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Life on the Home Front: Bethel During the Civil War

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Life on the Home Front: Bethel During the Civil War by Stanley Russell Howe Major Gideon A. Hastings (1821-1905), 12th Maine Battalion Editor's note: Few events in American history have received more attention than the Civil War. A neglected…

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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The Courier [Bethel Historical Society publication]

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The Courier(entitledThe Bethel Courier prior to 1999) is a quarterly publication of the Bethel Historical Society.It should not be confused withThe Bethel Courier (1858-1861), Bethel's first newspaper, for which it is named.The Courierhas served as…

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The Bethel Courier, Vol. 20, No. 4

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Features: Celebrations, Festivals and Observances in Bethel's Past by Stanley Russell Howe -- 1 Book Review: Descendants of Joseph Killgore, 1690-1764 of Scotland and Treworgy Ancestors by Roy Killgore [reviewed by Barbara H. Honkala] --…

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The Bethel Courier, Vol. 20, No. 2

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Features: 1796: A Special Year in Bethel's Past -- 1 TheBethel Soldiers of '61 by C.F. Whitman [Part 15; reprinted fromOxford County Advertiser] -- 1 Reflections of a Half Century by Leslie E. Davis [Part 38] -- 3 Book Review: White Mountain…

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The Bethel Courier, Vol. 15, No. 2

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Features: 19th Century Medicine in Bethel, Maine by Joyce Wanger [Part 4] -- 1 Reflections of a Half Century by Leslie E. Davis [Part 18] -- 3 Society news: Editor's Corner -- 3 President's Column -- 3 Society Sales Department -- 4 Book…

The Bethel Courier, Vol. 15, No. 1

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Features: Some Highlights of the Past Twenty-five Years: Bethel Historical Society 1966-1991 -- 1 Reflections of a Half Century by Leslie E. Davis [Part 17] -- 2 19th Century Medicine in Bethel, Maine by Joyce Wanger [Part 3] -- 8 Society…

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The Bethel Courier, Vol. 14, No. 4

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Features: 19th Century Medicine in Bethel, Maine by Joyce Wanger [Part 2] -- 1 Reflections of a Half Century by Leslie E. Davis [Part 16] -- 7 Society news: Society Endowment Campaign Tops $6,000 -- 1 New Life Members -- 2 Member Profile:…

The Bethel Courier, Vol. 14, No. 3

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Features: 19th Century Medicine in Bethel, Maine by Joyce Wanger [Part 1] -- 1 A review of The Western Abenakis of Vermont, 1600-1800: War, Migration, and the Survival of an Indian People by Colin G. Calloway [reviewed by Catherine S-C. Newell]…

The Bethel Courier, Vol. 13, No. 3

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Features: Highlights of Mill Hill History by Mary C. Keniston -- 1 Reflections of a Half Century by Leslie E. Davis [Part 12] -- 5 A review of William Day and Dorothy Littlefield and Many of their Ancestors, Descendants & Cousins compiled by…

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The Bethel Courier, Vol. 11, No. 2

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Features: Historical Highlights of Bethel's Mechanic Street by Barbara Herrick Brown -- 1 Reflections on a Half Century by Leslie E. Davis [Part 3] -- 3 A review of The Grand Trunk in New England by Jeff Holt [reviewed by E.M. Quinn] --…

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The Bethel Courier, Vol. 10, No. 3

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Features: Reflections on the Northwest Bethel Road by Rev. Elwin L. Wilson -- 1 A review of Preserving New England by Jane Holtz Kay with Pauline Chase-Harrell [reviewed by Randall H. Bennett] -- 5 Society news: Editor's Corner --…

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The Bethel Courier, Vol. 10, No. 2

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Features: Highlights of 150 Years: Gould Academy 1836-1986 Principals and Headmasters of Gould Academy 1836-1986 -- 3 Member Profile: James Dyce Alger (1912-1986) -- 6 A review of the second edition of Eva Bean's East Bethel Road [reviewed by…

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The Bethel Courier, Vol. 10, No. 1

