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Sprague's Journal Of Maine History (Vol.Xiv, No.1), John Francis Sprague (Ed.)

Maine Collection

Sprague's Journal of Maine History (Vol.XIV, No.1) January, February, March 1926.

Edited by John Francis Sprague.

Vol. 14, No.1 (1926) Contents: Longfellow's English Ancestors / Fort Mary / A New Version of Thanatopsis / When King George Assessed the Town of Gorham, Maine, in 1770 / Politics in Bangor in 1860 / Referring to the Name of Mount Battie / List of Tax Payers in the Town of Vienna, Maine, for the Year 1834 / James Henry Carleton / An Old Maine Newspaper / My Mother / Historic Thanksgiving at Southwest Harbor / The Lugubrious Tale and Doleful Death of …

The Story Of An Old New England Town: History Of Lee, Maine, Vinal A. Houghton

Maine Collection

The Story of an Old New England Town: History of Lee, Maine

Compiled and Edited by Vinal A. Houghton, Belgrade, Maine (Formerly of Lee, Maine).

Nelson Print, Wilton, Maine 1926

Contents: Descriptive / Historical / Reminscences / The Religious History / The Schools / Lee Academy / The Industrial History / The Fraternal Organizations / The Military History / The Civil Roster / The Census of 1860 / Odds and Ends of History / First Things / Lee in Poetry / Early Settlers / Miscellaneous Items / Angling on the Passadumkeag / The Mattakeunk Cabin Colony / Conclusions

Sprague's Journal Of Maine History (Vol.Xiv, No.3), John Francis Sprague (Ed.)

Maine Collection

Sprague's Journal of Maine History (Vol.XIV, No.3) July, August, September 1926.

Cover: "In Memoriam John Francis Sprague, June 16, 1848 -- May 7, 1926".

Vol.14, No. 3 (1926) Contents: Tributes to John Francis Sprague / All Alone / March in a Maine Pasture / Regarding the Jonothan Edwards Family / What Forestry Means to Maine / Repeating Maine History / Side-light on Ancient Local History / Chadwick Survey Paper Corrigenda / First Permanent Settler / Census of Penobscot County / Letters from Journal's Friends / Maine Patriotic Orders / Kind and Appreciative Words / Sayings of Subscribers

The Dominican Band Photograph, 1925-1926, Franco-American Collection

Franco-American Music Traditions Exhibit

The Dominican Band (Fanfare de l’Association Saint-Dominique) began in 1894. Under the direction of Louis N. Gendreau, they had their first public engagement at Lewiston’s centennial celebration in 1895, and became popular doing “promenade concerts” at Lewiston City Hall. For new members, the band relied on the expert training of boys in the Ste. Cecelia Band. In the late 30’s, the Montagnard Club assumed direction of the band, renaming it La Fanfare Montagnard.

Row 1: Henri Jalbert, John Toutain, Joseph Dumais (Director), Wilfred Boucher, George Dumais, Romeo McGraw, Joseph Beaudette.

Row 2: Charles McGraw, Lucien Beaudette, Nadeau, Fournier, Desire Daqmin, …

Grandfather Tales Of Scarborough, Augustus F. Moulton

Maine Collection

Grandfather Tales of Scarborough

by Augustus F. Moulton

Foreword by John Clair Minot

Katahdin Publishing Company, Augusta, Maine, 1925.

"Printed in Maine on Maine-Made Paper, LEWISTON JOURNAL PRESS"

Contents: My Grandfather / The Fabyans and the Millikens / The Stuart Brook / Ezra Carter Homestead / Roads and Highways / The Movement for Better Highways / Dunstan of the Alger Settlement / The Scarboro Marshes and the Dyke / The Rivers and the Old Seaport / The Shipping and the Shipyard / The King Family and Resident People / Old Dunstan Corner / Old Times in the Vicinity / Taverns …

