Most material on this site originally appeared in newsletters published by the society between 1980 and 2011. The A-CHS newsletters contain more information. Complete sets of the newsletters are located at:
Bangor Public Library (207) 947-8336
Calais Free Library (207) 454 -2758
Maine Historical Society - Brown Library (207) 774 -1822
Maine State Library (207) 287-5600
Princeton Library (207) 796-5333
University of Maine at Machias – Merrill Library (207) 255-1234
University of Maine -Orono- Fogler Library (207) 581-1110
Woodland Public Library (207) 427-3235
2012 update
WHAT’S NEW IN 2012
Community – Artists: Learn about the Alexander Art Trail
Community – Diaries: Eda Varnum’s 1938 Diary will describe life in two Alexander homes
Community – Education: Help name the ca 1940 scholars at the Four Corners School
Community – Families: What happened to Charlie Brown?
Community – Families: Manly Townsend was Alexander’s only gentleman farmer. What did he accomplish in less than 50 years?
Community – Memories: High school friends of an Alexander girl ca 1963
Community – Neighborhoods: Breakneck Mountain in the southwest part of town and Tuf End in the north were different from the start to the present!
In Defense Of Our Country – We added biographies of Charles Hazen Card and Charles Weston Fenlason, two Civil War soldiers, We also told the story of a family that chose to keep their son Wesley Perkins home.
In Defense Of Our Country – Civil War Soldiers and Sailors: Ken Ross found two more men with Alexander connections, Chandler Pike and Nathaniel Spearin. See their sketches.
In Defense Of Our Country –
List of Defenders: Alexander resident Robert Hazelwood has been added to our
WWII list.
Making a living – Other jobs: What is cordwood?
WHAT’S NEW IN 2012
WHAT’S NEW IN 2012
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