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1) Quest #105: Water Ways
VHS reference tape. Recorded 11/15/95. Program #105 of the MPTV series 'Quest: Investigating the World We Call Maine.' Includes 218 seconds of NHF archival footage, showing scenes of: M...
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2) Made in Maine #807: Historic Maine Innovations
Recorded 12/12/95. Program concerning Maine technology. Includes 62 seconds of NHF archival footage: scenes of Lombard hauler used in logging operations. ONSITE REFERENCE ONLY.
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3) 1993 Cheer Leading Championships [NHF Tape #2]
No description available
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4) The Air We Breathe, Reel 2 [NHF Tape #3]
Special by Bob Libbey
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5) The Air We Breathe, Reel 1 [NHF Tape #4]
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6) The Air We Breathe, Reel 1 [NHF Tape #5]
Special by Bob Libbey
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7) Arcady Music Festival: Lorentian String Quartet [NHF Tape #6]
Lorentian String Quartet
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8) Arcady Music Festival, Program 1 [NHF Tape #7]
cardboard box
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9) Arcady Music Festival, Program 3 [NHF Tape #8]
No description available
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10) Arcady Music Festival, Program 4 [NHF Tape #9]
cardboard box
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11) Arcady Music Festival, Program 5 [NHF Tape #10]
cardboard box
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12) Arcady Music Festival, Program 6 [NHF Tape #11]
cardboard box
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13) Arcady Music Festival: Winter Journey [NHF Tape #12]
Winter Journey
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14) The Art of the Oboe [NHF Tape #13]
Music Department concert
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15) Bangor Symphony Orchestra, Reel 2 [NHF Tape #14]
No description available
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16) Bangor Symphony Orchestra [NHF Tape #15]
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17) Bangor Symphony Orchestra: Tribute to Verner Torkanowsky [NHF Tape #16]
No description available
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18) Bangor Symphony Orchestra: May 1994 [NHF Tape #17]
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19) Bangor Symphony Orchestra: May 1994, Reel 2 [NHF Tape #18]
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20) Bangor Symphony Orchestra: October 1991 [NHF Tape #19]
cardboard box
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21) Bar Harbor Festival [NHF Tape #20]
cardboard box
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22) The Best of ____________ [NHF Tape #21]
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23) Boys' Class C Final: Semi-Final Basketball Game [NHF Tape #22] (WESTERN MAINE)
Western Maine High School Championship Basketball
Traip Rangers vs. Wiscasset Redskins
12/17/1995
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24) Campaign '94 [NHF Tape #23]
No description available
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25) Campaign '94: Citizen's Forum [NHF Tape #24]
No description available
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26) Campaign '94: Educational Debate [NHF Tape #25]
No description available
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27) Can You Read This: The State of Maine's Literacy [NHF Tape #26]
No description available
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28) Free Press, Fair Trial [NHF Tape #27]
Don Carrigan special
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29) Girls' Class B Final Basketball Game [NHF Tape #28]
No description available
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30) Girls' Class C Eastern Maine Semi-Final Basketball Game [NHF Tape #29]
Probably features Schenck High School of East Millinocket as one of the teams. (They won the State Championship that year.)
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31) Girls' Class D State Final [NHF Tape #30]
Should be Southern Aroostook vs. Richmond. The East won 50-42.
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32) Inside Augusta #101 [NHF Tape #31]
cardboard box
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33) Inside Augusta: The Budget Crisis #101 [NHF Tape #32]
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34) Inside Augusta: The Budget Crisis #102 [NHF Tape #33]
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35) Inside Augusta: The Budget Crisis #103 [NHF Tape #34]
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36) Inside Augusta: The Budget Crisis, July 1993 [NHF Tape #35]
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37) ITVS Gubernatorial Debate [NHF Tape #36]
No description available
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38) ITVS Gubernatorial Debate [NHF Tape #37]
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39) Joy of Music [NHF Tape #38]
cello / piano concert
