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James B. Vickery Manuscript Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0602

Scope and Contents

The Vickery manuscript collection contains a wide range of material related to Maine history, Maine families, Maine towns, and the Civil War, as well as a lot of general Maine material and some general interest material. The most prominent subjects include: Bangor, ME; Joshua L. Chamberlain; Civil War (mostly letters, organized by family name). Types of material include: correspondence; deeds; diaries; Maine families (history, genealogy,and letters); letters; Maine; marriage records; newspapers; scrapbooks; ships, etc.

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1711-circa 1997
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1800-1899

Creator

Restrictions on Access

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

James B. Vickery was born in Unity, Maine in 1917, and grew up there. He was educated at Maine Central Institute and Bates College and received a master's degree at the University of Maine. He worked as a teacher in the Maine school system for many years and was a scholar, editor, historian and researcher as well as one of the foremost experts on Maine history. Over a more than thirty year period, he collected thousands of books, letters, and other documents relating to Maine history and Maine families with a special emphasis on Bangor and its surrounding areas. After his death in 1997, his extensive collection of Maine historical books and documents was divided among several institutions, including Fogler Library.

Extent

11 boxes

3 folio folders

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The Vickery manuscript collection contains a wide range of material related to Maine history, Maine families, Maine towns, and the Civil War, as well as a lot of general Maine material and some general interest material. The most prominent subjects include: Bangor, ME; Joshua L. Chamberlain; Civil War (mostly letters, organized by family name). Types of material include: correspondence; deeds; diaries; Maine families (history, genealogy,and letters); letters; Maine; marriage records; newspapers; scrapbooks; ships, etc.

Organization and Arrangement

The collection is organized alphabetically into sections by subject headings, ie. "Families" or "Civil War"; however material which does not fit under a specific subject has been placed alphabetically by the title on the individual folders. For example, there is no specific section for cities and towns; they are distributed throughout the collection.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of James B. Vickery, 1997.

Title
Guide to the James B. Vickery Manuscript 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