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Bangor (Me.) -- History -- 20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Listen to This: Recording Stories of Bangor's Homeless collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll-0054
Content Description

Materials documenting the Listen to This oral history project. Contains audio recordings of fourteen interviews conducted between Bangor-area high school students and people experiencing homelessness. Also includes interview log notes with timestamps, edited interview clips, and project documentation.

Dates: 2009 July 27-August 6

Louise Surette photograph albums

 Collection
Identifier: Coll-0020
Content Description

Three albums of snapshot photographs that document Louise Surette's life in Bangor in the mid-20th century. Subjects include her family, friends, recreational activities, co-workers and work at Bangor shoe factories, World War II, and Bangor scenes. Many photographs are captioned.

Dates: 1919 - 1968; Majority of material found within 1936 - 1944

Nicola Rogers collection of Bangor photographs

 Collection
Identifier: S-Coll-0006
Content Description

Photographs showing various events and historical figures including parades, Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, Ringling Brothers Circus, French opera singer Emma Calvé, and President William Howard Taft.

Dates: 1907 September 16-1912 June 18

Penobscot Exchange menus

 Collection
Identifier: S-Coll-0055
Content Description

Menus for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years dinners at the Penobscot Exchange in Bangor, Maine. (Includes two copies of the Christmas Dinner menu from 1923.)

Dates: 1923 - 1924

Richard W. Gustin scrapbook on Bangor area theaters

 Collection
Identifier: Coll-0095
Content Description

Scrapbook on Richard W. Gustin's work as a motion picture projectionist at Bangor area theaters including the Bijou, Park, Strand, and Milo Drive-In. Includes list of equipment of various theaters, information about work completed, photographs of projection equipment, newspaper clippings, and programs. Also includes programs for union banquets and Gustin's licenses to operate moving picture machines in Bangor, Maine.

Dates: 1920 - 1942

Sherburne School Alumni records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll-0096
Content Description

Primarily meeting minutes, but also correspondence, reunion programs, alumni lists, and a typed history of Sherburne School.

Dates: 1946 - 1969