University of Maine War Records
Scope and Content Note
The record group contains correspondence, 1917-1918, of university president Robert J. Aley and registrar James A. Gannett with students serving in the military as well as correspondence of the alumni association in its effort to raise funds for a memorial building to be erected on campus. Biographical information about each student killed in the war is also found in the records.
The record group also contains correspondence, 1942-1945, of university president Arthur Hauck with students in the military, lists of students and alumni who served, copies of the volume "University of Maine, World War II: In Memoriam" and biographical information used to compile this volume. A card file for those who were called or recalled to service in the Korean War is also included.
There is material from a reunion for veterans of the University of Maine Army Specialized Training Program held on September 28 & 29, 2001.
Box 6 contains a letter from Warren B. Randall in 1994 regarding the fact that Mike Habern's name had been previously misspelt in the Memorial Book. The letter had been in the files of former head of special collections Richard Hollinger and was transferred to the Library Annex in 2021.
Boxes 8-11 contain war register forms compiled by the University of Maine of students who served in World War I and World War II. The forms contain biographical details including their service dates.
Boxes 12 & 13 contain World War II era propaganda from Allies and Axis powers and European countries.
Dates
- 1897-2001
- Majority of material found within 1917-1950
Creator
- Aley, Robert J. (Robert Judson), 1863-1935 (Person)
- Gannett, James (Person)
- Hauck, Arthur A. (Arthur Andrew), 1893-1992 (Person)
- British Library of Information (New York, N.Y.) (Organization)
- British Information Services (Organization)
Language of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
Collection kept at Fogler Library's offsite storage facility. One week's notice required for retrieval.
Use Restrictions
Information on literary rights available in the Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections Department.
Historical Note
The University of Maine saw approximately 1,000 students and alumni serve in World War I and 3,900 serve in World War II. Both wars had a strong effect on the university and its students; the desire to honor those who had served and to memorialize those who had died led to various activities on campus. After the end of World War I, funds were raised to erect the Memorial Gymnasium and Armory and after World War II, those who had died were honored in a volume titled "University of Maine, World War II: In Memoriam." The Alumni Association sent questionnaires to all who had served and maintained files of their service.
Extent
5 boxes
8 boxes (Half size boxes)
Abstract
The record group contains correspondence between University presidents and students serving in the military in World War I and World War II. Also, contains biographical information about each student killed in World War I. And lists of students and alumni who served in World War II, along with copies of the volume "University of Maine, World War II: In Memoriam" and biographical information used to compile this volume. A card file for those who were called or recalled to service in the Korean War is also included.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Item 1 in Box 6 a bound copy of the University of Maine, World War II: In Memoriam publication was transferred to Special Collections by Zach Fields, University of Maine Veterans Education and Transition Services.
Folder 9 in Box 5 was transferred to Special Collections by Richard M. Glidden on November 9, 2001. The material had been in the files of former head of special collections Richard Hollinger and was transferred to the Library Annex in 2021.
Folder 10 in Box 5 was transferred to Special Collections by Barbara Colby Syster (Class of 1937) on July 5, 1984. The material had been in the files of former head of special collections Richard Hollinger and was transferred to the Library Annex in 2021.
Some of the World War II publications and propoganda material in boxes 12 & 13 are addressed to University of Maine professor Ethan Allen Hurd, Department of History of History & Government and Lawrence L. Pelletier, secretary of the Department of History & Government.
Physical Description
Some of the items in Boxes 8-11 are in poor physical conditions, including signs of water damage.
General
Formerly SpC MS 0544.
Processing Information
Processed by Matthew Revitt and volunteer Marian Dressler, April-May, 2019 and May-June 2022 Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections Department. Processing involved a collection survey and the creation of this finding aid. Material was rehoused into appropriate archival containers and the boxes and folders numbered and titled using information from ArchivesSpace.
- Clippings Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Maine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Letters (Correspondence) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Nazi Germany and the Holocaust Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Newsletters Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Obituaries Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Pamphlets Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Photograph albums Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Propaganda Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Publications Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Rice, Charles A.
- Soldiers -- Maine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- University of Maine -- Students -- Obituaries
- University of Maine . Army Specialized Training Program
- University of Maine Alumni Association
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Maine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Maine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Maine -- Education and the war Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Maine -- Personal narratives Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Source
- Glidden, Richard M. (Person)
- Syster, Barbara Colby (Person)
- Title
- University of Maine. War Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Matthew Revitt
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
- Edition statement
- Revised in 2019 and 2022.
Repository Details
Part of the Raymond H. Fogler Library University Archives Repository
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207-581-1686
