
66 Items in This Collection
1) [Raymond Cotton—home movies] Reel 1
Intertitle: "Raymond O. Cotton presents TIME MARCHES ON. August 1937. Hiram Buys a Fire Engine. HIRAM FIRE DEPARTMENT IN ACTION." The fire department in Hiram was started in 1937, and t...
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2) [Raymond Cotton—home movies] Reel 2
Intertitle: "Raymond C. Cotton Presents FIELD OF BLUE THE STORY OF MAINE'S BLUEBERRY INDUSTRY. AUGUST Bushes and weeds are cut". Man with scythe cuts bushes in field. Men with axes wo...
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3) [Raymond Cotton—home movies] Reel 3
Intertitle: "The Family Album". Boy brings trash out of store and fills wire basket with trash and lights it on snowy day. A child and dog play around the store entrance. A bird takes...
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4) [Raymond Cotton—home movies] Reel 5
One brief sequence of people picking strawberries in field.
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5) [Hubert Clemons—home movies] Reel 1
Intertitle: "U.S. Tour H.W. Clemons" and view of U.S. map showing route of tour. Clemons joined a group of school teachers on a seven-week University of Maine sponsored bus tour of th...
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6) [Raymond Cotton—home movies] Reel 4
A snowplow comes toward camera pushing deep snow across a bridge. Several plows in the village (Hiram?) work to clear roads. Views of large circular ice saw on sled as men pull it ac...
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7) [Hubert Clemons--home movies] reel 2
One of several reels of film that depicts a group of school teachers on a seven week University of Maine sponsored bus tour of the U.S., which started and ended at Orono, Maine.
Views...
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8) [Hubert Clemons—home movies] Reel 3
One of several reels of film that depicts a group of school teachers on a seven week University of Maine sponsored bus tour of the U.S., which started and ended at Orono, Maine.
Inter...
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9) [Hubert Clemons—home movies] Reel 4
One of several reels of film that depicts a group of school teachers on a seven week University of Maine sponsored bus tour of the U.S., which started and ended at Orono, Maine.
Comme...
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10) [Hubert Clemons—home movies] Reel 5
One of several reels of film that depicts a group of school teachers on a seven-week University of Maine sponsored bus tour of the U.S., which started and ended at Orono, Maine.
Inter...
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11) The Good Old Days
2018-002
A Tribute to Our Hiram Neighbors
The Good Old Days
Produced by: Hiram Historical Society
Edited By: Ed Pierce
Narrated By: Hilda Kaye Berry
8mm Transfer By: Gnome Knoll Hiram,...
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12) Hiram Community Church Christmas Programs: 12/17/1989; 12/24/1989
Hiram Community Church Christmas Programs: 12/17/1989; 12/24/1989
Presented to Hiram Historical Soc. by Francis W. Lyons & Family
Not for Sale
2018-003
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13) Hiram, Maine, Flood of 1987
2018-004
Hiram, Maine, Flood of 1987
Property of the Hiram Historical Society
Not to be Sold. Gift of E. Pierce
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14) Hiram Fire Department 50th Anniversary Program and Parade–1987
2018-005
Hiram Fire Department
50th Anniversary Program and Parade – 1987
Not for Sale
Hiram Historical Society
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15) Raymond Cotton’s Talk on the Saco River, Brownfield H. S., 1989
THE SACO RIVER – Raymond Cotton
Brownfield H. S., 1989 HHS Copy
Raymond Cotton’s Talk on the Saco River, Brownfield H. S., 1989
Prpty of Hiram Historical Society
Not to be Sold. Not for...
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16) Raymon Cotton, Flood ‘89
2018-007
HHS Master. F.D.
Raymon Cotton, Flood ‘89
HHS Copy. Not to be Sold.
Hiram Fire Dept., Raymond Cotton,
Flood of 1987 (?) HHS Copy Not for Sale
HHS Master
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17) Hiram Historical Society Annual Meeting August 29, 1987
2018-008
Hiram Historical Society
Annual Meeting
August 29, 1987
H. H. S. Annual Pro-gram and Open House
August, 1987. Ray-mond Cotton, Walter
Twitchell, & Richard
Hamond, Speakers....
