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09-05-1898, Harriet Sweetser

Life as a Student (1890-1900)

This collection contains letters written by Harriet Sweetser, dated from 1898 to 1916, as well as some photographs. Most of the letters were written during her time as a student at Gorham Normal School, a teacher training college located on what is currently the Gorham campus of the University of Southern Maine. Almost all of the letters are addressed to her mother, with a few to her father. Sweetser writes home to tell her parents about her day-to-day life at school. She later taught at a grammar school in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine and became a superintendent. Harriet Sweetser was born on …

05-18-1898, Harriet Sweetser

Life as a Student (1890-1900)

This collection contains letters written by Harriet Sweetser, dated from 1898 to 1916, as well as some photographs. Most of the letters were written during her time as a student at Gorham Normal School, a teacher training college located on what is currently the Gorham campus of the University of Southern Maine. Almost all of the letters are addressed to her mother, with a few to her father. Sweetser writes home to tell her parents about her day-to-day life at school. She later taught at a grammar school in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine and became a superintendent. Harriet Sweetser was born on …

04-23-1898, Harriet Sweetser

Life as a Student (1890-1900)

This collection contains letters written by Harriet Sweetser, dated from 1898 to 1916, as well as some photographs. Most of the letters were written during her time as a student at Gorham Normal School, a teacher training college located on what is currently the Gorham campus of the University of Southern Maine. Almost all of the letters are addressed to her mother, with a few to her father. Sweetser writes home to tell her parents about her day-to-day life at school. She later taught at a grammar school in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine and became a superintendent. Harriet Sweetser was born on …

A History Of Swan's Island, Maine, Herman Wesley Small M.D.

Maine Collection

A History of Swan's Island, Maine

by H.W. Small, M.D. (1865-1937)

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction - Aborigines - Discovery, 2. Purchase - Settlement and Land Titles, 3. A Sketch of the Life of Col. James Swan, 4. Biographical Sketches of early Settlers, 5. Gott's Island, 6. The Fishing Industry, 7. Synopsis of the Municipal Records, 8. Miscellaneous - Index of First Settlers

Odelie Demers Travel Diary, Odelie Demers

Demers Family Diaries

In this travelogue, Odelie details her trip to Quebec in 1898. She and her sister, Éva, visited relatives and the shrine of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré.

A History Of Peaks Island And Its People. Also A Short History Of House Island, Portland, Maine, Nathan Goold

Osher Map Library Rare Books

84 p., [1] leaf of plate : ill., map ; 20 cm

Hard cover debossed in gold with "History of Peaks and House Islands".

The Silent Watcher, Or, York As Seen From Agamenticus, Sybil Warburton

Maine Collection

The Silent Watcher, Or, York As Seen From Agamenticus

by Sybil Warburton

"Giving a Glimpse into its Past History as the City of Gorgeana, with a Few Suggestive Pictures of the Town at the Present Time."

Boston, Mass., 1897

Contents: Historical Sketch / The Winds' Voices / The Silent Watcher / The Spirit of the Storm / The Sands of Georgeana / The Runaway Brook / What the River Told to the Watching Cape / School Days / York River / Calling the Cows

The Werner Introductory Geography, Horace S. Tarbell A.M., Ll.D.

Osher Map Library Collection Books

1 book: 187 pages, illustrations, maps

The Story Of New Sweden As Told At The Quarter Centennial Celebration Of The Founding Of The Swedish Colony In The Woods Of Maine, June 25, 1895, Stanley J. Estes

Maine Collection

The Story of New Sweden as Told at the Quarter Centennial Celebration of the Founding of the Swedish Colony in the Woods of Maine, June 25, 1895

Edited by Stanley J. Estes

Bar Harbor, F. Marion Crawford

Maine Collection

Bar Harbor

by Francis Marion Crawford. Illustrated by C.S. Reinhart.

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1896.

American Summer Resorts

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1895: First Class, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School program for the Examination of the Classes and Graduation of the First Class of 1895. Held in Gorham, Maine Wednesday and Thursday, January 16 and 17, 1895.

