C. E. Thayer Son Business Records
Scope and Contents
Documents of a general store in Winterport, Maine. Included are receipts, bills, invoices, legal notices, and correspondence. Among the letters are some personal ones including one about petitioning in a murder / assault case.
Dates
- 1853-1880s
Creator
- C. E. Thayer & Son (Organization)
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
Clarissa and Hollis (her son) Thayer ran a general store in Winterport, Maine between 1853 and the 1880s.
Extent
1 linear foot (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Documents of a general store in Winterport, Maine. Among the letters are some personal ones including one about petitioning in a murder / assault case.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Peter Weston prior to December 1970 through the efforts of Prof. David Smith. The papers were rescued from the Winterport dump.
- Advertisements Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Business records Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Dry-goods -- Maine -- Winterport Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Financial records Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- General stores -- Maine -- Winterport Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Invoices Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Receipts (Financial records) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Thayer, Clarissa
- Thayer, Hollis
- Winterport (Me.) -- Commerce Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the C. E. Thayer & Son Business 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
