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Volume 16 Number 3 Article 5

1-1-1977

Writings in History

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Recommended Citation , . "Writings in Maine History." Maine History 16, 3 (1977): 172-181. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainehistoryjournal/vol16/iss3/5

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Allagash Historical Society. Bits and Pieces of Allagash History. Allagash, Maine: The Allagash Historical Society, 1976. 28 pages. Bacon, Lenice Ingraham. “Maine Quilts as Varied as Maine.” Lewiston Journal Magazine, January 8, 1977. Banks, Ronald Fillmore. A History of Maine. A Collection of Readings on the History of Maine, 1600-1976. 4th ed. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1976. 460 pages. Bennett, Randy L. “Bethel’s Dr. Moses Mason House.” (Currently used as headquarters of the Bethel His­ torical Society) Maine Life, Vol. 31, No. 6, Decem­ ber 1976. ----- . “Last Indian Raid in Maine in 1781 Now Folklore.” Lewiston Journal Magazine, December 18, 1976. ----- . “Maine’s Last Indian Raid.” ( valley, August, 1781) Maine Life, Vol. 31, No. 5, November 1976. ----- . “Pownalborough Courthouse, 1761, Is Maine’s Oldest.” Lewiston Journal Magazine, October 2, 1976. ----- . “Tom French s ‘Horseless Carriage.”’ Lewiston Journal Magazine, August 21, 1976. Ben-Or, Joseph. “The Law of Adoption in the United States: Its Origins and the Statute of 1851.” (Contains information relating to the last will and testament of Sir William Phips and his adopted son) Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. CXXX, October 1976. Bishop, Robert. “Frost Happened on Hooked Rug Talent.” (Edward Sands Frost, born in Lyman, Maine, designed rug pattern stencils) Antique Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 1, November 1976.

172 Brunswick Bicentennial Committee. Bicentennial Commeration of American Independence, Brunswick, Maine, July 3rd, 4th, £sf 5th, 1976. Brunswick, Maine: Brunswick Publishing Company, 1976. [10] pages. Butler, Ben, and Butler, Natalie S. The Falls: Where Farmington, Maine Began in 1776. Farmington, Maine: The Knowlton 8c McLeary Co., Printers, 1976. 131 pages. Calderwood, Roger. Highlights of the First Thirty Years of Victoria Society of Maine Women. Morse-Libby-Holmes Mansion, 109 Danforth, Street, Portland, Maine. 1976. 32 pages. Cayford, John E. The Expedition, Being an Account of the Largest American Naval Engagement of the Revolutionary War. Orrington, Maine: C & H Pub­ lishing Co., 1976. 132 pages. Chase, Mary Ellen. Jonathan Fisher, Maine Parson, 1768-1847. Blue Hill, Maine: Jonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc., 1976. 280 pages. Churchill, Edwin A. Maine Communities and the War for Independence. [Augusta, Maine] Maine State Museum, 1976. 110 pages. Comas, Beatrice. “High Hopes and Tragic Failures: The History of Theatre in Maine.” Maine Life, Vol. 31, No. 4, October 1976. ----- . “The Victoria Mansion: Embodiment of Yankee Vision and Creole Luxury.” (Portland, Maine) Maine Life, Vol. 31, No. 7, January 1977. Conner, Kenneth. “The High St. Congregational Church.” (Lewiston, Maine) Lewiston Journal Mag­ azine, September 25, 1976. Craig, Wilma Ratchford. “Women of the .” (Includes works by Maine poets Laura E. Richards and Will Carleton) The Daughters of the

173 American Revolution Magazine, Vol. 110, No. 9, November 1976. Dearborn, David C. “New Hampshire Genealogy. A Perspective.” (Several Maine works are included in this bibliographical survey) New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. CXXX, October 1976. Delisle, Alice E. “Christmas Lady.” (Glady’s Hasty Carroll of South Berwick, Maine) Maine Life, Vol. 31, No. 6, December 1976. Dunbar, Robert E. “Lord of the Mills. The James Kavanagh House, 1803.” (Damariscotta, Maine) Magazine, Vol. XXIII, No. 2, September 1976. Fikioris, Margaret A. “Conservation: Textile Cleaning and Storage.” Museum News, Vol. 55, No. 1, October 1976. Gluek, Alvin C., Jr. “Programmed Diplomacy: The Settlement of the North Atlantic Fisheries Question, 1907-12. Acadiensis, Vol. VI, No. 1, Autumn 1976. Grace, Patrick W. “The Octagonals.” (19th century arch­ itectural style) Down East Magazine, Vol. XXIII, No. 3, October 1976. Greater Portland Landmarks, Inc. Portland, a Collection of 19th Century Engravings. Portland, Maine: Greater Portland Landmarks, Inc., 1976. 36 pages. Greene, Nancy H. A History of Columbia and Columbia Falls [Maine] in Honor of the American Bicentennial,

