Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Any forms of addressed and written communication sent and received, including letters, postcards, memorandums, notes, telegrams, or cables.
Found in 380 Collections and/or Records:
Richard O'Connor Papers
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0371
Scope and Contents
The papers provide a record of Richard O'Connor's literary career. They include book length manuscripts, outlines for works, essays, and correspondence with publishers including Doubleday and Company, Little, Brown and Company, McGraw Hill Book Company, G.P. Putnam's Sons, and Viking Press.
Dates:
undated
Administration And Finance. Institutional And Facilities Planning. Office of Facilities Management (University Of Maine) Records
Record Group
Identifier: UA RG 0004-008-002
Content Description
The records contain textual information and photographs regarding University of Maine campus buildings. Including, but not for every building: correspondence, memorandums, reports, financial information, photographs, clippings, programs from naming ceremonies, and architectural plans.
Dates:
1920-1987
Discontinued Offices & Programs. Office Of Innovation & Communications & Instructional Technology (University Of Maine) Records
Record Group
Identifier: UA RG 0007-016
Scope and Contents
The records contain textual information created and curated by the University of Maine's Office Of Innovation & Communications & Instructional Technology. The majority of the records relate to a project for implementing the NovaNET System in the state. Includes copies of a grant proposals submitted to the U.S. Department of Education entitled "Technology Solutions for Math & Science Improvement" and copies of various agreements between University Communications, Inc. and the Office...
Dates:
1985-1991
Academic Affairs. Dean Of Students. Associate Dean For Campus Life. Office Of Student Activities & Organizations (University Of Maine) Records
Record Group
Identifier: UA RG 0006-010-002-002
Scope and Contents
The records mainly contain textual information created and curated by the University of Maine’s Office of Student Activities & Organizations. The record group includes copies of Dean of Students meeting minutes, various memorandums, policies, procedures, by-laws, and regulations related to student organizations, parietals, dormitories, open houses, records, and behavior, copy of University of Maine Judicial Code, miscellaneous information regarding social affairs including contracts and...
Dates:
1946-1979; Majority of material found within 1960-1970
Discontinued Offices & Programs. Office Of The Dean Of Men (University Of Maine) Records
Record Group
Identifier: UA RG 0007-013
Scope and Contents
The records mainly contain textual information created and curated by the University of Maine Dean of Men Office, but there are also photographs of students at Maine Day events.
The record series Correspondence and Subject Files are mostly from the files of Dean Lambert Seymour Corbett who was dean of men from 1929-1945. Corbett's correspondence is with academic colleagues, representatives from various organizations, University of Maine faculty, staff, students, and parents on a...
Dates:
1924-1968; Majority of material found within 1929-1945
Office Of The President (University Of Maine) Records
Record Group
Identifier: UA RG 0003
Scope and Contents
The folders mainly contain textual material, particularly; correspondence, memorandums, press releases, and reports. But there are some books, photographs and artifacts such as plaques, banners, and a medal and media such as cassette, video, and radio tapes, film and Compact Discs.
Dates:
1810-2015; Majority of material found within 1934-1984
University Advancement. Office Of Development (University Of Maine) Records
Record Group
Identifier: UA RG 0014-001
Scope and Contents
The records mainly contain textual information on a range of subjects compiled by the University of Maine's Office of University Development, there are also CD-ROM disks containing videos of Stillwater Society events and miscellaneous events at the University of Maine, recordings of interviews carried out as part of the University of Maine’s 150th anniversary celebration, photographs of Bryant 4-H Camp & Learning Center, images of the Vincent Hartgen art collection, and musical recordings...
Dates:
1923-2017; Majority of material found within 1930-2017
Academic Affairs. Office Of Vice President Of Academic Affairs & Provost (University Of Maine) Records
Record Group
Identifier: UA RG 0006-001
Scope and Contents
The record group mainly contain textual material created and curated by the University of Maine Office of Vice President Of Academic Affairs & Provost, but there are some photographs and phonograph musical records. The series Committee Records contains correspondence, particularly related to serving on committees and meetings, reference material, meeting minutes, guidelines, and reports related to the Facilities Planning Committee, Faculty Advisory Committee on Honorary...
