the Potomac Concerning the Actions of the 20th Maine at Gettysburg, July 6, 1863."

Community Action Programs And Poor People Of Maine : A History, Maine. Division Of Economic Opportunity

Maine Collection

Community Action Programs and Poor People of Maine : A History.
State of Maine. Division of Economic Opportunity. Augusta, Maine, 1975.

Contents: 1.Introduction / 2.Myths of the Poor in Maine / 3.Concepts / 4.Head Start / 5.Legal Services-The Poor and the Law / 6.Health / 7.Native Americans / 8.Housing / 9.The Elderly-Never Too Late to Fight Poverty / 10.Manpower Training / 11.Donated Commodities / 12.Vista / 13.Poverty Is Here to Stay / 14.Results of the War / 15.The Role of SEOO and New Directions for CAP

First Families: Woodland People Of Maine And The Canadian Maritimes, Edith Favour

Maine Collection

First Families: Woodland People of Maine and the Canadian Maritimes

by Edith Favour, with illustrations by Alice Dengler

Published and edited by the State of Maine, Department of Educational and Cultural Services, Division of Curriculum, 1975.

All About Maine : Print And Film Materials To Enrich The Study Of Maine History In Grade Eight, Clyde W. Swett, Mary L. Haskell

Maine Collection

All About Maine: Print and Film Materials to Enrich the Study of Maine History in Grade Eight. By Clyde W. Swett, Consultant Instructional Media, Department of Education and Mary L. Haskell, Librarian Union Street Junior High School, Bangor.

Maine State Department of Education, Augusta, 1969.

Contents under the following headings: Biography, Fiction, Films, Folklore, Literature, Maps, Miscellaneous, Natural History and Geology, Periodicals, Social and Political History, Directory of Publishers and Distributors, Index.

Maine: Poets' Corner Of America, Carl Jefferson Weber

Maine Collection

Maine: Poets' Corner of America

Compiled by Carl Jefferson Weber (1894-1966), formerly Professor of English, Colby College. 1957?

"Maine has always been a fertile seedbed for authors. The following pages will help you to visit the scenes, houses, and regions which these authors have made famous."

Published and distributed by the Department of Economic Development under Appropriation No. 3920.

Annual Report Of The Adjutant General Of The State Of Maine For The Years Ending June 30, 1945 And June 30, 1946 & History Of The State Guard From Its Inception To 30 June 1946, Office Of The Adjutant General

Maine Collection

Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine for the Years Ending June 30, 1945 and June 30, 1946 & History of the State Guard From Its Inception to 30 June 1946. (cover title)

This volume includes three distinct reports bound together:

- Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine for the Year Ending June 30, 1945. (116 pgs.)

- Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine for the Year Ending June 30, 1946. (86 pgs.)

- History Maine State Guard From Its Inception to 30 June 1946. (126 …

Postwar Planning For The State Of Maine, Maine Development Commission

Maine Collection

Postwar Planning for the State of Maine by the Maine Development Commission, as Compiled November 1, 1944

Compiled and Published by the Maine Development Commission, Augusta, Maine, 1944.

Contents: Introduction / General Employment Data / State Projects / Municipal Projects / List of Tables and Illustrations.

The Oxford Hills And Other Papers, Charles E. Waterman

Maine Collection

The Oxford Hills and Other Papers

by Charles E. Waterman

Merrill & Webber Co., Auburn, Maine 1929.

Contents: The Oxford Hills / Mansion and Man / Androscoggin Valley Paper-Makers / Gem Stones of the White Mountain Foot Hills / Andrew Cragie

Maine Forts, Henry E. Dunnack

Maine Collection

Maine Forts by Henry E. Dunnack, State Librarian.

Foreword by Percival P. Baxter, Govenor of Maine, State Capitol, Augusta - September 1, 1924.

Sections include: Introduction, Fort Machias, Fort Knox, Fort St.George's, Fort Edgecomb, Forts Popham and Baldwin, North and South Sugar Loaf Islands, Fort McClary, Indians and Their Wars, Fortifications in Maine , List of Old Forts.

An Alphabetical Index Of Revolutionary Pensioners Living In Maine, Charles Alcott Flagg

Maine Collection

An Alphabetical Index of Revolutionary Pensioners Living in Maine

by Charles Alcott Flagg (1870-1920)

"Limited Edition of 200 Copies." Reprinted from Sprague's Journal of Maine History, Dover, Maine 1920.

A Check List Of Maine Local Histories, Almer J. Huston

Maine Collection

A Check List of Maine Local Histories. Compiled by Almer J. Houston.

Listing of Town Histories, Regimental Histories, County Histories, County Atlases, State Histories, State Atlases, Historical Societies, Collections of Historical and Genealogical Magazines, Ecclesiastical Histories and Statutes and Session Laws.

A.J. Huston, 92 Exchange Street, Portland, Me., 1915.

History Of Col. James Scamman's Thirtieth Regiment Of Foot : Eight Months' Service Men Of 1775 From York County ; With A Full Account Of Their Movements During The Battle Of Bunker Hill And Complete Muster Rolls Of The Companies, Nathan Goold

Maine Collection

History of Col. James Scamman's Thirtieth Regiment of Foot : Eight Months' Service Men of 1775 from York County ; With a Full Account of Their Movements During the Battle of Bunker Hill and Complete Muster Rolls of the Companies

by Nathan Goold

"Reprinted From the Maine Historical Society's Quarterly"

The Thurston Print, Portland, Maine, 1899.

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

The Silent Watcher, Or, York As Seen From Agamenticus, Sybil Warburton

Maine Collection

The Silent Watcher, Or, York As Seen From Agamenticus

by Sybil Warburton

"Giving a Glimpse into its Past History as the City of Gorgeana, with a Few Suggestive Pictures of the Town at the Present Time."

Boston, Mass., 1897

Contents: Historical Sketch / The Winds' Voices / The Silent Watcher / The Spirit of the Storm / The Sands of Georgeana / The Runaway Brook / What the River Told to the Watching Cape / School Days / York River / Calling the Cows

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

Bar Harbor, F. Marion Crawford

Maine Collection

Bar Harbor

by Francis Marion Crawford. Illustrated by C.S. Reinhart.

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1896.

American Summer Resorts

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

The New Gloucester Centennial, September 7, 1874, T. H. Haskell

Maine Collection

The New Gloucester Centennial, September 7, 1874

by T.H. Haskell

Appendix Lists: " Votes of the Town During the Revolution", "Roll of Capt. Parsons' Company", "Polls and Estates", "Aged People" etc.