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Primary Sources
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| Type | Title | Date | Scope | Subject Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adm. Records | International Sunshine Society | 1955 - 1959 | Organization | |
| Adm. Records | Ladies Social Circle | 1878 - 1930, 1918 - 1929 | Treasurer's and Secretary's ledgers of the Pine Street Congregational Church | Organization |
| Adm. Records | Auburn Corn Roasters Association | 1834 - 1907 | includes History covering 1866 – 1916 | Commerce |
| Adm. Records | Lewiston & Auburn Horse Railroad | 1881 - 1889 | 2 record books | Commerce |
| Adm. Records | Maine Central Railroad Co. | 1860 -1874 | Commerce | |
| Adm. Records | Proprietors of Lewiston Bridge | 1823 - 1865 | Government | |
| Adm. Records | Burnside Post #47 | 1881 - 1886 | Records of GAR | Military |
| Adm. Records | Company Orders Infantry | 1830's | Minot, Capt. Joseph S. Sargent | Military |
| Adm. Records | Knox Post #120 | 1880's | Records of GAR | Military |
| Adm. Records | Roster of Officers | 1830's | 4th Reg't 1st Brigade 4th division of Military Maine | Military |
| Adm. Records | Argonauts of North Auburn | 1902 - 1917 | Organization | |
| Adm. Records | Auburn Letter Carriers | 1895 - 1904; 1904 - 1942 | Organization | |
| Adm. Records | Ladies Auxiliary Lodge # 16 | 1902 - 1940 | Organization | |
| Adm. Records | Spanish War Veterans | 1915 - 1932, 1955 - 1956, 1959 - 1965 | Listings and Taps – listings of the deceased | Organization |
| Adm. Records | Deeds | 80 documents, 1800's & 1 from 1942 55 documents, Estate Inventory of Joshua Elder, deed dated 11 Jun 1949 One from 1777 by Moses Little (2 files) | Deeds | |
| Adm. Records | Cushman, Ara | Late 1880's | deeds, legal papers, contracts and articles of partnership | Deeds |
| Adm. Records | Maine govt broadsides, Rev. Allen Greeley papers | Thanksgiving and Fast Day proclamations collected by J.G.Elder, 1809-1845 incl. first one issued by Gov. King | Government | |
| Adm. Records | Pejepscot Proprietors | 17 documents from Elder papers | Commerce | |
| Adm. Records | Free slave deed | 1814 | John Johnson in NY | Deeds |
| Adm. Records | Indian Deed - Pejepscot Purchase Information | 2 docs related to deed from Indians to Lawrence Dennis 1685 plus photocopies of it; 2 doc of Plan of Thomas Purchase land sold to Richard Wharton by Worumbo Indian Chief of the Amoscoggin in the year 1684 --- also see map in Green Safe – Shelf #3 | Deeds | |
| Adm. Records | Ladd, William | 1814 | document betw Zebulon Davis and Ladd | Deeds |
| Adm. Records | Lewiston, first deed | Paul Hildreth, original and copy, 1788 | Deeds | |
| Adm. Records | Lewiston, original grant | 1773 | Original and transcription and copies | Deeds |
| Adm. Records | Androscoggin County | 5 founding documents including a 1814 deed to Greene settlers Pejepscot claim helped settle long disputed land titles in what is now Androscoggin County | Government | |
| Adm. Records | Census, Lewiston and Auburn | 1847 | 1847 - 2022.26.1, 2022.26.2 | Government |
| Adm. Records | Lewiston-Auburn, Legal Papers | 28 documents, 1800's | Government | |
| Adm. Records | Petitions, Lewiston-Auburn | 35 documents | Government | |
| Adm. Records | Tax lists, Lewiston? | 1792 - 1816 | 8 documents, 1792-1816 | Government |
| Adm. Records | Washburn, Israel, Jr. | 1861, 1862 | 3 military related documents as Govenor, 2 - 1861; 1-1862 | Government |
| Adm. Records | Hebron Academy | 1826 | Commencement exercises | School |
| Adm. Records | Maine separation from MA | 1819 | 4 documents, 1 copy | Government |
| Adm. Records | Turner Militia Rolls | 1862 | Two rolls, Civil War | Military |
| Adm. Records | Annexation papers | 1867, 1869 | Annex city of Auburn to Lewiston, 1869; Annex town of Danville to town of Auburn, 1867 | Government |
| Adm. Records | State of Maine paper, new charter to city of Auburn | 1917 | Government | |
| Adm. Records | Toll Rates on the Lewiston-Auburn Ferry | 1813 | Commonwealth of Massachusetts | Government |
| Adm. Records | Eastern Lands for Sale | 1788 | Oversized broadside | Government |
| Adm. Records | Thompson, Samuel | Brigadier General Samuel Thompson of Topsham, Revolutionary War | Deeds | |
| Adm. Records | Morey, Frank | collection of deeds, 2 files, also Allen, T. J. Also law books and papers in 5B2A-5B | Deeds | |
| Adm. Records | Denning family | -1800 | deeds, Mechanic Falls | Deeds |
