Title

Photograph of Frederico Matheas & Biographical Information

Document Type

Image

Authors

University of Maine Alumni Association

Date

1957

Keywords

University of Maine Alumni

Disciplines

Higher Education | Race and Ethnicity | United States History

Files

Description

Photograph of Federico Walter Matheas, one of the first Black graduates of the University of Maine. Matheas was a member of the Class of 1907. There is a photograph of Matheas as well as biographical information curated by the University of Maine Alumni Association.

More information on Matheas can be found in "Remembering Bangor: The Queen City Before the Great Fire" by Wayne E. Reilly and "Black Bangor: African Americans in a Maine Community, 1880-1950 (Revisiting New England)" by Maureen Lee.

Comments

Scanned items from Matheas's alumni file created by the University of Maine Alumni Association and how preserved by Raymond H. Fogler Special Collection's Department. To date Matheas is the earliest University of Maine black graduate that University Archivist Matthew Revitt has been able to identify.

Identifier

Racial Justice_Matheas_2021_01_11

Rights and Access Note

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Recommended Citation

University of Maine Alumni Association, "Photograph of Frederico Matheas & Biographical Information" (1957). University of Maine Racial Justice Collection. 7.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/racial_justice/7