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Academic Affairs. College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture (University of Maine) Records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA RG 0006-007

Scope and Contents

The record group includes copies of College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture and individual unit publications; photographs and negatives of college research, college faculty and staff, and of the University of Maine campus buildings: Holmes Hall, Winslow Hall, Deering Hall, Merrill Hall, Rogers Hall, and the dedication of Hitchner Hall. Most of the photographs are undated.

Dates

  • 1885-2003
  • Majority of material found within 1980-1992

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Kept at Fogler Library's offsite storage facility. One week's notice required for retrieval. Personal identifiable and legally protected information will be redacted before release.

Conditions Governing Use

Information on literary rights available in the Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections Department.

Biographical / Historical

The College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture was established in 1996 as part of a University of Maine restructure. Many of the individual schools and units within the college had formerly been in the College of Natural Resources, Forestry and Agriculture which itself had been established in 1993 following the merger of the College of Forest Resources and College of Applied Sciences and Agriculture. The first dean of the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture was G. Bruce Wiersma.

Extent

2 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The records were transferred to Special Collections on April 4, 2022 by Erin Miller, Communication Specialist, College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture.

Accruals

Accruals from the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture are anticipated in the future.

Related Materials

There are records related to the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture and the individual schools and units within the college in the following record groups: College of Agriculture Records (UA RG 0006.007.017), College of Life Sciences and Agriculture Records (UA RG 0006.007.018), Maine Agricultural & Forest Experiment Station (UA RG 0006.007.004), Cooperative Extension Service Records (UA RG 0006.008), J. F. Witter Teaching and Research Center Records (UA RG 0006.007.004.001), School of Forest Resources Records (UA RG 0006.007.010), and the Office of the President Records (UA RG 0003).

There are also photographs of college research, staff, buildings, and facilities in the University Photograph Archive, UA RG 0006.012.010.002 and in individual staff and faculty files.

Processing Information

The records were processed in April, 2022 by Matthew Revitt, Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections Department. Processing involved a collection survey and the creation of this finding aid. The material was rehoused into appropriate archival folders. Boxes and folders were numbered and titles added using information from ArchivesSpace.

Title
University of Maine. College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture Records
Status
Completed
Author
Matthew Revitt
Date
April 14, 2022
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

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