Keywords: Nursing Students
Item 35231
Maine School of Practical Nursing class, Waterville, ca. 1959
Contributed by: Kennebec Valley Community College Archive Date: circa 1959 Location: Waterville Media: Photographic print
Item 35232
Maine School of Practical Nursing graduating class, Waterville, 1961
Contributed by: Kennebec Valley Community College Archive Date: 1961 Location: Waterville Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
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 Page
Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing Class Photos
"In 1965, all of the nursing school facilities were consolidated into their St. John Street location, creating one space for classrooms, a library…"
Site Page
Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing Candid Photography
"Mercy continually received praise for the quality of its nursing program. A grateful patient writing in 1967 singled out “Miss Cyr Junior Student”…"
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
Story
My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne
Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima
Lesson Plan
Primary Sources: Healthcare History in Maine
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan will give students the opportunity to read and analyze letters, literature, and other primary documents and articles of material culture from the MHS collections relating to how people in Maine have given and received healthcare throughout history. Students will discuss the giving and receiving of medicines and treatments from the 18th-21st centuries, the evolving role of hospitals since the 19th century, and how the nursing profession has changed since the Civil War. Students will also look at how people and healthcare facilities in Maine have addressed epidemics in the past, such as influenza and tuberculosis, and what we can learn today from studying the history of healthcare and medicine.
