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Historical Items

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Item 7341

Bates College, Lewiston, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Lewiston Public Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Lewiston Media: Phototransparency

Item 7342

Bates College, Lewiston, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Lewiston Public Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Lewiston Media: Phototransparency

Item 7343

Bates College, Lewiston, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Lewiston Public Library Date: circa 1920 Location: Lewiston Media: Phototransparency

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

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.

Exhibit

Carlton P. Fogg, Advocate for Vocational Education

Carlton P. Fogg (1899-1972) was passionate about vocational and technical education. While teaching at the high school level in Waterville, Fogg's lobbying and letter-writing helped create the Kennebec Valley Vocational Technical Institute in 1969.

Exhibit

Educating Oneself: Carnegie Libraries

Industrialist Andrew Carnegie gave grants for 20 libraries in Maine between 1897 and 1912, specifying that the town own the land, set aside funds for maintenance, have room to expand -- and offer library services at no charge.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… Historical Society The early settlers desired higher education of their children. Academies had been created in other Maine towns, and Farmington…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Jacob Abbott

"Jacob Abbott’s impact on the higher level of education in Farmington can still be felt today. Jacob and Lyman Abbott's Desk, Farmington, ca."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"Higher education was later provided at Stephens High School on York Street. It was built in 1911, with additions being made in 1915, 1917 and 1931."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Importance of Insects in Maine
by Charlene Donahue

Doing Insect surveys with the Maine Entomological Society

Story

Reverend Thomas Smith of First Parish Portland
by Kristina Minister, Ph.D.

Pastor, Physician, Real Estate Speculator, and Agent for Wabanaki Genocide

Story

History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars