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Historical Items

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Item 13502

Fryeburg Academy academic medal, 1949

Contributed by: Fryeburg Historical Society Date: 1949 Location: Fryeburg Media: Metal, Satin

Item 17408

Fryeburg Academy student body, 1886

Contributed by: Fryeburg Academy Archives Date: 1886 Location: Fryeburg Media: Photographic print

Item 17406

Fryeburg Academy, ca. 1777

Contributed by: Fryeburg Academy Archives Date: circa 1777 Location: Fryeburg Media: Ink on paper

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 110181

Fryeburg Academy extension, Fryeburg, 1919-1945

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1919–1945 Location: Fryeburg Client: Fryeburg Academy Architect: John Calvin Stevens John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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Away at School: Letters Home

Young men and women in the 19th century often went away from home -- sometimes for a few months, sometimes for longer periods -- to attend academies, seminaries, or schools run by individuals. While there, they wrote letters home, reporting on boarding arrangements and coursework undertaken, and inquired about the family at home.

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Independence and Challenges: The Life of Hannah Pierce

Hannah Pierce (1788-1873) of West Baldwin, who remained single, was the educated daughter of a moderately wealthy landowner and businessman. She stayed at the family farm throughout her life, operating the farm and her various investments -- always in close touch with her siblings.

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Back to School

Public education has been a part of Maine since Euro-American settlement began to stabilize in the early eighteenth century. But not until the end of the nineteenth century was public education really compulsory in Maine.

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Fryeburg Academy Archives

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Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"… such as the United States Trust Company Bank in Fryeburg (1922), the Fidelity Trust Company Bank in South Portland (1928), the Canal Bank in…"