Academic Affairs. College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture (University of Maine) Records
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
- Creation: 1885-2003
- Creation: 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.
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.
Subject
- University of Maine. School of Forest Resources (Organization)
- University of Maine. School of Marine Sciences (Organization)
- University of Maine. Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences (Organization)
- Maine Agricultural Experiment Station (Organization)
- J. F. Witter Teaching and Research Center (Organization)
- University of Maine. Department of Biochemistry (Organization)
- University of Maine. Aroostook Farm (Organization)
- University of Maine. Blueberry Hill Farm (Organization)
- University of Maine. Highmoor Farm (Organization)
- University of Maine. Cooperative Extension (Organization)
- Page Farm and Home Museum (Organization)
- University of Maine. Rogers Farm (Organization)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Agricultural education -- History -- United States
- Agricultural experiment stations -- History -- Maine
- Agricultural extension work -- Maine
- Animals -- Photographs -- Maine
- College buildings -- Maine -- Orono
- Dairy farmers -- Maine
- Forestry schools and education
- Marine sciences -- Research -- Maine
- Potatoes -- Research
- Publicity
- Research -- Maine -- Orono
- Sheep -- Maine -- Research
- 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
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207-581-1686
