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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 19 Fitts Family Collection Finding Aid, Daniel Draper

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Description:

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

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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 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 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.

Gorham State Teachers College Commencement Program 1946, Gorham State Teachers College

Commencement Programs

The Gorham State Teachers College programs for the Baccalaureate Services and Graduation Exercises. Held in Gorham, Maine June 13 and 14, 1946. Address given by Dr. Payson Smith, University of Maine.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1945, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School program for the Graduation Exercises. Held in Gorham, Maine June 14, 1945. Address given by Dr. Walter E. Russell, Principal Emeritus.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1944, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School programs for the Baccalaureate Services and Graduation Exercises. Held in Gorham, Maine May 25 and 26, 1944. Address given by Hon. Harry V. Gilson, State Commissioner of Education.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1942, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School program for the Graduation Exercises. Held in Gorham, Maine June 15, 1942. Address given by Dr. Payson Smith.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1941, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School programs for the Senior Last Chapel and Graduation Exercises. Held in Gorham, Maine June 12 and 16, 1941. Address given by Dr. Bertram E. Packard, State Commissioner of Education.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1940, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School programs for the Senior Last Chapel, Baccalaureate Services and Graduation Exercises. Held in Gorham, Maine June 14, 16 and 17, 1940. Address given by Rufus Matthew Jones, D.D., LL. D., Haverford, Pennsylvania.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1938, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School programs for the Baccalaureate Services and Graduation Exercises. Held in Gorham, Maine June 19 and 20, 1938. Address given by Dean Willard L. Sperry, School of Theology, Harvard University.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1937, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School programs for the Baccalaureate Services and Graduation Exercises. Held in Gorham, Maine June 20 and 21, 1937. Address given by Dr. Frank W. Wright.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1936, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School program for the Graduation Exercises. Held in Gorham, Maine June 15, 1936. Address given by Dr. Payson Smith.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1935, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School program for the Graduation Exercises. Held in Gorham, Maine June 17, 1935. Address given by Rev. Hilda Libby Ives.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1934, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School programs for the Baccalaureate Services and Graduation Exercises. Held in Gorham, Maine June 17 and 18, 1934. Address given by Dr. Bertram E. Packard.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1933, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School programs for the Baccalaureate Services and Graduation Exercises. Held in Gorham, Maine June 18 and 19, 1933. Address given by President Daniel L. Marsh.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1932, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School programs for the Baccalaureate Services and Graduation Exercises. Held in Gorham, Maine June 12 and 13, 1932. Address given by President Livingston C. Lord.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1931, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School program for the Graduation Exercises. Held in Gorham, Maine June 15, 1931. Address given by Rev. John C. Schroeder.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1930, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School program for the Graduation Exercises. Held in Gorham, Maine June 17, 1930. Address given by President Charles McKenney.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1929, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School program for the Graduation Exercises. Held in Gorham, Maine June 14, 1929. Address given by Rev. James Gordon Gilkey, D.D..

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1928, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School programs for the Baccalaureate Services and Graduating Exercises. Held in Gorham, Maine June 17 and 19, 1928. Address given by President Mary E. Woolley.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1927, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School program for the Graduating Exercises. Held in Gorham, Maine June 21, 1927. Address given by Dr. Henry Hitt Crane.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1924, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School program for the Public Exercises. Held in Gorham, Maine June 17, 1924.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1923, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School program for the Graduating Exercises. Held in Gorham, Maine June 20, 1923. Address given by Dean Walter S. Athearn.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1918, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School program for the Exercises of Graduation. Held in Gorham, Maine June 19, 1918. Address given by Rev. G. Walter Fishe, Junior Dean of Oberlin College.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1916, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School programs for the Public Exercises and Graduating Exercises. Held in Gorham, Maine June 20 and 21, 1916. Address given by Rev. Abraham M. Rihbany, D. D..

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1926, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School program for the Graduating Exercises. Held in Gorham, Maine June 15, 1926. Address given by President Kenneth C. M. Sills.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1915, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School programs for the Exhibition of School Work and Graduating Exercises. Held in Gorham, Maine June 15 and 16, 1915. Address given by Rev. Lucius H. Bugbee, D. D..

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1914, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School programs for the Examination of Classes and Graduating Exercises. Held in Gorham, Maine June 16 and 17, 1914. Address given by Rev A. Z. Conrad, D. D..