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COLL 1: Gould Academy Archives

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The Gould Academy Archives are a large collection of books, photographs, artifacts, works of art, and paper ephemera produced by the trustees and staff of Gould Academy.

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COLL 2: Oxford County Grange Hall Tour Project

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The Oxford County Grange Hall Tour Project collection includes oral history interviews, slides, photographs, and negatives, and a small number of miscellaneous documents created during the Oxford County County Grange Hall Tour Project in 2000 and…

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COLL 3: Oxford County Historic Resource Survey

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The Oxford County Historic Resource Survey collection consists of photographic slides of historic buildings in Oxford County taken by George Allen, director of the project during the first year, and photographs taken by Allen and Randall H. Benett.

Tags: Oxford County Historic Resource Survey (Oxford County, Me.)

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COLL 4: Bethel Historical Society Oral History Project

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The Bethel Historical Society Oral History Project collection consists of oral history interviews produced by volunteers and staff since 1974. Transcripts are available for many of the recordings.

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COLL 5: Bethel Historical Society Video Collection

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The Bethel Historical Society Video Collection consists of VHS tapes of BHS programs and other items of local interest.

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COLL 6: Maine Mineral Symposium Videos

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A few programs and a large number of video recordings of the proceedings of the Maine Mineral Symposium, which ran from 1990 from 2011.

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COLL 7: Mason House Model Construction Photos

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Collection of documents and image created by James Auman during various stages of the construction process of his scale model of the 1813 Dr. Moses Mason House (2013.036.0001). The model was presented to BHS in honor of the building's 200th…

Tags: Bethel Historical Society (Bethel, Me.) | Dr. Moses Mason House (Bethel, Me.)

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COLL 8: Bethel Historical Society Audio Collection

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Audio recordings of Bethel Historical Society events and other items of local interest.

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COLL 9: Charles R. Huntoon Collection

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A large collection of notes, letters, newspaper clippings, photographs, pamphlets and miscellaneous materials collected by Charles R. Huntoon, benefactor of the Huntoon Center. Most of the material are related to Native American history.

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COLL 10: Charles Horne MPR Collection

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Tapes recorded by Charles Horne for segments to be run on Maine Public Radio.

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COLL 11: Bethel Historical Society Slide Collection

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Large collection of 35 mm slides collected and produced by the Bethel Historical Society over the years. Many of these are copy work of other items in the collection. Some are original slides of Bethel Historical Society events, etc.

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COLL 12: Richard Ade Interviews

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Oral history interviews with residents of Bethel, Maine conducted by Richard Ade in 2001 for his Eagle Scout Leadership Project for the benefit of the Bethel Historical Society. Richard Ade was a member of Troop No. 565 Pine Tree Council. The…

Tags: Bethel (Me.)

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COLL 13: Stuart Martin Papers

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Large collection of books, photographs, and ephemera from the research library of Stuart Martin of Rumford Point, Maine.

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COLL 14: Fifield-Wilkins Collection

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This collection includes (mostly) items given to Randall H. Bennett by Doris Wilkins, daughter of Martha Fifield Wilkins. It consists of family photographs, correspondence, and material gathered by Martha Fifield Wilkins in her history/genealogy work…

Tags: Bethel (Me.) | Newry (Me.) | Riley Plantation (Me.)

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COLL 15: Brown-Nickerson Family Recordings

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Digital files of audio and video recordings made from cassettes loaned to the Bethel Historical Society by Danna Brown Nickerson for the purpose of digitizing. These relate to the Brown and Nickerson families and to events that took place in the…

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COLL 16: Proctor-Haines-Abbott Collection

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38 volumes of diaries of Dorothy Haines Abbott (1903-2002) covering the years 1934-1980. Also several bundles of correspondence and papers relating to Dorothy Haines Abbott, Sarah Dolly Proctor (1895-1905), and other members of the Proctor, Haines,…

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