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Bates (Samuel P.) Collection On Rudy Vallée, 1914-1990, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Rudy Vallée was one of the most popular vocalists of the pre-swing era. With his megaphone and nasal voice, he will forever be remembered as the archetypal image of the early crooners. Born in Island Pond, Vermont, in 1901, Hubert Prior Vallée grew up in Westbrook, Maine, and earned the nickname 'Rudy' in college for his love of saxophone player, Rudy Wiedeoft.

Samuel P. Bates and his wife Shirlee were friends with Rudy Vallée and his wife Eleanor. While it's unknown how the couples came to know each other, it is possible Sam and Rudy met at 3M while Rudy …

Class Of 1944 Advanced Infantry Rotc (University Of Maine) Records, 1942-1996, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The records mainly contain textual information created and compiled by Stephen L. Jacobs, a member of the University of Maine class of 1944, during his research project (1988-1994) on the UMaine Class of 1944. Mostly contains individual biographical profiles of members of the class including their service record and lives post World War II, there are also some photographs of specific class members, and cassette recordings of interviews with some of the class.

Graduate School (University Of Maine) Records, 1900-1980s, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The Graduate School at University of Maine has primary responsibility for administering the policies and procedures relating to these graduate studies. Graduate School policy is made by Graduate Faculty, acting through its representative body, the Graduate Board.

The records contain textual information created and curated by the University of Maine Graduate School.

Maine Twin Party Papers, 1938-1976, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Welton P. Farrow was born in Tryon, Prince Edward Island, Canada, on December 10, 1898 with his twin brother, Harold J. Farrow. In 1938, after 18 years of living apart, they visited each other in Waterville, Maine, and at the request of a researcher named D. C. Rife from the University of Ohio, they invited pairs of twins to meet together in order to conduct research on the subjects of twins.

Collection, 1938-1976, consists of the papers of the Maine Twin Party organization. Includes correspondence, photographs, clippings, scrapbooks, and a film reel documenting their semi-annual parties celebrating twins, and their …

Payson-Fogler Family Reunion Collection, 1865-2003, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The Paysons and Fogler (Vogler) families trace their lineage back to John Payson (b.1789) and Abigail Fogler (b.1801), who were married. Materials include letters and accounts of reunions.

Orono, Maine Town Records, 1877-2006, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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A collection of town items such as ordinances, photos, and records from organizations in Orono, Maine. Includes historical as well as recent items, covering a broad range of topics.

Wieden (Clifford O. T.) Papers, 1946-1947, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Clifford O.T. Wieden was the principal of the Aroostook State Normal School (later the Aroostook State Teacher's College and now the University of Maine at Presque Isle) and became its president in 1953. In the summer of 1947, Wieden taught a course at Farmington State Teachers College entitled "Sociography: A Maine State Travel Course." The course involved travel, observation and interviews as well as lectures, discussion and development of teaching units. The sixteen class members combined study with recreation, traveling to various parts of the state of Maine to study its physical, economic, sociological and historic features. The record group …

Prentiss And Carlisle Co., Inc. Business Records, 1874-1938, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The business records of the estate of Henry E. Prentiss, as administered by Henry M. Prentiss, concerning timberland holdings. Includes stumpage bills, records of checks received and sent, and correspondence. Also includes the Aroostook Land Company records.

50th Anniversary Of The Assassination Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ceremony Poster, University Of Maine Office Of Multiculture Student Life

University of Maine Racial Justice Collection

Poster for the 50th Anniversary of The Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ceremony organized by the University of Maine's Office of Multicultural Student Life in 2018.

Annual Town Report Woodstock, Maine For The Year Ending December 31, 2017, Woodstock. (Me.) Municipal Officers.

Maine Town Documents

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Jones (Freeland) Papers, 1915-1968, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The record group contains photographs and slides taken by Freeland Jones, ca. 1947-1965, of buildings and activities at the University of Maine including Winter Carnival, Penny Carnival, Class Day, etc. The record group also contains photographs taken by Vaughan Jones on the campus, ca. 1915-1916, and group photographs of university students that include Vaughan's brother (and Freeland's father) Austin Jones.

Hankins (John Erskine) Records, 1944-1994, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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John Hankins was born in 1905. He earned his B.A. in 1924 from the University of South Carolina, his M.A. in 1925 and his Ph.D. from Yale in 1929. He came to the University of Maine in 1956 as Head of the English Department. Hankins retired in 1970. He was Professor Emeritus in 1970.

Collection includes biographical information from the faculty index,correspondence, dramatic pieces, poems, and short stories (including some written by Hankin), articles, and speeches, newspaper clippings on a range of subjects, conference material, and various items regarding events Hankin attended celebrating William Shakespeare's birth.

