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Gen Ms 30 Thurston/Corthell Collection Finding Aid, Megan Hendrix
Gen Ms 30 Thurston/Corthell Collection Finding Aid, Megan Hendrix
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Description:
W.J. Corthell was the first principal of the Western State Normal School in Gorham, founded in 1878. The other collector may have been Marjorie Thurston, class of 1907. The Memorabilia consists of artifacts and photographs found in Special Collections.
Date Range:
1870s-1907
Size of Collection:
1 ft.
Gen Ms 23 Esther Wood Papers Finding Aid, Daniel Draper, Megan Turner
Gen Ms 23 Esther Wood Papers Finding Aid, Daniel Draper, Megan Turner
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Description:
Esther Wood taught Social Sciences and History at Gorham Normal School from 1930 to 1972. She regularly wrote columns for the Christian Science Monitor and received many awards, including “Woman of the Year” from the Blue Hill Chamber of Commerce and a Doctorate of Humane Letters honoris causa from Colby College. In 1973, the University named a dormitory building on the Gorham campus in her honor. The Papers consist of her lecture notes on the history of New England from the 16th century through the colonial period and the Revolutionary War to the founding of the State of Maine …
Gen Ms 19 Fitts Family Collection Finding Aid, Daniel Draper
Gen Ms 19 Fitts Family Collection Finding Aid, Daniel Draper
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Bertha Rice Fitts was born in 1870, in Waterford, Maine. After graduating from Gorham Normal School in 1894, she became Master’s Assistant and eighth-grade teacher in Westbrook, Maine, before accepting a similar position at a grammar school in Quincy, MA. While in Quincy, she boarded with Mrs. Calvin Fitts, and in 1899 married her son, Arthur Fitts. She was involved in the Southern Branch of the Gorham Alumni Association for many years. The Collection consists of primarily late 19th c. commercial photographs of teachers and students of Gorham Normal School, plus photos of Gorham Normal School buildings, Bertha Fitts …
Gen Ms 21 Edith Meserve Rice Papers Finding Aid, Daniel Draper
Gen Ms 21 Edith Meserve Rice Papers Finding Aid, Daniel Draper
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Description:
Edith Meserve Rice was a student at Gorham Normal School 1942-1946, and was active in the Alumni Association from the 1970s through the 1990s. The Papers include photographs and other material documenting Rice's life as a student at Gorham Normal School in the early 1940s, as well as alumni news, songs of Gorham Normal School and the State of Maine, and information about Gorham State Teachers College and the University of Southern Maine.
Date Range:
1940s-2002
Size of Collection:
0.5 ft.
Gen Ms 15 Francis L. Bailey Papers Finding Aid, John D. Knowlton
Gen Ms 15 Francis L. Bailey Papers Finding Aid, John D. Knowlton
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Description:
Francis L Bailey was President of Gorham State Teacher's College from 1940 to 1960. The Papers consist of Certificates presented to him: Appointment as Reemployment Committeeman, Cumberland County Local Board No. 4, Maine, 1945 Je 13; Certificate of Appreciation for uncompensated Service in the Selective Service System, undated.
Date Range:
1945 & undated
Size of Collection:
1 ft.
Gen Ms 08 Walter E. Russell Papers Finding Aid, John D. Knowlton
Gen Ms 08 Walter E. Russell Papers Finding Aid, John D. Knowlton
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Description:
Dr. Walter E. Russell Papers span the period 1874-1945, the bulk of them 1870s-1880s, consisting of writings on education and allied topics as well as his sermons. There are a small number of printed items and a photograph of the1928 School Summer Session. Russell often used printed material as scrap paper, so forms usually found in the office of an education administrator of the time occur in these Papers.
Date Range:
1874-1945
Size of Collection:
2 ft.
Gen Ms 10 Harriet Sweetser Letters, John D. Knowlton
Gen Ms 10 Harriet Sweetser Letters, John D. Knowlton
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Provenance: Donated by Elizabeth Sweetser Baxter in 1999. Ownership & Literary Rights: The Harriet Sweetser Letters are the physical property of the University of Southern Maine Library. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the creator or his legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Head of Special Collections. Cite as: Harriet Sweetser Letters, Special Collections, University of Southern Maine Libraries. Restrictions on access: This collection is open for research.
Gen Ms 10 Harriet Sweetser Letters Finding Aid, John D. Knowlton
Gen Ms 10 Harriet Sweetser Letters Finding Aid, John D. Knowlton
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Description:
Harriet Sweester attended Gorham Normal School in the 1890s. She became a teacher and the first Administrator of Home Economics for the Maine State Department of Education. The collection contains letters Sweetser wrote home describing her daily life as a student.
Date Range:
1890s
Size of Collection:
0.5 ft.