Robert O. E. Elliot Papers
Scope and Content Note
Papers of an outdoorsman, journalist, writer, and photographer who spent much of his life in Maine. The collection contains correspondence, drafts of articles, and copies of published articles that document Robert Elliot's long career as a writer and photographer.
Dates
- 1926-1975
- Majority of material found within 1960-1975
Creator
- Elliot, Robert O. E., 1902- (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.
Biographical Note
Robert O. E. Elliot was born in 1902 in Hyde Park, Massachusetts, and spent his youth in Woolwich, Maine, and Hampton, New Hampshire. A prolific writer, he started free-lance writing in high school and after graduating from Hampton Academy in 1920, studied journalism at Boston University. He married Annie Colwell in 1925, and they moved back to Hampton, where Elliot wrote for several newspapers, including the Hampton Union, the Boston Herald Traveler, and the Portsmouth Herald. In 1946, he moved to Augusta, Maine, to work as Director of Recreational Promotion for the Maine Development Commission. He worked at several Maine state agencies during his career, retiring in 1971 as Director for Travel and Tourism for the Maine Department of Economic Development. During his working life he also wrote many articles for outdoor and sports publications, as well as taking photographs for his own articles and those of other writers. After his retirement, Elliot continued to promote tourism for the New England Camping and Travel Association and as a public relations consultant for the New England Heritage Trail Foundation. He died on July 28, 2002 at his home in Kennebunk, Maine.
Extent
5 cubic feet (5 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Papers of an outdoorsman, journalist, writer, and photographer who spent much of his life in Maine. The collection contains correspondence, drafts of articles, and copies of published articles that document Robert Elliot's long career as a writer and photographer.
Organization and Arrangement
The collection is divided into three series: I. General administrative files; II. Writing drafts; and III. Published articles.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Robert Elliot in November 1975.
- Articles Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Arts Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Authors, American -- Maine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Blassingame, Lurton, 1904-1988
- Camping Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Drafts (Documents) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Fishing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hunting Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Journalists -- Maine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Magazines Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- New England Heritage Trail Foundation
- Outdoor life Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Outdoor recreation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographers -- Maine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Press releases Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Guide to the Robert O. E. Elliot Papers
- Status
- Box And Folder List Available
- Date
- 2011
- 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
