Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity

"State School for Girls, Hallowell, ca. 1920Maine State Archives When it became apparent that the effects of industrialization included the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Jacob Abbott

"Vernon, a high school for girls, with his brother in Boston. In 1834, Jacob moved from Boston to Roxbury, MA."

Historic Hallowell - A Chosen Place ~ Once Again

"… bringing forth children, educating the boys and girls for weal or woe; she will still send them forth to every mountain, plain and sea, perhaps…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History Bibliography

"12, 1863) “Industrial School for Girls-National Historic District Hallowell, Me.” Registration Form. Washington, D.C.:U.S."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Farm Life

"There were four boys and two girls. They picked potatoes in the end of September and early October. They picked strawberries in early June."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Redmen's Hall

"… one play there that—oh, Leora Wyman had, she had girls come here one time and it was, the hall was lovely. It was big, it was beautiful."

Otisfield Historical Society

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

"… registers 25 students (seventeen boys and eight girls) were listed. Grade 4 had seven students. Grade 5 had nine students."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Bob's Bears

"Well, boys and girls, every year on a warm summer's afternoon, at about the time of the Bangor Fair, I think of a happening from my early days on…"

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2

"The Kelley girl was eventually carried to shore by Miss Stella M. Burhoe, Ridge School teacher...” Miriam Kelley & Wyman Ramsdell X Miriam…"

Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 1 of 2

"… shrouded in mystery is the daguerreotype of five girls, including one with a cleft lip. What brought them together in a photographer’s studio –…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"There is a family of Clays in our town and a girl in my class with the last name of Clay. Maybe somewhere down the line this is her relative."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"Both of the girls were excellent students and continued their education, even after their father died, attending Mt. Holyoke Seminary."

Bangor Public Library

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - New Sweden Athletic Club

"… did not just have ski teams but hockey, boys and girls basketball, gymnastic and track teams. Even thought they had other sports, the winter ones…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"As one local stated, alongside the island girls, an Indian woman going to church “looked like a bird-of-paradise in a barn-yard.” From Bar Harbor…"

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

"… built around 1875 and had a woodshed, boys and girls outhouse and an entryway. The Parsons School closed in June of 1943 and reverted to the Dyer…"

Lincoln, Maine - Masonic Hall

"… was a public building, though, like the Rainbow Girls and some high school civic students who attended town meetings."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"… Julia and Sara, operated a private school for girls in Farmington, known as Wendall Institute, for 13 years until 1881."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"… One family story involves Laura Turner, an island girl who married Dana Burns in 1907. When he died 3 years later, she went to work at the Massey…"

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"The girls would gather nuts, greens, roots and firewood. They also would help with the cooking and carrying of the household goods to the summer or…"

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"… Calder was born on Lead Mine Road, the oldest girl in a family of 12 children. In 1947, at the age of 16, she began working at the Union Sardine…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… drama production, public speaking contest, and a girl's club. By the 1950's, Scarborough’s extra curricular opportunities flourished, with student…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"A Piece Of The World, Orphan Train, Orphan Train Girl, Bird In Hand, The Way Life Should Be, Desire Lines, Sweet Water, About Me, Child Of Mine, Room…"