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Mf174 Fannie Hardy Eckstorm, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History Finding Aids

A series of interviews with people who knew and lived with Fannie Hardy Eckstorm (1865–1946) of Brewer, Maine. Hardy Eckstorm was an American writer, ornithologist, and folklorist who earned recognition as one of the foremost authorities on Maine's history, wildlife, and cultures. Hardy Eckstorm served as the first female superintendent of schools in Brewer, Maine from 1889-1891. Though she authored many works, Hardy Eckstorm maybe best known for her book The Penobscot Man, first published in 1904.

See: Volume XVI of Northeast Folklore Fannie Hardy Eckstorm: A Descriptive Bibliography by Jeanne Patten Whitten, 1975.

See also: Fannie Hardy Eckstorm …

Mf026 Islands And Bridges: Communities Of Memory In Old Town, Maine / French Island Collection, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History Finding Aids

A 1992 community based oral history project co-sponsored by the Maine Folklife Center and the Franco-American Center at the University of Maine generated a series of 35 interviews focusing on the culture and history of the French Canadian immigrant community located on French Island, Old Town, Maine.

The project resulted in a book of photographs, interview excerpts, and articles, Nos Histoires de l'Île: History and memories of French Island, Old Town, Maine (1999).

Gotts Island, Maine, Jane M. Holmes

Maine History Documents

A brief history of Gotts Island and surrounding areas of Mount Desert Island. Summarizes history from 1604 to the 1800s and provides anecdotes of island life from the 1920s and 1930s.

The Everyday Life Of The Maine Colonists In The Seventeenth And Eighteenth Centuries, Linnea Beatrice Westin

Maine History Documents

A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Honors in History, April, 1940.

Author's abstract: The everyday life of the colonists who settled in Maine is a field in which very little work has been done as yet. Formerly historians placed the emphasis upon political events and wars; only recently has there been interest taken in all the facts which influence life and make history. The life they lived from day to day, their intellectual, moral and spiritual aspirations, the houses in which they lived, the food they ate and the clothes they wore, the occupations in which …

A Life Of Service And An Easter Meditation, Grace Coburn Smith

Maine History Documents

Eulogy written for Sarah Abby Libby Hanson (1844-1929) and poems written for Easter in 1928, printed in 1931.

The Bar Harbor Club: Bar Harbor, Maine, Bar Harbor Club

Maine History Documents

No abstract provided.

Bird Notes From Mount Desert, Eleanora Semmes Morgan

Maine History Documents

No abstract provided.

Diary For 01 01 To 03 27, 1928, Willis Carter

Willis Carter Diaries

Pages from a diary kept by Willis Carter, a resident of West Pembroke, Maine.

Diary For 03 28 To 06 27, 1928, Willis Carter

Willis Carter Diaries

Pages from a diary kept by Willis Carter, a resident of West Pembroke, Maine.

Financial Records, Poultry, 1928, Willis Carter

Willis Carter Diaries

Pages from a diary kept by Willis Carter, a resident of West Pembroke, Maine. This section includes information under the headings of Egg Records, Hen Expenses, and Poultry Account for 1928. Records for cash received and cash paid are found at the bottoms of pages within Financial Records, 1927 .

Diary For 06 28 To 09 27, 1928, Willis Carter

Willis Carter Diaries

Pages from a diary kept by Willis Carter, a resident of West Pembroke, Maine.

Diary For 09 28 To 12 31, 1928, Willis Carter

Willis Carter Diaries

Pages from a diary kept by Willis Carter, a resident of West Pembroke, Maine.

The Black Mansion, Ellsworth, Maine, Mrs. Axel Eliason

Maine History Documents

A script of the tour of the Black Mansion, now known as the Woodlawn Museum, circa 1928, describing the furnishings in the Ellsworth, Maine home.

Diary For 03 30 To 06 22, 1927, Willis Carter

Willis Carter Diaries

Pages from a diary kept by Willis Carter, a resident of West Pembroke, Maine.

Diary For 01 01 To 03 29, 1927, Willis Carter

Willis Carter Diaries

Pages from a diary kept by Willis Carter, a resident of West Pembroke, Maine.

Financial Records, Poultry, 1927, Willis Carter

Willis Carter Diaries

Pages from a diary kept by Willis Carter, a resident of West Pembroke, Maine. This section includes information under the headings of Egg Record, Hen Expenses, and Poultry Account for the year 1927.

Financial Records, Jul. To Dec., 1927-1928, Willis Carter

Willis Carter Diaries

Pages from a diary kept by Willis Carter, a resident of West Pembroke, Maine. This section includes information about cash received and cash paid during the months of July to December for the years of 1927 and 1928.

Diary For 06 23 To 09 29, 1927, Willis Carter

Willis Carter Diaries

Pages from a diary kept by Willis Carter, a resident of West Pembroke, Maine.

Financial Records, Jan. To Jun., 1927-1928, Willis Carter

Willis Carter Diaries

Pages from a diary kept by Willis Carter, a resident of West Pembroke, Maine. This section includes information about cash received and cash paid during the months of January through June for the years of 1927 and 1928.

Diary For 09 30 To 12 31, 1927, Willis Carter

Willis Carter Diaries

Pages from a diary kept by Willis Carter, a resident of West Pembroke, Maine.

Diary For 01 01 To 03 27, 1926, Willis Carter

Willis Carter Diaries

Pages from a diary kept by Willis Carter, a resident of West Pembroke, Maine.

Diary For 03 28 To 06 21, 1926, Willis Carter

Willis Carter Diaries

Pages from a diary kept by Willis Carter, a resident of West Pembroke, Maine.

Diary For 06 22 To 09 22, 1926, Willis Carter

Willis Carter Diaries

Pages from a diary kept by Willis Carter, a resident of West Pembroke, Maine.

Financial Records, 1926, Willis Carter

Willis Carter Diaries

Pages from a diary kept by Willis Carter, a resident of West Pembroke, Maine. This section includes financial records under the headings of Egg Record, Hens, Cost of Grain, and Poultry for 1926. Additional financial records for Cash Received and Cash Paid Out were included at the bottoms of pages in the 1925 portions of the diary. Those records are available under Submissions for 1925.

Diary For 09 23 To 12 31, 1926, Willis Carter

Willis Carter Diaries

Pages from a diary kept by Willis Carter, a resident of West Pembroke, Maine.

The Pot And Kettle, Bar Harbor, Maine: 1926 By-Laws, Pot And Kettle (Bar Harbor, Me.)

Maine History Documents

The 1926 by-laws and list of members of a Bar Harbor organization "incorporated in 1899 under the laws of the state of Maine."

Diary For 06 23 To 09 25, 1925, Willis Carter

Willis Carter Diaries

Pages from a diary kept by Willis Carter, a resident of West Pembroke, Maine.

Diary For 03 24 To 06 22, 1925, Willis Carter

Willis Carter Diaries

Pages from a diary kept by Willis Carter, a resident of West Pembroke, Maine.

Diary For 09 26 To 12 31, 1925, Willis Carter

Willis Carter Diaries

Pages from a diary kept by Willis Carter, a resident of West Pembroke, Maine.

Financial Records, Jan. To Jun., 1925-1926, Willis Carter

Willis Carter Diaries

Pages from a diary kept by Willis Carter, a resident of West Pembroke, Maine, that record "Cash Paid Out" and "Cash Received" during the months of January to June for the years of 1925 and 1926.