J. Russell Hudson Papers
Scope and Contents
The papers of J. Russell Hudson include certificates of his membership in various organizations, his University of Maine diploma, 14 unidentified glass slides, unidentified photographs, and a silent film including scenes of the Hudson home and children, farm trucks, University of Maine, class reunion, St. Lawrence Seaway, Niagara Falls.
Dates
- 1904-1972
Creator
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.
Biographical Note
J. Russell Hudson was born in 1893 in Riverhead, Long Island, N.Y., and died in Winthrop, Maine, in 1972. He was a graduate of the University of Maine in 1914 and owned and managed Piney Heights in Winthrop, the largest producer of cauliflower and brussels sprouts in New England. He was a member of Alpha Zeta honorary society, the Maine Mineralogical Society, the National Geographic Society, and a Maine Tree Farm member. He was a veteran of World War I. He was a trustee of the Winthrop Congregational Church and a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Part of his estate was donated to the University of Maine for a museum in memory of his wife Caroline Doane Hudson.
Extent
2 boxes (1 lantern slide box)
Language of Materials
English
- Certificates Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Diplomas Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Farmers -- Maine -- Winthrop Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lantern slides Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Silent films Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Guide to the J. Russell Hudson Papers
- 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
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207-581-1686
