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Mlgpa News (December 2001), Mark Sullivan
Mlgpa News (December 2001), Mark Sullivan
MLGPA news (1996-2004)
No abstract provided.
Msop Newsletter (Fall 2001), Maine Speakout Project
Msop Newsletter (Fall 2001), Maine Speakout Project
MSOP newsletter (1998-2001)
No abstract provided.
Network News, Vol.4, No. 3 (Fall 2001), Naomi Winterfalcon, Maine Rural Network
Network News, Vol.4, No. 3 (Fall 2001), Naomi Winterfalcon, Maine Rural Network
Network news (1998-2002)
No abstract provided.
Gen Ms 13 Kenneth T. H. Brooks Finding Aid, John D. Knowlton
Gen Ms 13 Kenneth T. H. Brooks Finding Aid, John D. Knowlton
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Description:
Kenneth T. H. Brooks received his undergraduate degree from the University of New Hampshire and Masters and Doctoral degrees from Boston University. He served as President of Gorham State Teacher’s College from 1960-68, then continued as President of the University of Maine at Gorham from 1968-1970. He stepped down when Gorham merged with the University of Maine at Portland. He wrote See the Green and White Advancing: A History of Gorham Normal School, Teachers College, and State College 1878-1970, which was published in 1995. Kenneth Brooks died December 4, 1995. This small miscellaneous group of papers focuses on Brooks …
Mlgpa News (September 2001), David Garrity
Mlgpa News (September 2001), David Garrity
MLGPA news (1996-2004)
No abstract provided.
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.
Network News, Vol.4, No. 2 (Summer 2001), Naomi Winterfalcon, Maine Rural Network
Network News, Vol.4, No. 2 (Summer 2001), Naomi Winterfalcon, Maine Rural Network
Network news (1998-2002)
No abstract provided.
Mr. Edgar Anderson On Leisure, Amber Panzella
Mr. Edgar Anderson On Leisure, Amber Panzella
We Exist Series 4: Quotes
Interviewer: Amber Panzella
Interviewee: Mr. Edgar Anderson (Male; age 51; born 1950 in Chicago suburb called Harvey; Moved to Portland Maine in 1985)
“I just spent last weekend down in Massachusetts with-as I said before-with my daughter who played in basketball tournaments Saturday and Sunday, so we spent the weekend in Massachusetts playing basketball. This weekend her mom will spend time with her in Hudson, New Hampshire, playing softball. She's also a softball player…Yeah, and two weeks from now we're gonna be in Connecticut, and the week after that we'll be playing basketball in D.C. So we're very involved with …
Mlgpa News (June 2001), David Garrity
Ms. Lucille Young On Leisure, Anab Osman
Ms. Lucille Young On Leisure, Anab Osman
We Exist Series 4: Quotes
Interviewer: Anab Osman
Interviewee: Ms. Lucille Young (age 73; born 1928 in Jackson, Mississippi; moved to Maine in 1967) “[Barbeque] Yeah. We have four picnic tables in the backyard, and chairs, and we have a grill. And I have a swimming pool, so they’re always there. They’re always at my house. Which I’m trying to get rid of half of them, but I know it’ll never happen.”
Mrs. Rose Jackson On Leisure, Hamida Suja
Mrs. Rose Jackson On Leisure, Hamida Suja
We Exist Series 4: Quotes
Interviewer: Hamida Suja
Interviewee: Mrs. Rose Jackson (age 66; born in Louisville, Mississippi; lives in South Portland for 39 years; married 34 years; has six children; had five children with her first husband; he died and she remarried and had a child with the current husband)
“And we would get together, like, have a fish fry on the weekend with our white friends, our white neighbors. And when we would get out and fish, my daddy and them would go down and get in the water and just muddy the water up with hoes-what you chop cotton with-and the fish …
Mrs. Odessa Barret On Leisure, Usm African American Collection
Mrs. Odessa Barret On Leisure, Usm African American Collection
We Exist Series 4: Quotes
Interviewer: -
Interviewee: Odessa Barret (born in Port Arthur, Texas, 1948)
“Life for me as a child was bitter sweet. I was between the youngest boy and girl so I was never alone. Church was the focal point of our lives. It was a time of "White Only" restrooms and drinking fountains, but we were spared a lot of that because we owned our own car so public transportation was not a worry for us. Traveling food for us was a basket of fried sausage and biscuits if it was morning and fried chicken and bread if it was lunch …
Mrs. June Mckenzie On Education And Employment, Aretha Williams
Mrs. June Mckenzie On Education And Employment, Aretha Williams
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Mrs. June McKenzie Full Interview
June McKenzie, a fifth-generation Mainer, was born in Portland, Maine, in 1929, one of twelve children. Her mother, Florence Eastman Williams, was a Portland native; her father, a truck driver, was a graduate of Tuskegee Institute. She graduated from Portland High School in 1947; she attended Northeastern Business College for one year, and took several classes at the American Institute of Banking while employed at People’s Heritage Bank, where she worked for twenty-two years. She married and had eight children, and at the time of this interview had two grandchildren. She is a longtime member …
Mrs. June Mckenzie On Leisure, Aretha Williams
Mrs. June Mckenzie On Leisure, Aretha Williams
We Exist Series 4: Quotes
Interviewer: Aretha Williams
Interviewee: Mrs. June McKenzie (age 72; born 1929 in Portland Maine; fifth-generation Mainer; lived in Maine all her life)
“Oh, yes we do, and they're really big. My sister in Connecticut has, what, seven children, and my sister in the islands has three, and my other sister has one. And all our families and our grandchildren and everything, we all get together on Fourth of July and have a picnic at Sebago Lake, which started out as a big church thing. Our church did it every year, and we've just kept up the tradition.”