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18) Views of Hiram: A 35 mm Slide Presentation
Views of Hiram: A 35 mm Slide Presentation – Slides from the Collections of Hubert W. Clemons and Beverly Nason Copy 1
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19) HHS OPEN HOUSE, Aug. 22, 1992
2018-010
HHS OPEN HOUSE, Aug. 22, 1992
Speaker: Ned Allen “Longfellow and His Connection to Hiram”
M. C.: Eleanor B. Twitchell
Pianist: Huber W. Clemons
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20) Barnes House Fire 2/12/1992
2018-011
2018-011 Barnes House Fire 2/12/1992
The Barnes House Fire, 2/12/1992; Video by Russ Kenney; Music added by Ed Pierce. Property of HIRAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY. NOT FOR SALE;Music...
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21) Forest Fires 1947, Flood 1953
2018-012
2018-012 Forest Fires 1947, Flood 1953
1947 Forest Fires
1953 Flood in Hiram (Not for Sale) copy 1
1947 Forest Fires
1953 Flood in Hiram
Gift of Eric Noble
Property of Hiram Hi...
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22) 1964 Sesquicentennial Parade – 1976 Bicentennial Parade – Mem. Day Parade Miscellany
2018-013
U.S. Bicentennial Parade 1976 H.W. Cle
Home Movies of Huber W. Clemons, Hiram, ME
1976 – U. S. Bicentennial Parade in Hiram
Hiram’s 1964 Sesquicentennial Parade
A Memorial Day...
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23) Fourth of July Parade 1994
2018-014
Fourth of July Parade 1994
Fourth of July Parade,
Hiram, Maine, 1994
Property of Hiram Historical Society – NOT FOR SALE
2018-014
Fourth of July [illegible] E. Pierce
Fourth of...
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24) Fourth of July Parade 1995 P. Howard
2018-015
Fourth of July Parade 1995 P. Howard
Independence Day Parade, Hiram, July 4, 1995 – Video taken by Pricilla Howard
2018-015 Fourth of July Parade 1995 Priscilla Howard
Independ...
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25) Bus Tour 1959 & Hiram Events HW Clemons
2018-016
Bus Tour 1959 & Hiram Events HW Clemons
1959 Bus Tour & Hiram Events
Transferred from 8 mm film by Northeast Historic Film
Soldier Memorial Library, Hiram, ME
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26) “SEBAGO DOCKSIDE” Made in U.S.A Presents an Adventure in Shoemaking
Property of Hiram Historical Society
2018-020 Adventure in Shoe-making
“SEBAGO DOCKSIDE” Made in U.S.A Presents an Adventure in Shoemaking. (Copy)
H.H.S. Not for Sale
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27) Hiram’s Medicine Men Dr. Lowell Barnes 8/24/1989
Master HHS Tape Program 8/26/89
Not for Sale
“The Medicine Men” – Dr. L. Barnes
After pgm very short piece Raymond Cotton’s Birthday H.H.S
2018-021 Hiram’s Medicine Men Dr. Lowell Barne...
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28) HIRAM Historical Society Open House 1990
HIRAM Historical Society Open House 1990
2018-022 Old Town Meeting Annual Open House 1990 R Cotton
HIRAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY OPEN HOUSE 1990 Copy 1
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29) Wedding R. Cotton
2018-023
Wedding R. Cotton
Wedding of Raymond Cotton (86) and Doris Fernald Hayley (84), at the Hiram VFW Hall, Sept. 29, 1990. Property of the Hiram Historical Society. Not for Sale....
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30) Vandalism Watson Place
2018-024
Vandalism Watson Place
2018-024 Vandalism at the Watson Place 12/7/1993
Vandalism at the Watson Place – 1993
THE WATSON PLACE, HIRAM 12/7/1993 (after having been vandalized)
O...
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31) Welcome to Sacopee Valley High School
2018-025
Welcome to Sacopee Valley High school 2/91 Bill Hoxie
Sacopee Valley High School Video – Feb.1991 Bill Hoxie (HHS Copy) 17 min.
Copy: Welcome to Sacopee Valley High School Vide...
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32) Construction of Hiram’s New Bridge (1990-1991)
2018-026 Presented to THE HIRAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY by FRANCIS W. LYONS
Construction of Hiram’s New Bridge (1990-1991)
Property of Hiram Historical Society, Hiram, Maine Not for Sale
201...
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33) Hiram & Saco River
2018-027 Hiram & Saco River (up to Falls Mountain) Jack Wadworth 5/1996
Jack Wadsworth 5/1996 Hiram – Saco River Up to Falls Mtn.
Converted by Jack Wadworth 2012-6 to DVD 1996 + La...
