Blaisdell Family Papers, 1863-1956

Personal papers of various members of the Blaisdell family, especially of Frank W. Blaisdell. Includes legal documents, receipts and correspondence of his business dealings and activities as executor of various estates. Also includes five daily diaries between 1879-1889 and records reflecting his involvement with the Baptist church in South Waterboro, Maine, and with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows lodge in Waterboro.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/findingaids/1008/thumbnail.jp

Battick (John Francis) Maritime and Academic Collection, 1950-1997

This collection consists of materials gathered by Professor John F. Battick in association with his course in maritime history. Included are periodicals, pamphlets, and brochures concerning ports, harbors, ships, shipbuilding, and marine equipment. Some course materials are also included.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/findingaids/1222/thumbnail.jp

Musgrave, (Katherine) Faculty Records, University of Maine, 1937-2012

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\u27s curriculum vitae, clippings and correspondence regarding Musgrave\u27s achievements, certificates, photographs including Musgrave with U.S. Senator Susan Collins, items from events celebrating Musgrave\u27s life and career, and copies of articles, papers, and publications authored by Professor Musgrave.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/findingaids/1373/thumbnail.jp

Henry and Davis Family Papers, 1839-1942

William Henry\u27s business correspondence includes regular updates sent to him in Calais from several employees in Cooper, including his son, W.W. Henry, concerned with whether equipment is in working order and hiring an engineer and crew. Frank N. Davis\u27 business letters are primarily from those working at other gas light companies in the United States and Canada, including the National Electric Light Association and Northern Light Company (both in New York,) the Canadian Electrical Association in Toronto, the Fredericton Gas Light Company in New Brunswick, and St. Croix Electric Light Co. in St. Stephen, New Brunswick.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/findingaids/1260/thumbnail.jp

Student Political Activity Collection (University of Maine), 1966-1978

The collection contains material concerning student political activity on the University of Maine campus at Orono during the late 1960\u27s and early 1970\u27s. It includes materials about Students for a Democratic Society, Young Workers Liberation League, General Left Caucus, Vietnam War protests, student strike in May 1970, position papers, and correspondence.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/findingaids/1072/thumbnail.jp

Stahl (Jasper Jacob) Papers, 1886-1970

Papers of a historian of Waldoboro, Maine including correspondence, research notes, and clippings relating to Jasper Stahl\u27s history of Waldoboro and to Germans in Maine.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/findingaids/1092/thumbnail.jp

Maine Music Educators Association Records, 1916-2006

The collection contains minutes, treasurers\u27 reports, handbooks, directories and correspondence of the Association. It also includes videocassettes, audiocassettes and records of various performances sponsored by the organization.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/findingaids/1126/thumbnail.jp

Coe Family Papers, 1836-1943

The Coe family papers consist primarily of business records of the brothers Eben S. Coe and Thomas Upham Coe, with a few papers of Thomas\u27s wife, Sada L. Coe. The materials reflect the involvement of the Coes in land acquisition and management and the lumber industry in the northern part of Maine, as well as Eben Coe\u27s partnership in the S.R. Bearce and R.C. Pingree companies in Lewiston, Maine. Much information is also included about the administration of the very sizeable estate left by Thomas Upham Coe at his death in 1920.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/findingaids/1202/thumbnail.jp

Sheppard (Edmund M.) Records, 1965-1997

Edmund MacMillan Ned Sheppard was born in New Rochelle, New York in 1933. He earned his B.S.E.E. in 1956 at the University of Miami, S.M.E.E. in 1958 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Ph.D. in 1962 at Purdue University. He taught at M.I.T. and Purdue before becoming a professor at the University of Maine teaching electrical engineering in 1962. While at the UMaine Sheppard served as the faculty representative to the University of Maine Board of Trustees. Sheppard retired from UMaine in 1997 and died in 2016 at the age of 82. This collection includes textual information created and curated by Sheppard including items related to the history of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UMaine.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/findingaids/1429/thumbnail.jp

Emery (Roscoe C.) Papers, 1830-1969

Papers related to Roscoe C. Emery\u27s roles as a politician, newspaper editor, real estate agent and insurance agent in Eastport, Maine.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/findingaids/1179/thumbnail.jp