Maine Collection

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The Port of Portland, State of Maine

Port of Portland Authority

The Port of Portland, State of Maine

Compiled and Distributed by Port of Portland Authority, 1935(?).

Contents include: General Description of Port / Marine Terminal Facilities / Port Services and Costs Usually Borne by Vessels / Terminal Charges and Railroad Absorption Arrangements / Historical Sketch of the Port of Portland / Commerce of the Port / Steamship Services / Railroad Service / Bunkering Facilities / Water Supply / Fisheries / Industrial and Agricultural Activities of State / Recreational Facilities of the State of Maine / Maine's Wild Waters Full of Fighting Fish / Laws; Rules; Regulations; Pertaining to Portland Harbor / Legislation Creating the "Port of Portland Authority" / Motor Trucking Industry / Schooner "Edna Hoyt" / Yachting in Maine Waters / Classified Directory of Advertisers.
The Productivity Imperative and the New Maine Economy

Maine State Planning Office

The Productivity Imperative and the New Maine Economy

Maine State Planning Office, Economics Division, April 1990.

Richard H. Silkman, Director; Stephen J. Adams, Principal Author

Contents: Introduction / Maine's New Economy / The Productivity Imperative / Meeting the Productivity Imperative / Conclusions / Notes / References
The Silent Watcher, Or, York As Seen From Agamenticus

Sybil Warburton

The Silent Watcher, Or, York As Seen From Agamenticus

by Sybil Warburton

"Giving a Glimpse into its Past History as the City of Gorgeana, with a Few Suggestive Pictures of the Town at the Present Time."

Boston, Mass., 1897

Contents: Historical Sketch / The Winds' Voices / The Silent Watcher / The Spirit of the Storm / The Sands of Georgeana / The Runaway Brook / What the River Told to the Watching Cape / School Days / York River / Calling the Cows
The Story of an Old New England Town: History of Lee, Maine

Vinal A. Houghton

The Story of an Old New England Town: History of Lee, Maine

Compiled and Edited by Vinal A. Houghton, Belgrade, Maine (Formerly of Lee, Maine).

Nelson Print, Wilton, Maine 1926

Contents: Descriptive / Historical / Reminscences / The Religious History / The Schools / Lee Academy / The Industrial History / The Fraternal Organizations / The Military History / The Civil Roster / The Census of 1860 / Odds and Ends of History / First Things / Lee in Poetry / Early Settlers / Miscellaneous Items / Angling on the Passadumkeag / The Mattakeunk Cabin Colony / Conclusions
The Story of New Sweden as Told at the Quarter Centennial Celebration of the Founding of the Swedish Colony in the Woods of Maine, June 25, 1895

Stanley J. Estes

The Story of New Sweden as Told at the Quarter Centennial Celebration of the Founding of the Swedish Colony in the Woods of Maine, June 25, 1895

Edited by Stanley J. Estes
The Story of Prouts Neck

Rupert Sargent Holland

The Story of Prouts Neck

by Rupert Sargent Holland

The Prouts Neck Association, Prouts Neck, Maine (1924)

Contents: I. The First Settlement / II. The Second Settlement / III. Prouts Neck / Colonial Chronology / Key to Holland Map

Maps: "General Plan of the 18 Hole Golf Course" and "Sketch Map of Prouts Neck, Maine, J.W. Holland, 1910".
The Underground Railroad in New England

American Revolution Bicentennial Administration, Region I

The Underground Railroad in New England.

Published by the American revolution bicentennial Administration, Region I.

Georgia E. Ireland, Regional Director; Mary Yeaton, Project Director (1976?).

"Credit for this publication is extended to Boston 200, The Bicentennial and Historical Commissions of the six New England states, and the Underground Railroad Task Force: Andrew Bell, Charles Carter, Gilbert Center, Cindy Coombs, George Cyr, Terry Harlow, Joyce Keeler, Richard Kuns, Gaunzetta Mitchell, Marcus Mitchell, Matthew Rillovick , Rowena Stewart, Carolyn Van Horn, Mary Wyatt, Dr. Robert York."
The Voluntary Water Quality Monitoring Program : 1982 Project Report

Barbara Welch, Judy Potvin, and Mary Ellen Dennis

The Voluntary Water Quality Monitoring Program : 1982 Project Report

by Barbara Welch, Judy Potvin & Mary Ellen Dennis

Division of Environmental Evaluation and Lake Studies, Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Augusta, Maine 1982.

Contents: Understanding Maine's Lakes and Ponds / Acknowledgement / Temperature / Dissolved Oxygen / Other Measures of Lake Water Quality / Nutrients / Algae and Chlorophyll a / Transparency / Morphometry / Sampling / Protection / Classification / Answers to Most Frequently Asked Questions / Glossary of Terms / Appendix A : Maximum, Minimum, and Mean Values / Appendix B : Phosphate Content of Common Cleansers / Appendix C : Maine Trophic State Index Criteria / Appendix D : 1982 TSI Values / Appendix E : Class GP-B Lakes / Appendix F : Conversion Chart / Appendix G : Ranges of Transparency, Chlorophyll a, and Total Phosphorus / Lake Data
Thomas Sewall; Some of His Ancestors and All of His Descendants: A Genealogy

Henry Sewall Webster

Thomas Sewall; Some of His Ancestors and All of His Descendants: A Genealogy

by Henry Sewall Webster (1845- ).

Gardner, Maine 1904.

Contents: Part I - Ancestors of Thomas Sewall / Part II - Thomas Sewall and His Descendants.
Three Men From Maine : Sir William Pepperrell, Sir William Phips, James Sullivan and A Bit of Old England in New England

John Francis Sprague and Bertram E. Packard

Three Men From Maine : Sir William Pepperrell, Sir William Phips, James Sullivan (by John Francis Sprague); and A Bit of Old England in New England (by Bertram E. Packard)

Sprague's Journal of Maine History, Dover-Foxcroft, Maine (1924).

Contents: Sir William Pepperrell (1696-1759) / Sir William Phips (1651-1695) / James Sullivan (1744-1808) / A Bit of Old England in New England (Gardiner family)
To Arms! Songs of the Great War

Laura E. Richards

To Arms! Songs of the Great War

by Laura E. Richards

The Page Company, Boston, Mass., 1918.

"First Impression, December, 1917."

The Colonial Press, C.H. Simonds Co., Boston, U.S.A.
Tourmaline - A Prospecting Guide for Massive Base-Metal Sulfide Deposits in the Penobscot Bay Area, Maine

John F. Slack

Tourmaline - A Prospecting Guide for Massive Base-Metal Sulfide Deposits in the Penobscot Bay Area, Maine

by John F. Slack, U.S. Geological Survey

Special Economic Studies Series No.8

Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation, Augusta, Maine (June, 1980).

Contents: Abstract / Introduction / Geologic Setting / Massive Sulfide Deposits / Tourmaline Occurrences / Tourmaline: A Guide to Ore / Acknowledgements / References Cited