Murtagh Hughes Business Papers
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0256
Scope and Contents
Records of the teaming and trucking business owned and operated by Murtagh Hughes in Bangor, Maine. Includes mostly receipts and bills, with some personal material.
Dates
- Creation: 1900-1929
Creator
- Hughes, Murtagh, -1927 (Person)
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
Murtagh Hughes began in the public carriage business in Bangor, Maine in 1903. By 1914, he owned a general trucking firm, and by 1916 was a contractor and hauled sand and gravel, and did teaming. In the 1920s, it became the Hughes Construction Company, and was taken over by Edward Hughes after his death in 1927.
Extent
1 linear foot (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift?
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Murtagh Hughes Business 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
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
