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Historical Items

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Item 69695

Mabel Hastie, Farmington State Teachers College, ca. 1954

Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: circa 1954 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print

Item 68907

Phi Nu Omega Sorority, Farmington State College, 1966

Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: 1966 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print

Item 69266

Suggestions for Students, Farmington State Teachers College, 1951

Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: 1951 Location: Farmington Media: Ink on paper

Online Exhibits

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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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The Sanitary Commission: Meeting Needs of Soldiers, Families

The Sanitary Commission, formed soon after the Civil War began in the spring of 1861, dealt with the health, relief needs, and morale of soldiers and their families. The Maine Agency helped families and soldiers with everything from furloughs to getting new socks.

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This Rebellion: Maine and the Civil War

For Mainers like many other people in both the North and the South, the Civil War, which lasted from 1861-1865, had a profound effect on their lives. Letters, artifacts, relics, and other items saved by participants at home and on the battlefield help illuminate the nature of the Civil War experience for Mainers.

Site Pages

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"Between 1968 and 1970, it became part of Maine’s University of System, and in 1970 the name changed once again to the University of Maine at…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Jacob Abbott

"… at Farmington, Class of 2010 With images from The Farmington Historical Society and The Farmington Public Library Jacob Abbott played a major role…"