LC Subject Heading: Hospitals--Maine
Item 51990
Notre Dame Hospital, Biddeford, ca. 1950
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1950 Location: Biddeford Media: Postcard
Item 34777
Penobscot Valley Hospital, Lincoln, 1973
Contributed by: Bonnie Gray through Lincoln Historical Society Date: 1973 Location: Lincoln Media: Photographic print
Item 110012
Sketch for Maternity Hospital, Portland, ca. 1914
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1914 Location: Portland Client: unknown Architect: Frederick A. Tompson
Item 110031
Electric Passenger elevator for Children's Hospital, Portland, 1909
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1909 Location: Portland Client: unknown Architect: Frederick A. Tompson
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.
