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Dormitory room at Bates College, Lewiston, ca. 1901

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1901 Location: Lewiston Media: Glass Negative

Madawaska Training School rules for boarders, Fort Kent, ca. 1907

Contributed by: Acadian Archives Date: circa 1907 Location: Fort Kent Media: Ink on paper

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736-740 Stevens Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: William W. Roberts Devisees Use: Girls Dormitory

Assessor's Record, 716-730 Stevens Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Westbrook College Use: Dormitory & Classrooms

New dormitory for Colby College, Waterville, 1911

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1911 Location: Waterville; Waterville Client: Colby College Architect: Miller & Mayo Architects

Opportunity Farm lodge elevation, New Gloucester, 1983

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1983 Location: New Gloucester Client: Opportunity Farm Association Architect: Ward Cabin Co.

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.

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.

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"The school now consisted of a dormitory, the main building, the gymnasium. A superior athletic field was later added."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Learning to fly and instructing cadets at West Point during WWII
by Vera Cleaves

West Point during World War II