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Office Of The President Of The University Of Maine Report On C.C. Little Hall Task Force Statement And Community Input, University Of Maine Sep 2020

Office Of The President Of The University Of Maine Report On C.C. Little Hall Task Force Statement And Community Input, University Of Maine

University of Maine Racial Justice Collection

University of Maine Office of the President webpage, from September 2020 on the C.C. Little Hall Task Force, which was put together by President Joan Ferrini-Mundy in order to rename C.C Little Hall, named after former UMaine President Clarence Cook Little from 1922 to 1925. The webpage includes information on why the task force and what they have come up with in order to rename the building. It includes a 'Six building name criteria: Specific naming principles' and 'Ranked Recommendations' created by the task force. The purpose of this webpage was to request community input on what to rename Little …


C.C. Little Hall Name Task Force Final Report, University Of Maine Jun 2020

C.C. Little Hall Name Task Force Final Report, University Of Maine

University of Maine Racial Justice Collection

The C.C. Little Hall Name Task Force's final report. The report includes the 'Purpose and Scope of the Task Force', 'Task Force Members', and 'Executive Summary'. Then the 'Task Force Recommendations for Building Name Criteria' and a section on 'Should Clarence C. Little's Name be Removed from UMaine's Little Hall?' with a 'General Biography', 'Little's Questionable Scientific Work', 'Arguments Against the Little Hall Name Change', 'Arguments in Favor of the Little Hall Name Change', the and 'Task Force Recommendation to Change the Name of Little Hall'. Lastly is the 'Renaming Process: Beyond C.C. Little' and the recommendations of what to …


A Little Controversy: Clarence Little In Our History And On Our Campus, Sierra Semmel Oct 2019

A Little Controversy: Clarence Little In Our History And On Our Campus, Sierra Semmel

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Clarence Cook Little, or C.C. Little, was the sixth president of the University of Maine, serving from 1922 to 1925. Just prior to his stint as president of UMaine, he served as the president of the University of Michigan for a short period of time. He started the Jackson Lab in Bar Harbor and was a scientist, an academic and a researcher. He was also a eugenicist.


A Little Hall With A Big, Complicated History, Lindsey Moran Apr 2018

A Little Hall With A Big, Complicated History, Lindsey Moran

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

In the middle of the University of Maine mall sits Little Hall, named after the president of UMaine from 1922-1925 and founder of Bar Harbor’s Jackson Laboratory, Clarence C. Little. The building is home to the departments of Psychology, Modern Languages and Classics, as well as the Franco-American Studies Program. Little Hall sees droves of students every year dedicated to furthering UMaine’s mission to improve the quality of life for people in Maine and around the world.