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Ties That Bind - The Craft Of Political Networking In Late Ming Chiang-Nan, Jie Zhao Jan 2000

Ties That Bind - The Craft Of Political Networking In Late Ming Chiang-Nan, Jie Zhao

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Flashes Of The Spirit, Maureen Elgersman - Lee (Ed.) Oct 1999

Flashes Of The Spirit, Maureen Elgersman - Lee (Ed.)

The Griot

No abstract provided.


Worldly Treasures - A Fifth Anniversary Celebration, Osher Map Library And Smith Center For Cartographic Education Oct 1999

Worldly Treasures - A Fifth Anniversary Celebration, Osher Map Library And Smith Center For Cartographic Education

Osher Map Library Exhibition Catalogs

Worldly Treasures - A Fifth Anniversary Celebration.

October 4, 1999 - March 25, 2000

What Makes a Map a Treasure? Worldly Treasures features significant recent additions to the collection, most of them gifts from a variety of donors.

Curated by Prof. Matthew Edney, Dr. Harold L. Osher, George S. Carhart, Albert A. Howard, et al.


Worldly Treasures - A Fifth Anniversary Celebration (Mailer), Osher Map Library And Smith Center For Cartographic Education Oct 1999

Worldly Treasures - A Fifth Anniversary Celebration (Mailer), Osher Map Library And Smith Center For Cartographic Education

Osher Map Library Miscellaneous Publications

Worldly Treasures - A Fifth Anniversary Celebration (Mailer / Handbill for the Celebration)..

October 4, 1999 - March 24, 2000

What Makes a Map a Treasure? by Dr. Harold L. Osher (Monday, Oct. 4, 1999).

Marking OML's fifth anniversary, this exhibition displays a broad selection of its cartographic treasures. 'Treasure' is defined both literally (by value to collectors) and metaphorically (by intellectual value).


Gen Ms 02 Batchelder-Haley Letters Finding Aid, Susie R. Bock Sep 1999

Gen Ms 02 Batchelder-Haley Letters Finding Aid, Susie R. Bock

Search the General Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Description:

Abigail E. Batchelder and Cora M. (Giles) Haley, graduates in the Second Class of 1899 of Gorham Normal School, lived and taught in Japan at the turn of the 20th century. The collection consists of letters to their former landlady and mentor, describing the people, landscape, and society there.

Date Range:

1906-1908, 1915-1916, 1918

Size of Collection:

0.25 ft.


Revisiting The Johnson Family, Maureen Elgersman - Lee (Ed.) Jul 1999

Revisiting The Johnson Family, Maureen Elgersman - Lee (Ed.)

The Griot

No abstract provided.


University Of Southern Maine Commencement Program 1999, University Of Southern Maine May 1999

University Of Southern Maine Commencement Program 1999, University Of Southern Maine

Commencement Programs

University of Southern Maine commencement program, 1999

Saturday May 8th, 1999 at 9:00am

Address by Dale McCormick, Maine State Treasurer. (see also Dale McCormick Finding Aid, Jean Byers Sampson Center for Diversity in Maine)


Celebrating The Portuguese Communities In America: A Cartographic Perspective (Exhibit Guide), Osher Map Library And Smith Center For Cartographic Education Feb 1999

Celebrating The Portuguese Communities In America: A Cartographic Perspective (Exhibit Guide), Osher Map Library And Smith Center For Cartographic Education

Osher Map Library Miscellaneous Publications

Celebrating the Portuguese Communities in America: A Cartographic Perspective (Exhibit Guide).

February 23, 1999 - May 8, 1999

Although numerous countries and individuals were involved in the exploration and mapping of the Americas, it was the Portuguese who set the stage during the fifteenth century for the ensuing discoveries in the New World. Portuguese-born and sponsored explorers played a significant role, especially in charting a route around the southern tip of South America; in exploring and exploiting the waters bordering the northeast coast of North America; and in exploring the Pacific Coast of North America.


Cecil Johnson, Maureen Elgersman (Ed.) Jan 1999

Cecil Johnson, Maureen Elgersman (Ed.)

The Griot

No abstract provided.


Summer 1999, 90.9 Wmpg Fm Jan 1999

Summer 1999, 90.9 Wmpg Fm

WMPG Program Guides

Newspaper format


Winter/Spring 1999, 90.9 Wmpg Fm Jan 1999

Winter/Spring 1999, 90.9 Wmpg Fm

WMPG Program Guides

Newspaper format.


