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Marc A. Johnson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1630

Scope and Contents

Maps, plans, aerial photographs and other materials collected by Johnson to document forest land use and logging in Maine, especially in areas near the Kennebec River and Moosehead Lake. Included are maps and records from Great Northern Paper Company, Hollingsworth & Whitney Company, Scott Paper Company and the Kennebec Log Driving Company as well as maps and plans from a wide variety of other sources.

Dates

  • Creation: 1890-1994

Creator

Access Restrictions

Kept at Fogler Library's offsite storage facility. One week's notice required for retrieval.

Use Restrictions

Information on literary rights available in the Library.

Biographical Note

Marc A. Johnson was born Feb. 11, 1944 in New Britain, Conn. He graduated from the University of Connecticut with a B.S. in forestry in 1967 and from the University of New Hampshire with an M.S. in forestry in 1971. He worked at Scott Paper Co. in Waterville, Maine, and in real estate and forestry, later becoming president of Skylark, Inc. He also had a forestry consultant business and was an accomplished photographer and woodcarver and a historian of the log drives in Maine. Marc Johnson died Nov. 29, 2006.

Extent

2 boxes

31 folio folders

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Maps, plans, aerial photographs and other materials collected by Johnson to document forest land use and logging in Maine, especially in areas near the Kennebec River and Moosehead Lake.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Holly D. Johnson, June 2010.

Title
Guide to the Marc A. Johnson Collection
Status
Box And Folder List Available
Date
2012
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Code for uncoded script
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections Repository

Contact:
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207-581-1686