| Adm. Records | Lewiston light infantry | 1855 | constitution and by-laws and script of plays in development | Military |
| Adm. Records | Notebook | 1776 | Memorandum of an order given by Mr. Taylor Co. of Col. Bagley Regiment | Military |
| Adm. Records | Boot & Shoe Manufactory of Isaac C & Ansel M Lombard | N.D. | original drawing including names of employees? | Commerce |
| Adm. Records | Palmer, George R. | 1864 | Civil War documents mounted on 3 cardboards | Military |
| Adm. Records | Account book & Math Book | 1866-84, 1765-70 | by Amos Davis | Commerce |
| Adm. Records | Book of Math & Nautical Sailing | 1798 | made by Amos Davis | |
| Adm. Records | 2nd Freewill Baptist | 1826 - 1887 | Church | |
| Adm. Records | Advocates of Christian Fidelity | 1889 | South Lewiston, records | Church |
| Adm. Records | Baptist Society of Lisbon | 1822-1825 | Church | |
| Adm. Records | Church Records | 1817-1847; 1818-1832 | Monmouth, 2 books | Church |
| Adm. Records | First Congregational Meeting House in Danville near Lewiston Falls | 1833-1851 | Danville, records of meetings, eventually becomes High St. Cong. | Church |
| Adm. Records | First Congregational Church of West Auburn material | 1844-1871 | Besides ledger, leather sewn work book on building, photos, and Constitution with 11 articles and signatures | Church |
| Adm. Records | Freewill Baptist Church | 1817-1841 | Lewiston, records, some years not noted | Church |
| Adm. Records | Lewiston Falls and First Baptist Society | May 1, 1852-Dec 11, 1868 | Church | |
| Adm. Records | Lewiston Falls Baptist Sabbath School | 1859-1862 | Church | |
| Adm. Records | Records of the South Meeting House | 1818-1838 | Leather bound book also includes Treasurer, 1825-1838; as well as Meeting House Day book | Church |
| Adm. Records | Second Freewill Baptist church/Clough | 1838-1881, 1846-1861 | early records of the Josiah S. Clough Meeting House, Lewiston, Two books | Church |
| Adm. Records | 1st Universalist Parish | 1893 | Poland | Church |
| Adm. Records | Hebron Monthly Meeting Book | 1801 - 1876 | Formerly 5C4B | Church |
| Adm. Records | Androscoggin County Law Library | Sept 27, 1893 - Jan 2, 1958 | incorporation and minutes | Organization |
| Adm. Records | Christian Social Library | 1819 - 1834 | Constitution, by-laws and records, predecessor of Lewiston Falls Society | Organization |
| Adm. Records | East Leeds Burying Ground | 1844 -1878 | Considered South Leeds now and Keene's Cemetery | Organization |
| Adm. Records | Lewiston Anndroscoggin Club | 1851 - 1898 | #134 | Organization |
| Adm. Records | Records of First Social Library in Lisbon and Journal/Account of Ebenezer Ham | 1828-1831; 1834-1843 | E. Ham was secretary to First Social Library group | Organization |
| Adm. Records | Social Circle of Auburn Baptist Church | 1859-1865 | Organization | |
| Adm. Records | Records of Iota Chapter, Sigma Lama Nu Fraternity | 1901-1910 | Lewiston High School | School |
| Adm. Records | Book, Deaths of Lew-Aub area 1865-1872, Sewall Merrill, (some marriages) | 1865 - 1872 | commenced 12 Aug 1864 | Genealogy |
| Adm. Records | Book, Deaths of Lew-Aub area 1872-1890, Sewall Merrill, (some marriages) | 1872 - 1890 | commenced 22 Sep 1872 plus handwritten duplicate | Genealogy |
| Adm. Records | Early Items of Interest and Genealogy | 1800's | 2 books by Benjamin Dole Bryent on Webster/Sabattus events and people https://sites.rootsweb.com/~meandrhs/0694.html#webster and https://sites.rootsweb.com/~meandrhs/0295.html#dole | Genealogy |
| Adm. Records | Marriage Intentions Records | 1764-1889 | Everett L. White Collection from Thompson Papers, mainly Topsham and towns south | Genealogy |
| Adm. Records | Marriage Records | 1825-1858 | Homemade book made in memory to Captain Harron Daggett Esq. Of Greene presented by Augusta Daggett in memory of his Grandfather and Great Grandfather | Genealogy |
| Adm. Records | Unknown, Author | 1847, 1858 - 1863 | History of residents, buildings and occupation - census and death records of Lewiston Falls and Danville, Author unknown, Given in memory of Charles F. Adams | Genealogy |
| Adm. Records | Friendship Club | 1896 -1910 | Auburn, # 387 | Organization |
| Adm. Records | Early constitutional documents | 1789 | Articles of Confederation, Constitution of MA and US. Gift of APL to AHS | Government |
| Adm. Records | Sale of Land, Lewiston | 1774 - 1825 | from Elder's collection | Commerce |