Turner's Souvenir Of Lewiston's One Hundredth Anniversary, Augustus R. Turner

Lewiston Centennial (1861-1961)

No abstract provided.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1893: Second Class, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School program for the Examination and Graduation of the Second Class of 1893. Held in Gorham, Maine June 18, 20 and 21, 1893.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1893: First Class, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School program of the Examination of Classes and Graduation of the First Class of 1893. Held in Gorham, Maine January 15, 18, and 19, 1893.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1892: Second Class, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School program for the Examination of the Classes and Graduation of the Second Class of 1892. Held in Gorham, Maine Wednesday June 22, 1892.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1892: First Class, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School program of Examination of Classes and Graduation of First Class of 1892. Held in Gorham, Maine Friday January 22, 1892.

Illustrated History Of Kennebec County Maine 1625-1799-1892 (Vol.2), Henry D. Kingsbury, Simeon L. Deyo

Osher Map Library Rare Books

Illustrated History of Kennebec County Maine 1625-1799-1892 - Volume II

Editors: Henry D. Kingsbury and Simeon L. Deyo

Second bound volume comprises pages 601-1273.

"Edition Limited to 1600 Prints"- Copyrighted 1892.

637 p. : ill. ; 28 cm

Illustrated History Of Kennebec County Maine 1625-1799-1892 (Vol.1), Henry D. Kingsbury, Simeon L. Deyo

Osher Map Library Rare Books

Illustrated History of Kennebec County Maine 1625-1799-1892 - Volume I.

Editors: Henry D. Kingsbury and Simeon L. Deyo.

First bound volume comprises pages 1-600.

"Edition Limited to 1600 Prints"- Copyrighted 1892.

600 p. : ill. ; 28 cm

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1891: Second Class, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School program for the Examination of the School and Graduation of the Second Class of 1891. Held in Gorham, Maine June 17 and 18, 1891.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1891: First Class, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School program for the Examination of the School and Graduation of the First Class of 1887. Held in Gorham, Maine Thursday and Friday, January 15 and 16, 1891.

History Of Androscoggin County, Maine (Illustrated), Georgia Drew Merrill (Ed.)

Osher Map Library Rare Books

History of Androscoggin County, Maine (Illustrated)

Editor: Georgia Drew Merrill

Copyright, 1891

W.A. Fergusson & Co., Boston, Mass. (Journal Press, Lewiston, Me.)

879 p.: ill., ports.; 26 cm

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1890: First Class, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School program for the Examination of the Classes and Graduation of the First Class of 1890. Held in Gorham, Maine Wednesday and Thursday, January 15 and 16, 1890

Lewiston And Auburn: Their Manufacturing Industries And Attractions., G. W. Morris (Publisher)

Lewiston, Maine

No abstract provided.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1889: Second Class, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School program for the Examination of the School and Graduation of the Second Class of 1889. Held in Gorham, Maine June 16, 17 and 18, 1889.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1889: First Class, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School program for the Examination of the School and Graduation of the First Class of 1889. Held in Gorham, Maine January 20, 23 and 24, 1889.

The Extermination Of The American Bison, William T. Hornaday

Osher Map Library Collection Books

pages 369-548, xxi leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., maps (1 col. folded) ; 24 cm

The Report of the United States National Museum, 1887

To view the maps from this book please go to the following url:

https://oshermaps.org/map/57868.0001

Harper's Introductory Geography With Maps And Illustrations, Harper & Brothers

Osher Map Library Collection Books

1 book: 112 pages, illustrations, colored maps

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1888: Second Class, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School program for the Examination and Graduation of the Second Class of 1888. Held in Gorham, Maine June 17, 20, 21 and 22, 1888.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1887: Second Class, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School program for the Examination of the School and Graduation of the Second Class of 1887. Held in Gorham, Maine June 19, 21, 22 and 23, 1887.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1887: First Class, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School program for the Examination of the School and Graduation of the First Class of 1887. Held in Gorham, Maine Wednesday and Thursday, January 26 and 27, 1887.