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34) Mountain Division B&M & Maine Central Trips Through Crawford
2018-031 Mountain Division
Property of the Hiram Historical Society
Not to be Sold
MOUNTAIN DIVISION B&M Me. CENTRAL RR
TRIPS THROUGH CRAWFORD NOTCH
PROPERTY OF HHS 1990
2018-031...
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35) B.H Railroad Narrow Gauge
2018-033 Bridgeton & Harrison
B.H Railroad Narrow Gauge
Donated By: Edward C. Pierce
Property of the Hiram Historical Society
Not for Sale
2018-033 B&H
B.H Railroad H&M Rail...
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36) Trains of Northern N.E. 1997
2018-035 Trains of Northern N.E. 1997
Trains of NE. 1997
Property of Hiram Historical Society
Gift of Edward Pierce Hiram, ME
HHS Trains of Northern N.E. 1997
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37) CSRR 2000 CSRR 2001
2018-037
CSRR 2000
CSRR 2001
CSRR 2000 17 min
CSRR 2001 99 min
Railroad Videotape
Gift To HHS Ed Pierce
CSRR 2000 17 min
CSRR 2001 99 min
Gift To HHS Ed Pierce
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38) CSRR Railfan Weekend 2001
2018-038
CSRR Railfan Weekend 2001
CSRR Railfan Weekend 2001 Railroad Videotape
Rail Fan Weekend 2001 CSRR
Gift To HHS
Ed Pierce
RailFan Weekend CSRR Recorded by Don Patterson
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39) VIEWS OF HIRAM, ME: A 35 MM SLIDE PRESENTATION
2018-039 Historical Slides?
VIEWS OF HIRAM, ME: A 35 MM SLIDE PRESENTATION HWC & Beverly C_2 Nason
VIEWS OF HIRAM, ME: A 35 MM SLIDE PRESENTATION Property of Hiram Historical Societ...
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40) Hiram Bridge – 1992 Snowstorm – 1994 Xmas
2018-065 Hiram Bridge Construction 1990-91 by Priscilla Howard
2018-66 Hiram Snowstorm by Priscilla Howard 1992
2018-067 Christmas at Florence Kimball’s 1994
Hiram Bridge – 1992 Snowsto...
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41) Time Marches On
TIME MARCHES ON
Film of 1935-1939 by Raymond Cotton
length 56 min
presented by
Hiram Historical Society
HIRAM, MAINE 04041
Film & Narration: Raymond Cotton
Engineering: Ed Pierce
H...
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42) Recluse Farm dedication of sign--Audio Cassette 1
2018-041 Recluse Farm dedication of sign
Side One Clark Thompson Recluse Farm Sign Dedication June 10, 2006
Side 2 Delbert Gilpatrick Diane Perkins Wilbur Hammond Dana Edgecomb
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43) Raymond Cotton Stories: Reminiscences March 1982--Audio Cassette 2
2018-042 Raymond Cotton Stories remiscences March 1982
Raymond Cotton Stories March 1982
Raymond Cotton’s Reminiscences 1982 March 1982
Reminiscences of R.C. Cotton
Raymond Cotton Stori...
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44) Conversation of Raymond Cotton & Walter Twitchell--Audio Cassette 3
2018-043 Conversations of Raymond C. Cotton & Walter Twitchell
Cotton & Twitchell
Cotton & Twitchell
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45) Raymond Cotton's retirement party--Audio Cassette 4
2018-044 R. Cotton retirement party
Raymond cotton Retirement Party 1979
Historical Society 1979;After 50 years as Town Clerk
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46) Hiram Stories by Roger Flint 1980 tape 1--Audio Cassette 5
2018-045 Hiram Stories by Roger Flint tape 1
1 Hiram Roger W Flint
P.B. Youngs Mill
#1 1980
Reel #1 Side #1
Hiram Roger Flint Reel #1 Side #2
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47) Hiram Stories by Roger Flint 1980 tape 2--Audio Cassette 6
2018-046
2018-46 Hiram Stories by R. Flint tape 2
Hiram # 2 Roger Flint
1980
Hiram
Reel #2 Side #1
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48) Stories of Hiram by Raymond Cotton #1 1980--Audio Cassette 7
Stories of Hiram by Raymond Cotton # 1 1980
2018-047 Raymond Cotton Stories
P.B. Young Side 1 1980
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49) Reminiscences of Hiram by Thelma Kimball 1980--Audio Cassette 8
2018-048 Reminiscences of Hiram by Thelma Kimball.
2018-062 Reminiscences of Hiram by Paul Wadsworth.
Master Recording
HHS Master Recording
Thelma Kimball, Paul Wadsworth;Side 1: Side 2...
