Go Figures
A historian’s treasure trove, the Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library collects and cares for ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½’ documentary records, book and oral history collections, and nationally significant holdings from the late U.S. Sen. Edmund S. Muskie ’36. Here’s a numerical look at the Edmund S. Muskie Papers:
| Size of the Muskie Papers | 2,728.5 linear feet |
| Boxes of files | 5,381 |
| Documents | about 2 million |
| Photographs | 7,461 |
| Photo albums of square dancing | 8 |
| Photos of Muskie hypnotizing a lobster | 2 |
| Films and videos | 253 |
| Films of Muskie hypnotizing a lobster | 1 |
| Sound Recordings | 1,775 |
| Artifacts | 535 |
| Keys to cities | 64 |
| Statues of donkeys | 17 |
| Honorary plaques | 62 |
| National Hot Dog Month trophies | 1 |
Source: The Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library