A Guide to Baxter State Park and Mount Katahdin in Maine

Archive

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Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

A Guide to Baxter State Park and Mount Katahdin in Maine

Entry/Object ID

MWM2012.0001.0079

Scope and Content

Physical- White cover with writing in black and red. Decorationn in green and yellow. Image of a mountain and park on the front. This is a guide to the (then) newly incorporated Baxter State Park and Mount Katahdin, Maine. It includes information about plants, animals, and wild life in general, camping, and a brief history of the creation of the park.

Collection

Newton Collection

Acquisition

Accession

MWM2012.0001

Source or Donor

Newton, John W. (Jack) and Anne H.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Guidebook

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Instructional Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Animals, Camping, Mountains, Plants, Roads, State parks & reserves, Wildlife conservation

Search Terms

Baxter State Park (Piscataquis county, Maine : inhabited place), Maine (United States : state), Katahdin, Mount (Piscataquis county, Maine : mountain)

Archive Details

Creator

Published by Baxter State Park Authority and Main Department of Economic Development

Date(s) of Creation

1967

Primary Language

English

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

9" x 6"

Condition

Notes

Sticker on the front. Some pen writing. Some folds and blemishes.

General Notes

Note

Notes: Donor's personal sticker on front cover. Written on the front cover in pen: "1967" Written on inside cover in pen: "1967" (the actual date 1967, is not printed in this guidebook. Inside of guidebook is a piece of paper titled, "Baxter State Park Rules and Regulations, Revised 1967"-- Paper contains donor's personal stamp. Written on the paper is: "Baxter State Park PO Box 540 Millinockett Main 207-723-5201 Helen Gifford" Scan ID#: WM201300382; WM201300383