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Item 10472
Title: Boarding House, Bangor Theological Seminary, ca. 1894
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library
Date: circa 1894
Location: Bangor
Media: Photograph
Item 15709
Title: Maine Female Seminary, Gorham
Contributed by: Gorham Historical Society
Date: circa 1880
Location: Gorham
Media: print
Item 14465
Title: Seminary Glee Club, Bucksport, 1894
Contributed by: Bucksport Historical Society
Date: 1894
Location: Bucksport
Media: Photograph
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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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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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The Sanitary Commission: Meeting Needs of Soldiers, Families
The Sanitary Commission, formed soon after the Civil War began in the spring of 1861, dealt with the health, relief needs, and morale of soldiers and their families. The Maine Agency helped families and soldiers with everything from furloughs to getting new socks.