Roscoe C. Emery Papers
Abstract
Papers related to Roscoe C. Emery's roles as a politician, newspaper editor, real estate agent and insurance agent in Eastport, Maine.
Dates
- Creation: 1830-1969
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1930-1968
Creator
- Emery, Roscoe C., 1886-1969 (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
Roscoe C. Emery, son of Oliver and Josephine Emery, was a politician, newspaper editor, and real estate and insurance agent in Eastport, Maine. He was the owner and editor of the Eastport Sentinel from 1914-1946 and owner of the Sentinal Real Estate Agency. He served in the Maine State Senate from 1920 to 1924 and was Mayor of Eastport from 1928 to 1932 and 1934 to 1936. He was an active promoter of the Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Development Project and founded the Washington County Chamber of Commerce. He and his wife Vera Leonard Emery had two children: Walter L. Emery and Joyce Emery Kinney, an Eastport historian and author. Roscoe Emery died on December 14, 1969.
Extent
27 cubic feet (28 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Organization and Arrangement
The collection is divided into three series: I. Personal papers, II. Business records and III. Oversized photographs.
Series I is further divided into seven sub-series: 1. General civic correspondence; 2. Civic subject files; 3. Knights of Pythias; 4. Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Development Project; 5. Political papers; 6. Records of Washington County Chamber of Commerce; and 7. Family papers.
Series II includes records of the Eastport Sentinel and records of the Sentinel Agency.
Series III includes oversized photographs from the previous two series.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Joyce Emery Kinney in November 1963 and August 1989.
Subject
- Smith, Margaret Chase, 1897-1995 (Person)
- Brewster, Owen, 1888-1961 (Person)
- Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project (Organization)
- Chamber of Commerce (Washington County, Me.) (Organization)
- Knights of Pythias (Organization)
- Sentinel Agency (Firm) (Organization)
- Emery family (Family)
- Title
- Guide to the Roscoe C. Emery 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
