Keywords: Academic libraries
Item 12782
Lion in the Library, Memorial Hall, ca. 1935
Contributed by: Colby College Special Collections Date: circa 1935 Location: Waterville Media: Photographic print
Item 64266
Agnes Mantor, Farmington State Normal School, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: circa 1940 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print
Item 111815
Westbrook Junior College library, Portland, 1949-1951
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1949–1951 Location: Portland Client: Westbrook Junior College Architect: John Howard Stevens and John Calvin Stevens II Architects
Item 111866
Westbrook Junior College Library building, Portland, 1939-1946
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1939–1946 Location: Portland Client: Westbrook Junior College Architect: John Howard Stevens and John Calvin Stevens II Architects
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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.
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We Used to be "Normal": A History of F.S.N.S.
Farmington's Normal School -- a teacher-training facility -- opened in 1863 and, over the decades, offered academic programs that included such unique features as domestic and child-care training, and extra-curricular activities from athletics to music and theater.
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Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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