Baycrest Hotel Records
Scope and Contents
The collection contains records from the Baycrest Hotel in Harborside, Cape Rosier, Maine. This small collection contains primarily financial records of the hotel. Included are journals of expenses incurred in running the hotel, 1939-1953, and registers from 1928-1965 of total charges for each guest for rooms, meals, the garage, etc. Also included are three volumes of daily guest registers, 1912-1967, listing the name and home address of each guest.
Dates
- 1912-1967
- Majority of material found within 1925-1940
Creator
- Gray, Maurice L. (Person)
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 repository.
Historical Note
Maurice L. and Carrie Gray were the proprietors of the Baycrest Hotel in Harborside, Cape Rosier, Maine. The hotel was open year-round but did most of its business during the summer months. It appears to have been in business from 1912 until 1967. According to tax documents found in the collection, the hotel was located on about eight acres of land. By 1940 several buildings made up the site, including the main house, originally a farmhouse built about 1874 and remodeled through the years, a dining room and kitchen building, four bungalows, an amusement hall, a barn, a library and storage building, several garages, a laundry and an ice house. Also included were a wharf and landing float as well as four rowboats. A net profit of $861 was listed in 1940.
Extent
1 cubic foot (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains records from the Baycrest Hotel in Harborside, Cape Rosier, Maine. This small collection contains primarily financial records of the hotel. Included are journals of expenses incurred in running the hotel, 1939-1953, and registers from 1928-1965 of total charges for each guest for rooms, meals, the garage, etc. Also included are three volumes of daily guest registers, 1912-1967, listing the name and home address of each guest.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donor unknown.
- Baycrest (Harborside, Me.)
- Financial records Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Gray, Carrie
- Harborside (Me.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hotels -- Maine -- Harborside Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Registers (Lists) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Guide to the Baycrest Hotel Records
- 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
