The Pine Needle was UMaine's campus "Humor Magazine" that began publication in the fall of 1946, the first post-World War II semester that saw GIs returning to campus. The periodical's content and editorial style reflects the changes that happened in American humor during the war. Unlike previous student publications, The Pine Needle sold advertising space, allowing editors to print photographs, particularly stock "Campus Glamour" photos that employed techniques used in Hollywood glamour portraiture to objectify "co-eds." The last issue was published [Spring 1951?].
Libraries and archives collect materials from different cultures and time periods to preserve and make available the historical record. As a result, materials such as those presented here may reflect sexist, misogynistic, abusive, or discriminatory attitudes or actions that some may find harmful or difficult to view.
Submissions from 1951
The Pine Needle, vol 5, no 2, Pine Needle Publications, Douglass Kneeland, and Rupert Amann
The Pine Needle, vol 5, no 3 (aka Scare), Pine Needle Publications, George Liakakos, Ted Gross, Ann Dutille, Martha Barron, Doug Kneeland, Sally Brackley, Ted Lawson, Stan Ferguson, Robert Philips, and Martha Barron
The Pine Needle, vol 5, no 4, Pine Needle Publications, Ted Gross, Jim Barrows, Barbara Mason, Lois Welton, Phyllis Webster, Kinley Roby, and Mase Johnsfield
Submissions from 1950
The Pine Needle, vol. 4, no. 2, Pine Needle Publications, Al Mersky, Ginny Stickney, Woody Bigelow, Bill Loubier, Steve Riley, Joe Zabriskie, and Jim Barrows
The Pine Needle, vol. 4, no. 3, Pine Needle Publications, Katie Snow, Fred Gross, Ginny Stickney, Nat Tarr, Stan Winslow, and Dick Sprague
The Pine Needle, vol. 4, no. 4, Pine Needle Publications, Steve Hopkinson, Sid Folsom, Joyce McGouldrick, Nat Tarr, and Jim Barrows
The Pine Needle, vol 5, no 1, Pine Needle Publications, Charles Lewis, Al Mersky, Sid Folsom, Nat Tarr, Joyce McGouldrick, and Doug Kneeland
Submissions from 1949
The Pine Needle, Easter 1949, Pine Needle Publications, Priscilla Nason, and Vera Edfors
The Pine Needle, November 1949, Pine Needle Publications, John Bache-Wiig, Joe Zabriskie, Steve Riley, and Kinley E. Roby
The Pine Needle, Spring 1949, Pine Needle Publications, Bob Lord, and Sash Weight
Submissions from 1948
The Pine Needle, Fall 1948, Pine Needle Publications, Clair Chamberlain, Sid Folsom, Carroll Page, Bill Brennan, Larry Pinkham, Bob Slosser, Kenneth Zwicker, Russ Meade, Jarry Tabor, and Ray Cudahy
The Pine Needle, vol. 2, no. 3, Pine Needle Publications, Ray Cudahy, Tad Wieman, Lloyd Shapleigh, Fisher Flint, Rip Haskell, and Judy Coffin
The Pine Needle, vol. 2, no. 4, Pine Needle Publications, Rip Haskell, Clair Chamberlain, Kay Bennett, Jane Libby, Frank O. Stephens, Oscar Davis, Dick Sprague, and Russ Meade
The Pine Needle, Winter 1948, Pine Needle Publications, Biff Shalek, Jane Libby, Kay Bennett, Clair H. Chamberlain, and Sid Folsom
Submissions from 1947
The Pine Needle, April 1947, Pine Needle Publications, Clair H. Chamberlain, Scoop Rieker, Hank McKee, Charles E. St. Thomas, Rip Haskell, Ike Webber, Barbie Patten, Kenny Zwicker, Elaine McManus, and Richard Cutts
The Pine Needle, December 1947, Pine Needle Publications, Ted Gridley, Frank O. Stevens, Oscar Davis, Monty Higgins, D. S. Thomas, Rip Haskell, Clair Chamberlain, and Pat Woodward
The Pine Needle, February 1947, Pine Needle Publications, Rip Haskell, Lawrence C. Collier, Bill Horner, Jean Miller, Shirley B. Speers, Joe Tillem, K. Bridges, Lloyd Shapleigh, Bill Brennan, and Barbie Patten
The Pine Needle, March 1947, Pine Needle Publications, Kenny Zwicker, Tony Hillerman, Sol Wett, Robert G. Nesbit, Ike Webber, Biff Shalek, Denny Evans, Shirley Crane, Barbie Patten, and Don Gross
The Pine Needle, May 1947, Pine Needle Publications, Clair H. Chamberlain, Samuel E. Jones, Kenny Zwicker, Bonnie Andrews, Pauline Marcous, Don Gross, and D. S. Thomas
The Pine Needle, vol. 2, no. 1, Pine Needle Publications, Jean Miller, Judy Coffin, Dick Sprague, Kenneth F. Zwicker, F. Stevens, Oscar Davis, Ted Gridley, Clair H. Chamberlain, Cliff Whitten, and Monty Higgins
Submissions from 1946
The Pine Needle, December 1946, Pine Needle Publications, Marty Blank, Rip Haskell, Joe Tillem, S. S. van Toole, Kay Bridges, Clair Chamberlain, Roy Spears, Muriel Polley, and Joe Cobb
The Pine Needle, November 1946, Pine Needle Publications, Ted Jennison, Rip Haskell, Clair Chamberlain, Jean Miller, and Kay Bridges