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Dorothy J. Jackson Fres Fls, Scottish Entomologist: A Bibliography, Jack R. Mclachlan

Biology and Ecology Faculty Scholarship

Dorothy Jean Jackson FRES FLS (1892-1973) should be familiar to anyone interested in water beetles. She published prolifically on the ecology, distribution, flight capacity, and parasites of water beetles, and made especially important contributions to our knowledge of dytiscids. Here I provide a more extensive bibliography of her work that is almost certainly incomplete, but I think includes most of her scientific output between 1907 and 1973. Her first paper was published when she was 14 years old, and her last was completed by Jack Balfour-Browne and published posthumously.

Dixfield's Henry O. Stanley, A Pioneer Conservation Leader, Nancy Drew Mcreynolds

Maine History Documents

A biographical sketch of Henry O. Stanley published in the Dixfield Historical Society Newsletter, the Dixfield Star.

Emma B, Clark P. Thompson

Maine History Documents

The gray trotting mare Emma B was foaled on the Foxcroft farm of Cleoral E. (Chamberlain) and Phineas M. Jefferds in the 1870s. This article traces the career of this trotting horse from Maine.

George H. Bailey, D.V.S., Clark P. Thompson

Maine History Documents

This article provides biographical information about noted Maine veterinarian George H. Bailey, 1832-1905. He was also an owner, breeder, and trainer of trotting horses for over 25 years and made many contributions to the horse breeding industry of Maine.

Gen. Knox, Clark P. Thompson

Maine History Documents

This article traces the history of a horse, known as Gen. Knox, that became a foundation sire of several other Maine trotting horses. The horse was brought to Maine in 1859 at the age of three by Thomas S. Lang of North Vassalboro. Gen. Knox was included in the 1874 edition of Noted Maine Horses. In a letter summarizing the 1874 trotting season written to The Maine Farmer, George H. Bailey noted that Maine had 40 organized tracks in operation. Horses of the caliber of Gen. Knox, along with significant enthusiasm for the sport, contributed to Maine's stellar reputation …

Smuggler Comes To Maine, Clark P. Thompson

Maine History Documents

On September 7, 1876, the Lewiston Evening Journal reported that Colonel Henry S. Russell of Milton, Massachusetts, was bringing the race horse known as Smuggler to Maine, being "desirous of showing his famous stallion to the people and breeders of Maine." The horse arrived in Bangor, Maine, on Tuesday, September 19 and competed in events the following Saturday and Monday.

Old Drew, Clark P. Thompson

Maine History Documents

In the early 1800s Maine was known for producing excellent trotting horses. These horses helped to establish a unique American breed of horse that became known as "Standardbred". In 1842 a colt was foaled in Exeter, Maine, that would become a foundation sire of trotting horses in Maine and beyond. The horse, owned by Hiram Drew, was known as "the Drew horse" or "Old Drew." This article provides a short history related to the horse, his owners, and trotting horse breeding in Maine.

Chauncey Robbins, Candidate For Republican Nomination, Wlbz Radio

WLBZ Radio Station Records

Chauncey Robbins explains his background and reasons for seeking the Republican nomination for Congress in Maine's 3rd district September 21, 1951.

Extracts From A Personal Interview With Benjamin Franklin Smith Of Rockland, Maine, Albert Eisner

Maine History Documents

A brief biography of Benjamin Franklin Smith, born in Freedom, Maine, and lived for many years in Rockland, Maine, at an estate adjacent to the Samoset Hotel. Interviewed at the age of 97 by Albert Eisner, Associate Editor of the Writers Press Association, in 1926. Includes an illustrated portrait of Benjamin F. Smith (p.4).

Franco-Americans Of The State Of Maine, U.S.A., And Their Achievements: Historical, Descriptive, And Biographical, R. J. Lawton Compiler, J. H. Burgess Editor

Maine History Documents

This volume is published chiefly for the purpose of showing the achievements of the Franco-American citizens of Maine of to-day.

Written from an independent viewpoint, the work seeks to make famiar to English reading people the status of those of French-Canadian birth or parentage in the professions, business, religious and social affairs of our State.

