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New from Special Collections and Projects: Distinguished Lecture Series; Senior UMaine Alumni tour
The Special Collections and Projects Department in Fogler Library has added new records to the online archival content management tool ArchivesSpace.
Records related to the organization of the University of Maine’s Distinguished Lecture Series are now available to researchers. The records include transcripts, correspondence, program announcements, biographical material, brochures from lecture bureaus, and recordings of some of the lectures given. The records are from the era when the lectures were organized by the Distinguished Lecture Series Committee of the General Student Senate. The purpose of the DLS Committee was to obtain leading spokesmen and women representing various philosophies, promoting causes, achieving great deeds, and otherwise influencing the course of events and shaping today’s world. The policy was to obtain a balanced variety of speakers in order that as many diverse areas as possible might be covered.
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On Friday, Sept. 13, Special Collections and Projects had the pleasure of hosting a tour of Senior UMaine Alumni as part of their reunion visit to the Orono campus. On the tour were representatives from the classes of ’52, ’59, ’60, ’61, ’64, ’65, ’68, ’71, and ’74. University Archivist Matthew Revitt prepared items for each of the classes represented including: Prism yearbooks, commencement programs, newsletters, sports programs, class books, memorabilia and editions of the Maine Campus. Archivist Desirée Butterfield-Nagy showcased items from Special Collections’ rare book collection, while head of Special Collections and Projects Greg Curtis demonstrated Special Collections’ phonograph cylinder player.
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Raymond H. Fogler Library
