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Town Of Detroit (Me.) Financial Records, 1834-1909, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The financial records of the school districts and schools in the Detroit, Maine area including Pittsfield and Newport, Maine. Records also include some town records, and some overseer of the poor records.

Trafford (David White) Papers, 1928-1979, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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David White Trafford was born in Blaine, Maine, in 1916. He graduated from the University of Maine in 1939 and received MA and Ph.D. degrees from Indiana University. He joined University of Maine faculty teaching history and was appointed chair of the University of Maine Study Abroad Program in 1965.

Trafford was affiliated with the Institute of American Studies Abroad, serving as an honorary fellow of the Institute, vice president for admissions and, during the early 1980s, as director of the Institute-Affiliated British Studies Centre in Kent, England. He retired from UMaine in 1979 and died in Florida in 1993. …

Campana, (Richard J.) Papers, 1937-1989, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Born in Everett, Massachusetts, Richard J. Campana (1918-2005) received a BSF from the University of Idaho in 1943. Campana then served as a surgical technician in the U.S. Army, and earned a Bronze Star award during WWII after being held as a prisoner of war (1943-1946). After the war, Campana earned an MS in Forestry from Yale University in 1974 and a Ph.D. in Forest Pathology in 1952. Soon after, Campana began his professional study and observation of Dutch Elm Disease

In 1958, Campana came to the University of Maine as the head of the Department of Botany and Plant …

Professor Colbath (James Arnold) Papers, 1907-1994, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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James Arnold Colbath earned a B.S. in 1948 from the University of Maine, a M.A. (1950), M.F.A. (1951), and Ph.D. (1962) from Case Western Reserve University. Colbath's Ph.D. was on Japanese Noh drama. Colbath taught at a number of academic institutions from 1951-1968 before returning to the University of Maine in 1968 as an Associate Professor of Theatre. While at the University of Maine Colbath was also the Area Coordinator of the Theatre Division in the School of Performing Arts and Director of the Maine Masque Theatre (1970-1978). In 1977, Colbath was named a Fellow to the National Endowment for …

Paideuma (University Of Maine) Records, 1981-1985, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Paideuma: A Journal Devoted to Ezra Pound Scholarship was first published in 1972 by the National Poetry Foundation. In 2002, its focus was expanded, as indicated by its current title Paideuma: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics. The record group includes papers for publication, manuscripts, typescripts, page proofs.

Carter (Willis) Diaries, 1881-1928, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Born in West Pembroke, Maine, Willis Carter eventually became a teacher and served as Superintendent of Schools for this community. This collection includes diaries, financial records, and school district records

Reynolds (Cecil John) Papers, 1953-2003, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Cecil John Reynolds (1903-1998) was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts. In 1927, he won a Rhodes Scholarship to attend Oxford University where he earned Bachelor of Arts and Literature degrees in 1930. In 1935, Reynolds began teaching at the University of Maine and in the 1940s, founded an English honors program.

This collection contains textual information created and curated by Reynolds including copies of his autobiography and various essays, manuscripts, and lecture notes.. Holdings include photographs of Reynolds.

Professor Nadelhaft (Jerome J.) Papers, 1960-1997, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Jerome J. Nadelhaft earned a BA from Queens College in 1959, a MA from the University of Wisconsin in 1961, and a Ph.D. also from University of Wisconsin in 1965. Before coming to the University of Maine Nadelhaft taught at the State University of New York at Geneseo from 1964-1967. Nadelhaft started at the University of Maine in 1967 as a Assistant Professor in the Department of History, becoming an Associate Professor in 1972, and a full professor in 1983. In 1989, Nadelhaft was appointed chair of the Department of History. While at the University of Maine Professor Nadelhaft served …