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Historical Items

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Item 33984

Emery Grammar School, Biddeford, Class of 1928

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1928 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 54294

Good Will eighth grade at Shawmut Dam, Fairfield, 1917

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: 1917 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Item 79075

West Peru Grammar School eighth grade, Peru, 1951

Contributed by: Olga Kushner Richardson through Peru Historical Society Date: circa 1951 Location: Peru Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Reading, Writing and 'Rithmetic: Brooklin Schools

When Brooklin, located on the Blue Hill Peninsula, was incorporated in 1849, there were ten school districts and nine one-room school houses. As the years went by, population changes affected the location and number of schools in the area. State requirements began to determine ways that student's education would be handled. Regardless, education of the Brooklin students always remained a high priority for the town.

Exhibit

Graduation Season

Graduations -- and schools -- in the 19th through the first decade of the 20th century often were small affairs and sometimes featured student presentations that demonstrated what they had learned. They were not necessarily held in May or June, what later became the standard "end of the school year."

Exhibit

From French Canadians to Franco-Americans

French Canadians who emigrated to the Lewiston-Auburn area faced discrimination as children and adults -- such as living in "Little Canada" tenements and being ridiculed for speaking French -- but also adapted to their new lives and sustained many cultural traditions.

Site Pages

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Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 1 of 3

"… Text by: Morgan King and Brittany Cookson Eighth Grade Students at Piscataquis Community Middle School Images from the Guilford Historical Society…"

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village Schools

"Grade 1 had four students. Grade 2 had two students. Grade 3 had four students. Two teachers, Geraldine Testa taught the first term and Thelma Davis…"

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Guilford, Maine - PROJECT OVERVIEW - Page 2 of 2

"… six-town school district “supplied” seventh and eighth grade social studies teacher, Rex Webb, and a host of his students, all well versed in…"