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40) Leontyne Price, Reel 1 [NHF Tape #39]
At the Maine Center for the Arts, master (cardboard box)
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41) Like An Ever Rolling Stream: The Rural Church in Maine [NHF Tape #40]
No description available
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42) Live from the Maine Center: Turtle Island String Quartet [NHF Tape #41]
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43) Magic Keys [NHF Tape #42]
A piano recital with Bayka Voronietsky
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44) Maine's Budget Crisis: The State We're In [NHF Tape #43]
No description available
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45) Maine Citizen's Forum [NHF Tape #44]
No description available
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46) Maine Geography Bee [NHF Tape #45]
No description available
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47) Maine Health Cure Forum [NHF Tape #46]
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48) Maine Maritime Cruise Into History [NHF Tape #47]
John Greenman production
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49) Maine State Cheering Competition [NHF Tape #48]
No description available
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50) Maine State High School Marching Bands Championship: Reel 1 [NHF Tape #49]
No description available
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51) Maine State Jazz Festival [NHF Tape #50]
No description available
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52) Maine State Marching Bands [NHF Tape #51]
No description available
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53) Maine Summer Music Festival #101 [NHF Tape #52]
Bay Chamber Concert Series
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54) Maine Summer Music Festival #102 [NHF Tape #53]
Arcady Music Festival
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55) Maine Summer Music Festival #103 [NHF Tape #54]
Kniesel Hall
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56) Maine Summer Music Festival promo [NHF Tape #55]
Arcady promo (cardboard box)
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57) Marriage of Music [NHF Tape #56]
Portland String Quartet
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58) Mear's Cove: Blueprint for Change [NHF Tape #57]
No description available
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59) Media Watch #11 [NHF Tape #58]
(cardboard box)
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60) Media Watch #13 [NHF Tape #59]
(cardboard box)
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61) More Things That Aren't There Anymore [NHF Tape #60]
(cardboard box)
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62) Music from Dalhousie
NHF Tape #61 // edited master (cardboard box)
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63) Music in the Spring [NHF Tape #62]
Music Department concert
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64) On the Edge: 40 Years of Maine Painting [NHF Tape #64]
No description available
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65) Painting in Maine #102: Katahdin [NHF Tape #68]
(plastic box, edited master)
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66) On the Wings of Music [NHF Tape #65]
Music Department concert
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67) One Family's Year in China [NHF Tape #66]
John Greenman program
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68) Painting in Maine #101: Potato Country [NHF Tape #67]
(plastic box, edited master)
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69) Painting in Maine #103: West Quoddy Head [NHF Tape #69]
(plastic box, edited master)
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70) Painting in Maine #104: The Bubbles [NHF Tape #70]
(plastic box, edited master)
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71) Painting in Maine #105: The Ferry Slip [NHF Tape #71]
(plastic box, edited master)
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72) Portland String Quartet Concert [NHF Tape# 130]
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73) Painting in Maine #106: Milltown, Canada [NHF Tape #72]
(plastic box, edited master)
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74) Painting in Maine #107: Small's Falls [NHF Tape #73]
(plastic box, edited master)
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75) Painting in Maine #108: Mt. Kineo [NHF Tape #74]
(plastic box, edited master)
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76) Painting in Maine #109: Sunday River [NHF Tape #75]
(plastic box, edited master)
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77) Painting in Maine #110: The Desert of Maine [NHF Tape #76]
(plastic box, edited master)
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78) Painting in Maine #201: Cobscook State Park [NHF Tape #77]
(plastic box, edited master)
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79) Painting in Maine #201-209 promos [NHF Tape #78]
(plastic box, edited master), :30 and :40 second promos
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80) Painting in Maine #202: Cutler, Maine [NHF Tape #79]
