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An elderly man in glasses, smiling, wearing a black cap embroidered "U.S. Army Veteran" and a dark plaid shirt, seated in a restaurant.
Ivan in a family photograph, wearing a U.S. Army Veteran cap. Date not recorded
Family photograph. Cropped at the right edge to leave out another person.
A newspaper notice headed "Irvin G. Oaks To Be Presented Safety Medal."
Morning Sentinel, February 24, 1942: "Irvin G. Oaks To Be Presented Safety Medal."
Morning Sentinel, via the owner's public Newspapers.com clipping 206674242 Cropped at the right edge to remove part of the neighboring column; the article is shown whole. This report says the accident happened “last summer” and gives 6900 volts; the October 1941 report of the South Channel dam accident differs on the season, the voltage and whether the man was unconscious.
A newspaper marriage notice for Irving Gilbert Oak and Natalie Mildred Russell.
Marriage notice of Irving Gilbert Oak and Natalie Mildred Russell, July 1925.
Evening Express, page 6, via Newspapers.com Cropped to the notice; upgraded from a 400px thumbnail to the full-page scan.
A woman in a long dark dress standing on the steps at the doorway of a clapboard house; the print has a tinted appearance.
Lizzie, as the family's label on the photograph identifies her, standing at the door of a clapboard house. The print appears tinted; date and place not recorded.
Family photograph, labelled by the family.
A strip of a handwritten census page listing Irving, Nellie, Allan, Wendell and Ivan Oak, with their ages and birthplace.
The Oak household in the 1940 census of Skowhegan, Maine: Irving, head, a lineman for the power company; Nellie; and their sons Allan, 14, Wendell, 12, and Ivan, 8. April 1940
1940 United States census, Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine, sheet 18A, lines 15–19 (U.S. National Archives) Cropped to the Oak household's five lines and to the columns from name to industry; other households, the street and house number, the home's value and the wage column are left out.
A short newspaper notice headed “Donald Russell Oak”, reporting the death of the infant son of Irvin G. Oak and Nellie Russell Oak.
“Donald Russell Oak, infant son of Irvin G. Oak and Nellie Russell Oak, died Saturday.” February 10, 1930
Daily Kennebec Journal, page 2, via Newspapers.com Cropped to the one notice; upgraded from a 400px thumbnail to the full-page scan.
A short newspaper item headed “Colorado Scholarship” about Ivan R. Oak's state scholarship; a street address is masked.
“Colorado Scholarship”: Ivan R. Oak, a graduate of Skowhegan High School, is awarded the Maine state scholarship to the Colorado School of Mines for 1949–50. September 5, 1949
Portland Press Herald, page 20, via Newspapers.com Cropped to the item; the family's street address is masked.
A newspaper column listing the University of Maine students from Orono registered for the fall semester, among them Ivan R. Oak.
“Penobscot County Students Registered at University”: the students from Orono registered for the fall 1955 semester, among them “Ivan R. Oak.” October 5, 1955
The Commercial (Bangor), page 6, via Newspapers.com Cropped to the lead paragraph and the “From Orono” list; the headline and the other towns' lists are left out.
A newspaper column headed “Change OD to Santa Red” about an Army battery's Christmas gifts to children.
“Change OD to Santa Red”: Battery B of the 274th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, at Ladd Air Force Base, brings Christmas to the Maranatha Orphanage and St. Joseph's hospital. “The drive was spearheaded by Second Lt. Ludwig N. Ladas, Sfc. Herbert H. Taylor, and Sgt. Ivan R. Oak.” December 30, 1953
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, page 6, via Newspapers.com Cropped to the article.
Three lines of a newspaper wedding report listing out-of-town guests, among them Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Oak, all from Orono.
Among the out-of-town guests at Wendell's wedding at Old Town: “Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Oak, Mrs. Herbert Spencer and Mrs. Albert Goodin all from Orono.” June 29, 1954
Bangor Daily News, page 7, via Newspapers.com Cropped to the lines naming Ivan and his wife among the out-of-town guests; the guest list begins and ends beyond the crop.
Three lines from a newspaper's Harrison County marriage-licence list, naming Ivan R. Oak, Keesler, and Evelyn Dixon, Amory, among other couples.
The Harrison County marriage-licence list: “Ivan R. Oak, Keesler, and Eve-lyn Dixon, Amory” (the name hyphenated across a line). July 11, 1952
Daily Herald (Biloxi, Miss.), page 14, via Newspapers.com Cropped to the licence entry and its immediate neighbors on the list.