“Well, my neighborhood …
Lg Ms 008 South Portland Citizens For Justice Archives Finding Aid, Siobain C. Monahan
Lg Ms 008 South Portland Citizens For Justice Archives Finding Aid, Siobain C. Monahan
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Description:
South Portland Citizens for Justice was a group seeking a local ordinance against discrimination based on sexual orientation. The group campaigned in support of the proposed Human Rights Ordinance, which was on the ballot in the November 3, 1998 election. The Archives contains newspaper articles (clippings and entire issues) that relate to the 1998 Human Rights Ordinance. Also included are items from the South Portland Citizens for Justice organization, such as correspondence, publications, posters, stickers, and press packets.
Date Range:
1998
Size of Collection:
2.5 ft.
Network News, Vol.4, No. 1 (Spring 2001), Naomi Falcone, Maine Rural Network
Network News, Vol.4, No. 1 (Spring 2001), Naomi Falcone, Maine Rural Network
Network news (1998-2002)
No abstract provided.
Msop Newsletter (Spring 2001), Maine Speakout Project
Msop Newsletter (Spring 2001), Maine Speakout Project
MSOP newsletter (1998-2001)
No abstract provided.
Ms. Beverly Bowens On Education And Employment, Vanessa Saric
Ms. Beverly Bowens On Education And Employment, Vanessa Saric
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Ms. Beverly Bowens Full Interview
Beverly Bowens was born in Portland, Maine, in 1934, and grew up on Munjoy Hill. She had one older brother. Her father was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin; her mother’s family had been in Portland for generations. She graduated from Portland High School, attended Mercy Hospital School of Nursing, and then moved to New York City to attend Teacher’s College at Columbia University; as of this interview, she had a bachelor’s degree in nursing, a master’s degree in nursing administration, and a master’s degree in institutional education. She married a surgeon and they had one daughter; …
Mr. James Mathews On Leisure, Maureen Elgersman Lee
Mr. James Mathews On Leisure, Maureen Elgersman Lee
We Exist Series 4: Quotes
Interviewer: Maureen Elgersman Lee
Interviewee: Mr. James Mathews (age 59; born 1941 in Portland Maine; married with five children; lived in Maine all his life – lived in South Portland for over 26 years)
“Well, when we talk about the Mathews family reunions and also the Fisher family reunions, because they're a part of our family. We all evolved from the Mathews really, and, of course, my name is Mathews. We had a family reunion in Nova Scotia that I went to in 1998. It was July; I think it was the 14th thru the 16th, or something like that, …
Ms. Beverly Bowens On Leisure, Vanessa Saric
Ms. Beverly Bowens On Leisure, Vanessa Saric
We Exist Series 4: Quotes
Interviewer: Vanesa Saric
Interviewee: Ms. Beverly Bowens (born in Maine; age 67; left at 21 years old for about 35 to 40 years and then returned to Maine)
“Actually, I'm a product of my environment. So when I went to New York, I had difficulty getting used to, for instance, going to a party, 8 o'clock. And even though in New York a party starts at eight, no one comes until ten. I go to bed early, and I get up very early. And this is something that I found a little bit different when I was in New York. …
Mr. James Mathews On Education And Employment, Maureen Elgersman-Lee
Mr. James Mathews On Education And Employment, Maureen Elgersman-Lee
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Mr. James Mathews Full Interview
James Mathews was born at Maine General Hospital in Portland, Maine, in 1941. He had four siblings; his father, Oscar Mathews, Jr., was a cook for the railroad that ran between Portland and Boston, and his mother, Llewena Hill Mathews, was one of the first graduates of the Gorham Normal School. His father’s family emigrated from Nova Scotia. As a child, he lived with his aunt and uncle in South Portland; the family moved to another home in South Portland when the state took their home to build I-295. Mathews graduated from Portland High School …
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.
Network News, Vol.4, No. 4 (Winter 2001), Naomi Winterfalcon, Maine Rural Network
Network News, Vol.4, No. 4 (Winter 2001), Naomi Winterfalcon, Maine Rural Network
Network news (1998-2002)
No abstract provided.
Lg Ms 003 Jean Stickney Posters Finding Aid, Siobain C. Monahan
Lg Ms 003 Jean Stickney Posters Finding Aid, Siobain C. Monahan
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Description:
Stickney was an agent for entertainers. This is a collection of colored posters advertising events of interest to the Gay and Lesbian communities. Many of these events were organized by Wild Iris Productions, Jean Stickney’s business, and held in the First Parish Church in Portland, Maine.
Date Range:
1980s-1990s
Size of Collection:
2 ft.
Lg Ms 004 Christopher O’Connor Collection Finding Aid, Siobain C. Monahan
Lg Ms 004 Christopher O’Connor Collection Finding Aid, Siobain C. Monahan
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Description:
Christopher O’Connor was resident director of USM’s Portland Hall dormitory in the fall of 1999 when there was an incident involving anti-gay graffiti in the dormitory. The Collection includes newspaper clippings regarding the incident, brochures, and a letter to the USM community from O'Connor.
Date Range:
1999
Size of Collection:
0.25 ft.