Dates:
1895-1995
Faculty Records (University Of Maine). Olmstead (Kathryn J.) Journalism Papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA RG 0011-051
Content Description
The record group contains mostly textual material created and curated by Kathryn J. Olmstead during her tenure as a professor of journalism and associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Maine and career as a journalist. Includes clippings of articles by the journalists Brooks Hamilton, Doug Kneeland, and David Lamb. There is also correspondence with Lamb and details of his induction into the Maine Press Association's Hall of Fame (2005).There...
Dates:
1954-2005
William Packard Papers, 1965-1970s
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1770
Scope and Contents
Collection, 1965-mid-1970s, consists of a variety of materials originating from William Packard. Includes a portrait, an adaptation of a play from the Japanese, a number of letters, several manuscripts, publicity, and teaching course material, copies of Packard's poetry in several formats and poetry by Michael Harlow.
Dates:
1965-mid-1970s
William Packard Papers, 1966-1985
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0381
Scope and Contents
Papers of a screenwriter, poet, playwright, and editor of The New York Quarterly, a poetry magazine. The papers contain worksheets for plays, novels, films, poetry, and trade books by William Packard. Included also are editorial drafts, interviews, documents, and correspondence for The New York Quarterly.
Dates:
1966-1985
National Poetry Foundation. Paideuma (University of Maine) Records
Record Group
Identifier: UA RG 0030-002
Scope and Contents
The record group includes papers for publication, manuscripts, typescripts, page proofs.
Dates:
Publication: 1981-1985
Llewelyn D. Palmer Legal and Municipal Papers
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0383
Abstract
The documents of the law partners of Llewelyn D. P. Palmer and Judge Charles F.H. Green.
Dates:
1820s-1900
Ralph S. Palmer Collection
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1063
Scope and Contents
The collection contains research material and writings of Ralph S. Palmer, a professor and naturalist. It includes material related to Manly Hardy and his daughter Fannie Hardy Eckstorm, as well as an extensive reprint collection of publications in natural history and zoology. Included are notes, articles, clippings, photographs, reprints, ledgers, typescripts, illustrations, card indexes, and correspondence of Ralph S. Palmer, Jonathan Titcomb Hardy, Manly Hardy, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm, and...
Dates:
1842-2002; Majority of material found within 1880-1950
J. F. Parkhurst Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1565-sc
Abstract
Correspondence to J. F. Parkhurst mainly concerning business and financial matters. Two items deal with his activities in organizing a militia company in Unity, Maine.
Dates:
1861-1866
Parsons Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0386
Scope and Contents
The Parsons family papers consist primarily of the business records and personal papers of George Parsons and his sons Henry and William Usher Parsons. They reflect the involvement of the Parsons family in the banking, interurban railroad, steel and coal businesses, primarily in Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama. The papers are arranged in four series: Business records, Personal papers, Records of Parsons family trusts, and Ancillary materials. Each series has several sub-series....
Dates:
1838-1956; Majority of material found within 1880-1954
Payson-Fogler Family Reunion Collection
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0391
Scope and Contents
Documents are primarily concerned with the annual reunion of the Payson-Vogler (Fogler) families. Materials include letters and accounts of reunions.
Dates:
1865-2003
Faculty Records (University Of Maine). Pease (William H. and Jane H.) Records
Record Group
Identifier: UA RG 0011-009
Scope and Contents
The records contain textual material created and curated by University of Maine history professors William and Jane Pease.The record series Administrative Records & Correspondence contains material regarding various University of Maine and regional committees and task forces that William and Jane served on, particularly those related to the University of Maine History Department and Graduate School. There are also meeting material, memorandums and course information for the...
Dates:
1957-2003; Majority of material found within 1957-1987
Faculty Records (University of Maine). Peck (H. Austin) Records
Record Group
Identifier: UA RG 0011-005
Scope and Contents
The papers of an educator. Includes course notes, correspondence, office files, materials connected with his Jamaica sabbatical, correspondence with Frank Coffin, and personal effects.
