Foster Drug Company Records
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0183
Scope and Contents
Business records of a drugstore, including canceled checks, receipts, and invoices giving a look at the day to day operations of this type of business.
Dates
- Creation: 1930s-1940s
Creator
- Foster Drug Company (Organization)
Restrictions on Access
Kept at Fogler Library's offsite storage facility. One week's notice required for retrieval.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Information on literary rights available in the repository.
Historical Note
The Foster Drug Company was a retail drugstore in Oakland, Maine in business before 1932. Proprietor Samuel J. Foster died in 1935. Ralph M. Stowell was conservator after that date. The Foster Drug Company went out of business after 1945.
Extent
6 linear feet (5 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Foster Drug Company Records
- Status
- In Progress
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- 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
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207-581-1686
