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Item 70657
Title: Home Ec Cookbook, Farmington State Normal School, 1922
Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF
Date: circa 1922
Location: Farmington
Media: ink on paper
Item 14351
Title: Tobey's Army, Good Will Home, 1917
Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes
Date: 1917
Location: Fairfield
Media: Black and White Photograph
Item 1258
Title: Replica of the Nevin home in Venice at the Ethelbert Nevin estate in Blue Hill
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1937-10-03
Location: Blue Hill
Media: Black and white photograph
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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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Home Ties: Sebago During the Civil War
Letters to and from Sebago soldiers who served in the Civil War show concern on both sides about farms and other issues at home as well as concern from the home front about soldiers' well-being.
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Maine is home to dozens of summer-long youth camps and untold numbers of day camps that take advantage of water, woods, and fresh air. While the children, counselors, and other staff come to Maine in the summer, the camps live on throughout the year and throughout the lives of many of the campers.
