A first draft typescript copy of Gordon Bowie’s Ph.D. dissertation for the University of Maine, entitled “R. B. Hall and the Community Bands of Maine” (May, 1993). Dissertation discusses significance of R. B. Hall’s contribution to band music, history of Hall’s involvements with bands in Bangor, Waterville and Albany, New York, context of community bands, and specific Hall compositions. The paper draws from both primary and secondary source materials, including interviews with surviving band members. Relates to other accessions deposited by Bowie. See NA 2049; NA 2050 – NA 2052; NA 2228; NA 2261 – NA 2262.RESTRICTED: Not to be photocopied without author’s permission as this work has presumably been superseded by the dissertation itself.