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Features: Bethel During the Second World War: Part II by Stanley Russell Howe -- 2 Bethel, Maine Roll of Honor, World War II -- 5 A review of The Life and Work of Ernest M. Skinner by Dorothy J. Holden [reviewed by Edward H. Hastings] --…

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The Bethel Courier, Vol. 9, No. 4

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Features: Bethel During the Second World War by Stanley Russell Howe [Part 1] -- 1 A review of The Embattled Northeast: The Elusive Ideal of Aliance in Abenaki-Euroamerican Relations by Kenneth M. Morrison [reviewed by Margaret Joy Tibbetts] --…

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The Bethel Courier, Vol. 9, No. 3

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Features: Chapman Street through the Years by Donald S. and Arlene G. Brown -- 1 A review of Above the Gravel Bar: The Indian Canoe Routes of Maine by David S. Cook [reviewed by Alvin Barth] -- 8 Society news: Editor's Corner --…

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The Bethel Courier, Vol. 8, No. 1

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Features: Bethel in the Great Depression by Margaret Joy Tibbetts -- 1 A review of Simple Forms and Vivid Colors: An Exhibition of Maine Painted Furniture, 1800-1850 by Edwin A. Churchill [reviewed by F. Barrie Freeman] Society…

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The Bethel Courier, Vol. 7, No. 4

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Features: Life on the Home Front: Bethel During the Civil War by Stanley Russell Howe -- 1 Memories of an Earlier Era: Part III by Marjorie Farwell Cummings -- 7 A review of Life by the Tracks - When Passenger Trains Steamed through the Notch by…

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The Bethel Courier, Vol. 7, No. 1

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Features: Spring Street Through the Years by Sue Farrar -- 1 Kimball Families of the Bethel Area by Elizabeth Mason Carter -- 4 A review of The History of Waterford, Oxford County, Maine [reviewed by Stanley Russell Howe] Society…

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The Bethel Courier, Vol. 6, No. 3

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Features: Bird Hill by Blaine A. Mills -- 1 Bird Hill by "Index" [William Berry Lapham] -- 6 Society news: New Life Members -- 2 President's Column -- 3 Hundreds Enjoy Sudbury Canada Days August 14-15 -- 4 Editor's Corner -- 7 New…

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The Bethel Courier, Vol. 4, No. 4

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Features: Church Street through the Years by Rosalind R. Chapman -- 1 Book Review: Florence E. O'Connor, The Ancestors and Descendants of Asa Freeman Ellingwood and Florilla (Dunham) Ellingwood -- 8 Society news: 1981 Program Annonced for…

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The Bethel Courier, Vol. 4, No. 2

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Features: Mayville, My Mayville by Donald G. Bennett -- 1 Book Review: Andover: The First 75 Years by the Andover Friday Club [reviewed by Larry Billings] -- 5 Dr. Moses Mason [excerpt from Mrs. Cyrene Jane Cummings Bean's manuscriptThe Early…

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The Bethel Courier, Vol. 4, No. 1

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Features: The Bethel Library Association 1879-1979 -- 1 Book Review: History of Hebron Academy: 1804-1972by Harold E. Hall [reviewed by Gordon M. Gillies] -- 5 Petition of Inhabitants of Sudbere Canada to the General Court of the Commonwealth of…

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The Bethel Courier, Vol. 2, No. 1

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Features: War to End All Wars: Bethel During the First World War -- 1 Book Review: J. E. Martin, "Jonathan Adams Bartlett" [review by Helen Morton] -- 6 The "Courier" and Freeman's Hall -- 8 From the "Bethel Courier", September 23, 1859 --…

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The Bethel Courier, Vol. 1, No. 2

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Features: Memories of Broad Street by Margaret Herrick Oakes-- 1 Book Review: Sunday River Sketches: A New England Chronicle [by Martha Fifield Wilkins, reviewed by Ruth Crosby] -- 4 Moses Mason Day Book [summarized by Margaret Joy Tibbetts] --…

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