Amazing biographies and stories

Agriculture

• Yom Kippur at Sea, Op ed by Sam Kestenbaum, New York Times, op ed, Yom Kippur 5771 Sept, 2010 (Deer Isle)

Histories

• Susman Abrams (Union, Maine) in John Langdon Sibley A History of the Town of Union, Boston, Mussey, 1851 1846 (Union)
• William Leffler II , A Study of Congregation Ahawas Achim, Bangor, Maine for 1849 to 1856 from the Minutes of the Congregation May 1957
• To the Children and Grandchildren of Joseph and Harry Shur 4/29/1982
• In Pursuit of the American Dream by W Dennis Stires, privately published 2008 (Livermore Falls)
• Summit Springs : the Poland Springs alternative summer resort for the German Jewish Elite of New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, prepared originally for the Second Maine Jewish History Conference at Colby College, Spring 2011 2011 (Poland, Me)

History

• Louis M. Fleisher Master Camper date not known (North Belgrade)
• Across My 50 Years as a Camp (Kennebec) Director 1962 (North Belgrade)
• Yankee Fiddler A Man Called Suss by Celia C Risen : part 2 of 4 1988 (Augusta)
• Yankee Fiddler A Man Called Suss by Celia C Risen : part 3 of 4 1988 (Augusta)
• Yankee Fiddler A Man Called Suss by Celia C Risen : part 4 of 4 1988 (Augusta)
• Yankee Fiddler A Man Called Suss by Celia C Risen : part 1 of 4 1988 (Augusta)
• MDI Historical Exhibit on display at COA 7/3/1992 (Bangor)
• Crossing Lines: A record of the 1992-93 exhibit conceived by Judith S. Goldstein and organized by the University of Maine Museum of Art Part 1 of 3 1994 (Bangor/Mt. Desert Island/Calais)
• Crossing Lines: A record of the 1992-93 exhibit conceived by Judith S. Goldstein and organized by the University of Maine Museum of Art Part 3 of 3 1994 (Bangor/Mt. Desert Island/Calais)
• The tracks of their ancestors - Augusta Family Travels into its Past pg. 1 8/22/1998 (Augusta)
• The tracks of their ancestors - Augusta Family Travels into its Past pg. 2 8/22/1998 (Augusta)
• The tracks of their ancestors - Augusta Family Travels into its Past pg. 3 8/22/1998 (Augusta)

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Military

• Servicemen of Jewish Identity Who Gave Their Lives To Their Country In Time of War , compiled by Jim Friedlander, Commander, Jewish War Veterans of America, Jacob Cousins Post #99, Portland Me As of 10-22-10 2010

Not Yet Classifed

• Anne Levine Wolff Scrapbook 1/1/2011 (Waterville)

Not Yet Classified

• Harriet and Arthur Waterman family papers date not known
• Dr Elias Caplan, The Growth of Portland's Jewish Community Life : A Complete History from the Very Beginning of the City's Jewish Life to Its Present-Day Prominence", Oct 14, 1940, reprint of article from the Jewish Advocate, Boston Oct 1940
• The Growth of Portland's Jewish Community Life, essay by Dr Elias Cohen 4 Oct 1940 (Portland )
• Guide to the Papers of Israel Bernstein 1945-1986 (Portland)
• Toby Shafter, The Fleshpots of Maine : Portrait of a Down-East Jewish Community , Commentary Magazine v.7 no 1, Jan 1949 1949 (Calais)
• Rose and Maurice Livingston 1965 circa (Portland)
• Susman Russakoff Memoires edited and prepared for circulation by Ida Russakoff Hoos in honor of Susman Russakoff and his Eightieth Birthday Dec 19, 1965
• Elisabeth Russakoff Golden Family History 1968 (Skowhegan)
• Feig, Konnilyn G , Portraits of the Past: The Jews of Portland, Maine Jewish Bicentennial Oral History Program 1976-1977
• Mickey Wiesenthal retires from Evening Express (Portland Press Herald) 1984
• Henry and Sarah Schwey: Sharing Tips for a Lasting Romance , by Shoshanna Hoose, Staff Writer, Maine Sunday Telegram Feb 14 1988
• Celia C. Risen, Some Jewels of Maine : Jewish Maine Pioneers, Pittsburgh, PA Dorrance Pub Co 1997
• Recollections of Emma Arenstam on the Ocassion of her Granddaughter's Bat Mitzvah Aug 2001 (Lewiston-Auburn)
• Abraham J Peck and Jean M Peck, Maine's Jewish Heritage , Arcadia Publishing 3 March 2007
• Nathan Cogan, Memoir of Bath, Maine: Recollections of My Family and The First & Second Generation Jewish Immigrants, 1886-1960 , Beth Israel Congregation Reunion, Sunday, September 13, 2009 1886-1960
• Growing up Jewish in Maine : The Levine Legacy by Josie Huang July 1, 2010
• "Oh, Lord. Oh, Lourdes. Alors!" , an essay in "How to Spell Chanukah and Other Holiday Dilemmas" 2011 (Bangor)
• Elliott Epstein, Fitting In & Moving Up: H Isaacson in Lewiston/Auburn 1900-1922 2011
• A Legacy of My Memories by Sarah Meltzer Smalley 2012

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Philip Lown

• Guide to the Papers of Philip Lown 1944-1974 (Auburn)
• Cantor Kurt Messerschmidt with the Radio Munich Choir 1947-1950

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