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The Bethel Courier, Vol. 15, No. 1

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Features: Some Highlights of the Past Twenty-five Years: Bethel Historical Society 1966-1991 -- 1 Reflections of a Half Century by Leslie E. Davis [Part 17] -- 2 19th Century Medicine in Bethel, Maine by Joyce Wanger [Part 3] -- 8 Society…

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The Bethel Courier, Vol. 18, No. 1

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Features: The Bethel Historical Society and the Dr. Moses Mason House: The First Twenty Years -- 1 History of the Bethel United Methodist Church by Arlene G. and Donald S. Brown [Part 2] -- 3 The Bethel Soldiers of '61 by C.F. Whitman [Part 6;…

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The Bethel Courier, Vol. 20, No. 1

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Features: Some Highlights of the Past Thirty Years, Bethel Historical Society, 1966-1996 -- 1 TheBethel Soldiers of '61 by C.F. Whitman [Part 14; reprinted fromOxford County Advertiser] -- 5 Reflections of a Half Century by Leslie E. Davis [Part…

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The Courier [Bethel Historical Society publication]

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The Courier(entitledThe Bethel Courier prior to 1999) is a quarterly publication of the Bethel Historical Society.It should not be confused withThe Bethel Courier (1858-1861), Bethel's first newspaper, for which it is named.The Courierhas served as…

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Collection: Serials (Periodicals)

The Broad Street Herald

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TheBroad Street Heraldwas the newsletter of the Bethel Historical Society from summer 2008 to spring 2015. It was printed alongside our longstanding publication The Courier, which during that period was overhauled into the Society's history journal.…

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Collection: Serials (Periodicals)

Society Marks First Decade

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Society Marks First Decade Society founder Eva M. Bean at Woodland Cemetery No one seems to know who first conceived of a Bethel Historical Society, but in 1855 thirty citizens gathered for what was recorded as an antiquarian supper with a…

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Collection: Featured Articles from The Courier

Twenty-five Years of the Courier: A Personal Memoir

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Twenty-five Years of the Courier: A Personal Memoir by Stanley Russell Howe Masthead from an issue of Bethel's first newspaper, The Bethel Courier (1858-1861) When I became Director of the Bethel Historical Society in 1974, there was almost…

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Dr. Moses Mason House Tour

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Video tour of the Bethel Historical Society's Dr. Moses Mason House on September 30, 1989.

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Collection: Bethel Historical Society Video Collection

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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Collection: Bethel Historical Society Video Collection

BHS Hall Memorial Lecture: "The Intersection of Constitutions, Prohibition Laws and Wife Abuse in 19th Century New England and New York"

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Bethel Historical Society Hall Memorial Lecture, "The Intersection of Constitutions, Prohibition Laws and Wife Abuse in 19th Century New England and New York," presented on August 11, 2000, by Jerome J. Nadelhaft, emeritus professor of history at the…

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Collection: Bethel Historical Society Video Collection

BHS Program: "Tall Trees, Tough Men"

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Bethel Historical Society program, "Tall Trees, Tough Men." Features reflections and selected readings of Robert Pike presented by Helen Pike and fetauring selections performed by the Mahoosuc Music Makers Brass Quintet. Part of the Sudbury Canada…

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Collection: Bethel Historical Society Video Collection

BHS Program: "Where's Rumford?"

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Bethel Historical Society program, "Where's Rumford?," presented by Linda Farr Macgregor on October 5, 2000.

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Collection: Bethel Historical Society Video Collection

BHS Program: "Oral History Night: The Korean Conflict"

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Bethel Historical Society program, "Oral History Night: The Korean Conflict," featuring a panel discussion on the Korean War on March 6, 1997.

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Collection: Bethel Historical Society Video Collection

BHS Program: "Eva M. Bean: Local Historian"

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Bethel Historical Society program, "Eva M. Bean: Local Historian," presented by Margaret Joy Tibbetts on April 1, 1999.

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Collection: Bethel Historical Society Video Collection

BHS Program: "John Francis Sprague and Sprague's Journal of Maine History"

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Bethel Historical Society program, "John Francis Sprague and Sprague's Journal of Maine History," presented by Marius Péladeau, of the L.C. Bates Museum in Hinckley, Maine, on August 5, 1999.

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Collection: Bethel Historical Society Video Collection

BHS Program: "Eva Bean's Centenary"

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Bethel Historical Society program, "Eva Bean's Centenary," featuring a short portrayal of Josiah Thacher by Jim Rose, followed by talks by Stanley Russell Howe and Margaret Joy Tibbetts on April 6, 1995.

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Collection: Bethel Historical Society Video Collection

Dr. Moses Mason House interview

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Randall H. Bennett discusses the history of the Bethel Historical Society's Dr. Moses Mason House. Recorded by Charles Horne for a segment on Maine Public Radio.

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Collection: Charles Horne MPR Collection

Dr. Moses Mason House Tour

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Dr. Stanley Howe narrates a tour of the Bethel Historical Society's Dr. Moses Mason House.

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Collection: Bethel Historical Society Audio Collection

BHS Program: "Molly Ockett"

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

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Collection: Bethel Historical Society Audio Collection

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.

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Collection: Bethel Historical Society Audio Collection