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Harold L. Osher, 1924-2023

Published on 11 January 202411 January 2024 by Jonathan Crowe

Harold L. Osher died on 23 December 2023 at the age of 99. (Today would have been his 100th birthday.) He and his wife Peggy (who died in 2018) amassed a sizeable map collection, which they then donated to the University of Southern Maine; they went on to donate to and campaign for the map library that would bear their name. More: Maine Public Radio, WCSH.

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