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Students/Alumni Records (University Of Maine). Silver (Arthur E.) Class Of 1902 Records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA RG 0010-008

Scope and Contents

The record group contains mostly textual information and photographs created and curated by University of Maine alum Arthur E. Silver regarding the University of Maine Class of 1902 which Silver was a member of. Includes copy of student handbook, various items regarding Class of 1902 events and reunions including programs, publications correspondence, photographs, and clippings.

Also, includes Senior Alumni (Over 50 years) correspondence and meeting minutes and material from the 1958 inauguration of Lloyd H. Elliot as University of Maine president.

Dates

  • 1901-1973

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

Arthur E. Silver was born in 1879 at Silvers Mills, Maine, which is named for his grandfather Silver and is in the town of Dexter. He graduated from the University of Maine, class of 1902, with a B.S. degree. He received his doctor of engineering (an honorary degree) from the University of Maine in 1954. In 1951 he was the recipient of the Lamme gold medal award given by the American Institute of Engineering which was in recognition of his pioneering of rural electrification by designing a simplified farm-type transformer which lowered the cost of transmission to rural areas. He was chief electrical engineer for Ebasco Services, Inc., formerly Electric Bond and Share Co. until his retirement in 1948. Silver was actively involved in organizing Class of 1902 reunions and in 1955 presented University of Maine President Arthur A. Hauck with a Class of 1902 History Volume. Silver was also a member of the University of Maine's Senior Alumni Association for alumni over the age of 50.

Silver died in Upper Montclair, N.J., in 1975.

Extent

1 box

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Physically the boxes are arranged by subject. Material was rehoused into archival quality storage.

Box numbers have changed:

  1. Old Box #22 (New Box #1)

Accruals

Accruals from Arthur E. Silver are not anticipated because he died in 1975.

Separated Materials

Note in box stating that the Class Photographs were transferred to the UMaine Class of 1902 Folder, "Oak Hall Gang" transferred to Oak Hall folder, and the Ralph Whittier biography was transferred to the Whittier folder.

General

Formerly SpC MS 0465.

Processing Information

Processed by Matthew Revitt, September 2018, Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections Department. Processing involved a collection survey and the creation of this finding aid. The box and folders were numbered and titled using information from ArchivesSpace.

Title
University Of Maine. Silver (Arthur E.) Class Of 1902 Records
Status
Completed
Author
Matthew Revitt
Date
September 27, 2018
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 University Archives Repository

Contact:
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207-581-1686