| Adm. Records | Lewiston Falls Village Corporation | 1849-1856 | Charter and records | Commerce |
| Adm. Records | Dog Licenses and Abatement of Taxes | 1869, 1890-1891 | Auburn, in same ledger | Government |
| Adm. Records | Lewiston property valuation book | 1801-1813. 1822-1832 1819-1841 1815-1846 1845-1850 1844-1852 | valuations and record of taxes, First , Second and Third books | Government |
| Adm. Records | Treasurer's account books | 1802 - 1858 | Auburn | Government |
| Adm. Records | Temperance Society | 1828 - 1837 | Lewiston | Organization |
| Adm. Records | Account book of school district | 1838 - 1868 | Durham, No. 15 | School |
| Adm. Records | Account book of school district | 1854 - 1872 | Buckfield, No. 4 | School |
| Adm. Records | Account book of school district | Livermore, No. 1 | School | |
| Adm. Records | Account book of school district | 1853-1863 | Lewiston, No. 2 | School |
| Adm. Records | Account book of school district | 1825-1844 | Lewiston, No. 6 | School |
| Adm. Records | Clerk's book of School District | 1832 - 1839 | Lewiston(?) No. 10 | School |
| Adm. Records | Records of the proceedings of the inhabitants of school district six in Lewiston | 1825 - 1844 | William Garcelon District Clerk | School |
| Adm. Records | Account of Arnold's Forces across Maine | 1775 | Lieutenant Sam Brown | Military |
| Adm. Records | Boots and Shoe Manufacturers Association | 1892, | agreement document | Commerce |
| Adm. Records | Little, Josiah | 1817, 1821 | letter and two deeds | Deeds |
| Adm. Records | Deeds of the area around Knight Street | 1835 - 1890 | with map included | Deeds |
| Adm. Records | Berry, Samuel | 1765 | land grant | Deeds |
| Adm. Records | Deeds, muster rolls, etc. from town of Greene | donated by Magaret Sprague Blaisdell, 7 Sep 1959, wrapped in blue paper | Deeds, Government | |
| Adm. Records | Garcelon, William | 1790-1807 | Account book for store in Lewiston, leather bound | Garcelon |
| Adm. Records | Alphabetical Genealogy | 1800-1900 | Elder Collection | Genealogy |
| Adm. Records | Gracelon, William | -1770 | Early History of Lewiston by William Garcelon, Genealogy of Early Settler of Lewiston transcriptions of some of it files in Diary/Letters subject file | Genealogy |
| Adm. Records | North Yarmouth Tax List | 1776 | Government | |
| Adm. Records | Parsons, Joshua Col. | 1830 | First Brigade, Minot | Military |
| Adm. Records | John Bridgham appointed captain, 4th regiment, 2nd Brigade, 5th division | 1794 | oversized document | Military |
| Adm. Records | Johnathan Tracy, Jr. elected as Ensign of 3rd regiment | 1830 | Third Regiment, First Brigade, 6th division of the Militia of Maine | Military |
| Adm. Records | Muster Rolls | 1860's | Civil War 23rd Maine Infantry from ancestor of Captain John C. Quimby | Military |
| Adm. Records | Taylor Pond Association | 3 boxes | Organization | |
| Adm. Records | Davis Cemetery Corporation | Lisbon, 2 books, minutes, treasurer's records, gavel | Organization | |
| Adm. Records | East Auburn Ladies Circle | 1879 - 1911 | Organization | |
| Adm. Records | Sixth St Congregational Church | Church | ||
| Adm. Records | Stanley's Confectionary Company | order book, receipts | Commerce | |
| Adm. Records | Lewiston Auburn Council of Churches | 1945 - 1970 | minutes | Church |
| Adm. Records | Records of Optometry | 1909 - 1950 | Organization | |
| Adm. Records | Livermore Settlers Before 1800 | Genealogy | ||
| Adm. Records | Electric Music Hall | 1909 - 1912 | Autographs, photos | Commerce |
| Adm. Records | Moulton, F.C. | 1879 - 1882 | Lisbon, “Teams to Let” | Commerce |
| Adm. Records | Ledger | 1929 - 1956 | index to customers of a photographer? | Commerce |
| Adm. Records | Lewiston Contra | 1823 - , 1823 - 1844 | Doctor's expenditures | Commerce |
| Adm. Records | Androscoggin Republican Women's Club | 1940 - 1980's | collection of items | Organization |
| Adm. Records | Unknown, Author | 1847, 1858 - 1863 | History, census and death records of L/A and Danville, Author unknown, Skillin, Glenn (donor) | Genealogy |
| Adm. Records | United Baptist and So. Lewiston church | material | Church | |
| Adm. Records | Supreme Judicial Court | 1902 - 1937 | receipts of referees' fees | Government |
| Adm. Records | Androscoggin County Sheriff | 1919 -1928 | book of receipts of term bills | Government |
| Adm. Records | State vs. Reginald Richards | 1957 | transcript of murder trial | Government |
