Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Historical Society

"… blend of experiences to the Scarborough team: teacher, school administrator, psychologist, lobsterman, O.R."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 3 of 4

"… remembers books in school."That first day, the teacher laid a big geography book on my desk and another one on Joe's to keep us occupied while she…"

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

"With more teachers, the school can offer a much wider variety of classes. As more and more teachers were hired, the curriculum expanded, with 4 core…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs

"Many guests arrived over the weekend by train at the Grand Trunk Station on India Street. The convention was held at Portland City Hall (Merrill…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor Commercial article on World's Fair contest

"… and mail or deliver them with their votes for the teacher, clerk, or wage earner -- from Bangor or from outside Bangor."

Historic Hallowell - Disasters - Natural and Man-made

"… the City Historian and a retired Hall-Dale teacher, brought a suitcase full of resource materials to the middle school and exhibit building began…"

Guilford, Maine - PROJECT OVERVIEW - Page 1 of 2

"Teacher Rex Webb and PCMS students present their "School Exhibit" during January Training at the Maine Historical Society X The Team went back to…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"Future school teachers could begin training as school juniors. The pay, by today's standards, was low."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"… establishment of Normal Schools by the State's teachers. The teachers of Franklin County passed a resolution at their convention in 1857, that…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"Prospective teachers could begin their training while they were still in high school. Mrs. Arlene Potter said she received 50¢ a week for doing the…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools

"… By: Rex Webb, 7th & 8th Grade Social Studies Teacher and 8th Grade Students Piscataquis Community Middle School Guilford Public School, June…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"Teacher turn-over posed a problem of continuity in education. (Superintendent's Reports in Town Reports) During this time, health was also an issue."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"Starbird started out as a teacher but soon turned to photography and studied under Francis Stanley in Lewiston Maine."

Maine Conservation Corps

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Blake Library Special Collections, UMFK

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"Before the war he had been a teacher in Gray, and it shows in his letters; his handwriting was clear and he was a good speller with excellent…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… Oliver Scott, Nicholas Steenberg, and their class teacher, Scott Springer Blue Hill Agricultural Fair, ca."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… Nowick--farmer, Juilliard-trained pianist, Zen teacher, son of Russian immigrants, witness to the aftermath of the bombing of Hiroshima, and…"