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Clement Ames Lyon Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1416

Scope and Contents

A scrapbook compiled by Lyon while a student at the University of Maine. It includes signatures and comments of class members as well as programs, photographs and memorabilia of campus activities and fraternity life. Much of the volume contains programs, photographs and newspaper clippings about the university's athletic teams, especially the baseball, football and track teams.

Dates

  • 1911-1915

Creator

Restrictions on Access

No restrictions on access.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Information on literary rights available in the repository.

Biographical Note

Clement Ames Lyon was born on Nov. 2, 1891, in East Bridgewater, Mass. He graduated in 1915 from the University of Maine with a degree in agronomy. While at the university, he was a member of the Delta Nu chapter of Sigma Nu fraternity. He moved to New Hampshire in 1916 to become headmaster and teacher of agriculture at Hampton Academy and later taught in Alton and New Boston, N.H. He then worked for the Soil Conservation Service in Hillsboro County and the N.H. Dept. of Agriculture, retiring as Director of Markets and Standards for the department in 1961. Clement Ames died on Dec. 4, 1968.

Extent

1 volume

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Clement A. Lyon, Jr. in March 2006.

General

No finding aid - see Special Collections librarian for assistance.

Title
Guide to the Clement Ames Lyon Scrapbook
Status
No Additional Box Or Folder List For This Small Collection
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