Papers, 1917-1970 (bulk 1926-1936)

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Papers, 1917-1970 (bulk 1926-1936)

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Items in this collection include Trask's class assignments and a number of items related to campus life at the University of Maine. Also included are writings and publications related to Trask's career in forestry. Several charts, graphs, and reports in the collection were submitted as assignments for undergraduate courses. Reports focus on operations of various manufacturing companies in Maine and New Hampshire and typically include information about the location of the facility, a floor plan, and an explanation of the workings and products of the company. Other assignments were prepared on general scientific topics and reflect the curriculum of courses in civil engineering, entomology, and forestry. These include daily temperature, wind velocity, and last frost dates for Orono, Maine; a draft survey of the area between Stillwater Avenue and the campus bicycle path; and lumber cut in the United States from 1850 to 1925.

1 record carton + 1 oversize folder.

Raymond H. Fogler Library

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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...

Trask, Henry O., 1903-1998.

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Henry "Chick" Orville Trask was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1903 and graduated from the University of Maine in 1927 with a bachelor's degree in forestry. As an undergraduate student, he participated in a number of campus activities including the student senate, Prism yearbook board, freshman football team, track team, and served as editor-in-chief of the Forestry Club's annual publication, Maine Forester. Trask continued his education at the Yale School of Forestry in New Haven, Connecticu...