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50) Reminiscences of Hiram by Paul Wadsworth--Audio Cassette 9
048 & 062 Copy
Done 11/12/18 Nothing on Side B
Thelma Kimball Recorded 1980 “Reminiscences of Hiram” 1-130
1982- Paul Wadsworth 130-830 Cont. on other side
Continued from Side 1
Rec...
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51) Hiram stories by Raymond Cotton 1947 fire--Audio Cassette 10
2018-049 Raymond Cotton Stories: 1947 fire
Stories of Hiram By Raymond Cotton #2 Also ’47 Fire 1982;Side 1: Side 2 1947
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52) Hiram Lies 2 by Roger Flint--Audio Cassette 11
2018-051 Hiram Lies 2 by Roger Flint
Hiram Lies, by Roger W. Flint, Portland, Maine, 1989 1989
Hiram Lies, by Roger W. Flint, Portland, Maine, 1989 Side 2
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53) Popular piano music by Hubert W. Clemons--Audio Cassette 12
2018-052 Popular piano music by Hubert W. Clemons
Done 10/25/18
Side 1 1983 “Hiram Lies” Hiram Lies R.W. Flint R.W. Flint
2018-050 Hiram Lies 1 by Roger Flint
Side 2 “Popular” Piano Mus...
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54) Music of the American Revolution--Audio Cassette 13
2018-053 Music of American Rev.
1776 The Music of the Revolution
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55) Hiram Characters - Facts & Fantasies by Raymond Cotton--Audio Cassette 14
2018-54 Hiram Characters: Facts & fantasies by Raymond cotton & Walter Twitchell 23 July 1983 HHS Open House
HHS. Program 7/23/83 Remake Tape Master
Master Tape 7/23/83;HHS Annu...
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56) 2018-054? Remake--Audio Cassette 15
2018-054? Remake
Red Cotton & Walt Twitchell Return to H.H.S
H.H.S Program 7/23/83
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57) Hiram Town Meetings 1956, 1940s--Audio Cassette 16
2018-055 Hiram Town Meeting 1956, 19[?]
Hiram Town Meeting Both sides
Hiram Town Meetings Tapes by Raymond Cotton, Town Clerk 1956 and 1940s
Voices identified: Arnold Pendexter, Moderat...
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58) George Boyd, POW, WW2--Audio Cassette 17
2018-056 george Boyd POW WW2 taped 1993 by sister grace gilpatrick
Grace Gilpatrick’s Talk “George Boyd, POW” Dec. 4, 1993 Hiram Historical Society
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59) Mt. Cutler School Lunch Programs--Audio Cassette 18
2018-057 Mt. Cutler School Lunch Programs by Helen Rankin 8 Jan 94
Helen B. Rankin Jan. 8, 1994 Speaker Mt. Cutler School Lunch Programs;Taped by Helen B. Rankin, manager, 8 Jan 1994
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60) Conversation with Irving Sargent 4 Sept 1994--Audio Cassette 19
2018-058 Conversation with Irving Sargent 4 Sept 1994
Irving Sargent Sept. 4, 1994
Harvey Robbins interviews Irving Sargent at the Bridgton Health Care Center.
Irving Sargent Sep 4, 19...
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61) Conversation with Irving Sargent 2 Oct 1994--Audio Cassette 20
2018-059 Conversation with Irving Sargent 2 Oct 1994
Irving Sargent Oct. 2, 1994
Conversation between Harvey Robbins and Irving Sargent Oct 2, 1994
Irving Sargent Oct 2, 1994;Taped by H...
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62) Harvesting ice at Hiram Creamery--Audio Cassette 21
2018-060 Harvesting Ice
Harvesting Ice at Hiram Creamery, W.G. Twitchell
Harvesting Ice at Hiram Cry 7/1/95 Walter Twitchell
Done 10/16/18;Taped by owner Walter Twitchell 4 July 1995
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63) Golden Jubilee Mt. Cutler School--Audio Cassette 22
2018-061 Golden Jubilee Mt. Cutler School. School Song, O’ Hiram, Venetian love song
GOLDEN JUBILEE MARCH used during J. Rowe’s tenure at Mt. Cutler School. THE MT. CUTLER SCHOOL SONG (...