1776-1976 . [Cherryfield, Maine: Narraguagus Printing Co., 1976] 65 pages. Hadley, Ernest. “Shiloh an Impressive Sight on Maine Countryside.” (Shiloh Temple, Durham, Maine. Built by Frank W. Sandford, the founder of the Holy Ghost and Us Society in 1897) Lewiston Journal Magazine, January 8, 1977.

174 Hammond, Marie K. “Appleton’s Own Dr. Frank Gushee, 1842-1893.” (Taken from his memoirs) Maine Life, Vol. 31, No. 4, October 1976. Heseltine, Charles B. Bangor Street Railway. Warehouse Point, Conn.: Connecticut Valley Chapter, Inc. of the National Railway Historical Society, Inc., 1976. 82 pages. Howard, Millard A. An Introduction to the Early History of Palermo, Maine, [n.p., 1976] 64 pages. Hutchins, Leonard W. “Edouard ‘King’ Lacroix: Paul Bunyon of the North Woods.” Down East Magazine, Vol. XXIII, No. 6 March 1977. Hutchinson, Gloria. “South Paris Sleds Still Skim the Slopes.” (Paris Manufacturing Co. was started in 1860 and is now the world’s largest maker of sleds and toboggans) Down East Magazine, Vol. XXIII, No. 5, January 1977. Hynes, Nancy J., ed. Maine in Review, 1776-1876. [Brunswick, Maine: Maple Lane Productions] 1976. 96 pages. Jewett, Martin H. A History of Hollis Maine. Farmington, Maine: Printed by Knowlton 8c McLeary Co., 1976. 211 pages. Jordon, Eloise. “Emma Eames Was Great Lady of Golden Age Song.” Lewiston Journal Magazine, October 9, 1976. ----- . “Nordica, Great Maina Diva, Had Storybook Life.” (Born in Farmington, Maine, on December 12, 1857) Lewiston Journal Magazine, December 13, 1976. ----- . “State of Maine Has Wonderful Variety of Names.” Lewiston Journal Magazine, January 15, 1977. Kephart, George S. “The Pulpwood Drive: A Memoir of Maine in the 1920’s.” Forest History, Vol. 20, No. 4, October 1976.

175 Kevitt, Chester B. General and the , 1779. Weymouth, Massachusetts: Wey­ mouth Historical Commission, 1976. 185 pages.

Kittery Bicentennial Committee. Kittery Kaleidoscope. Somersworth, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Printers, 1976. 76 pages.

Knight, Ernest Harmon. A Guide to the Cumberland & Oxford Caned, [n.p.] Cumberland 8c Oxford Canal Association, 1976. 38 pages. Labbie, Edith. “Chief Henry Red Eagle of Maine.” (Henry Perley, the first Indian to graduate from Greenville High School, was president and valedictorian of the graduating class of 1903. After a long stage career he returned to Greenville as a guide) Lewiston Journal Magazine, January 15, 1977. ----- . “Evans Notch Was Once Prosperous Lumbering Region.” Lewiston Journal Magazine, November 27, 1976. ----- . “Ghostly Tales of Maine Hauntings for Hallo­ ween.” Lewiston Journal Magazine, August 21, 1976. ----- . “Maine Man ‘Father of Panama Canal.’” (John F. Stevens of Gardiner, Maine) Lewiston Journal Mag­ azine, August 28, 1976. Lafavore, Michael. “Gary Merrill: Maine’s Hollywood Dropout.” Maine Life, Vol. 31, No. 5, November 1976. Leamon, James S. Historic Lewiston: A Textile City in Transition. Auburn, Maine: Lewiston Historical Commission, 1976. 60 pages. Letellier, Cecile A. “The Remarkable Aroostook Naturalist — Olof Nylander.” (Founder of the Nylander Museum, Caribou, Maine) Down East Magazine, Vol. XXIII, No. 4, November 1976.

