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COLL 144: Stephen McLain CCC Collection

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Scanned copies of eight photographs and three documents that were inserted in a copy of "Official annual, 1937, Civilian Conservation Corps, First CCC District, First Corps Area" which belonged to Stephen J. McLain (1893-1957).

Tags: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) | Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.). Company 155 (Berlin, N.H.)

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COLL 145: H. F. Thurston & Son Records

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Records of the H. F. Thurston & Son dowel mill.

Tags: H. F. Thurston & Son (Bethel, Me.)

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COLL 146: Bethel Voter Information Cards

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Collection of index cards containing information about Bethel people and their voter registration status. These do not appear to be official voter registarion cards themselves, but instead survey data collected to determine who was registered to…

Tags: Bethel (Me.) | Cole Block (Bethel, Me.). Odeon Hall | Democratic Party (Bethel, Me.)

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COLL 147: Bethel's Religious Heritage Exhibit Panels

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Exhibit panels, including a map, photographs, and descriptions of past and present churches in Bethel. These were used in an exhibit entitled "Bethel's Religious Heritage," which was on display in the Dr. Moses Mason House in summer of 1982.

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COLL 148: Oxford County Churches Exhibit Panels

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Exhibit panels used in an exhibit entitled "The Architectural Evolution of Oxford County Churches and Meetinghouses, ca. 1770 - ca. 1860"

Tags: Bell Hill Meetinghouse (Otisfield, Me.) | Center Meeting House and Common (Oxford, Me.) | First Congregational Church (Waterford, Me.) | First Congregational Church of Fryeburg (Fryeburg, Me.) | First Congregational Church of South Paris (South Paris, Me.) | First Universalist Church of Norway (Norway, Me.) | Lovell Town House (Lovell, Me.) | Lovell Village Church (Lovell, Me.) | Middle Intervale Meeting House (Bethel, Me.) | Otisfield Meeting House (Otisfield, Me.) | Oxford Congregational Church (Oxford, Me.) | Oxford County (Me.) | Porter Old Meeting House (Porter, Me.) | Rumford Center Meeting House (Rumford, Me.) | South Meetinghouse (Fryeburg, Me.) | Sweden Congregational Church (Sweden, Me.)

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COLL 149: Dr. Moses and Agnes Mason Collection

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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…

Tags: Bethel (Me.)

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COLL 150: Town Records of Gilead

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Tags: Gilead (Me.)

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COLL 151: Nathaniel Tuckerman True Collection

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Small collection of documents and letters relating to Bethel historian and educator Nathaniel Tuckerman True.

Tags: Gould Academy

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COLL 152: Diaries of Claude S. Cushman

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COLL 153: Sid Gordon Collection

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COLL 154: Phyllis Dock Papers

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COLL 155: Bethel Inn Collection

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Tags: Bethel Inn (Bethel, Me.)

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COLL 156: Bean Family Photograph Collection

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Collection of photographs that were in the Bean family. Included are pictures of Bethel area people, buildings, and places in various formats (prints, tintypes, carte-de-visites, negatives, etc.)

Tags: Bethel (Me.)

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COLL 157: Greenwood Historical Society Collection

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Copies of materials owned by the Greenwood Historical Society in Greenwood, Maine. Includes photographs taken by Bird Hill photographer Nettie Cummings Maxim and of a train wreck in South Bethel (Walker's Mills).

Tags: Greenwood (Me.)

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COLL 158: Van-Merrill Collection

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Photographs, albums, and scrapbooks relating to the Van Den Kerckhoven (sometimes shortened to "Van") family, donated by Grace Van Merrill.

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COLL 159: 1981 Bethel History Reprint Materials

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Letters and other materials connected with the 1981 reprint of William B. Lapham's "History of the Town of Bethel, Maine" (1891).

Tags: Bethel (Me.)

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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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COLL 160: Dr. H. John Young Collection

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Small collection of documents (mainly correspondence) relating to Dr. H. John Young Bethel.

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COLL 161: Heath-Seavey Collection

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Collection of deeds and similar documents relating to the famlies of Tilton Heath and Clement Seavey, and other connected families (Stevens, Holt, Chapman).

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COLL 162: Richardson Family Deeds

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COLL 163: Cummings-Lovejoy Collection

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Large collection of family papers donated by Catherine (Cummings) Lovejoy, including:

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COLL 164: Marion L. Dunn Collection

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Collection of handwritten records transcribed by Marion L. Dunn from various cemeteries, churches, and towns. This includes:

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COLL 165: Gilead Church Bell Correspondence

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Small collection of notes and correspondence concerning the bell from the Gilead Congregational Church, which went to the Mt. Silinda Mission in what was then Rhodesia after the Gilead church closed in 1964. Theresa R. Buck, who lived in Naples,…

Tags: Gilead (Me.) | Gilead Congregational Church (Gilead, Me.)

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COLL 166: Foster and Herrick Papers

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Papers relating to Bethel attorneys Enoch Foster and Addison Herrick including:

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