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  • Collection: Bethel Historical Society Audio Collection

"Post-Civil War Maine: Degenerate or Regenerate?" (1985 Rural Improvement and Reform Conference)

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"Post-Civil War Maine: Degenerate or Rejuvinate?," presented by Jere Daniell on October 25, 1985.

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.

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.…

BHS Hall Lecture: "Defense of Maine During the American Revolution: Blessed are the Weak"

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Bethel Historical Society Hall Memorial Lecture: "Defense of Maine During the American Revolution: Blessed are the Weak," presented by Dr. James Leamon, professor of history at Bates College, on Friday, August 8, 1997.

BHS Hall Lecture: "Privatism versus Communalism in the 18th Century Towns of Northern New England"

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Bethel Historical Society Hall Lecture: "Privatism versus Communalism in the 18th Century Towns of Northern New England," presented by Charles E. Clark on June 10, 1996.

BHS Hall Lecture: Jere Daniel on town founding in New England - Part 1

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Bethel Historical Society Hall Lecture on town founding in New England presented by Jere Daniell on August 12, 1994. Part 1 of 2.

BHS Hall Lecture: Jere Daniel on town founding in New England - Part 2

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Bethel Historical Society Hall Lecture on town founding in New England presented by Jere Daniell on August 12, 1994. Part 2 of 2.

BHS Hall Memorial Lecture: "Performing the Paper: Village Learning and Laughter in Postbellum Western Maine"

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Bethel Historical Society Hall Memorial Lecture, "Performing the Paper: Village Learning and Laughter in Postbellum Western Maine" delivered by Jo Radner on September 7, 1998.

BHS meeting and part of a talk by Sally Rand

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Bethel Historical Society meeting and the beginning of a talk by Sally Rand.

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.

BHS Program: "Albany: The Town That Would Not Die"

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Bethel Historical Society program, "Albany: The Town That Would Not Die" presented by Edith Labbe on June 5, 1975.

BHS Program: "Bethel's Memorable Women"

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Bethel Historical Society program, "Bethel's Memorable Women" presented by Margaret Joy Tibbets in November 1984. (The date on the tape is November 6, however the meeting, according to the schedule in the 1983 Courier, was supposed to take place on…

BHS Program: "Captain Snow and the Falls"

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Bethel Historical Society program, "Captain Snow and the Falls" presented by Ben B. Conant in May 1985.

BHS Program: "Great Depression"

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Bethel Historical Society program, "Great Depression" presented by Margaret Joy Tibbetts on November 4, 1981.

BHS Program: "Highlights of Grafton (Maine) History"

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Bethel Historical Society program, "Highlights of Grafton (Maine) History," presented by Margaret Joy Tibbetts on November 6, 1986.

BHS Program: "History of Bethel Hotels"

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Bethel Historical Society program, "History of Bethel Hotels" presented by Don Bennett.

BHS Program: "Littlefield Murders, 1937"

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Bethel Historical Society Program: "Littlefield Murders, 1937," presented by Margaret Lacombe on May 1 1997.

BHS Program: "Louise Dickinson Rich"

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Bethel Historical Society Program, "Louise Dickinson Rich," featuring a panel discussion and held on November 6, 1997.

Panelists include: Jane Rich (Rich's former daughter-in-law), Alice Arlen (her biographer), Ernest Angevine (who lived with the…

BHS Program: "Maine Books"

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Bethel Historical Society program, "Maine Books," presented by Basil Seguin of Woodstock Emporium on April 7, 1977.

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.

BHS Program: "Molly Ockett"

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Bethel Historical Society program, "Molly Ockett," presented by Helen Leadbeater on May 4, 1978.

BHS Program: "Oral History Night: Logging and Loggers"

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Bethel Historical Society program, "Oral History Night: Logging and Loggers," recorded on March 2, 1995. A video recording of this program is also available. See V-23.

BHS Program: "Oral History Night: Memories of the Bethel Inn on its 85th Anniversary"

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Bethel Historical Society program, "Oral History Night: Memories of the Bethel Inn on its 85th Anniversary," presented on August 6, 1998, in the Bethel Inn's South Dining Room.The panel includes Libby Bane, Margaret Joy Tibbetts, Steve Wight, and…

BHS Program: "Pre-Historic Indian Archaeological Sites on the Upper Androscoggin"

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Bethel Historical Society program, "Pre-Historic Indian Archaeological Sites on the Upper Androscoggin," presented by Dr. Richard Michael Gramly of the Maine State Museum on August 7, 1980.

BHS Program: "Reverend Daniel Gould in Bethel"

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Bethel Historical Society program, "Reverend Daniel Gould in Bethel" presented by Margaret Joy Tibbets on May 5, 1983.