Record Groups and Series
Detailed registers for each record group are available in the Special Collections Reading Room. Selected registers are digitized and available on USM Digital Commons.
Series 1. Board
Series 2. Miscellaneous
Series 1. Chancellor’s Office
Series 2. TRIGON
Series 3. Maine Public Broadcasting Network
Series 4. Cooperative Extension
Series 1. Office of the President
Series 2. Functions
Series 3. Division of Employee Relations – Payroll 10/1/85
Series 4. Office of Assistant to President
Series 5. Offices of Facilities Planning
Series 6. Office of Academic Planner
Series 7. Centennial Office
Series 1. Office of the Provost
Series 2. School of General and Interdisciplinary Studies (SCOGIS)
Series 3. Office of the Director of Academic Planning
Series 4. Academic Computing Services (ACS)
Series 5. Graduate Affairs
Series 1. Office of the Dean
Series 2. Art
Series 2a. Exhibits
Series 3. Biology
Series 4. Foreign Language and Classics
Series 5. History
Series 6. Mathematics and Computer Science
Series 7. Philosophy
Series 8. Sociology
Series 9. Theater
Series 10. Criminal Justice
Series 11. Earth Sciences (Physical Sciences)
Series 12. Music
Series 13. English
Series 14. Communications
Series 15. Geography/Anthropology
Series 16. Social Welfare Dept.
Series 17. Criminology
Series 18. Political Science
Series 19. American Studies
Series 20. Women’s Studies
Series 21. Chemistry Department
Series 22. CORE Curriculum
Series 23. University Honors Program
Series 24. American & New England Studies (graduate program)
Series 25. Linguistics
Series 26. Economics Dept.
Series 27. Environmental Sciences and Policy, Dept. of
Series 1. Office of the Dean
Series 2. Baccalaureate Program
Series 3. Associate Program
Series 4. Dept. of Economics
Series 5. MBA Program
Series 6. Faculty Publications
Series 7. Course Syllabi
Series 1. Office of the Dean
Series 2. Elementary Education
Series 3. Secondary Education
Series 4. Foundations
Series 5. Industrial Education and Technology
Series 6. Alternate and Experimental Education
Series 7. Vocational-Technical Education
Series 8. Special Programs
Series 9. Faculty Publications
Series 10. Univ. Coll. of Ed.
Series 11. Graduate Studies
Series 12. Therapeutic Recreation (Recreation & Leisure)
Series 13. Child and Family Institute (CFI)
Series 14. Center for Workplace Learning
Series 15. Professional Development Center
Series 1. Office of the Dean
Series 2. CED for Nursing
Series 3. Department (s)
Series 4. Programs
Series 5. Publications
Series 6. Graduate Programs
Series 1. Office of the Dean
Series 2. Publications
Series 3. Department (s)
Series 4. Brochures
Series 1. Office of the Dean
Series 2. Graduate Council
Series 3. Department (s)
Series 1. Offices of the Director
Series 2. Publications
Series 1. Office of the Librarian
Series 2. Publications
Series 3. Other Reports and minutes, etc.