Silver (Arthur E.) Class Of 1902 Records, 1901-1973, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Arthur E. Silver was born in 1879 at Silvers Mills, a rural neighborhood named for his grandfather in Dexter, Maine. He graduated from the University of Maine, class of 1902, with a B.S. degree. He received his doctor of engineering (an honorary degree) from the University of Maine in 1954. He was chief electrical engineer for Ebasco Services, Inc., formerly Electric Bond and Share Co. until his retirement in 1948.

In 1951, Silver received the Lamme gold medal award given by the American Institute of Engineering in recognition of his pioneering of rural electrification by designing a simplified farm-type transformer …

Musgrave, (Katherine) Faculty Records, University Of Maine, 1937-2012, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Professor Katherine Ogilvie Musgrave was born February 8, 1920, in Allisona, TN. Having graduated with a B.S. in Food Nutrition from Maryville College in 1941 Musgrave would go on to earn a M.S. in Nutrition from Oklahoma State University in 1968. The following year (1969) Professor Musgrave started at the University of Maine as an instructor and assistant professor in Food and Nutrition before in 1979 earning a professorship. Professor Musgrave retired from the University of Maine in 1986 but remained active in the field of nutrition.

The records include various versions of Professor Musgrave's curriculum vitae, clippings and correspondence …

Allan (Isaac Hobart) Business Records, 1802-1925, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Record books and daybooks of the general store at Edmunds, Maine, 1802-1925 (15 volumes), run primarily by Isaac Hobart Allan during the period of approximately 1830-1885.

Hutchings (Jasper) Papers, 1864-1902, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Jasper Hutchings was a lawyer from Brewer, ME. He was born in the Penobscot County area in 1835. Hutchings attended Williams College and began practicing law in Aroostook County, Maine around 1861. He appears to have worked for the Lincoln Pulp and Paper Company from the years 1869 though around 1900.

Collection includes files and correspondence created by and relating to Jasper Hutchings and his work for the Lincoln Pulp and Paper Company. Also included are stockholder lists, financial records, and dockets. Other related files and correspondence pertain to the Chemical Fibre Association, Corwine Law Offices, and related documents about …

Fife (Hilda) Records, 1933-1972, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Dr. Hilda M. Fife was born in Greenland, N.H., in 1903. She received her B.A. degree from Colby College and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Cornell University. She also did graduate work at Boston University and the University of Chicago. She became professor of English at the University of Maine from 1946 until retiring as professor emerita in 1969. She founded the Maine Old Cemetery Association and was active in the Kittery Maritime Museum, the Rice Public Library in Kittery, and the Maine League of Historical Societies and Museums. She died in 1990.

The records mainly contain textual information created …

Douglass, (Irwin B.) Records, 1935-1974, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Irwin Bruce Douglass was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1904. A scholar, teacher, researcher and humorist, Douglass became a professor of chemistry at the University of Maine at Orono in 1940 and carried out a number of studies into potato starch and the chemical process (and pollution) involved in the pulp and paper industry processes. He retired in 1972 and moved to Vermont where he died in 1998.

The record group mostly contains textual information during Douglass's tenure at the University of Maine, but there are also some photographs of events Douglass attended.

Jensen (Robert E.) Records, 1967-1971, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Robert E. Jensen was born in Iowa in 1938. A summa cum laude graduate of the University of Denver in 1961 with an M.B.A. in accounting, he received a Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1966. He was a Certified Public Accountant and taught at the University of Denver, Stanford University, and Michigan State University. He came to the University of Maine at Orono in 1968 as the Nicolas M. Salgo Professor in the College of Business Administration.

In 1971-1972 Jensen was selected as a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University where he …

Pease (William H. And Jane H.) Records, 1957-2003, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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William Pease was a professor of history at the University of Maine, 1966-1987 focusing on U.S. history. Jane Pease was a professor of history at the University of Maine, 1969-1987 and in 1975 also taught the first Women's Studies course at the University. Together, the Peases authored Bound with Them in Chains: A Biographical History of the Antislavery Movement.

The records contain textual material created and curated by University of Maine history professors William and Jane Pease.

Bangor, Maine Collection, 1900-1997, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Descriptive and historical materials about Bangor, Maine compiled by the Norumbega Club. The collection includes a copy of the 1931 city charter, information about revitalization and historic preservation of the downtown area.

50th Anniversary Of The Assassination Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ceremony Poster, University Of Maine Office Of Multiculture Student Life

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Poster for the 50th Anniversary of The Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ceremony organized by the University of Maine's Office of Multicultural Student Life in 2018.

Got A Story To Share?, Lgbtq Services, Jennifer Iwerks

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Flyer announcing that LGBTQ Services collection of stories about student experiences at the University of Maine.

Waterford Town Meeting Minutes 2018, Brenda J. Bigonski

Maine Town Documents

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