176 Libby, Steve. “Mysterious, Beautiful Isles of Shoales.” Lewiston Journal Magazine, October 2, 1976. ------. “The Weary Club of Norway 50 Years Old.” Lewiston Journal Magazine, December 11, 1976. Limerick Bicentennial Committee. Limerick: Historical Notes. Limerick, Maine: Town of Limerick, 1975. 127 pages. Lowry, Lois. “New Life for the House Captain Lord Built.” (The mansion of Nathaniel Lord, built in Kennebunkport, Maine, circa 1812) Down East Magazine, Vol. XXIII, No. 4, November 1976. Lubec Historical Society. 200 Years of Lubec History, 1776-1976. Lubec, Maine: The Lubec Historical Society, 1976. 145 pages. Luce-Wheeler, Janis. “Colonel Morse’s ’Fool Bridge.’” (Wire bridge built in New Portland, 1842) Down East Magazine, Vol. XXIII, No. 4, November 1976. Lynn, John A. “Reconstructing a Maine Lumber Camp of 1900: The Diorama as a Historical Medium.” (Penobscot Heritage Museum, Bangor, Maine) Forest History, Vol. 20, No. 4, October 1976. MacDougall, Walter M. “America’s First Breech-Loader.” (Rifle invented by John H. Hall of Portland, Maine) Down East Magazine, Vol. XXIII, No. 3, October 1976. McLaughlin, Robert. “Giving It Back to the Indians.” (Indian claim to 12.5 million acres of land in Maine) The Atlantic, Vol. 239, No. 2, February 1977. Maine Historic Preservation Commission. Portland Historic Resources Inventory, 1976. Augusta, Maine: The Commission, 1976. 98 pages. Maine League of Historical Societies and Museums. Adventures in Maine History: A Guide to Period Houses, Museums and Collections of Maine Historical Societies. [Lewiston, Maine] 1976. 54 pages.

177 Mankin, Elizabeth R. “Zedekiah Belknap.” (Itinerant Massachusetts artist who married Sophia Sherwin of Waterville, Maine) Antiques Magazine, Vol. CX, No. 5, November 1976. Martin, J. Jonathan Adams Bartlett, 1817-1902, Folk Artist From Rumford Center, Maine. Rumford, Maine: Rumford Publishing Co., 1976. 79 pages. Melvin, Charlotte Lenentine. Madawaska, a Chapter in Maine- Relations. Madawaska, Maine: St. John Valley Publishing Co., 1975. 86 pages. Milliken, Henry, “At Maine’s Logging Camps Stovepipe Inspectors Not Too Popular.” Maine Life, Vol. 31, No. 7, January 1977. Moffat, Frederick C. “The Education of the New England Artist: The Early Years of Arthur Wesley Dow.” (A descendant of Joshua Dow of Avon, Maine) Essex Institute Historical Collections, Vol. 112, No. 4, October 1976. Neagle, Marjorie Spiller. “Mother of Famous Men.” (Marjery Sullivan of Berwick, Maine) Down East Magazine, Vol XXIII, No. 3, October 1976. North Berwick Bicentennial Committee. A Pictor[i]al History of North Berwick, Maine, [n.p.] 1976. 48 pages. Norvich, Philip. “Waterville’s Dean Marriner.” (Dean Ernest C. Marriner of Colby College) Maine Life, Vol. 31, No. 6, December 1976. Norway Historical Society. Norway Salutes Our Country's Bicentennial Celebration, 1776-1976. [n.p., 1976] 24 pages. Paddock, John. “Tiffany Windows in Searsport.” (Second Congregational Church has nine windows which were installed in 1900) Down East Magazine, Vol. XXIII, No. 5, January 1977.

178 Peladeau, Marius B. “Guardian of the Northern Frontier. The Kennebec Arsenal, 1828-1903.” Down East Magazine, Vol. XXIII, No. 2, September 1976.

