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J. Russell Hudson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0255

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

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

Contact:
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
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207-581-1686