Keywords: Department of New England
Item 70082
Letter on regimental forms, 1861
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Boston Media: Ink on paper
Item 29183
Helen Spaulding, Westbrook Seminary, Member of Class of 1864
Contributed by: Abplanalp Library, UNE Date: circa 1864 Location: Westbrook; Portland Media: Carte de visite
Item 116451
U.S. Courthouse alterations, Portland, 1930-1931
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1930–1931 Location: Portland; Portland Client: United States Treasury Department Architect: J. A. Wetmore
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Westbrook Seminary: Educating Women
Westbrook Seminary, built on Stevens Plain in 1831, was founded to educate young men and young women. Seminaries traditionally were a form of advanced secondary education. Westbrook Seminary served an important function in admitting women students, for whom education was less available in the early and mid nineteenth century.
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Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.
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Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2
"The old Queen’s Hospital buildings were kept for housing and classrooms for the 140 students then enrolled in the School of Nursing."
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Annette Addorio: 100+ years of memories from full life
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
From 1914 to 2018, highlights from my life in Biddeford
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History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