Purington, William C. A Look into West Bath’s Past, [n.p.] 1976. 214 pages. Rich, Katherine E. “Beacon.” (A biographical sketch of William S. Appleton, 1874-1940, a descendant of Nathan Appleton who was the father of Frances Appleton Longfellow) Old Time New England, Vol. LXVI, Nos. 3-4, Winter-Spring, 1976. Riley, Thomas A. “Jack London at Bowdoin.” (London served as a guest lecturer at Bowdoin on December 15, 1905) Bowdoin Alumnus, Vol. 50, No. 5, Fall 1976. Sarkesian, Barbara. “‘I’m Artemus Ward,’ Sed I.” (Charles Farrar Brown, humorist, born on April 26, 1834, in Waterford, Maine) Maine Life, Vol. 31, No. 7, January 1977. Schlick, Victor A. “These Mainers Also Ran!” (James G. Blaine, Neal Dow, and Rev. Benjamin Bubar) Greater Portland, Vol. XXI, October 1976. Shaw David E. “Maine’s Holy Land Colonists.” (On October 2, 1867, George J. Adams, the “Prophet,” led one hundred and sixty Mainers on an expedition to the Holy Land) Down East Magazine, Vol. XXIII, No. 5, January 1977. Shaw, Dick. “Stalking the Picture Postcard in Maine.” Maine Life, Vol. 31, No. 6, December 1976. ----- . “Unusual Graves Are Found In Maine.” Lewiston Journal Magazine, October 9, 1976. Silsby, Herbert T., II. “George H. Smith.” Maine History News, Vol. 12, No. 1, January 1977. Smith, Guy G. “Moving Fingers That Wrote.” (Brief biographical sketches of Elijah Kellog, James Otis

179 Kaler, and Kate Douglas Wiggin) Maine Life, Vol. 31, No. 3, September 1976. Sweetser, Phyllis Sturdivant. Cumberland, Maine, in Four Centuries. Cumberland, Maine: The Town of Cum­ berland, 1976. 351 pages. Thomas, Miriam Stover. “First Lobster Factory in the United States.” (Eastport, Maine, 1832) Maine Life, Vol. 31, No. 7, January 1977. ----- . “Maine Fishing Industry Depended on the Colonial Saltworks.” Maine Life, Vol. 31, No. 3, September 1976. Thomaston Historical Society. Tall Ships, White Houses, and Elms: Thomaston, Maine, 1870-1900. [Rockland, Maine: Printed by Courier-Gazette, Inc., 1976] 154 pages. Thompson, Deborah, ed. Maine Forms of American Architecture. Camden, Maine: Downeast Magazine, 1976. 362 pages. Turkel, M. Tux. “George Coombs, Architectural Giant.” (Born in Brunswick, Maine in 1824, and designed the Kora Temple Shrine building, the Lewiston Public Library, and the home of Senator William Frye) Lewiston Journal Magazine, November 6, 1976. Vickery, James Barry. A Pictorial History of Brewer, Maine. Bangor, Maine: Brewer Bicentennial Committee, 1976. Violette, Maurice. The Franco-Americans. A Franco-American s Chronicle of Historical and Cultural Environment: Augusta Revisted. New York: Vantage Press, 1976. Waggoner, Hyatt H. “The Hawthorne Discovery: The Lost Notebook, 1835-1841.” New England Quarterly, Vol. XLIX, No. 4, December 1976.

180 Wallace, C. M. “Saint John Boosters and the Railroads in Mid-Nineteenth Century.” Acadiensis, Vol. VI, No. 1, Autumn 1976. 56 pages. Wallace, Charlotte B. E Pluribus Unum: A Story of Falmouth, Maine, [n.p.: Falmouth Historical Society, Falmouth Bicentennial Commission, 1976] 56 pages. Wiggin, Eric E. “The Great Freedom Flight from Albion, Maine.” (Birthplace of Elijah Lovejoy, a martyr for the freedom of the press) Lewiston Journal Magazine, December 11, 1976. Windham Bicentennial Committee. Windham 1976. Bicentennial Issue. [Windham, Maine, 1976] 107 pages. Wolfe, Patrick. “The Revealing Fiction of Henry Adams.” (Ratcliffe, a character in Adams’s Democracy, was based on the life of James G. Blaine who twice blocked the nomination of Charles Francis Adams to the presidency) New England Quarterly, Vol. XLIX, No. 3, September 1976. Wood, Ester E. Country Fare: Reiminscences and Recipes from a Maine Childhood. Somersworth, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Publishing Co., 1976. 157 pages.

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