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Mf174 Fannie Hardy Eckstorm, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
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 …
The Moses Greenleaf Primer, Holly K. Hurd
The Moses Greenleaf Primer, Holly K. Hurd
Friends of OML, Occasional Publications
A childrens "primer" on the life of Moses Greenleaf, Maine's first mapmaker.
The Land Of Norumbega - Maine In The Age Of Exploration And Settlement, Maine Humanities Council
The Land Of Norumbega - Maine In The Age Of Exploration And Settlement, Maine Humanities Council
Osher Map Library Exhibition Catalogs
The Land of Norumbega - Maine in the Age of Exploration and Settlement.
An Exhibition by Susan Danforth, Maine Humanities Council, Portland, Maine 1988.
This exhibition began in 1986, when the University of Southern Maine received an extraordinary collection of rare maps, atlases, and globes donated by Lawrence M.C. and Eleanor Houston Smith. In 1987, in response to a call from the National Endowment for the Humanities for programs relating to the Columbian Quincentenary, the Maine Humanities Council submitted a proposal for the "Land of Norumbega" project.
Salt, Vol. 7, No. 1, Salt Institute For Documentary Studies
Salt, Vol. 7, No. 1, Salt Institute For Documentary Studies
Salt Magazine Archive
“When Saint Peter says to me, ‘You ready?’ I’ll say, ‘Wait ’til I git my tray.’ ...Seems to me I grew right up in that hotel racket. I don’t hardly know what ’tis to be tired. One day a fellow at Shawmut said, ‘Gladys, you don’t look like yourself. Are you well?’ I said, ‘What the hell are you talkin’ about? I can outwork any three people you have.’” — Gladys Hutchins McLean
Content
- 2 Locals in a Resort Town Living in a resort town wears down your sense of humor. Locals concoct pranks and jokes to restore it.
- 4 …
Salt, Vol. 6, No. 4, Salt Institute For Documentary Studies
Salt, Vol. 6, No. 4, Salt Institute For Documentary Studies
Salt Magazine Archive
Blarney and salami at Fitzhenry’s Store.
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- 2 Junior Miller A salute to Junior Miller, who believed in hard work, persistence and optimism. This issue is dedicated to him.
- 4 The Deacon’s Bench Thomas Bradbury writes about Chester, the chicken plucker, in his column.
- 7 Letters to Salt
- 8 Center for Field Studies Salt’s Center hosts a series of visiting professors as part of its Semester-in-Maine program for college students.
- 10 Fitzhenry’s Store Fitzhenry’s is so little “there ain’t too much room to wrassle,” but it has everything from pickled eggs to shoe horns-and some back country conversation to boot. …
The Forts Of Maine, 1607-1945: An Archaeological And Historical Survey, Robert L. Bradley Ph.D
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
A History Of Swan's Island, Maine, Herman Wesley Small M.D.
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
A History Of Peaks Island And Its People. Also A Short History Of House Island, Portland, Maine, Nathan Goold
A History Of Peaks Island And Its People. Also A Short History Of House Island, Portland, Maine, Nathan Goold
Osher Map Library Rare Books
84 p., [1] leaf of plate : ill., map ; 20 cm
Hard cover debossed in gold with "History of Peaks and House Islands".
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
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
Illustrated History Of Kennebec County Maine 1625-1799-1892 (Vol.2), Henry D. Kingsbury, Simeon L. Deyo
Illustrated History Of Kennebec County Maine 1625-1799-1892 (Vol.2), Henry D. Kingsbury, Simeon L. Deyo
Osher Map Library Rare Books
Illustrated History of Kennebec County Maine 1625-1799-1892 - Volume II
Editors: Henry D. Kingsbury and Simeon L. Deyo
Second bound volume comprises pages 601-1273.
"Edition Limited to 1600 Prints"- Copyrighted 1892.
637 p. : ill. ; 28 cm
Illustrated History Of Kennebec County Maine 1625-1799-1892 (Vol.1), Henry D. Kingsbury, Simeon L. Deyo
Illustrated History Of Kennebec County Maine 1625-1799-1892 (Vol.1), Henry D. Kingsbury, Simeon L. Deyo
Osher Map Library Rare Books
Illustrated History of Kennebec County Maine 1625-1799-1892 - Volume I.
Editors: Henry D. Kingsbury and Simeon L. Deyo.
First bound volume comprises pages 1-600.
"Edition Limited to 1600 Prints"- Copyrighted 1892.
600 p. : ill. ; 28 cm
History Of Androscoggin County, Maine (Illustrated), Georgia Drew Merrill (Ed.)
History Of Androscoggin County, Maine (Illustrated), Georgia Drew Merrill (Ed.)
Osher Map Library Rare Books
History of Androscoggin County, Maine (Illustrated)
Editor: Georgia Drew Merrill
Copyright, 1891
W.A. Fergusson & Co., Boston, Mass. (Journal Press, Lewiston, Me.)
879 p.: ill., ports.; 26 cm
The Kennebec Valley, Seth Harding Whitney
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