| Adm. Records | State vs. Daniel Wood | 1954 | transcript of murder trial | Government |
| Adm. Records | Elm House | 1870's | Auburn hotel registers | Commerce |
| Adm. Records | Mount Gile Observatory | 1887 - 1889 | East Auburn visitor register | Commerce |
| Adm. Records | Lewiston Falls Manufacturing | 1834 - 1889 | proprietor, director, 2 vols accounting, dividend, and 2 vols stock records, specific years vary | Commerce |
| Adm. Records | D[ean] and John M. Frye | 1825 - 1883 | day book | Commerce |
| Adm. Records | William. H. Waldron & Co | 1849 - 1851 | ledger | Commerce |
| Adm. Records | Continental Mills Co. | 1865 - 1931 | proprietors' records | Commerce |
| Adm. Records | Androscoggin Foundry | 1910's | records | Commerce |
| Adm. Records | Androscoggin Agricultural Society | 1852 - 1864 | records of members | Organization |
| Adm. Records | Maine State Agricultural Society | 1855 - 1874 | records of members | Organization |
| Adm. Records | Batten-Hayes Company | 1905 | Commerce | |
| Adm. Records | Harper Library Association | 3 small record books | Organization | |
| Adm. Records | Amos Davis | 1866 - 1884 | account book | Commerce |
| Adm. Records | Clayton P. Hodgkin & Sons | 1939 -1951, 1956 - 1966 | farm account books | Commerce |
| Adm. Records | Unknown day book | 1805 1811 | presented by Helen Bailey Parker | Commerce |
| Adm. Records | Independent Order of Secret Shoemakers | 1850 - 1858 | records including names | Organization |
| Adm. Records | City of Auburn | 6 ledgers of grantors and grantees | Government | |
| Adm. Records | Androscoggin county | 1934 - 1935 | receipts | Government |
| Adm. Records | ?? | Ledger of assignments and discharge bankruptcy | ||
| Adm. Records | Auburn Party | 1904 -1916 | enrollments | Government |
| Adm. Records | Androscoggin County | 1885 - 1886 | transfers | Government |
| Adm. Records | Androscoggin County | 1913 - 1914 | receipts, fines and costs | Government |
| Adm. Records | YMCA | 1894 - 1906 | meeting minutes | Organization |
| Adm. Records | Pulsifer Mill | 1880 - 1897 | board of directors minutes | Commerce |
| Adm. Records | Androscoggin county | 1911 1913 | receipts, glued in | Government |
| Adm. Records | E. E. Benson Co | 1872 | invoices | Commerce |
| Adm. Records | City of Auburn | 1966 | record of poll tax | Government |
| Adm. Records | ?? | 1909 - 1910 | real estate index with name, book, page | Government |
| Adm. Records | Androscoggin County | 1917 | treasurer's receipt book | Government |
| Adm. Records | ?? | 1878 - 1889, 1890, 1898 | Record, Assignments & Discharges, bankruptcy | Government |
| Adm. Records | Pulp Mill | 1881 | ledger | Commerce |
| Adm. Records | Androscoggin county | 1908 - 1932 | 5 volumes of cash records | Commerce |
| Adm. Records | Androscoggin County | 1860 1869 | book of street plans | Government |
| Adm. Records | American Banking & Trust | 1891 - 1896 | ledger | Commerce |
| Adm. Records | ?? | 1878 - 1896 | 4 volumes of insolvency records | Government |
| Adm. Records | Continental Mill | 1878 | ledger with fabric samples see also Archive Shelves for more sample books | Commerce |
| Adm. Records | ?? | 1885 - 1887 | receipts | Government |
| Adm. Records | Bates Street Shirt Co. | 1908 1928 | stockholders' minutes | Commerce |
| Adm. Records | Androscoggin County | 1895 -1906 | Ledger of Payments of prisoners of Oxford, Somerset, Kennebec, Knox and Sagadahoc; also payments for official documents – deeds, certificates, divorce, executions, subpoenas, etc.) | Government |
| Adm. Records | Androscoggin County Commissioners | 1906 | receipt book of bills allowed by County Commissioners | Government |
| Adm. Records | S. T. Allen & Co. and George. A. Blanchard | 1855 - 1870, 1926 - 1930 | ledger | Commerce |
| Adm. Records | Thomas, Sylvanus D. | 1872 - 1878 | ledger | Commerce |
| Adm. Records | Androscoggin County | 1915 -1916 | receipts and expenditures | Government |
| Adm. Records | Bonney | ?? - 1913 | ledger of Bridgham, Auto, Carriage & Sign Painters | Commerce |
| Adm. Records | Manufacturing Co. | 1850's | ledger of store room, oil, starch, fuel, waste, pay roll, insurance. | Commerce |
| Adm. Records | W. S. Libbey Co. | 1920's | receipt book | Commerce |
| Adm. Records | Lincoln Mills | ??, 1855 - 1857 | book of blank certificates with receipts for the first 24 and purchases by those dates | Commerce |
| Adm. Records | Ledger | 1880 -1891 | cash sales | Commerce |
