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Historical Items

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Item 7161

Bliss College on Lisbon Street, Lewiston, ca. 1900

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

Item 64265

Agnes Mantor, Farmington, ca. 1955

Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: circa 1955 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print

Item 24794

Nasson Institute's Class of 1916, Springvale, 1916

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: 1916 Location: Sanford Media: Glass Negative

Online Exhibits

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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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Practical Nursing in Waterville

The Maine School of Practical Nursing opened a facility in Waterville in 1957 and continued teaching practical nursing there until about 1980 when changes in the profession and in the state's educational structure led to its demise.

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Elise Fellows White: Music, Writing, and Family

From a violin prodigy in her early years to an older woman -- mother of two -- struggling financially, Skowhegan native Mary Elise Fellows White remained committed to music, writing, poetry, her extended family -- and living a life that would matter and be remembered.

Site Pages

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… the first resident, who arrived at McAuley with a two-year old daughter, successfully transitioned out of the program, earned a college degree, and…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Crew

"After two years at Bates College, Candi married and settled in on Swan's Island to raise a family. She finished her B.A."

My Maine Stories

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One of the first abstract painters in Maine
by William Manning

I have grown as a painter in ways I might not have if I moved to New York

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Eating lower on the food chain
by Avery Yale Kamila

Animal agriculture's ties to climate change

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From Pee Wee to Pro The Maine Way
by Danny Bolduc

I am the very first person from Maine to have played hockey in the Olympics and in the NHL.