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Pine Island Camp Records, 1902-2015, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The collection contains records of the Pine Island Camp, a summer camp for boys in the Belgrade Lakes region of Maine. The records include correspondence, applications from campers, and financial records. The collection also contains an extensive group of photographs of campers and camp activities.

Penobscot Paddle And Chowder Society Records, 1974-1976, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The collection contains records of the Penobscot Paddle and Chowder Society, an organization in Bangor, Maine, for people interested in canoeing, kayaking and other outdoor activities. The materials center on environmental advocacy activities of the group in the 1970's.

The Society, organized in 1968-1969, is a family-oriented group which through its activities promotes interest in paddling, paddling instruction, river safety, and conservation. A volunteer organization, it seeks to make canoeing and kayaking safe, accessible, and fun. Its members come from throughout New England but are primarily from the Penobscot River area in central Maine. The Society sponsors paddling, hiking and …

Outing Club (University Of Maine) Records, 1920-2005, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Collection contains records of activities of the Club including administrative records, minutes of meetings, correspondence, cabin logs, photograph albums, memorabilia and scrapbooks.

Hakola (John W.) Papers, 1956-1981, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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This small collection contains papers gathered by Professor Hakola in his work in the History Department at the University of Maine. It also contains material reflecting his interest in the environment and natural resources of Maine.

Eckstorm (Fannie Hardy) Papers, 1865-1946, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The collection contains correspondence, writings, speeches and research files of Fannie Hardy Eckstorm. The correspondence is both personal and professional and includes items from prominent people in the fields of folklore, balladry, Indian studies and Maine history. Eckstorm's journals, notebooks and research material on ballads, Indian languages and legends and Indian place names in Maine are also included. The collection also contains papers of Jonathan T. Hardy, Manly Hardy, Charlotte W. Hardy and Walter Hardy.

Chamberlain (Glen D.) Papers, 1932-1948, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Research notes, maps, and manuscripts relating to flora in the Aroostook Basin of Maine.

Gardner Family Papers, 1830-1939, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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John Gardner, born in 1801, was the principal surveyor in Calais, Maine from about 1830 until his death in 1888. He did original layouts for many towns and roads in eastern Washington County. He was also a schoolteacher and served several terms as county commissioner after the Civil War. After his death, his son, Benjamin Gardner, took over the business for a short time until his son, Benjamin E. Gardner, returned to Calais in the late 1890s. Benjamin E. Gardner was a civil engineer and land surveyor. As city engineer he laid out the sewers in Calais, and in 1904 …

Maine Field Naturalist Bird Sightings Files, 1952-1972, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The collection contains report slips for bird sightings used in a collaborative project of the Portland Society of Natural History and the Maine Audubon Society. Under the guidance of Christopher M. Packard, curator of the Portland Society, project members, both observers and "feeding station operators" recorded bird and other natural history observations from around the state of Maine.

Cards are arranged in AOU (American Ornithologists Union) checklist order. See Science Reference QL 681.C52 1983, in the Fogler Library.

Starbird (Edwin R.) Photographs, 1880s, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Includes one photograph from Starbird's Rangeley Lake Views series, one from his Views of Tim Pond and the Seven Ponds series, seven from the Woods of Maine series, and four from the area around Katahdin Iron Works.

Garvin (Jim) Photograph Collection, 1945-1965, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Photographs of the University of Maine campus and surrounding communities taken by the official campus photographer. Includes street scenes in Bangor and Orono, aerial photographs of Lewiston, and several photographs of the P.C.F. [Penobscot Chemical Fibre] in Old Town, Maine.

Starbird (Edwin R.) Papers, 1896, Undated, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The collection contains photographs taken by Edwin R. Starbird, a professional photographer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, specializing in views of the Maine woods. Included are 62 photographs taken by Starbird, including 20 identified as part of his Woods of Maine series. It also contains a folder of Starbird family papers which includes marriage certificates for Amos Starbird and Mary J. Gilkey, 1852; and for Edwin Starbird and Mattie A. Thompson, 1882; as well as a lease for a hall in Farmington, 1882, and other miscellaneous material.

Woman's National Farm And Garden Association, Maine Division Records, 1951-1993, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The collection contains administrative records of the Women's National Farm and Garden Association, Maine Division including constitution and bylaws, minutes of meetings, annual reports, correspondence, treasurer's reports, membership information and newsletters. Also included are subject files, scrapbooks, information from the national organization and from the Associated Country Women of the World.

Josselyn Botanical Society Of Maine Records, 1895-, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The records of the Josselyn Botanical Society of Maine include meeting minutes, newsletters, correspondence, scrapbooks, and clippings recording the society's activities. It also includes journals, lantern slides, and microscope slides documenting the information gathered by the society.

Norton (Arthur Herbert) Ornithological Papers, 1888-1943, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The correspondence, notes, articles, scientific papers, and other papers of Arthur Norton concerning birds, mammals, botany, and the natural history of Maine. Includes the card file catalog used in "Maine Birds."

Dyer, Harold J. Papers, 1939-1995, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Papers include articles, publications, etc.; materials and photographs pertaining to Baxter State Park and Mount Katahdin; and miscellaneous personal and professional papers. Also contains information about Dyer's years as a student at the University of Maine.

Hatch (Benton L.) Collection, 1696-1960, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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This collection contains both the personal papers of Benton Hatch and items from his collection of materials on Maine and New England history. Included are personal papers of Samuel and Joseph Foxcroft from New Gloucester, Maine, and records of the town of Fryeburg, Maine. The collection also contains papers of Fannie Hardy Eckstorm including a diary and photographs taken by her in 1891 and 1892, as well as items from her personal library. Photographs from the library of Lucius L. Hubbard are also included. The collection also contains individual letters, correspondence, photographs, diaries, monographs, and various other types of documents …

Lowe (Rachel L.) Papers, 1917-1959, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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This small collection consists almost entirely of correspondence written to Rachel Lowe, 1917-1959, from various collectors and experts in the study and identification of mosses. The letters are arranged in chronological order although there is some evidence from the collection that Mrs. Lowe may have kept at least part of her correspondence together by correspondent. Envelopes have been kept in most cases because Mrs. Lowe often made notes on them.

Most letters concern identification of specimens collected by Mrs. Lowe. Frequent correspondents were associated with the University of Pennsylvania Botanical Laboratory, the New York Botanical Garden, DePaux University, the University …

Merrill (Daphne Winslow) Research Papers, 1950s-1970, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Daphne Merrill was born in Rockland, Maine. She received her B.A. from UMaine in 1927 and M.A. in 1937. She was a teacher of English in secondary schools and a professor of English at UMaine, Auburn. She is author of three books and past President of the Maine Federation of Business and Professional Women.

The collection is composed of research notes, scrapbooks and manuscripts for Ms. Merrill's book on Maine lakes, and some other papers concerning the American Mothers Committee, Toy Len Goon, Mother of the Year, 1953 and class materials for teaching English.