| Adm. Records | Ledger | 1893? | Ledger of sales of shares. Only 9 pages used. Corp. dissolved in Sept. 1893; | Commerce |
| Adm. Records | Lincoln Mill | 1891 - 1893 | Ledger of cash purchases for supplies | Commerce |
| Adm. Records | Farrar, Craig & Co., | ?? | Dry Goods, 204 Lisbon & 22 Pine. Record of sales | Commerce |
| Adm. Records/ Drawings | Hand painted record of births/deaths of family of John Bridgham of Minot | 1890 circa | Two sheets with ornamentation of a bird and borders – births/deaths covering 1754-1890 | Genealogy |
| Deed | Early Greene documents | 1800's | Deeds, muster rolls and including will of Col. Wm. Sprague | |
| Deed | Hyland, Thomas and Samuel Holbrook | 1694 | land grant proprietors of Conihassett? | |
| Deed | Post Office Lot | Auburn | ||
| Deed | Sabatus Manufacturing Company | 1867 | ||
| Drawing | Early decorative drawings | 1843? | 2 drawings on with 1843?; names Elmira Yeaton, Samuel Dyer and Oxford on it | |
| Ledgers | Auburn House | 1868 | register book | Commerce |
| Ledgers | Androscoggin Foundry | -1932 | six ledgers | Commerce |
| Ledgers | Tracy, Daniel S. | 1823 - 1862 | Account book of a Bowdoin Medical School graduate, 1847 | Commerce |
| Ledgers | Wight, Charles E. | 1820 - 1890 | Topsham town clerk incl logging info | Commerce |
| Ledgers | Harris | 1814 | Tax accounting book? | Government |
| Ledgers | Davis, Daniel | 1801-1803, | very fragile, accounting | Commerce |
| Ledgers | Day Book, J.M. Frye | 1862 | Commerce | |
| Ledgers | Longley Stage Line Company | 1838-1841 | plus numerous share certificates | Commerce |
| Ledgers | Lowell , Stephen | 1823- 1827 | Danville | Commerce |
| Ledgers | Lowell, James | 1820-1821 | Daybook | Commerce |
| Ledgers | Pottle, William | 1745 - 1774, 1793 - 1807, 1806 -1807 | Minot, 3 ledgers William, a blacksmith in Bakerstown, Poland, and finally Minot. Also his son, Moses, farmer and store keeper also has entries | Commerce |
| Ledgers | Woodbury, William | 1835-1839, 1839 - 1844 | Danville Corner grocery. Given by Miss Annie Woodbury, Auburn | Commerce |
| Ledgers | Garcelon, Anis | 1830-1832 | Book bought in Brunswick on January 17th, 1827 Price 15 cents | Garcelon |
| Ledgers | Auburn House | 1868 - 1889 | register book | Commerce |
| Ledgers | Davis, Amos | 1764, 1773-77, 1787, 1795 (2 items), 1796 - 99, 1806-07 | Originally described as diaries but more accounting books | Commerce |
| Ledgers | Giddinge, Andrew Robinson | 1772-1795 | accounting books | Giddinge |
| Ledgers | Ledgers | Various | ||
| Ledgers | Purinton, Joseph | 1823, 1823 - 1844 | 2 ledgers, one balances the debit “Dr” and contra accounts for indivduals, and the other changes to be more of a store account and rum by the glass, etc. | Commerce |
| Ledgers | Edwards, Chester | 1905 | expenses of house and family | |
| Ledgers | Lowell, James | 1820 - 1911 | daybook | Commerce |
| Ledgers | Hawkins, Michael L. | 1915-1946 | ledgers of a business of some sort?, Lewiston family, see also diary file Hebron | Commerce |
| Ledgers | Ledger | 1906-1913 | day labor for the city (Lewiston?) | Commerce |
| Ledgers | Pulsifer, Augustus Moses | ?? | ledger | Commerce |
| Ledgers | Androscoggin Mill | 1800-1900 | three ledgers | Commerce |
| Ledgers | Record book | 1854 - 1859 | Vol. Grantors and grantees | |
| Ledgers | Ledger | 1835 - 1836, 1867 | ledger Includes indenture between Mary P. Richardson and John B. Richardson | |
| Letters | Garcelon letters | 1765 | Peter to James Garcelon in French; others a transcription of various letters and letters to family members | |
| Letters | Letters | Various | ||
| Maps | Plan of Lewiston | 1795 | by Amos Davis | |
| Maps | Maine, early plantation | 1825 | town and gore lines, George Barron | |
| Maps | Maps, early | 1794, 1755, photograph of map 1795, 1805 map of Maine from Arrowsmith & Lewis Atlas, An accurate map of NH in NE from a late survey between 1760-1780 | ||
| Maps | Railroad maps | early map plan and profile from Lewiston Falls to Rumford Falls, William Noble | ||
| Maps | First Map of Lewiston | 1795 | surveyed by Amos Davis | Government |
| Maps | Lewiston Falls map | 1776 | Hand painted map showing Paul Hildreth's log cabin and the saw mill at the Falls | |
| Rare Book | Math Notebook | 1798 | By Jeremiah Prink | |
| Rare Book | small pouch containing book | did not remove from pouch, *Sottie Jones, 164 Wood St, Lewiston* Carried through the War of the Rebellion | Military | |
