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Altrusa Club Scrapbook, 1966-1967, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

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A scrapbook of activities, photographs, clippings, programs, minutes, and other documents related to the Altrusa Club of Pittsburg, Kansas, 1966-1967. Altrusa International is an organization committed to community service. It was founded in 1917 in Nashville, Tennessee. The Pittsburg Club was active in the 1960s but is no longer active today.

Carlson, Paul, Papers, 1944-2013, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

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Music, papers, and photographs relating to the career of PSU music professor Paul Carlson.

Paul Carlson (1932-2019) was born to Rev. Carl Carlson and Ava B. Carlson in Chicago, Illinois. Throughout his childhood he played violin for the school ensembles including Roosevelt Middle School and Chicago Christian High School. After graduating high school in 1950, he immediately began pursuing his bachelors of music at the Chicago Conservatory of Music. After receiving his diploma in 1954, he taught at the Messiah College is Harrisburg, Pennsylvania for two years. In 1957, he received a master’s degree in music from Northwestern University. That …

Reinecke, John E., Collection, 1923-1974, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

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A collection of writings by John E. Reinecke and Kansas State Teachers College publications.

John E. Reinecke was born in Southeast Kansas in 1904. He graduated with a BS from Kansas State Teachers College in 1925 before moving to Hawai’i to become a professor of creole languages at the University of Hawai’i in 1926. John earned his PhD from Yale in 1937. Reinecke was a strong advocate against the plantocracy and the military in Hawai’i. He and his wife, Aiko, protested with the workers’ unions, calling for a living wage. Branded as communists, both John and Aiko were fired from …

Pease, Samuel J., Collection, 1906-1950, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

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A collection of letters, publications, writings, and school materials of Samuel J. Pease, former professor.

Samuel J. Pease (1877-1956) graduated from Northwestern University, Illinois in 1897 with a BS, and in 1898, with an MA. In 1931, he graduated from the University of Chicago with a PhD. He taught Greek, Latin, and German at various universities and high schools before coming to the State Manual Normal Training School (now Pittsburg State University) in 1915 to be the head of the Foreign Language Department. Dr. Pease was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (ΦMA), Eta Sigma Phi, …

Millard, Paul A., Collection, 1923-1941, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

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A collection of diplomas, commencement programs, and other items pertaining to Paul A. Millard and Thelma Millard.

Paul A. Millard, an educator, was born on October 15, 1903 and died in June of 1973. He graduated from Crawford County High School in 1923 and attended Kansas State Teachers College in Pittsburg, Kansas. Millard graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Education degree in 1932 and a Master of Science degree in 1941. He married Thelma Josephine Morgan who died 1992. Aubrey R. Crews, Jr. (1932-2013) was an Overland Park, Kansas educator, and a nephew of Paul Millard. He donated this …

Townsend, Jane, Collection, 1900-1972, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

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Jane Townsend was an educator and administrator in the Unified School District 248 (Girard, Kansas) for most of her professional career. This collection contains writings, scrapbooks, educational, and professional materials related to her life. The collection is in 4 series: Personal Files, Educational Files, Professional Files, and Miscellaneous.

Cynthia Jane Townsend was born April 7, 1889, in Girard, Kansas. She was a 1906 graduate of Girard High School and received a B.S. degree in education from Kansas State Normal College (present-day Emporia State University) in 1917. She also received an A.M. degree from the University of …

Rose, Jerry, Collection, 1914-1997, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

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A collection of photographs, news articles, and publications of Betty K. Wolverton Mullen and family, involving Parsons, Kansas and the Parsons High School Class of 1943.

Continuing Education Division (University Of Maine) Records, 1903-1998, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The University Extension Division of the University of Maine at Orono was established in 1925 and discontinued in 1929. Between 1937 and 1944 Extension courses were offered under the School of Education. In 1945, the General Extension Division was established as part of the School of Education. The name was changed to the Continuing Education Division in 1963.

Maine Center For Student Journalism (University Of Maine) Records, 1992-2004, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Following a pilot project in Aroostook County, Maine in 1992, the Maine Center for Student Journalism was established in 1993 to stimulate and assist the study and practice of journalism in Maine secondary schools. The Center provided students with an opportunity to work with, speak to, and learn from professionals in the field of journalism. The Center hosted an annual student journalism conference and regional roundtables that supported high school teachers and students journalism projects. The Center also organized an annual statewide newspaper conference and published a quarterly newsletter.

Office Of Facilities Management (University Of Maine) Records, 1920-1987, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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Collection contains records discovered during a renovation project in Alumni Hall. Files may be attributable to a past Chief Financial Officer of the University. Records include textual information and photographs regarding buildings on the UMaine campus.

Center Of Adult Learning And Literacy (University Of Maine) Records, 1994-2003, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The University of Maine's Center for Adult Learning and Literacy (C.A.L.L.) provided staff training and technical assistance to directors, teachers and counselors in adult education programs in Maine. It served as Maine's library resource center for adult education. The Center also worked in cooperation with the State Department of Education as part of the Maine Education System. The Center was part of the College of Education & Human Development. The Center was formerly known as the Orono Connection, but changed its name in 1994 to the Center for Adult Learning and Literacy. The Center was a funded through both Federal …

Department Of Chemistry (University Of Maine) Records, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The University of Maine Department of Chemistry offers both undergraduate and graduate programs in chemistry, including a Ph.D. program, the establishment of which is documented in these records. The Department is housed in Aubert Hall which was constructed in 1914 and named in honor of the first University of Maine chemistry professor, Professor Albert Aubert, who came to the University of Maine in 1874, and departed in 1909.

The majority of the records were created during the tenures of John William Beamesderfer (1952-1964) and James Langdon Wolfhagen (1964-1976) as chairs of the Department of Chemistry. There is also material from …

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 …