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[Parade at the 1931 Indian Raid celebration]

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Tags: 1781 "Last Indian Raid" (Bethel, Me.)

Collection: Alumni Association Scrapbook

[Reenactment at the 1931 Indian Raid celebration]

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Tags: 1781 "Last Indian Raid" (Bethel, Me.)

Collection: Alumni Association Scrapbook

1796: A Special Year in Bethel's Past

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1796: A Special Year in Bethel's Past The town we now call Bethel began as Sudbury Canada in 1768. It was granted to recognize the services of soldiers who fought in one of several abortive campaigns by Puritan Massachusetts to conquer the…

Tags: Bethel (Me.)

Collection: Featured Articles from The Courier

1847-1947, West Parish Church, Bethel, Maine

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Tags: Lord's Studio (Bethel, Me.) | West Parish Congregational Church (Bethel, Me.)

Collection: Books and Pamphlets

1904 Bethel News Extra Illustrated Edition

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The "Extra Illustrated Edition" of The Bethel News, published on January 6, 1904, differs from the other special editions produced by Bethel newspapers in that it did not accompany a community celebration. The content, however, is much in line with…

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Collection: Bethel News Collection

1931 Oxford County Citizen Special Edition

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The Special Edition of The Oxford County Citizen published on August 3, 1931, commemorated the 150th anniversary of the Indian Raid, and consists of biographical sketches and photographs of many Bethel residents. Pearl Ashby Tibbetts, who coordinated…

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Collection: Oxford County Citizen Collection

1974 Bethel Oxford County Citizen Special Edition

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The 1974 Special Edition of The Oxford County Citizen was published by the Bethel Historical Society on the occasion of the Bicentennial of the Settlement of the town of Bethel and the dedication of the Moses Mason House on July 10, 1974. Coordinated…

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Collection: Oxford County Citizen Collection

A history of the West Parish Congregational Church, 1796-1996 / compiled by Sumner L. Burgess and Margaret Joy Tibbetts for the Bicentennial Celebration, September 8, 1996

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Tags: West Parish Congregational Church (Bethel, Me.)

Collection: Books and Pamphlets

An American story of Willard Harold Boynton : Son, brother, husband, father, uncle, grandfather and great-grandfather

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Tags: Bethel (Me.) | Monhegan (Me.)

Collection: Books and Pamphlets

Bethel in the War of the Rebellion

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Bethel in the War of the Rebellion by William B. Lapham The following lightly edited text is taken from the History of Bethel, Formerly Sudbury Canada, Oxford County, Maine 1768-1890, compiled by William B. Lapham and published in 1891 by the…

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Collection: Featured Articles from The Courier

Bethel, Maine : an illustrated history / Randall H. Bennett

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Collection: Books and Pamphlets

Bethel, Maine, and all over [videorecording] : The home movies of Ralph Hall and others

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Description from DVD case: This DVD contains home movies shot with a 16 mm camera by longtime Bethel resident Ralph Hall. It also contains footage of some of Bethel's earliest "Living Nativity" events taken by unidentified persons. The films on this…

Collection: Video Library

Bethel, Maine, cemeteries : a listing of gravestone inscriptions / compiled by Agnes H. Haines and Mildred O. Jackson ; with an introduction by Stanley Russell Howe

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Tags: Bethel (Me.)

Collection: Books and Pamphlets

Bethel's Broad Street : a walking tour

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Collection: Books and Pamphlets

Bethel's First Meetinghouse Re-Discovered

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Bethel's First Meetinghouse Re-Discovered by Randall H. Bennett Portland's Cumberland County Courthouse of 1785, which served as the model for Bethel's first meetinghouse, built in 1807 From Portland in the Past (1886) Thanks to the research…

Tags: West Parish Congregational Church (Bethel, Me.) | West Parish Congregational Meeting House (Bethel, Me.)

Collection: Featured Articles from The Courier

BHS Class: "Three Centuries of Bethel's Past"

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Recording from the Bethel Historical Society's winter 2000 course, "Three Centuries of Bethel's Past." Panelists included Margaret Joy Tibbetts, Rosalind Rowe Chapman, John K. Brown, and Randall Bennett. The class was coordinated and moderated by Dr.…

Tags: Bethel (Me.) | Bethel Historical Society (Bethel, Me.)

Collection: Bethel Historical Society Audio Collection

BHS Program: "75 Years in Bethel" by Margaret Joy Tibbetts

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Bethel Historical Society Program, "75 Years in Bethel," presented by Margaret Joy Tibbetts on November 1, 2001.

Tags: Bethel Historical Society (Bethel, Me.)

Collection: Bethel Historical Society Audio Collection

BHS Program: "A History of the Old Grover Hill Road"

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Bethel Historical Society program, "A History of the Old Grover Hill Road," presented by Polly Davis on October 7, 1993.

Tags: Annis Road (Bethel, Me.) | Bethel (Me.) | Bethel Historical Society (Bethel, Me.) | Grover Hill (Bethel, Me.)

Collection: Bethel Historical Society Video Collection

BHS Program: "Brick Grammar School"

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Bethel Historical Society program, "Brick Grammar School," presented on June 2, 1994.

Tags: Bethel Grammar School (Bethel, Me.) | Bethel Historical Society (Bethel, Me.)

Collection: Bethel Historical Society Video Collection

BHS Program: "History of the Bethel Methodist Church"

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Bethel Historical Society meeting of August 5, 1993 and program, "History of the Bethel Methodist Church," presented by Arlene Brown.

Tags: Bethel Historical Society (Bethel, Me.) | Bethel United Methodist Church (Bethel, Me.)

Collection: Bethel Historical Society Video Collection

BHS Program: "Memorable Women of the Bethel Congregational Church"

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Bethel Historical Society program, "Memorable Women of the Bethel Congregational Church," presented by Margaret Joy Tibbetts at West Parish Congregational Church on February 25, 1987.

Tags: Bethel Historical Society (Bethel, Me.) | West Parish Congregational Church (Bethel, Me.)

Collection: Bethel Historical Society Audio Collection