Maritime and academic collection 1950-1997.

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Maritime and academic collection 1950-1997.

This collection consists of materials gathered by Professor Battick in association with his course in maritime history. Included are periodicals, pamphlets, and brochures concerning ports, harbors, ships, shipbuilding, and marine equipment. Some course materials are also included.

8 boxes (9 linear feet)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7674429

Raymond H. Fogler Library

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University of Maine

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The University of Maine saw approximately 1,000 students and alumni serve in World War I and 3,900 serve in World War II. Both wars had a strong effect on the university and its students; the desire to honor those who had served and to memorialize those who had died led to various activities on campus. After the end of World War I, funds were raised to erect the Memorial Gymnasium and Armory and after World War II, those who had died were honored in a volume titled "University of Maine, World Wa...

Battick, John Francis, 1932-

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Professor Battick was born in Northhaven, Conn. in 1932, the son of Boatswain's Mate Frank Battick and Dorothy Otto. He served in the submarine service, U.S. Navy from 1953-1955. He did his undergraduate work at Yale and Boston University, receiving his BA in 1958. Battick earned his MA in 1959 and Ph. D. in 1967 from Boston University. He began his teaching career with a teaching fellowship at Boston University, then came to the University of Maine as an assistant professor in 1964. He became a...