Special Collections: Guide to the Ralph "Bud" Leavitt Papers

Summary Information:

Collection Title: Ralph "Bud" Leavitt Papers
Date of Collection: 1976 - 1994
Box Numbers: 2024 - 2027
Quantity: 4 ft.

Administrative Information:

Provenance: Gift of the estate of Ralph "Bud" Leavitt, June 1995 (through Mrs. Lisa Tozier).
Access Restrictions: Kept at Fogler Library's offsite storage facility. One week's notice required for retrieval
Preferred Citation: Ralph "Bud" Leavitt Papers, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine
Copyright: Contact department for copyright information

For Additional Information:
Special Collections Department
University of Maine
5729 Fogler Library
Orono, Maine 04469-5729
(207) 581 1686

Biographical Information:

Ralph "Bud" Leavitt was born in Old Town, Maine, in 1917. He began writing for the "Bangor Daily Commercial" in 1934 when he was only 17. From 1942 to 1946, during World War II, he served as a civilian employee for the Army Air Corps. In 1946, he joined the "Bangor Daily News" as a general sportswriter. Two years later, he began his well known outdoor column which he continued to write until Nov. 30, 1994 even after he had retired as Executive Sports Editor and Outdoor Editor for the Bangor Daily news in the fall of 1988. His television career began in 1953, when the "Bud Leavitt Show", an outdoor sports program, first aired on a local station. The show ended in 1973, but in 1978 he returned with "Woods and Waters" on the Maine Public Broadcasting Network. In 1979, "Woods and Waters" became a national PBS program. He also appeared on the network television program "American Sportsman" and authored the book "Twelve Months in Maine." In the 1980's and early 90's he made a series of television commercials for Nissen Baking Co. with his close friend, former Boston Red Sox great, Ted Williams. He died December 20, 1994.

Contents:

The Leavitt papers contain research materials used in the columns that he wrote for the "Bangor Daily News" concerning hunting, fishing, and other outdoor sports. Included are correspondence, articles, news releases, clippings, and photographs.

Organization of Collection: Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Finding Aid: 

Box 2025
Box 2025 f1	Conservation
Box 2025 f2	Correspondence
Box 2025 f3	Cougar
Box 2025 f4	Coyotes
Box 2025 f5	Curling
Box 2025 f6	Deer (1 of 2)
Box 2025 f6a	Deer (2 of 2)
Box 2025 f7	Dogs
Box 2025 f8	Eagles
Box 2025 f9	Fishes
Box 2025 f10	Fishing Clients
Box 2025 f11	Fishing, Miscellaneous (1 of 3)
Box 2025 f11a	Fishing, Miscellaneous (2 of 3)
Box 2025 f11b	Fishing, Miscellaneous (3 of 3)
Box 2025 f12	Fly Fishing, Fly Tying
Box 2025 f13	Fishing Records
Box 2025 f14	Frontier
Box 2025 f15	Golf (1 of 3)
Box 2025 f15a	Golf (2 of 3)
Box 2025 f15b	Golf (3 of 3)
Box 2025 f16	Griffin Arthur
Box 2025 f17	Guns Firearms Legislation etc.
Box 2025 f18	Holidays
Box 2025 f19	Horseshoes
Box 2025 f20	Hunting Education
Box 2025 f21	Hunting Ethics
Box 2025 f22	Hunter Orange
Box 2025 f23	Ice Fishing
Box 2025 f24	Journalism
Box 2025 f25	Kineo
Box 2025 f26	Letters (From Friends and Fans)
Box 2026
Box 2026 f1	Letters of Condolence
Box 2026 f2	Loons
Box 2026 f3	MacDonald, Osprey
Box 2026 f4	Maine
Box 2026 f5	Memorabilia, Fishing, Waterfowl, Golf
Box 2026 f6	Miramichi Salmon Association Dinner (1982)
Box 2026 f7	Miscellaneous
Box 2026 f8	Moose (1 of 3)
Box 2026 f8a	Moose (2 of 3)
Box 2026 f8b	Moose (3 of 3)
Box 2026 f9	Moosehead
Box 2026 f10	Mosquitoes, Black Flies
Box 2026 f11	New Zealand
Box 2026 f12	Obituaries
Box 2026 f13	Outdoors, Photos (1 of 3)
Box 2026 f13a	Outdoors, Photos (2 of 3)
Box 2026 f13b	Outdoors, Photos (3 of 3)
Box 2026 f14	Periodicals (1 of 2)
Box 2026 f14a	Periodicals (2 of 2)
Box 2026 f15	Pheasants
Box 2026 f16	Publications (1 of 2)
Box 2026 f16a	Publications (2 of 2)
Box 2026 f17	Quail
Box 2026 f18	Quebec
Box 2026 f19	Raccoons
Box 2026 f20	Records
Box 2026 f21	Jim Repine's sample manuscript
Box 2026 f22	Rivers- wild, scenic
Box 2026 f23	Rod Making
Box 2026 f24	Safari Club 1982
Box 2026 f25	Salmon Conclave 1987
Box 2026 f26	Salmon Farming
Box 2026 f27	Salmon (Landlocked)
Box 2026 f28	Sharks
Box 2026 f29	Skiing (Cross-Country)
Box 2026 f30	Smelt Fishing
Box 2026 f31	Snoring
Box 2027
Box 2027 f1	Snowmobiles
Box 2027 f2	Snowshoes
Box 2027 f3	Sporting Camps
Box 2027 f4	Sportsman's Shows
Box 2027 f5	Television Planning (1 of 3)
Box 2027 f5a	Television Planning (2 of 3)
Box 2027 f5b	Television Planning (3 of 3)
Box 2027 f6	Trapping
Box 2027 f7	Trout (1 of 2)
Box 2027 f7a	Trout (2 of 2)
Box 2027 f8	Tuna
Box 2027 f9	Turkeys
Box 2027 f10	Veazie Salmon Club Dinner 1983
Box 2027 f11	Wardens
Box 2027 f12	Waterfowl
Box 2027 f13	Watson's Croker Sack
Box 2027 f14	Weather
Box 2027 f15	Westcott, George
Box 2027 f16	Williams, Ted
Box 2027 f17	Wolf
Box 2027 f18	Wood Carving
Box 2027 f19	Woodcock

 

Finding Aids for selected manuscript collections in the Special Collections Department at Fogler Library are accessible online in URSUS, in a browsable Guide to Manuscript Collections. Please contact Special Collections at spc@umit.maine.edu or (207) 581-1686 for further information.

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Special Collections Staff: spc@umit.maine.edu | Revised: 01/16/2013