| Rare Book | Androscoggin by Marsden Hartley | 1940 | 2nd copy of the first edition, first copy in Library – valuable | |
| Rare Book | Canibas Indians of the Kennebec by Charles M. Starbire | 1967 | Original manuscript, OCLC 71128881 | |
| Rare Book | Essays on Peace And War by William Ladd | 1827 | 3 Copies, 1827,1828 By Philanthrops, pseudonym for William Ladd of MinotOne inscribed with “Lewiston Falls Sabbath School Library No. 106 Presented by Wm. Ladd, Esq. Of Minot” also later? “by Rev. M. Davis to Benjamin Scott, 1840; Another inscribed with “Given to the Androscoggin Historical Society by Charles F. Adams” | |
| Rare Book | Poem, ""Androscoggin"", Richard W Murray | 21 typed pages, date unknown | ||
| Rare Book | Script, ""Auburn-A-Rama"" | 1969 | July 21-26, 1969 | |
| Rare Book | The Crapouillot is the chronicle of 101st Trench Mortar Battery of its activities during the World War. | 1919 | plus 2 accompanying photographs https://mainecat.maine.edu/record=b17500732 | |
| Rare Book | Zelotes, by Cotton Mather | 1717 | A zeal for the house of God, blown up, in a sermon unto an assembly of Christians; in the south-part of Boston. On 8. d. XI. m. 1716,17. : A day of prayer kept by them, at their first entrance into a new edifice erected by them, for the publick worship of God our Saviour. / By Cotton Mather 15.17 Inscribed with “James Perkins, His Book ??” | |
| Rare Book | Giddinge, Andrew R. | 1841 | The Seasons by James Thomson – ARG took poetry sayings from this book | Giddinge |
| Rare Book | Lewiston, Auburn, Bath, Brunswick and Environs | 1900 | oversized fragile book | |
| Rare book | Ward, Iva M. | ?? | Sister of Lee R. Ward, see Diaries file. At least four original fiction stories | |
| Ward, I.M. | Collection of fictional narratives | |||
| Autographs | set of letters and documents with signatures of famous/important people? Book titled “Autograhs – Harper Library Association No. 15” on Archives Shelves | |||
| West Leeds Murder | photos of Luther S Verrill and Clifton Haries (Harris) | |||
| Mill fabric samples | 1880, 1894 - 1899, 1945 | Two Continental Mill sample book, 1894 – 1899, Two Pepperell Mill sheeting samples, 1945, “scrap-book” sample book, 1880, sample book, ND, and samples printed plaids, ND | Commerce | |
| Abolitionist tract | 1844 | George Watterstone? Writing about a slave jail that Thomas Williams runs in Washington, DC to send Blacks to the New Orleans slave trade |
Diaries & Letters
See Diaries & Letters
| Type | Title | Date | Scope | Subject Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diaries | Rogers, Lizzie | 1893 | Original leather bound, 2 discs and transcription | |
| Diaries | Giddinge, Andrew Robinson | 1815 - 1816, 1818 - 1819 | diaries found after transcriptions | Giddinge |
| Diaries | Giddinge, Andrew Robinson | 1784-1840 | original in safe; efforts to get them published started in 1990 https://sites.rootsweb.com/~meandrhs/giddinge.html | |
| Diaries | Brown, Anne Susan Jumper | 1843 - 1847 | Diaries and Poems From Minot Transcribed and analyzed by Mona Ann Ervin in 1992 for Masters degree https://sites.rootsweb.com/~meandrhs/0294.html#jumper | |
| Diaries | Woodbury, True | 1776 - 1779, 1805 -1808, 1810 - 1823; 1770 - 1803 | Early settler of Danville, mainly diaries but also accounting books 1770 – 1803 https://sites.rootsweb.com/~meandrhs/1091.html#true | |
| Diaries | Wight, Charles | 1941-1951 | yearly diaries | |
| Diaries | Whitney, G.H. | 1878-1953 | handwritten original copybook | |
| Diaries | Thorne, Thomas Dresser | 1820's - 1890's | A well-known local singer and building contractor [Obituary, Lew. Eve. Journal, Mar. 19, 1906] His buildings, many important in Lewiston's development and Pres. Andro Musical Association his diary includes music https://sites.rootsweb.com/~meandrhs/1999oct.html#thorne and https://sites.rootsweb.com/~meandrhs/0695.html#dresser | |
| Diaries | Thomas, Sylvanus D. | 1890 | weather daily journal, Lewiston | |
| Diaries | Pulsifer, Augusta Ellen Roak | 1863 - 1870 | Handwritten leather bound https://sites.rootsweb.com/~meandrhs/2000june.html#roak | |
| Diaries | Perry, John | 1863 | Private John Perry's commenced while in 15th Regiment Maine while stationed at Camp Parapit?, Louisiana – Civil War | Military |
| Diaries | Nelson, Martha Whitney | 1849 | diary of young bride whose husband, Otis C. Nelson, joined in the “Forty Niners” | |