Dates:
1946-1963
Peirce Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0396
Abstract
Papers of several generations of the Peirce family of
Bangor, Maine centered on materials of Waldo Treat Peirce and his son, Mellen
Chamberlain Peirce. Also included are papers of Mellen Peirce's father-in-law, William
B. Hayford.
Dates:
1812-1940; Majority of material found within 1850-1930
Penobscot Development Company and Penobscot Development Limited Records
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0792-sc
Abstract
The records of logging and lumbering companies operating in Maine and in Nova Scotia, Canada. Included are copies of correspondence concerning logging and lumbering in Nova Scotia dating from Nov. 26, 1926 to Nov. 5, 1930 and June 16, 1942 to Oct. 3, 1946. Most of the letters are between L. J. Freedman in Great Works, Maine and John A. Sharpe in Bass River, Nova Scotia. Included also are reports on the boom logs owned by the Penobscot Development Company in 1920 and 1921. Included also are...
Dates:
1920-1946
Penobscot Lumbering Association Records
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0398
Abstract
The Penobscot Lumbering Association records consist primarily of legal, financial, and lumbering records maintained by the Association from the time of its incorporation in 1854 through the early 20th century. The collection is arranged in seven series: Organization and Administration, Financial, Purchasing, Labor, Lumbering Operations, Miscellaneous, and Ancillary Companies.
Dates:
1854-1953; Majority of material found within 1874-1912
Penobscot Paddle and Chowder Society Records
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0399
Abstract
The collection contains records of the Penobscot Paddle and Chowder Society, an organization in Bangor, Maine, for people interested in canoeing, kayaking and other outdoor activities. The materials center on environmental advocacy activities of the group in the 1970s.
Dates:
1974-1976
William Pepperrell Correspondence and Deeds
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0903-sc
Abstract
The correspondence and deeds of a merchant, politician and military leader. Included are official copies of two deeds. One of the deeds is from Thomas and Rebecca Goodwill to William Pepperrell in 1740 for land in Biddeford (formerly Saco), Maine. The second deed is from William Pepperrell to Joseph Dyer and Samuel Haly in 1743 for land in Biddeford. Included also are photocopies of letters to William Pepperrell from Christopher Kilby in 1746 and 1748 and from John Bradstreet in 1747, and a...
Dates:
1741-1759
Student Organizations And Publications. Phi Beta Kappa. Delta Of Maine (University of Maine) Records
Record Group
Identifier: UA RG 0009-012
Scope and Contents
The records contain textual information created and curated by the University of Maine chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, a national scholastic honor society. Included are: charter for the Delta Chapter of Maine, correspondence, minutes of meetings, histories of the chapter, membership lists, candidate lists, clippings, publications, constitution, and by-laws.
Dates:
1922-1981
Phi Kappa Phi Records
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0403
Abstract
The records and papers of the National Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, a national honorary fraternity founded at the University of Maine. Papers include records from the national office, the board of directors, the "Journal", and records of all of the chapters. Future additions to the collection are anticipated.
Dates:
1897-2005, 1950-1990 (bulk)
Sanford Phippen Literary Papers
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0406
Abstract
Papers of a Maine author, poet, and high school teacher and alumnus of the University of Maine. Includes papers concerning his publications High clouds soaring, Storms driving low: the letters of Ruth Moore, The police know everything, and Kitchen boy. Also includes writings of Orono High School students and writings of and about other Maine authors
Dates:
1954-
Allen B. Pierce Papers
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0408
Abstract
The collection contains papers reflecting Allen Pierce's service as master on various vessels, 1850-1881. A small group of personal papers is also included.
Dates:
1848-1884
James Shepherd Pike Papers
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0409
Scope and Contents
The papers of a journalist, diplomat and author from Calais, Maine. Including correspondence, diaries, notebooks, account books, manuscripts, and some family material. Correspondents include Salmon P. Chase, Charles Anderson Dana, G.G. Fogg, and Horace Greeley.
Dates:
1850-1880
Pine Island Camp Records
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0410
Abstract
The collection contains records of the Pine Island Camp, a
summer camp for boys in the Belgrade Lakes region of Maine.
Dates:
1902-2015
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