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Fifth Maine Regiment Memorial Society records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 372

Scope and Content note

Minutes and treasurer’s records, consisting primarily of correspondence, deeds, contracts, and other miscellaneous papers relating to the transfer of the society’s real estate and Civil War relics to the Fifth Maine Regiment Community Center and to the Maine Historical Society, respectively.

Dates

  • Creation: 1888 - 1957

Creator

Access

Unrestricted

Copyright

Access to collections at Maine Historical Society is not an authorization to publish. Rights and reproduction requests may be submitted in writing to the MHS Image Services Coordinator or Research & Administrative Librarian, subject to format.

Administrative note

Formed in 1867 by members of 5th Maine Infantry Regiment and continued by their families and friends; dissolved 1954; Portland and Peaks Island, Maine.

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Provenance

Gift of the estate of Mr. Charles F. Adams, through Mr. Willis A. Trafton, Jr., executor, July 5, 1978 (acc. no. MS86-21).

Title
Guide to the Fifth Maine Regiment Memorial Society records
Status
Completed
Author
Donna Knoblock, Library Volunteer, March 2025
Date
April 2025
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Maine Historical Society Repository