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Senator George J. Mitchell Center For Sustainability Solutions (University Of Maine) Publications, 1966-2007, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The majority of the publications in this record group were created by the University of Maine's Land and Water Resource Center, which is now known as the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions.

The Land and Water Resource Center was established by the Water Resources Research Act of 1964 and was primarily funded by federal funds. The Center served the goals of stimulation and coordination of research, training and educational activities in the water resources disciplines, including soil suitability and land use. In 2000, the Center was renamed the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed …

Lantern Slides Of Switzerland, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Lantern slides depicting the scenery of the Swiss Alps as well as featuring some of the early pioneers of mountaineering in the Alps.

Call (Bert) Photograph Collection, 1914-1939, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Albert Lincoln "Bert" Call, 1866-1963, was a professional photographer in Dexter, Maine, from 1887 to 1953. He started as an apprentice to A.G. Fassett and shortly thereafter purchased Fassett's studio. Call was a portrait photographer but was also known for his artistic photographs of the northern Maine woods. Call also served as the official photographer for the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad's publication, "In the Maine Woods," from 1915 to 1931.

The collection includes 3,376 photographs dating between 1914 and 1939 of outdoor scenes of mountains, lakes, woods and streams in the northern part of Maine. Included are shots from the …

Taylor (Frank) Photograph Collection, 1930s-1960s, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The Frank Taylor Photograph Collection includes primarily bridge constructions sites showing the progress of construction of bridges around Maine in the 1930s. Several photographs include company owners and construction crews, including two of an underwater diver. There are also a few photographs of bridge sites in Canada and New Jersey, and photographs of family, college friends, Maine scenery.

Sewall Company Aerial Photographs Collection, Circa 1940-2014, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Founded in 1880, Sewall began offering aerial photography services in the 1940s. The photo archive the company produced captures aerial views of nearly every part of Maine, as well as various locations in New England, Alaska, Canada, and the southern and central U.S. Many regions were photographed multiple times over the course of decades. The collection includes 1 million images.

A small representation of images has been digitized is available to the public through DigitalCommons@UMaine.

Shaw (Wendell) Collection On Walter Arnold, 1800-1981, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Walter Arnold was born in 1894 in Willimantic, Maine, the son of Alonzo and Alice Arnold. As a young man Walter hunted, trapped and guided with his father. After service in World War I, he started a mail order business, selling trapping supplies and animal trapping scents and lures nationwide.

Shaw and Arnold were good friends and hunting buddies for over twenty years. They wrote letters to each other frequently from 1959-1980 discussing their day-to-day life and the hunting or trapping adventures they shared together.

This collection includes many letters written between Wendell Shaw and Walter Arnold (See: SpC MS …

Hoffman Postcard Collection, 1900s, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The collection contains approximately 26,760 postcards covering a wide variety of places and subjects. It also contains cards signed by various postcard artists. It includes over 8000 postcards arranged by subject, approximately 6000 antique postcards including 650 cards with views of the state of Maine, and 5259 postcards of steamships, battleships, foreign ships, and ocean liners.

Thoreau Fellowship Records, 1960-, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Records of the Thoreau Fellowship, a society with its headquarters in Maine. The society encourages publication and activity in the fields of history, conservation, preservation of natural resources, and other interests of Henry David Thoreau. Included are manuscripts of writings, publications, pamphlets, reprints, and photos.

Mendall (Howard Lewis) Ornithology Papers, 1898-1984, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Professor Howard L. Mendall was appointed to the University of Maine faculty in Wildlife Resources in 1937. He was a leader in the Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit and was affiliated with the U.S. Department of the Interior.

The papers of Professor Mendall concern primarily his research on birds and in particular ducks. The collection consists mainly of publications (articles, reprints, journals). Some manuscript materials are present along with field note cards.

Darling Marine Center (University Of Maine) Records, 1941-2009, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The Ira C. Darling Center for Research Teaching and Service now commonly referred to as the Darling Marine Center or DMC is closely associated with the University of Maine's School of Marine Sciences (SMS).

The Sea Grant College Program Records contain items regarding the founding of the Sea Grant Program, copies of various publications, publication catalogs, and reports, reference material, project proposals, planning documents, and calendar of events.

Darling Marine Center & Department of Oceanography Records contain copies of various Center publications and catalog of publications, lists of summer programs, reference material, various items regarding the Bi-State Commission on Oceanography. …

O'Meara (Lieselotte) Slide Collection, 1938-1977, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Lieselotte O'Meara was born in Danzig, Poland in 1920. She and her family defected to Germany after the Russian take-over of Poland. Lieselotte became a nurse in Germany during World War II and worked in an American occupied hospital in Bayreath, Germany where she met her future husband, David O'Meara. After his discharge from the U.S. Army, they moved to the United States, finally settling in Old Town, Maine in the mid-1950s.

The collection includes 35mm slides documenting Lieselotte O'Meara's international travels, natural, and scenic landscapes.

Maine Aerial Photograph Collection, 1940-1957, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Aerial photographs of Maine taken between 1940 and 1957 for the U.S. Geological Survey. Most were done by Aero Service Corp. of Philadelphia with a few taken by James W. Sewall Co. of Old Town, Maine.

Palmer (Ralph S.) Collection, 1842-2002, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The collection contains research material and writings of Ralph S. Palmer, a professor and naturalist. It includes material related to Manly Hardy and his daughter Fannie Hardy Eckstorm, as well as an extensive reprint collection of publications in natural history and zoology. Included are notes, articles, clippings, photographs, reprints, ledgers, typescripts, illustrations, card indexes, and correspondence of Ralph S. Palmer, Jonathan Titcomb Hardy, Manly Hardy, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm, and Walter M. Hardy.

Elliot (Robert O. E.) Papers, 1926-1975, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Papers of outdoorsman, journalist, writer, and photographer, Robert O. E. Elliot, who spent much of his life in Maine. The collection contains correspondence, drafts of articles, and copies of published articles that document Robert Elliot's long career as a writer and photographer.

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 …