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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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COLL 12: Richard Ade Interviews

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Oral history interviews with residents of Bethel, Maine conducted by Richard Ade in 2001 for his Eagle Scout Leadership Project for the benefit of the Bethel Historical Society. Richard Ade was a member of Troop No. 565 Pine Tree Council. The…

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East Bethel Road / Eva Bean

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

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

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COLL 132: Town Records of Bethel

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This collection contains copies of town meeting, vital records, and other records for the Town of Bethel, Maine. These are in various formats including microfilm, photocopies, transcriptions, and (in some cases) original records or record books.

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

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COLL 49: Leonard Bond Chapman Scrapbooks

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Photocopies of scrapbooks compiled by Leonard Bond Chapman. The original scrapbooks are in the collections of the Maine Historical Society.

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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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COLL 43: Diaries of Maud Pratt Farwell

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Diaries of Maud Pratt Farwell (1872-1964) of Bethel, Maine for the years 1935-1964.

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COLL 168: John Mead Gould Bethel Correspondence

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Photocopies and transcriptions of letters written by John Mead Gould while a student at Gould Academy in Bethel, Maine. The material here has been copied from originals at the Maine Historical Society and represents a portion of Maine Historical…

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Bethel, Maine, cemeteries : a listing of gravestone inscriptions / compiled by Agnes H. Haines and Mildred O. Jackson ; with an introduction by Stanley Russell Howe

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

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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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Farming and Bethel

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Farming and Bethel Text adapted from The Family Farm, a 1975 Bethel Historical Society exhibit guidecompiled and written by Stanley R. Howe Bethel's Agricultural Heritage Earliest Days The potential for making maple sugar from the numerous…

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Dr. Moses Mason and his house / by Stanley Russell Howe ; illustrations by Sue Wight

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From the files of Libbie Lynn Kneeland

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Bethel in the War of the Rebellion

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Bethel in the War of the Rebellion by William B. Lapham The following lightly edited text is taken from the History of Bethel, Formerly Sudbury Canada, Oxford County, Maine 1768-1890, compiled by William B. Lapham and published in 1891 by the…

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