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Principles And Purposes Of The Knights Of The Ku Klux Klan, Ku Klux Klan

Paul W. Bean Civil War Papers

A pamphlet describing the aims and purposes of the Ku Klux Klan compiled by the Exalted Cyclops of Monroe Klan Number 4, Realm of Louisiana, circa 1920. A note in handwriting on the back reads, "Augusta, Maine."

Digitized from the Paul Bean Collection, box 281, folder 48.

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Maine, The Union's Aurora: A Maine Centennial Poem, 1820-1920, Beulah Sylvester Oxton

Maine Bicentennial

Born December 1879 in Vinalhaven, Maine Beulah Sylvester Oxton (1879-1924) was a teacher in the Bar Harbor school system, Maine writer and poet. She was a member of the Maine Writers' Research Club.

One Hundred Years Of Statehood: Centennial Studies Celebrations In The Public Schools Of Maine, 1920, State Superintendent Of Schools

Maine Bicentennial

During the centennial year the children of the public schools should become familiar with the history of Maine from the struggle to subdue the wilderness and plant a civilization to these days of comfort, education and culture.

Struggling against adversity our forefathers toiled to make the sea yield its substance, uproot the forest, plant farms, build homes and to rear their young in the paths of industry and virtue. The task they undertook was of such tremendous proportions that we, who are accustomed to the comfortable homes of today, all the conveniences of travel and facilities for communication, can scarcely …