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Full-Text Articles in American Studies
A Place In Time: George Ross And Samuel Osborne, Maureen Elgersman - Lee (Ed.)
A Place In Time: George Ross And Samuel Osborne, Maureen Elgersman - Lee (Ed.)
The Griot
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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 20 Jane And Robert Pickett Papers Finding Aid, Daniel Draper
Gen Ms 20 Jane And Robert Pickett Papers Finding Aid, Daniel Draper
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Robert Stanley Pickett and Jane Niles Pickett attended Gorham State Teacher's College from 1949 to 1953. The Papers contain materials concerning academic, athletic and student social activities at Gorham State Teacher's College in the early 1950s, including a scrapbook and newspaper clippings.
Date Range:
1949-1953
Size of Collection:
0.5 ft.
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 …
The Eastern Real Estate Company Of Portland, Maureen Elgersman - Lee (Ed.)
The Eastern Real Estate Company Of Portland, Maureen Elgersman - Lee (Ed.)
The Griot
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'Remember Me?' The Life And Legacy Of Jean Byers Sampson, University Of Southern Maine, Joseph S. Wood, Abraham J. Peck, Mark Lapping, Margaret Ann Brown
'Remember Me?' The Life And Legacy Of Jean Byers Sampson, University Of Southern Maine, Joseph S. Wood, Abraham J. Peck, Mark Lapping, Margaret Ann Brown
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In April 1961, Jean Byers Sampson wrote to the director of branches of the NAACP notifying him that she was involved with establishing a branch in Lewiston-Auburn. Because Jean had worked for the national branch of the NAACP in the late 1940s, she began her letter with a friendly “Remember me?” It is a short, intimate phrase that characterized how Jean worked throughout her life. “‘Remember Me?’ The Life and Legacy of Jean Byers Sampson,” the third annual event of the Sampson Center, is a tribute to how one person’s life changed Maine.
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The Mosaic of Maine …