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  • Subject starts with "United States"

Fourteenth census of the United States. State compendium. Maine : statistics of population, occupations, agriculture, manufactures, and mines and quarries for the state. counties, and cities

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Collection: Books and Pamphlets

Dubros times : selected depositions of Maine Revolutionary War veterans / edited by Sylvia J. Sherman

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Collection: Books and Pamphlets

COLL 82: Lapham Family Collection

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Collection of photographs, papers, and artifacts pertaining to the Lapham family. Many of the items are related to the Civil War and a few items are related to local historian William Berry Lapham.

Collection: Finding Aids

COLL 78: Roberta C. Pevear Collection

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A large collection of letters, letter transcriptions, photographs, family-related artifacts, a diary, and genealogy notebooks received from Roberta C. Pevear. Many of the letters contain important historical information about the Civil War.

Collection: Finding Aids

COLL 65: Jay S. Hoar Sunset and Dusk Collection

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Large collection of research files on individual Civil War soldiers compiled by Jay S. Hoar for his trilogy "Sunset and Dusk of the Blue and the Gray."

Collection: Finding Aids

COLL 63: Jay S. Hoar Video Collection

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VHS tapes and DVDs collected by Jay S. Hoar, a professor of English at the University of Maine at Farmington and a Civil War biographer. The collection is a mixture of home videos, classroom lectures, speaking events, and television appearances by…

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William Bingham 2nd Trust for Charity, the Bingham Trust : Section I, History

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African-American activism before the Civil War : the freedom struggle in the antebellum North / edited by Patrick Rael

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Collection: Books and Pamphlets

Prophets of protest : reconsidering the history of American abolitionism / edited by Timothy Patrick McCarthy and John Stauffer

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Contents: "Truth systematised" : the changing debate over slavery and abolition, 1761-1916 / Robert P. Forbes -- Coming of age : the historiography of Black abolitionism / Manisha Sinha -- Geographies of liberty : a brief look at two cases / T.K.…

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BHS Program: "Civil War Encampment"

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Bethel Historical Society program, "Civil War Encampment," held in June 15-16, 1996.

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Fourteen women [videorecording] / Vertical Films ; produced by Sharon Oreck ; producers, Nicole Boxer, Mary Lambert ; directed by Mary Lambert

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A look at the fourteen women of the 109th United States Congress, their struggle to reach that unprecedented number, and how they dealt with trying to balance family life and their jobs.

Contents: U.S. Senators: Hillary Rodham Clinton (New York) --…

Collection: Video Library

BHS program: "Silent Sentinels: Maine's Civil War Monuments"

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Bethel Historical Society program, "Silent Sentinels: Maine's Civil War Monuments," presented by Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr. on June 1, 2006.

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BHS Program: "Joshua Chamberlain"

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Bethel Historical Society program, "Joshua Chamberlain," presented by Jeremiah E. Goulka on April 9, 2005.

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First century of national existence; the United States as they were and are ... / by an eminent corps of scientific and literary men ... illustrated with over two hundred and twenty-five engravings ...

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Contents: Mining industry, fur trade [etc.] by J.T. Hodge.--Land, internal trade; Banks [etc.]; Emigration; Authors, books [etc.] by T.P. Kettell.--Social and domestic life, by F.B. Perkins.--Arts of design, by T.A. Richards.--Religious denominations…

Collection: Books and Pamphlets

One hundred years' progress of the United States [...] With an appendix entitled Marvels that our grandchildren will see; or, One hundred years' progress in the future [...] / By eminent literary men [...]

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Contents: Progress in agriculture, by C. L. Flint.--Cultivation of cotton, by C. F. McCay.--Steam engine, by J. C. Merriam.--Commerce and trade, improvements in the means of travel and transportation, manufactures, building [etc.] by T. P.…

Collection: Books and Pamphlets

A Tribute to John Insley Coddington on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the American Society of Genealogists / edited by Neil D. Thompson and Robert Charles Anderson

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Collection: Books and Pamphlets

BHS Program: "Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995): A Centennial Appraisal"

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Bethel Historical Society program, "Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995): A Centennial Appraisal," presented by David Richards, Assistant Director of Margaret Chase Smith Library in Skowhegen, Maine on September 4, 1997.

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Death of Gen. Clark S. Edwards

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DEATH OF GEN. CLARK S. EDWARDS An Honored Citizen—A Distinguished Soldier—A Noble Hero and Patriot has gone to his rest. Passed quietly away at his home last Sunday Evening, at 8.45 o’clock, after an illness of but a few days. A hero and patriot…

BHS Program: "The Economy and the Constitution"

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Bethel Historical Society 22nd annual meeting and program, "The Economy and the Constitution," presented by Dr. Arthur M. Johnson, Chairman, Maine Commission to Commemorate the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution on September 3, 1987.

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BHS Program: "The Land of Norumbega"

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Bethel Historical Society program, "The Land of Norumbega" presented by Dr. Nathan Hamilton on April 6, 1989.

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1985 Rural Improvement and Reform Conference - Keynote Address by Leo Marx

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Leo Marx speaking at a conference on rural improvement and reform held at the Bethel Inn on October 26, 1985.

The spirit of America as shown by her great documents, 1620-1920

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Contains public documents and speeches that record the "spirt of America" from its origins and through the early twentieth century as compiled by Old Colony Trust Company, Boston, Massachusetts.

CONTENTS: The Mayflower Compact, made November 21,…

Collection: Books and Pamphlets

BHS Program: "Civil War Soldier Boys"

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Bethel Historical Society annual meeting and program, "Civil War Soldier Boys," presented by Jay Hoar on September 7, 2000.

BHS Program: "Ed Muskie of Maine"

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Bethel Historical Society program, "Ed Muskie of Maine," presented by Christopher Beam on May 4, 2000.

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Deep woods and river roads [sound recording] : voices from the Kennebec-Chaud

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Contents: Intro -- Maple sugaring -- Jackman in winter -- The Old Canada Road -- Logging -- White water rafting -- Fiddleheading -- Birch bark canoe making -- Fly fishing -- South Solon Meeting House -- Grange Hall -- Poet, Wesley McNair --…

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Collection: Sound Library