The Puvian 1925, Portland University

Yearbooks

GRADUATING CLASS OF 1925

• COTTON,CLYDE L. pg.10
• WILSON,RAYMOND pg.10
• FOSTER,FRANK pg.10
• BOYLE,CHRISTOPHER E. pg.11
• CAYOUETTE,FRANCIS J. pg.11
• DAMANSE,ALPHONSE J. pg.11
• DAY,BAY pg.11
• DUBE,NAPOLEON J. pg.11
• HAGAN,PHILIP S. pg.11
• MASON,JAMES E. pg.12
• McCREADY,JOHN D. pg.12
• MORRISON,ROBERT W. pg.12
• O'DONNELL,MARCIA pg.12
• QUIMBY,GLEASON B. pg.12
• RICHARDSON,CLYDE S. pg.12

Green And White 1925, Gorham Normal School

Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

History Of Winthrop, Maine, With Genealogical Notes, Everett S. Stackpole

Maine Collection

History of Winthrop, Maine, With Genealogical Notes

by Everett S. Stackpole

"Published by Vote of the Town", Press of Merrill & Webber Company, Auburn, Maine (circa 1925).

Contents: Name and Incorporation / Scott, the Pioneer / Settlers and Estates / Roads / Cemeteries / Churches / Military History / Division Into Two Towns / Fight for a Fishway / Agriculture / Manufactures / Banks / Schools / Mails and Postmasters / Talleyrand in Winthrop / Winthrop as a Summer Resort / Growth of the Town / Town Officers / Genealogical Notes / Unclassified Marriages / Index of Subjects and Places …

A History Of Pemaquid; With Sketches Of Monhegan, Popham And Castine, Arlita Dodge Parker

Maine Collection

A History of Pemaquid; with Sketches of Monhegan, Popham and Castine

by Arlita Dodge Parker

MacDonald & Evans, Boston, Mass., 1925.

Contents: Pemaquid and the First Explorers / A Summer Idyll / The Colony at Popham Beach / Capt. John Smith and Monhegan / The Plymouth Company and the Council for New England / The Debt of Massachusetts to the Pioneers of Maine / Christopher Levett and Capemanwagan / Sir Ferdinando Gorges' Province of Maine and Other Grants and Settlements / Bristol Old and New / Many Masters / Pentagoet and the Indian Missions / Castine / King Philip's War …

Le Club Jacques Cartier Early Minute Book 1925-1929, Le Club Jacques Cartier

Le Club Jacques Cartier

Book of minutes from the Club Jacques Cartier, carrying the first five years of its operation, 1925-1929. Handwritten in idiosyncratic French.

Les Larmes Des Saint Pierre Script, Marie-Jeanne Laurendeau

Marie-Jeanne Laurendeau

November, 1924, Les Larmes des Saint Pierre [The Tears of Saint Peter] script with notation in French.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1924, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School program for the Public Exercises. Held in Gorham, Maine June 17, 1924.

Vingt-Cinquième Anniversaire (1899-1924) Du Choeur St. Louis - Auburn, Maine (Programme-Souvenir), Paroisse St. Louis

St Louis Parish, Auburn, Maine

Souvenir program for the 25th anniversary of the choir of the Catholic Parish of St. Louis in Auburn, Maine.

The Story Of Prouts Neck, Rupert Sargent Holland

Maine Collection

The Story of Prouts Neck

by Rupert Sargent Holland

The Prouts Neck Association, Prouts Neck, Maine (1924)

Contents: I. The First Settlement / II. The Second Settlement / III. Prouts Neck / Colonial Chronology / Key to Holland Map

Maps: "General Plan of the 18 Hole Golf Course" and "Sketch Map of Prouts Neck, Maine, J.W. Holland, 1910".

Old Prouts Neck, Augustus F. Moulton

Maine Collection

Old Prouts Neck

by Augustus F. Moulton.

Marks Printing House, Portland, Maine (1924).

Contents: I. Black Point and Prouts Neck / II. The Cammock Patent / III. The Occupation of Henry Jocelyn / IV. The General Situation / V. Scottow and the Indian Wars / VI. Troubles in Peace and Troubles in War / VII. The Second Settlement / VIII. This Becomes Prouts Neck / IX. In the Libby Occupation / X. Locations and Historical Plans

Maine Forts, Henry E. Dunnack

Maine Collection

Maine Forts by Henry E. Dunnack, State Librarian.

Foreword by Percival P. Baxter, Govenor of Maine, State Capitol, Augusta - September 1, 1924.

