Collection Timeline

1900 to 2021

1900
Gorham Normal School Class Photo

1918
Draft registration WWII: Joseph Cyrus Fisher
Draft registration WWII: Harold Mark Bond
Draft registration WWII: Christopher Columbus Bond

1938
Records: "Americans All - Immigrants All"

1942
Draft registration WWII: Walter Francis Wiggin
Draft registration WWII: Clarence Asbury Dunlap

1955
African American conductor at Union Station, Portland

1965
Letter to Gerald Talbot from Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

1967
Gerald Talbot at the Portland Press Herald
Barbara Adams receiving scholarship from Donald Fisher
Book: "The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual from Its Origins to the Present"

1968
Book: "Frederick Douglass Fights for Freedom"
Maine's Black residents and public service

1969
Book: "Blacks in American: Then and Now"

1970
Certificate from Gov. Kenneth Curtis to Harold Richardson for appointment to Director of Maine Law Enforcement Planning and Assistance Agency (September 23, 1970)

1973
Donating books to Portland Press Library

1975
Bayard Rustin, Gerald E. Talbot, and A. Philip Randolph

1976
Graduation day at Waynflete School
Book: "Quiz Book on Black America"
Maine Data Supplement House Seat 21 about school enrollment

1977
The Talbot family and public service pt.1
The Talbot family and public service pt.2

1980
Gerald Talbot sworn into the State Board of Education

1981
Pamphlet and Letter: Portland Rewards Excellent Performance (PREP) an alternative school
Flyer: "20th Anniversary of the Historic 1963 March on Washington, A Call to the Nation"

1982
Letter to Josephine's School of Hair Fashion (December 9, 1982)

1983
Pamphlet: Conference Registration for POLDS the Learning Disabled Child
Bowdoin College MLK Day Activities
Letter to Harold Richardson from Gov. Joseph E. Brennan (May 4, 1983)

1984
Robert Booth, Gerald Talbot (Chairman of the State Board of Education) and, Claire Smith

1999
First day of school pt. 1
First day of school pt. 2

2001
Mr. James Sheppard interview clip 1
Mr. James Sheppard interview clip 2
Mr. James Mathews interview clip
Mr. Rupert Richardson interview clip
Mr. Edgar Anderson on Education
Mrs. Beverly Bowens on Education
Mrs. Rose Jackson On Education
Mrs. June McKenzie on Education
Mrs. Beverly Bownes on Education and Employment
Mr. James Mathews On Education and Employment
Mrs. June McKenzie on Education and Employment
Mr. Edgar Anderson on Employment
Mrs. Beverly Bowens on Employment
Mr. James Mathews On Employment
Mrs. Lucille Young on Employment

2002
Book: "The Hornes: An American Family"
Mr. Richard Tarrence on Education and Employment

2003
Reverend Albert Jackson and Mrs. Clemmie Jackson interview clip
Mr. Jim Taylor interview clip
Ms. Emma Jackson on Employment

2021
Black and Born in Bangor