| Diaries | McKenney, Hannah | 1856, 1866, 1872, 1876-77, 1880 | Two of her daughters married into the Dingley family. Besides her 6 diaries, there is one of her dau., Ruth, 1859 with newspaper inclusions, a diary of J? Dingley undetermined year, and one of Doris Spaulding, 1921, reusing a 1856 diary. Plus a number of photographs and newspaper clippings that appear unrelated. | |
| Diaries | Jones, Frank H. | 1877 | small, bound diary with minimal information | |
| Diaries | Harris, Amos | 1895-1907, 1912-1913, 1918-1921 | West Minot diaries | |
| Diaries | Ham, John S.P., Captain | July 16, 1863-Dec 25, 1864 | “Three Years in Dixie” Letters of Captain John S.P. Ham, Co. C. 13th Maine to his wife, Abbie L. and compiled by his son, Henry R. Ham, volume two | Military |
| Diaries | Given, Robert. E. | 1898-1900 | Original leather journal-3, paper-1 West Auburn | |
| Diaries | Giddinge, Andrew | May 9, 1795-Feb 11, 1797 | Memorandum on Louisburg Expedition – A. R. Giddinge's father | Military |
| Diaries | Davis, Amos | 1764-1807 | original in safe https://sites.rootsweb.com/~meandrhs/0691.html#davis | |
| Diaries | Daggett, Anna F.P. (Bailey) | 1878, 1879, 1886 | Wife of Rev Converse Rollin Daggett of Greene https://sites.rootsweb.com/~meandrhs/0296.html#anna | |
| Diaries | Campbell, Florence | 1904 | Handwritten bound diary of trip to world's fair | |
| Diaries | Brown, Olivier Hubbard and Anne Susan (Jumper) | 1850 - 1859, 1861 - 1869 | Journal split between the two: Olivier in Boston, 1 Jan 1850 - 1859 and Anne in Minot, 1861-1869 https://sites.rootsweb.com/~meandrhs/0694.html#brown | |
| Diaries | Wellman, E.C. | 1885 | diary entry, receipts, | |
| Diaries | Truell, Edwin M. | 1863 - 1863 | Civil War, Col E 12th Wisconsin | Military |
| Diaries | Thomas, John Wallace | Jan-Dec 1862 | Civil War diary | Military |
| Diaries | Ross, Edward F. | 1864? | of Poland, “Diary of Civil War Battles” 30th ME Reg't, brother to Sarah True (Ross) Goss | Military |
| Diaries | Plummer, William | 1804-1837 | hand typed-4 files, Danville https://sites.rootsweb.com/~meandrhs/0692.html#plummer | |
| Diaries | Pillsbury, Captain | 1804-1834 | Ancestor of Wm. Schoppe | |
| Diaries | Nelson, Levi M. | 1829-1862 | New Gloucester “cover says “Autobiography of Levi M. Nelson 1829 -1880” https://sites.rootsweb.com/~meandrhs/1096.html#levi | |
| Diaries | Nason, Osgood D. | 1861 -1863 | Chesterville, Civil War 7th ME Reg't. | Military |
| Diaries | Nason, Horace F. | 1861 - 1863 | Chesterville, Company I, 2nd MA infantry Civil War | Military |
| Diaries | Morse, William Holmes | 1861 - 1865 | Civil War diary covers Battle of the Wilderness, Morse of Minot, 5th ME Vol. Reg't | Military |
| Diaries | Merrill, Phebe C. | 1868 | Born in Hebron, worked at Lewiston mills https://sites.rootsweb.com/~meandrhs/1092.html#merrill | |
| Diaries | Merrill, Dana True | 1898-1901 | Lieutenant during Philippine tensions | Military |
| Diaries | Lemont, Josephine S. | 1865-1990s | Diary transcriptions, printed packet 1998 https://sites.rootsweb.com/~meandrhs/2000feb.html#lemont | |
| Diaries | Hutchinson, Agnes P. | Date? | Transcribed oral history taken in 1933 | |
| Diaries | Hodgkin, Thomas | 1803-1854 | Bound copy and originals and copies, 3 files https://sites.rootsweb.com/~meandrhs/0292.html#hodg1809 | |
| Diaries | Hodgkin, Nellie (McFarland) | ?? | transcribed by her grandson, John White, | |
| Diaries | Hodgkin, Jonathan | 1829 - 1833, 1823 - 1835 | transcript of his 1829-1833 diary and of his account book with entries from 1823 to 1835 transcribed by Doug Hodgkin 1991 https://sites.rootsweb.com/~meandrhs/0293.html#jona | |
| Diaries | Hodgkin, Irving D. | 1964 | As I Remember It, 1964 plus genealogical infor from 1873 atlas | Genealogy |
| Diaries | Heath, William W. | 1863 - May 13 1863 | 4th Reg't VT volunteers | Military |
| Diaries | Haley, John | extract from “Rebel Yell and the Yankee Hurrah” pages 124-150 Private of the 17th infantry, Saco | Military | |
| Diaries | Greenwood, Charles | 1859 | Industry, ME | |
| Diaries | Giddinge, Andrew Robinson's diary extracts | March 22, 1784 - May 6, 1810 | “Records” on cover | |
| Diaries | Giddinge, Andrew Robinson | miscellaneous typed title for diaries by Barry Tracy, Nov 8, 2002 | Giddinge | |
| Diaries | Giddinge, Andrew Robinson | Nov 1, 1800-Oct 22, 1801 1815, 1816,1818, 1819 Jan 1, 1833-May 31, 1833 June 1, 1833-Sept 23, 1833 May 1, 1837-July 31, 1837 | also list of diaries by year, 1784 – 1847 | Giddinge |
