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  • Tags: Bethel (Me.)

History of the town of Bethel, Maine / William B. Lapham

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Ernest Holmes: his life and times [by] Fenwicke L. Holmes

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

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The artistic bungalow : a history of the Hall House of Bethel, Maine / by Danna Brown Nickerson

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Lucy Larcom's Bethel

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Lucy Larcom's Bethel by Stanley R. Howe Lucy Larcom (1824-1893) Observing nature was a major focus of the life of Lucy Larcom (1824-1893), who spent much time in the White Mountain region and especially in the western Maine town of Bethel.…

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Eva M. Bean and East Bethel Road

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Eva M. Bean and East Bethel Road A Fifty Year Perspective By Stanley R. Howe Eva Marion Bean (1895-1969) Editor’s Note: A version of this essay was delivered during a Society program held on 14 May 2009. It has been edited and expanded for…

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Childhood [sound recording] : life was good, I had it all

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Barn Redux: Bethel's Most Modern Barn in 1950

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Barn Redux: Bethel's Most Modern Barn in 1950 by Donald G. Bennett Introduction The idea for this story came from two sources: the 2005 display of the Smithsonian exhibit “Barn Again! Celebrating an American Icon” at the Bethel Historical…

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The Bethel Antiquarian Suppers of the 1850s

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The Bethel Antiquarian Suppers of the 1850s Dr. Nathaniel Tuckerman True (1812-1887) Founder of Maine's first Farmer's Club (1853) at Bethel Originator of the Bethel Antiquarian Suppers (1855-1857) American life in the mid-nineteenth century…

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Over the years / [by Rena Abbott]

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Contents: Rumford--Winter Up in Maine (1916)--Mr. and Mrs. Granville Thurston's Golden Wedding Anniversary (1925)--Christmas Memories--A Little Boy's Christmas Wish--Saint Patrick--Easter--Our Baby (1915)--The Busy Farmer's Wife--Alphabet Rhymes Read…

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The history of Bethel, Maine / Nathaniel Tuckerman True ; edited with an introduction by Randall H. Bennett

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Report of the centennial celebration at Bethel, August 26, 1874

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Fragments of Local History. Concerning the Bethel Common. Number 1. / By a Sudbury Native.

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FRAGMENTS OF LOCAL HISTORY. Concerning the Bethel Common. Number 1.—By a Sudbury Native. It is an every day saying that persons, objects or things which drift into our environment for a long, unbroken period, often sink to the level of the common…

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Fragments of Local History. Concerning the Bethel Common. Number 2. / By a Sudbury Native.

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FRAGMENTS OF LOCAL HISTORY. Concerning the Bethel Common. Number 2.—By a Sudbury Native. In the previous number we have endeavored to outline in a crude, unpolished manner, an upward growth in our Common’s physical condition; from an uncleared…

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BHS Program: "So you think you know Bethel?"

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Bethel Historical Society program, "So you think you know Bethel?" on January 6, 1994.

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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.

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

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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.…

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COLL 14: Fifield-Wilkins Collection

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This collection includes (mostly) items given to Randall H. Bennett by Doris Wilkins, daughter of Martha Fifield Wilkins. It consists of family photographs, correspondence, and material gathered by Martha Fifield Wilkins in her history/genealogy work…

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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…

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COLL 25: East Bethel Road Reprint Information

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Genealogical information (forms, letters, etc. connected with the 1984 reprint of Eva Bean's East Bethel Road).

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COLL 28: J. A. Thurston Company Papers

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Account books that belonged to Bethel trader and manufacturer Jacob A. Thurston (1843-1917), as well as miscellaneous paper ephemera (canceled checks, insurance policies, etc.)

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COLL 32: Bethel School Records, 1825-1889

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Eight Bethel school record books covering the years from 1825 to 1889.

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COLL 40: Bethel Families in 1790 Information

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Information on families residing in Sudbury Canada (now Bethel) in 1790 compiled by Warren Stearns, as well as correspondence and other information regarding contributions made by Stearns to the Maine Genealogical Society's ongoing project "Maine…

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COLL 41: Correspondence with Dublin Historical Society

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Correspondence between the Bethel Historical Society and Dublin Historical Society (Dublin, N.H.) and related attachments. These papers explore the migration of many families between Bethel and Dublin, and in particular the Dublin branch of the Mason…

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