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64) Raymond Cotton Stories: Memories March 1983--Audio Cassette 23
2018-063 Raymond Cotton Stories memories march 1982
9/26/82 Memories of Master Tape Raymond Cotton Hiram Tape # 2 Master Tape H.H.S
Memories of Raymond Cotton
Master Tape #2 Master
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65) Hiram Characters 1987--Audio Cassette 24
2018-064 Hiram Characters 1987
Done 10/26/18 Nothing on side B This is audio of 2018-008 video Illustrious characters
Hiram Historical Society Open House Program, 8-29-97 “Hiram Charact...
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66) A Tribute to Our Hiram Neighbors: The Good Old Days
VHS videotape: "A Tribute to Our Hiram Neighbors: The Good Old Days"
Produced by Hiram Historical Society; Edited by Ed Pierce; Narration by Hilda Kaye Berry
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Hiram Historical Society Collection

Credit: Raymond Cotton home movies, Hiram Historical Society Collection, Northeast Historic Film. Construction worker aids the effort to eliminate a railroad crossing, August, 1938.
Credit: Excerpt from Raymond Cotton home movies, Hiram Historical Society Collection, Northeast Historic Film. Maine blueberry farming, 1938.

Primary Format and Extent
film (1,785 ft.) : si., b&w ; 8 mm.

Collection Date Range
1937 – 1976

Summary
The Hiram Historical Society Collection contains 10 reels of amateur 8 mm. film. The collection was shot between 1937 and 1976 by Raymond Cotton and Hubert W. Clemons of Hiram, Maine. The Hubert W. Clemons home movies are five reels of travelogue footage taken on a seven-week University of Maine-sponsored bus tour of the United States in 1959. Footage highlights National Parks and Reserves, including national monuments and historic sites. The Raymond Cotton home movies offer a glimpse into family and community life. Community events include raccoon hunting, the 1938 Memorial Day parade, and efforts to clean up the damage from the 1938 hurricane that struck New England. With a keen eye for work processes, Cotton documented the training and development of the Hiram Fire Department, the ice harvesting process, river drivers running logs on a river, and Maine blueberry farming practice by season.

Biographical/Historical Notes
Hubert W. Clemons Hubert W. Clemons shot his 8 mm. travelogue films on a seven-week University of Maine-sponsored bus tour of the United States in 1959. The tour started and ended at Orono, Maine. Tour guides included Professor and Mrs. Robert Supple. The tour took a northern route out to the west coast, briefly visited Tijuana, Mexico, and then returned to Maine via the southern route. Clemons (acting Curator at the time) and the members of the Hiram Historical Society voted unanimously to donate their collection of 8 mm. films to Northeast Historic Film in April of 2004, including the home movies of Raymond Cotton.
Raymond Cotton was a storekeeper in Hiram, Maine. He owned a grocery store, and his wife, Marcia, ran a beauty shop in the space above the store. In addition to being a local grocer, Cotton was a blueberry farmer and member of the fire department. The fire department in Hiram was started in 1937, and was a community-building organization that had annual celebrations, some of which are depicted in the films. Cotton's work appears in an essay, Amateur film and the rural imagination, by Mark Neumann and Janna Jones (pp. 234-237), published in "Cinematic countrysides," Manchester University Press, 2007. WorldCat Raymond Cotton is the author of "Hog reaves, field drivers, and tything men: the birth pains of the town of Hiram." WorldCat Hiram Historical Society The Hiram Historical Society was founded in 1994 and is housed in a schoolhouse built ca. 1883 off Main Street on Historical Ridge Road, where it serves the community of Hiram, Maine.
Raymond Cotton was a storekeeper in Hiram, Maine. He owned a grocery store, and his wife, Marcia, ran a beauty shop in the space above the store. In addition to being a local grocer, Cotton was a blueberry farmer and member of the fire department. The fire department in Hiram was started in 1937, and was a community-building organization that had annual celebrations, some of which are depicted in the films. Cotton's work appears in an essay, Amateur film and the rural imagination, by Mark Neumann and Janna Jones (pp. 234-237), published in "Cinematic countrysides," Manchester University Press, 2007. WorldCat Raymond Cotton is the author of "Hog reaves, field drivers, and tything men: the birth pains of the town of Hiram." WorldCat Hiram Historical Society The Hiram Historical Society was founded in 1994 and is housed in a schoolhouse built ca. 1883 off Main Street on Historical Ridge Road, where it serves the community of Hiram, Maine.

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Repository
Northeast Historic Film

Availability
The Collection is open for research.

Condition Governing Reproduction and Use
Authorization to reuse and/or reproduce must be obtained from Northeast Historic Film. See http://www.oldfilm.org/research for more information.
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