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Kennebec Valley Community College Archive

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Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library

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Franco-American Collection

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Acadian Archives

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Maine Folklife Center, University of Maine

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Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"This was accompanied by the establishment of a permanent lay medical staff first headed by Dr. Louis Derry. That same year the Record Room opened."

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"Joseph’s College in Standish, which the Sisters of Mercy also operated. Mrs. Salvatore, Portland, ca."

University of Maine at Presque Isle Library

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Mercy Hospital - Mercy Stories

"… Davis My work in the Mercy Hospital emergency room A Story by Katie Johnson Reflecting on 38 years at Mercy Hospital A Story by Terry…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 3 of 3

"… Sister Gloria LeVasseur “enjoyed the operating room experience she received at Madigan” when asking permission to attend summer workshops."

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2

"… (what today would be called an Emergency Room), although it would not be open on a 24-hour basis until 1964."

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2

"… 12,000 outpatients, treated 7,000 Emergency Room visits, and over 4,000 clinic visits. Staff performed over 4,000 surgical procedures."

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 1 of 3

"… nurses were capable of going into a home making a room surgically clean; preparing a patient for operation, even for abdominal surgery…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 2 of 3

"Not to distract or disguise, but to give extra room to move, concealed gussets at both sides retain the straight silhouette of Portland’s Marguerite…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 3 of 3

"'B Green Room' gown, ca. 1975Maine Historical Society Perhaps the most elegant, and certainly unusual, evening dress in the collection is a Geoffrey…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Wrappers, Teagowns & At Home Dresses

"… worn in the relaxed privacy of a ladies sitting room when entertaining a few close friends for tea, a reciprocal activity that maintained social…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1870 to 1900

"Both feature high face encircling collars make room for voluminous sleeve trends. Also allowing for fuller sleeves, is a London made cream light wool…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"… this money for things like religious purposes, colleges, hospitals, libraries, and even orphanages."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"She was able to afford going to college because of an inheritance received from her father and her aunt."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"… than a common school education, could prepare for college admission. The sisters provided an opportunity never before available in Strong."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"… Academy, later called Maine State Teachers College. She is said to have had a poem published in the Boston Olive Branch at the age of 15."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Politics and Enforcement

"Burden Collection Portland City Hall Rum Room, ca. 1930Maine Historical Society City Hall Rum Room ca."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… sent to seminaries, high schools, and commercial colleges. After a number of years a new district, Number Eight, was located on the Bluff."