Series 4. Media Services
Series 5. Departments
Series 6. Jean Byers Sampson Center for Diversity
Series 7. Osher Map Library
Series 8. Kazon Collection of political materials
Series 9. Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender Archives (Now Series 6)
Series 1. Office of the Vice-President
Series 2. Business Office
Series 3. Personnel
Series 4. Dept. of Facilities Management (formally Physical Plant)
Series 5. Office of Research and Federal Relations
Series 6. Office of the Directo
Series 7. Administrative Services
Series 1. Office of the Director
Series 2. Media and Community Relations/Publications
Series 3. Newspaper clippings/Electronic Clippings
Series 1. Office of the Vice President/Public Affairs
Series 2. Donor Files
Sub-Group 1. University of Maine Portland-Gorham (UMPG)/University of Southern Maine (USM)
Series 1. Office of the Director
Series 2. Programs and Publications
Sub-Group 2. Gorham Alumni Association (to 2/76)
Series 1. Office of the Director
Series 2. Programs and Publications
Series 3. Memorabilia
Sub-Group 3. AAUMPG/Office of the Director
Sub-Group 4. USM Alumni Association
Series 1. Office of the Director
Series 1. Office of the Director
Series 1. Office of the University Archivist
Series 1. Office of the Dean (Now RG21)
Series 2. Admissions (Now RG21)
Series 3. Office of Student Affairs
Series 4. Education Media Center
Series 5. Counseling and Career Development
Series 6. Publications
Series 7. Office of Veterans Affairs (discontinued 7/78)
Series 8. Office of Student Program Development
Series 9. Office of Financial Aid (Now RG21)
Series 10. Advising and Information Department (Now RG21)
Series 11. Resident’s Life
Series 12. Police & Safety
Series 13. Campus Center
Series 14. University Health Services
Series 1. Student records
Series 2. Office of the Registrar
Series 3. Office of the Dean
Series 4. Course Schedules and Registration Instructions
Series 5. Admissions
Series 6. Financial Aid
Series 7. Advising
Series 8. International Exchange
Series 1. Office of the Director
Series 1. Office of the Director
Series 2. ESCO Economics Institute
Series 3. Human Services Development Institute
Series 4. Other Institutes
Series 5. New Enterprise Institute
Series 6. Bio-Medical Research Institute
Series 7. Marine Law Institute
Series 1. Office of the Director
Series 2. Office of the Coordinator
Series 1. Office of the Director
Series 2. Publications
Series 3. UALC-Model Cities
Series 1. Orono
Series 2. Farmington
Series 3. Augusta
Series 4. Other Maine Colleges and Universities
Series 1. Administration
Series 2. Faculty
Series 3. Student
Series 4. University Wide
Series 5. Activities & Programs (Other)
Series 6. Wolfe’s Neck Farm Foundation
Series 1. Yearbooks
Series 2. Directories
Series 3. Literary Journals
Series 4. Newspapers
Series 5. Curriculum Materials
Series 6. Miscellaneous (includes Arts Calendar, Student Opinion Surveys & Programs)
Series 1. Office of the Director
Series 1. Office of the Coordinator
Series 2. Steering Committees
Series 3. Other Committees
Series 4. Publications
Series 5. Activities, Programs, etc.
Series 6. Memorabilia
Series 1. “The City”
Series 2. “Changing Roles”
Series 3. “The Age of the Computer”
Series 4. “Peace and War in the Nuclear Age”
Series 5. “The Aging of America”
Series 6. “The Arts in our Lives”
Series 7. “The Constitution: Roots, Rights, Responsibilities”
Series 8. “The Soviet Union”
Series 9. “Latin America”
Series 1. Student Testing and Assessment
Series 2. Office of Management Information Systems
Series 3. Institutional Research
Series 4. Telecom
Series 1. Office of the Director
Series 2. Publications
Series 3. Programs – Conferences
Series 4. Summer/Winter Sessions
Series 5. Extended Academic Programs/Weekend College
Series 6. Stone House Conference Center
Series 7. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute/SAGE
Series 8. Institute for Family-Owned Business
Series 9. Center for Continuing Education
Series 10. Distance Education
Series 1. Dept. of Computer Science
Series 2. Dept. of Technology
Series 3. Dept. of Electrical Engineering (Grad. Prog.)
Series 4. Proposed College of Engineering
Series 5. Graduate Programs (SAS)
Series 1. Office of the Dean
Series 2. Auburn College
Series 1
Series 2
Series 3
Series 4. Survey Research Center
Series 5
Series 6. National Child Welfare Resource Center
Removed Collections
The following collections, formerly called Historical Groups (HG), Manuscript Groups (MG), and Community Collections (CC), have been removed from the University Archives.
- HG1 is now GEN-MS0049 Gorham Campus Archives.
- HG2 is now GEN-MS0050 Portland Junior College Archives.
- HG3 is now GEN-MS0051 University of Maine in Portland.
- HG4 is now GEN-MS0028 Portland University Archives.
- HG5 and MG5 are now GEN-MS0041 Gorham Academy Archives.
- MG1 is now GEN-MS0012 Luther I. Bonney Papers.
- MG2 contained Theses which have been cataloged.
- MG3 is now GEN-MS0013 Kenneth T. H. Brooks Papers.
- MG4 is now GEN-MS0022 Hayden Anderson Papers.
- CC 2, Portland Newsletters and Publications, was given to the Portland Room of Portland Public Library.