Scrapbook, 1913-1916 / Harold W. Coffin.

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Scrapbook, 1913-1916 / Harold W. Coffin.

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A scrapbook compiled by Coffin while a student at the University of Maine. It contains signatures and comments of class members as well as programs and photographs of campus life, fraternity and social events. It also includes copies of college entrance exams, grade reports and college invoices. Of particular interest are items documenting Coffin's membership in the Theta Chi fraternity and postcards and photographs of college scenes and buildings.

1 v. ; 31 x 44 cm.

Raymond H. Fogler Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7942387

Raymond H. Fogler Library

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Theta Chi

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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...

Coffin, Harold Wilhelm, 1891-1972.

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Harold W. Coffin was born in Portland, Maine in 1891. He was a member of the class of 1916 at the University of Maine, majoring in electrical engineering. He married Grace Bristol, also a graduate of the University of Maine, and they had five children. Harold Coffin was in the military for 30 years, serving in both World War I and World War II. He also worked for Bangor Hydro Electric Co. Coffin died on July 19, 1972. From the description of Scrapbook, 1913-1916 / Harold W. Coffin. (...