Biographical Review: Containing Life Sketches Of Leading Citizens Of Somerset, Piscataquis, Hancock, Washington, And Aroostook Counties, Maine, Biographical Review Publishing Company

Maine History Documents

THe present volume of the BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW, the XXIX. of our "Atlantic Series," is the fifth devoted to the Pine Tree State. It covers a wide field, comprising the border counties of Aroostook and Washington, Hancock of the southern coast, central Piscataquis, and far-reaching Somerset. With upward of four hundred and seventy names in the index, denoting that number of biographical sketches of prominent workers in various fields of useful activity, factors of progress and worthy of remembrance, this book may be considered, without undue assumption on our part, we trust, fairly representative of the industrial, the professional, and the …

Biographical Review : This Volume Contains Biographical Sketches Of Leading Citizens Of Oxford And Franklin Counties, Maine, Biographical Review Publishing Company

Maine History Documents

In all this wide earth there is nothing else so interesting and important as human life; and the history of individual lives is recognized as, at its best, one of the most attractive and valuable forms of literature. It behooves every generation to write its own records, to leave behind its own memorials. The present volume of local biographies, carefully prepared from materials furnished by the patrons of the work, is issued by the publishers in the confident hope that it will prove satisfactory as the fulfilment of' promise and a work of permanent value. These pages treat of earnest …

Biographical Review : Containing Life Sketches Of Leading Citizens Of Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Knox, And Waldo Counties, Maine, Biographical Review Publishing Company

Maine History Documents

As its name implies, the present volume, the twentieth in our Atlantic States Series of Reviews, is made up of biographical sketches of representative citizens of Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Knox, and Waldo Counties, its subjects being found in the ranks of the now living, or among those who have but recently passed from the scenes of their struggles and successes. Earnest workers in various fields of useful toil and high endeavor, the persons here commemorated, loyal sons and daughters of the State of Maine, have done their part, most of them being still active in furthering, each according to his several …

Biographical Review : This Volume Contains Biographical Sketches Of Leading Citizens Of Cumberland County, Maine, Biographical Review Publishing Company

Maine History Documents

In all this wide earth there is nothing else so interesting and important as human life ; and the history of individual lives is recognized as, at its best, one of the most attractive and valuable forms of literature. It behooves every generation to write its own records, to leave behind its own memorials. The present volume of local biographies, carefully prepared from materials furnished by the patrons of the work, is issued by the publishers in the confident hope that it will prove satisfactory as the fulfilment of promise and a work of permanent value. These pages treat of …

Biographical Review: This Volume Contains Biographical Sketches Of Leading Citizens Of York County, Maine, Biographical Review Publishing Company

Maine History Documents

In all this wide earth there is nothing else so interesting and important as human life; and the history of individual lives is recognized as, at its best, one of the most attractive and valuable forms of literature. It behooves every generation to write its own records, to leave behind its own memorials. The present volume of local biographies, carefully prepared from materials furnished by the patrons of the work, is issued by the publishers in the confident hope that it will prove satisfactory as the fulfilment of promise and a work of permanent value. These pace's treat of earnest …

Illustrated History Of Kennebec County Maine, Henry D. Kingsbury Editor, Simeon L. Deyo

Maine History Documents

Detailed history of Kennebec County.

History Of Androscoggin County, Maine, Georgia Drew Merrill Editor

Maine History Documents

From innumerable sources of information,— many of them broken, fragmentary, and imperfect,— from books, manuscripts, records, and private documents, we have gathered much of value respecting this valley of Androscoggin and its savage and civilized occupancy. In our labors we have endeavored to separate truth from error, fact from fiction, as they come down to us from the half-forgotten days in legend, tradition and the annals of the past.

Memoir Of Joshua Treat, The Pioneer Settler On Penobscot River, Joseph Whitcomb Porter

Maine History Documents

A brief biography of Joshua Treat followed by genealogical information for the Treat family of Maine from 1756 to 1888. Reprinted from the Bangor Historical Magazine.

Our Picket Guard, Grand Army Of The Republic. Burnside Post No. 47 (Auburn, Me.)

Maine History Documents

Biographies of Maine citizens involved in the United States Civil War.

History Of York County, Maine: With Illustrations And Biographical Sketches Of Its Prominent Men And Pioneers, W. W. Clayton

Maine History Documents

The present volume is the first published History of York County, Maine. Although materials have existed for such a publication, they have not been found in any special or general collection, and the labor of collecting them chiefly from original sources, and of arranging them in a harmonious and consecutive narrative of events extending through a period of more than two hundred and fifty years, has been by no means a light or trivial task. How well or ill the labor has been performed is now left to the judgment of the intelligent reader. Doubtless some errors have crept into …

Hon. John Alfred Poor, Of Portland, Me., Charles W. Tuttle

Maine History Documents

A hand-bound copy of an article on John Alfred Poor published in New-England Historical and Genealogical Register and Antiquarian Journal, vol. XXVI, no. 4, October, 1872.

An Oration On Music; Pronounced At Fryeburg, Before The Hans-Gram Musical Society, 1811, Oliver Bray

Maine History Documents

An oration on music; pronounced at Fryeburg, before the Hans-Gram Musical Society, on their first anniversary, October 10, 1811, by Oliver Bray.