(plastic box, edited master)
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81) Painting in Maine #203: Camden Harbor [NHF Tape #80]
(plastic box, edited master)
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82) Painting in Maine #204: Pennamaquan River [NHF Tape #81]
(plastic box, edited master)
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83) Painting in Maine #205: West Branch of the Penobscot [NHF Tape #82]
(plastic box, edited master)
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84) Painting in Maine #206: Big Lake [NHF Tape #83]
(plastic box, edited master)
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85) Painting in Maine #207: Grand Lake Stream [NHF Tape #84]
(plastic box, edited master)
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86) Painting in Maine #208: Fishermen's Weir [NHF Tape #85]
(plastic box, edited master)
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87) Painting in Maine #209: Schoodic Point [NHF Tape #86]
(plastic box, edited master)
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88) Painting in Maine promo reel [NHF Tape #87]
(plastic box, edited master) 10 - :30 second promos
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89) Painting in Maine promo reel masters [NHF Tape #88]
(plastic box) 13 cuts
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90) Painting in Maine #101 (APS): Cobscook Bay State Park [NHF Tape #89]
(plastic box) Series 100 and 200 programs chosen for a 3rd season broadcast, offered for national distribution through APS [American Program Service]
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91) Painting in Maine #102 (APS): Pennamaquan River [NHF Tape #90]
(plastic box) Series 100 and 200 programs chosen for a 3rd season broadcast, offered for national distribution through APS [American Program Service]
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92) Painting in Maine #103 (APS): Mt. Katahdin [NHF Tape #91]
(plastic box) Series 100 and 200 programs chosen for a 3rd season broadcast, offered for national distribution through APS [American Program Service]
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93) Painting in Maine #104 (APS): The Ferry Slip [NHF Tape #92]
(plastic box) Series 100 and 200 programs chosen for a 3rd season broadcast, offered for national distribution through APS [American Program Service]
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94) Painting in Maine #105 (APS): West Branch of the Penobscot [NHF Tape #93]
(plastic box) Series 100 and 200 programs chosen for a 3rd season broadcast, offered for national distribution through APS [American Program Service]
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95) Painting in Maine #106 (APS): The Desert of Maine [NHF Tape #94]
(plastic box) Series 100 and 200 programs chosen for a 3rd season broadcast, offered for national distribution through APS [American Program Service]
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96) Painting in Maine #107 (APS): Camden Harbor [NHF Tape #95]
(plastic box) Series 100 and 200 programs chosen for a 3rd season broadcast, offered for national distribution through APS [American Program Service]
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97) Painting in Maine #108 (APS): Mt. Kineo [NHF Tape #96]
(plastic box) Series 100 and 200 programs chosen for a 3rd season broadcast, offered for national distribution through APS [American Program Service]
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98) Painting in Maine #109 (APS): Sunday River Covered Bridge [NHF Tape #97]
(plastic box) Series 100 and 200 programs chosen for a 3rd season broadcast, offered for national distribution through APS [American Program Service]
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99) Painting in Maine #110 (APS): The Bubbles [NHF Tape #98]
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MPTV Collection

Primary Format and Extent
video ( mins.) ; sd., col. : 3/4 in.

Secondary Format and Extent
video ( mins.) ; sd., col. : 1 in.

Collection Date Range
1979 – 2001

Summary
The collection contains broadcast programs, and other materials including public service announcements and political campaign spots. Public affairs and general interest series represented include "Great American Woodlots," "Home: The History of Maine," "Maine Reporters Notebook," "Media Watch," and "Personally Speaking." Cultural programs include "Bangor Symphony Orchestra: Tribute to Verner Torkanowsky," and episodes from the series "Painting in Maine."
Programs include "The Grange at the Crossroads," and "Like An Ever Rolling Stream: The Rural Church in Maine" Collection also includes material on the Associated Press (AP) in Maine.

Biographical/Historical Notes
Maine Public Broadcasting Network (MPBN) was using MPTV as a corporate name when these materials were donated. The broadcaster was formed from the merger of WCBB-TV in southern Maine and the University of Maine MPBN network. WCBB-TV went on the air in 1961 as a partnership of Colby College, Bates College, and Bowdoin College.

Genre(s)
Documentary, Educational, Sports , Political television commercials
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