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Photograph collections

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:

Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4278
Scope and Content note This collection represents the institutional archive of Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ (FOKO), as gifted to MHS in 2023. The material documents the organization’s administration, press and publicity about the organ, the work and music of municipal organists supported by FOKO, the history of the organ and its namesake, and over 100 years of organ concerts. Contents include correspondence, meeting minutes, publications, news clippings, programs, music scores, photographs, scrapbooks, posters,...
Dates: 1880 - 2019; Majority of material found within 1912 - 2019
Found in: Maine Historical Society

Glass plate negatives from Charles E. Clark building, Portland, Maine

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4270
Scope and Content note

Eighteen 8x10 glass plate negatives, several on Description of Gift list were not found. Total of 178 3.5x5.5 and several 3.5x4 glass plate negatives in two photo boxes. There are five prints, the paper is brown and images are very faint; these are in an envelope. The photographs are mostly of Portland scenes, such as First Parish Church, Munjoy Hill Reservoir, Deering Mansion, and various banks, businesses, and houses.

Dates: ca. 1911
Found in: Maine Historical Society

Glass plate negatives of Maine scenes

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4272
Scope and Content note

Total of 100 glass plate negatives in two photo boxes, divided into Series 100-700; contact sheets; scans on a CD; and detailed notes from the donor. Includes images of Moosehead Lake, fishing, ice fishing, shooting, Adams St. neighborhood, houses, interiors, homes, portraits, people, and animals.

Dates: ca. 1890s
Found in: Maine Historical Society

Glass plate negatives possibly of West Baldwin, Maine

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4271
Scope and Content note

Five 8x10 glass plate negatives, five black and white photos of each glass plate negative, and one envelope found in the same location. Includes views of water, shoreline, buildings, houses, and possibly man cutting hay. Found in a farmhouse, possibly in West Baldwin, Maine, near what was Camp Winaco in 1962.

Dates: ca. 1890s
Found in: Maine Historical Society

Glenn Skillin papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4317
Scope and Content note

This collection houses the personal and research papers of Glenn Skillin, documenting his life, relationships, genealogical research of the Skillin family, and research conducted for his book A bibliography of Maine imprints 1785-1820. Contents include correspondence, notes, writings, reports, vital records, genealogical data and charts, publications, news clippings, scrapbooks, and photographs.

Dates: 1789 - 2022; Majority of material found within 1930 - 2022
Found in: Maine Historical Society

Goold family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 2996
Scope and Content note This collection contains business and personal papers of the Goold family of Windham and Portland, Maine, from 1751-1946. Some larger items are included, such as tax ledgers, day books, pocket diaries and a broadside. The majority of the papers belong to Nathan Goold, born 1778, however the collection contains a much larger cast of characters, whose relationships are described in the Biographical note. Other families included in the collection are the Gowens and the Clarks, whose daughters...
Dates: 1751 - 1946
Found in: Maine Historical Society

Great Northern Paper Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 2950
Scope and Content note This collection documents the administration and properties of the Great Northern Paper Company in Maine. Consisting of manuscript material (primarily in the form of ledgers and photographs) and drawings (including engineering and architectural) and maps, the collection reflects aspects of the financial and operational activities of the company, as well as its extensive land and facilities management. Manuscript material includes inventories, accounting records, land purchase and sale...
Dates: 1813 - 2002; Majority of material found within 1899 - 1980
Found in: Maine Historical Society

Gunpowder mills of Maine research papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4205
Scope and Content note

The collection spans the research, writing, and distribution of Whitten's pamphlet and book, along with associated lectures he prepared on the subject. Contents are divided into two series: 1. Research notes and reference and 2. Publication and promotion, comprising manuscript, printed documents, photographs, scrapbook pages and film negatives. Contains many photocopies.

Dates: 1898 - 2013; Majority of material found within 1972 - 1989
Found in: Maine Historical Society

Huston and Waite family collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4142
Scope and Content note Deeds, legal documents, genealogical notes, photographs, coat of arms. The collection, in volume, is almost equally divided between deeds of conveyance and other legal documents and a collection of largely unrelated notes containing geological information. As noted in the inventory, the authors of the various genealogical notes are not identified nor did they provide their sources. The collection also includes a number of photographs, including a picture of the farm at Mast Road Falmouth...
Dates: 1739 - 1955
Found in: Maine Historical Society

International Appalachian Trail records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4213
Scope and Content note The collection documents the formation, development, and administration of the IAT. While the collection primarily documents the Maine Chapter, where the IAT was initially conceived, there is also a great deal of information from and about the international chapters. The records include emails and letters, financial statements, membership records, meeting agendas, tax and insurance records, news clippings, maps, brochures, photographs, slides, and audiovisual material. These items reflect...
Dates: 1982 - 2024; Majority of material found within 1993 - 2021
Found in: Maine Historical Society

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