Ronald F. Banks Papers
Scope and Contents
The papers record the literary work of Ronald F. Banks. They contain correspondence, notes, typescripts, and galley and printers proofs for his book "Maine Becomes a State." Included also are copies of his Ph.D. thesis at the University of Maine. Research materials for his unfinished book on federal Indian policy are also included.
Dates
- circa 1970
Creator
- Banks, Ronald F. (Person)
Access Restrictions
Nine boxes with material on Maine Indian land claims are restricted. Access permission may be granted by contacting Special Collections librarian.
Kept at Fogler Library's offsite storage facility. One week's notice required for retrieval.
Use Restrictions
Information on literary rights available in the repository.
Biographical Note
Ronald Fillmore Banks was an associate professor of history at the University of Maine at Orono and a nationally-known authority on Maine history and U.S. federal Indian policy. He was born in 1934 in Bangor, Maine and died in 1979. He grew up in Camden, Maine and received his B.S. degree in Education in 1956 from Gorham State College and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Maine at Orono in 1958 and 1966. He was past president of Phi Kappa Phi honor society. He had taught at the University of Maine at Orono for 16 years as a specialist in Maine history. He served as chairman of the Maine State American Revolution Bicentennial Commission and was an advisor to the Maine attorney general on the state's Indian land claims case. During his career he wrote and/or edited three books: Maine becomes a state, A history of Maine, and a bibliography of the state during the Federal and Jeffersonian period. At the time of his death he had been commissioned to begin research on a book to be titled "The scope of federal Indian policy in the formative years 1763-1835; the Maine Indian Land Claim as a case study."
Extent
10 linear feet (10 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The papers record the literary work of Ronald F. Banks. They contain correspondence, notes, typescripts, and galley and printers proofs as well as copies of his Ph.D. thesis at the University of Maine and research materials for his unfinished book on federal Indian policy.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposited by Mrs. Ronald F. Banks.
- Authors, American -- Maine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Galley proofs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Indians of North America -- Government relations Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America -- Maine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Maine -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Notes Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Theses Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Typescipts Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- University of Maine
- Title
- Guide to the Ronald F. Banks Papers
- 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
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207-581-1686
