Fellows, Oscar F., 1857-1921.

Born in 1857, Oscar Fellows was an attorney in Bucksport, Maine and later established the law firm of Fellows & Fellows in Bangor with his sons, Frank and Raymond. A Republican, Fellows was in the Maine House of Representatives from 1901 to 1903, serving as Speaker in 1903. He also served as president of the Maine Bar Association. He died on December 28, 1921. The International Commission Pertaining to the Saint John River, the papers of which make up the bulk of this collection, was formed in 1906 "to investigate and report upon the conditions and uses of the Saint John River, and to make recommendations for the regulation of the use thereof."

Raymond Fellows was born on October 17, 1885 and served as Maine Attorney General from 1925 to 1928. His part of the collection concerns an application made in 1924 to the International Joint Commission, the binational organization established in 1909 to prevent and resolve disputes about the use and quality of boundary waters of the United States and Canada. The law firm of Fellows and Fellows served as American counsel for this Commission.