| Diaries | Foster, Sarah Jane | 1865-66 | West Virginia, teacher of the freedmen, published booklet | School |
| Diaries | Fisher, Elijah | 1775-1784 | published booklet, ""E.F's journal while in the War for Independence & Continued two year after he came to Maine"" plus an analysis of him and Revolutionary War | Military |
| Diaries | Damon, William P. | 1907 | 2 pages of a copies Civil war memoirs of 1864 writing about battle of Cold Harbor? Paris, Me, 32nd Me Reg't – out of a scrapbook from the AHS collection | Military |
| Diaries | Bucknam, Nathan | 1847-1863 | Lisbon – sailor aboard the Ship Forest King, served on 63 vessels https://sites.rootsweb.com/~meandrhs/0696.html#nathan | |
| Diaries | Bradford, Philemon A. | June 8, 1863 - Dec 3, 1868 | daily log of Civil War camp life, rewritten in pencil by someone, lists Battles in 1862. Plus 14 transcribed letters betw him, his family and wife, Alexandria, 1863, 1864 submitted by Laurel Van Deusen | |
| Diaries | Pottle, William & Moses | partial transcriptions kept in SF drawers | Commerce | |
| Diaries | Garcelon, William, Colonel | April 1832-July 1834, March 1838 - July 1841 | Grandson of James Garcelon, a Lewiston pioneer, two diaries https://sites.rootsweb.com/~meandrhs/0693.html#diaries Transcription by Elder and Philoon | Garcelon |
| Diaries | Crafts, Patience Ingalls | 1839-40, 1843-45, 1847, 1849 | School teacher in West Auburn teaching out of her home – diaries 1840, 1843-45, 1847,1849; Autograph album, 1839; Book of extracts from Pollacks Course of Time 1843-44 bound transcription, 1845 diary transcribed | School |
| Diaries/Ledgers | White, Charles E. | 1833 - 1838, 1881-1888 | Charles E. White of Topsham had a lumber business in Brunswick, Stone & Morse lumber business 1833-1838. First half consists of lumber figures; second half diary from Topsham 1881-1888 https://sites.rootsweb.com/~meandrhs/2000oct.html#white | Commerce |
| Diary | Crowley, William | 1910-12,1903 | Poultry business, Diary, also photos | Commerce |
| Ledgers | Giddinge, Andrew | 1772 - 1776 | Accounting of ship's stores | Commerce |
| Letters | Wight, Harold | 1917-1918 | 39 letters to mother during WWI original letters and envelopes plus memorabilia – transcribed by Russ Burbank | Military |
| Letters | Ward, Lee R. | 1918 - 1920's | ~36 letter to mother as private in WWI. Also a few to him including two from George Chase, president of Bates College. All of which are transcribed and on Google Drive. He eventually became a writer who sold manuscripts to Street and Smith, NY publishers. | Military |
| Letters | Little, Edward Letters | 1826 - 1830 | many in each year – in Dear Parent book | |
| Letters | Barton, Clara H. | 1862 | One letter written by Clara H. Barton of North Oxford, Mass to her uncle | |
| Letters | Little, Josiah Letter | 1830 | one letter | |
| Letters | Letter addressed to Bakerstown (Auburn) | 1794 | Only known one. Written to Capt. Wm. Pottle | |
| Letters | Davis, Amos | 1860s-1880s | FRAGILE original letters, deeds and account books | Commerce |
| Letters | Civil War letters, various | 1860 - 1865 | Some from Captain Horce Haskel 23th regiment of Turner, Ara Cushman, Surgeon J. T. Cushing, Elizabeth Pour?, among others | Military |
| Letters | Chase, Mrs. L.F. | 1890-1910 | letters to Mrs. Chase of Auburn, some to James Monroe & Co. of West Auburn, few others | |
| Letters | ""Shipping Lumber from Maine to the West Indies” | 1813? | 34,000 ft. of pine boards | Commerce |
| Letters | Wentworth, Edwin Oberlin | 1849-1862 | typed letters – Battle of the Wilderness | Military |
| Letters | Daggett, Aaron Simon | 1916-1938 | Letters to his son Royal Bradford Daggett | |
| Letters | Daggett, Aaron Simon | 1918-1930 | Letters to Ward family from Private Lee Ward during his service abroad WWI | Military |
| Letters | Williams, Phillip, Jr. | 1860-1864 | Maine 20th Regiment Co. C. Many letters to his wife in Livermore over the Civil War years and some from this family. Also transcription of letter excerpts. | Military |
| Letters | Pulsifer, Josiah Dunn | 1864 - 1865 | Approximately 50 letters to his wife, Helen Woodbury, during Civil War and “Forty Niner” trip about 25 are transcribed including dau. Abbie's 6 yr old 1855-65 diary. His own autobiograph, 1995 term paper by R. Cavanagh UMF and more in Subject Files under “Pulsifer” https://sites.rootsweb.com/~meandrhs/0695.html#civil | Military |
| Letters/Journal | Coombs, Zebulon | 1840-1910 | Letters and fragile journal original 1893, |