Threading The Needle: Analysis Of The Julie N Oil Spill And Its Aftermath, Carol Boggis, Michael Hamilton, Michael Herz Jan 1999

Threading The Needle: Analysis Of The Julie N Oil Spill And Its Aftermath, Carol Boggis, Michael Hamilton, Michael Herz

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

On September 27, 1996, riding a high tide on a clear morning in calm weather, the oil tanker Julie N struck an abutment while attempting to "thread the needle" through a narrow drawbridge at Portland, Maine. The impact ripped open two tanks containing millions of gallons of light heating fuel and heavy boiler fuel.

To learn the important lessons offered by this unfortunate pollution incident, this study: (1)documented and evaluated the manner in which organizations responded to the spill; (2)tracked their decision-making processes during the response; (3) compared the actual response with actions prescribed in various federal and state contingency …


You Are Here, Ronnie M. Ward Nov 1998

You Are Here, Ronnie M. Ward

Glickman Family Library

No abstract provided.


A. Philip Randolph, Maureen Elgersman (Ed.) Oct 1998

A. Philip Randolph, Maureen Elgersman (Ed.)

The Griot

No abstract provided.


Usm Gets Collection Of Children's Books, Amy Sutherland Sep 1998

Usm Gets Collection Of Children's Books, Amy Sutherland

Glickman Family Library

No abstract provided.


Maps Of Spain From The Enggass Collection, Osher Map Library And Smith Center For Cartographic Education Sep 1998

Maps Of Spain From The Enggass Collection, Osher Map Library And Smith Center For Cartographic Education

Osher Map Library Exhibition Catalogs

Maps of Spain from the Enggass Collection.

September 2, 1998 to October 6, 1999

An exhibition tracing the cartographic evolution of Iberia through a series of maps, from 1486 through 1829, donated by Dr. Peter M. Enggass, professor emeritus of Geography and Geology, Mt. Holyoke College.


Cummings Guest House Register Pages 097 And 098, Usm African American Collection Jul 1998

Cummings Guest House Register Pages 097 And 098, 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 099 And 100, Usm African American Collection Jul 1998

Cummings Guest House Register Pages 099 And 100, 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.


The Great Migration, Maureen Elgersman (Ed.) Jun 1998

The Great Migration, Maureen Elgersman (Ed.)

The Griot

No abstract provided.


University Of Southern Maine Commencement Program, 1998, University Of Southern Maine May 1998

University Of Southern Maine Commencement Program, 1998, University Of Southern Maine

Commencement Programs

University of Southern Maine commencement program, 1998

Saturday May 16th, 1998 at 9:00am

Address by William J. Ryan, Banking Executive


Spring 1998, Wmpg 90.9 Fm Apr 1998

Spring 1998, Wmpg 90.9 Fm

WMPG Program Guides

WMPG program guide for Spring 1998

Includes notes from Program Director, information on shows and events, and schedule.


Booker T. Washington, Maureen Elgersman (Ed.) Feb 1998

Booker T. Washington, Maureen Elgersman (Ed.)

The Griot

No abstract provided.


Bert Dutil: Washington D.C. Trip 1998, Bertrand A. Dutil Jan 1998

Bert Dutil: Washington D.C. Trip 1998, Bertrand A. Dutil

Scrapbooks

Photographs, postcards, brochures, and other mementos


Fall 1998, 90.9 Wmpg Fm Jan 1998

Fall 1998, 90.9 Wmpg Fm

WMPG Program Guides

No abstract provided.


Library Launching At Usm, Associated Press Oct 1997

Library Launching At Usm, Associated Press

Glickman Family Library

No abstract provided.


The Albert Brenner Glickman Family Library Dedication Invitation, Usm Library Oct 1997

The Albert Brenner Glickman Family Library Dedication Invitation, Usm Library

Glickman Family Library

No abstract provided.


The Albert Brenner Glickman Family Library Dedication, Usm Library Oct 1997

The Albert Brenner Glickman Family Library Dedication, Usm Library

Glickman Family Library

No abstract provided.


Men Of Letters, Doug Jones Oct 1997

Men Of Letters, Doug Jones

Glickman Family Library

No abstract provided.


Fall 1997, Wmpg 90.9 Oct 1997

Fall 1997, Wmpg 90.9

WMPG Program Guides

WMPG program guide for Fall 1997

Includes notes from Program Director, information on shows and events, and schedule.


New Head Librarian Prepares To Meet Old Challenges, Scott Pease Sep 1997

New Head Librarian Prepares To Meet Old Challenges, Scott Pease

Glickman Family Library

No abstract provided.