Robert C. Castle Notebook
Scope and Contents Note
A notebook used by a farmer in Belgrade, Maine. The notebook was used between the years 1912 and 1916 to record farm products bought and sold, recipes, work done on his farm buildings, crops planted, and occasionally as a diary. Many of the records are about his poultry farm and the number of eggs that he sold.
Dates
- Creation: 1912-1916
Creator
- Castle, Robert C., 1870-1943 (Person)
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access.
Use Restrictions
Information on literary rights available in the repository.
Biographical Note
Robert C. Castle was born in New York City in 1870. In the 1910 Federal Census he was living in Belgrade, Maine and working as a farmer. In the 1920 Federal Census his occupation was described as plumber. His first wife Harriet C. died in 1913. He married his second wife Edith M. Wood in 1914 and she died in 1920.
Extent
1 folder (1 item ; 30 cm)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
A notebook used by a farmer in Belgrade, Maine. The notebook was used between the years 1912 and 1916 to record farm products bought and sold, recipes, work done on his farm buildings, crops planted, and occasionally as a diary. Many of the records are about his poultry farm and the number of eggs that he sold.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Marna Waskin, New Gloucester, Maine in July 2001.
General
No finding aid - see Special Collections librarian for assistance.
- Title
- Guide to the Robert C. Castle Notebook
- Status
- No Additional Box Or Folder List For This Small Collection
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English.
Repository Details
Part of the Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections Repository
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207-581-1686
