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Title: N.W. view of Waterville College, ca. 1830

Contributed by: Colby College Special Collections

Date: circa 1830

Location: Waterville

Media: black and white photograph

Title: Colby College Campus

Contributed by: Colby College Special Collections

Date: 1856

Location: Waterville

Media: Black and White Digital Image

Title: Bates College, Lewiston, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Lewiston Public Library

Location: Lewiston

Media: phototransparency

Address: 74 College Street, Portland

Use: Garage & Workshop

Address: 9 College Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Nellie A Donnelly

Use: Dwelling - Two family

Address: 27 College Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Frances E Skillin

Use: Dwelling - Single family

A Brief History of Colby College

Colby originated in 1813 as Maine Literary and Theological Institution and is now a small private liberal arts college of about 1,800 students. A timeline of the history and development of Colby College from 1813 until the present.

Bowdoin College Scientific Expedition to Labrador

"The Bowdoin Boys" -- some students and recent graduates -- traveled to Labrador in 1891 to collect artifacts, specimens, and to try to find Grand Falls, a waterfall deep in Labrador's interior.

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.

Bowdoin College Library

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Colby College Special Collections

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Bowdoin College Museum of Art

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