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Historical Items

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Item 81094

North Neighborhood School, Monson, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Monson Media: Photographic print

Item 16966

North Union School, Cooper, 1905

Contributed by: Alexander-Crawford Historical Society Date: 1905 Location: Cooper Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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John Bapst High School

John Bapst High School was dedicated in September 1928 to meet the expanding needs of Roman Catholic education in the Bangor area. The co-educational school operated until 1980, when the diocese closed it due to decreasing enrollment. Since then, it has been a private school known as John Bapst Memorial High School.

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"Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans"

Concern about immigrants and their loyalty in the post World War I era led to programs to "Americanize" them -- an effort to help them learn English and otherwise adjust to life in the United States. Clara Soule ran one such program for the Portland Public Schools, hoping it would help the immigrants be accepted.

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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.

Site Pages

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Just ½ mile north of Dunn's Corner is Crockett's Corner, a quiet crossroads that was another early North Yarmouth settlement."

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"… was owned and run by many of the farmers in the neighborhood, each running a certain length of time each season, or until a sufficient amount of…"

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"… student Walking Tour of Historic Summer Street No neighborhood is more reminiscent of Hampden’s 19th century past than that of Summer Street…"

My Maine Stories

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History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars