Category: Social Movements & Services, Social services
Item 10078
Letter from Leroy H. Huse to Elizabeth Mountfort, February 23, 1846
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1846-02-23 Location: Portland; Boston; Portland; Boston; Portland; Boston; Portland; Boston Media: Ink on paper
Item 10080
Letter from Leroy H. Huse to Elizabeth Mountfort, May 19, 1847
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1847-05-19 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 135759
McGeachey Hall Mental Health Center floor plan, Portland, 1981
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1981 Location: Portland Client: Maine Medical Center Architect: Stevens Architects
Item 148197
Opportunity Farm two fire escapes, New Gloucester, 1944
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944 Location: New Gloucester Client: Opportunity Farm Association Architect: Megquier & Jones Co.
Exhibit
George W. Hinckley and Needy Boys and Girls
George W. Hinckley wanted to help needy boys. The farm, school and home he ran for nearly sixty nears near Fairfield stressed home, religion, education, discipline, industry, and recreation.
Exhibit
Sarah Sampson: Caring for Soldiers, Orphans
Sarah Sampson of Bath went to war with her husband, a captain in the 3rd Maine Regiment. With no formal training, she spent the next four and a half years providing nursing and other services to soldiers. Even after her husband became ill and returned to Maine, Sampson remained in the Washington, D.C., area aiding the sick and wounded.
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Mercy Hospital - From Queen's to Mercy
"From Queen's to Mercy A 1941 capital funds campaign pamphlet for the construction of the new Mercy Hospital."
Story
Born in Bangor 1936
by Priscilla M. Naile
Spending time at the Bangor Children's Home
Story
30 years of work at Mercy
by Gordon Davis
Gordon Davis recounted anecdotes from his thirty years of employment at Mercy Hospital
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.