Sections include: Introduction, Fort Machias, Fort Knox, Fort St.George's, Fort Edgecomb, Forts Popham and Baldwin, North and South Sugar Loaf Islands, Fort McClary, Indians and Their Wars, Fortifications in Maine , List of Old Forts.

Three Men From Maine : Sir William Pepperrell, Sir William Phips, James Sullivan And A Bit Of Old England In New England, John Francis Sprague, Bertram E. Packard

Maine Collection

Three Men From Maine : Sir William Pepperrell, Sir William Phips, James Sullivan (by John Francis Sprague); and A Bit of Old England in New England (by Bertram E. Packard)

Sprague's Journal of Maine History, Dover-Foxcroft, Maine (1924).

Contents: Sir William Pepperrell (1696-1759) / Sir William Phips (1651-1695) / James Sullivan (1744-1808) / A Bit of Old England in New England (Gardiner family)

Green And White 1924, Gorham Normal School

Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Cummings Guest House Register Pages 002 And 003, Usm African American Collection

We Exist Series 4: Cummings Guest House Register Excerpts

This is a detail from the Cummings Guest House Register. You can see a digital version of the full text HERE.

Cummings Guest House Register Pages 004 And 005, Usm African American Collection

We Exist Series 4: Cummings Guest House Register Excerpts

No abstract provided.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1923, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School program for the Graduating Exercises. Held in Gorham, Maine June 20, 1923. Address given by Dean Walter S. Athearn.

Cummings Guest House Register (Full), Usm African American Collection

Cummings Guest House Register

The Cummings family of Old Orchard Beach, Maine, ran a guest house from 1923 until 1993. Register in which guests signed themselves in or were signed in by staff at the Cummings Guest House, 110 Portland Ave., Old Orchard Beach, Maine. Includes signatures of family members who attended reunions after the Guest House ceased operation.

Date Range:

1923-1998

Size of Collection:

1 ft.

Provenance:

The Cummings Guest House Register belonged to the Cummings Guest House, in operation in Old Orchard Beach ME from 1923 into the 1990s. It was purchased by the University of Southern Maine’s Glickman Library, with some …

Vital Records Of Lebanon, Maine, To The Year 1892 - Volume Iii - Deaths, George Walter Chamberlain M.S.

Maine Collection

Vital Records of Lebanon, Maine, To the Year 1892 - Volume III - Deaths

George Walter Chamberlain, M.S., Editor; William Davis Patterson & Alfred Johnson, Committee on Publication.

Published Under Authority of the Maine Historical Society, 1923.

T.R. Marvin & Son, Printers, 152 Purchase Street, Boston, Mass.

"Lebanon Deaths To the Year 1892."

Green And White 1923, Gorham Normal School

Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Letter From Jean-Baptiste Couture, Jean-Baptiste Baptiste Couture

Correspondence 1922-1938

Handwritten letter from Jean-Baptiste Couture to Charlotte Michaud.

The Puvian 1922, Portland University

Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Green And White 1922, Gorham Normal School

Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Vital Records Of Lebanon, Maine, To The Year 1892 - Volume I - Births, George Walter Chamberlain M.S.

Maine Collection

Records of Lebanon, Maine, To the Year 1892 - Volume I - Births

George Walter Chamberlain, M.S., Editor; William Davis Patterson & Alfred Johnson, Committee on Publication.

Published Under Authority of the Maine Historical Society, 1922.

Wright & Potter Printing Company, 32 Derne Street, Boston, Mass.

"Lebanon Births To the Year 1892."

Vital Records Of Lebanon, Maine, To The Year 1892 - Volume Ii - Marriages, George Walter Chamberlain M.S.

Maine Collection

Vital Records of Lebanon, Maine, To the Year 1892 - Volume II - Marriages

George Walter Chamberlain, M.S., Editor; William Davis Patterson & Alfred Johnson, Committee on Publication.

Published Under Authority of the Maine Historical Society, 1922.

T.R. Marvin & Son, Printers, 152 Purchase Street, Boston, Mass.

"Lebanon Marriages To the Year 1892."

Green And White 1921, Gorham Normal School

Yearbooks

No abstract provided.