A newspaper holiday note in two parts, joined in reading order: its first two lines, “Arthur J. Flemming visited over the holidays with Mr. and”, then, after a dashed line marking the column break, its last five lines, naming Mrs. Ivan R. Oak and family at South Danville, N. H., and two other families.
Holiday notes from Skowhegan: “Arthur J. Flemming visited over the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Ivan R. Oak and family at South Danville, N. H.” The item begins at the foot of one column and ends at the top of the next. December 30, 1959
Morning Sentinel (Waterville, Maine), page 12, via Newspapers.com The whole item, in reading order: its first two lines, at the foot of one column, then its last five lines, at the top of the next. The dashed line marks the column break.
A newspaper article headed “U-M To Get Amplifier” about a Western Electric grant to the University of Maine.
“U-M To Get Amplifier”: the Western Electric Fund grant to the University of Maine's College of Technology, presented by “A. F. Strazdas, New York, college relations representative for the company, and Ivan R. Oak, who is stationed at the North Andover, Mass., plant. Oak is a 1957 graduate of the U. of M.” July 16, 1966
Bangor Daily News, page 7, via Newspapers.com Cropped to the article.
A short newspaper item naming Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Oak and their four children as Saturday guests of his aunt and her husband.
Christmas visitors at Madison: “Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Oak, Cathy, Ricky, Russell and Judy of Danville, N. H. were Saturday guests of his aunt and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Foss.” December 28, 1961
Bangor Daily News, page 8, via Newspapers.com Cropped to the one item.
A flat granite memorial stone inscribed “In memory of Russell A. Oak, June 1, 1960 – Sept. 1, 1981. His ashes are part of the mountains he loved.”
Russell's memorial stone. Photograph date not recorded
Family photograph, held in the family tree
A newspaper paragraph listing the Rockingham County 4-H leaders who received Silver Clover awards, among them Mrs. Ivan Oak of Danville; it continues, after a dashed line marking the column break, at the top of the next column.
Among the Rockingham County 4-H leaders honored for five years of leadership: “Mrs. Ivan Oak, Danville” (Evelyn). November 15, 1966
The Portsmouth Herald, page 6, via Newspapers.com The whole Silver Clover paragraph, in reading order: it begins in one column and ends at the top of the next. The dashed line marks the column break.
A short newspaper item about the Timberlane school board's 6-3 vote.
“Elsewhere in the News”: the Timberlane board's 6–3 vote, and the reasons given by “Ivan R. Oak, school board vice chairman.” April 13, 1974
The Boston Globe, page 2, via Newspapers.com Cropped to the Timberlane item, which repeats the Associated Press report.
Two newspaper columns reporting the Timberlane school board's rejection of proposals to end the teachers' strike.
Associated Press report in The Boston Globe, “Timberlane pupils plan 2d walkout to support teachers”: “Ivan R. Oak, board vice chairman,” gives the board's reasons. April 14, 1974
The Boston Globe, page 14, via Newspapers.com Cropped to the report's first two columns; the headline and the photograph beside it are left out.
A short newspaper paragraph quoting Oak: “We believe it is in the best interest to proceed in operating the schools without the striking teachers.”
“We believe it is in the best interest to proceed in operating the schools without the striking teachers,” Oak said. April 14, 1974
The Boston Globe, page 14, via Newspapers.com The top of the report's third column only, stopping before the next paragraph, which names another person.
A front-page newspaper headline: “Hiking Timberlane strikers greeted by 3500 in Chicago.”
The Boston Globe's front-page headline on the Timberlane teachers' march to Chicago; the article continues on page 8. July 1, 1974
The Boston Globe, page 1, via Newspapers.com Cropped to the headline; the article's opening names other people and is left out.
A newspaper column beginning “In New Hampshire yesterday, the vice chairman of the Timberlane School Board, Ivan R. Oak, called the Chicago action ‘an exercise in futility.’”
Page 8, continuing the front-page report: “the vice chairman of the Timberlane School Board, Ivan R. Oak,” calls the Chicago march “an exercise in futility” and says the striking teachers have hurt their cause. He ends: “This whole strike is part of an NEA ploy to begin with.” July 1, 1974
The Boston Globe, page 8, via Newspapers.com Cropped to Oak's remarks in full, through “part of an NEA ploy to begin with”; the rest of the article is left out.