Keywords: College Street
Item 22764
Boody-Johnson House, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1880 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print
Item 7394
Hedge Laboratory - Bates College, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Lewiston Public Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Lewiston Media: Phototransparency
Item 36939
74 College Street, Portland, 1924
Use: Garage & Workshop
Item 36915
9 College Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Nellie A Donnelly Use: Dwelling - Two family
Item 151779
New dormitory for Colby College, Waterville, 1911
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1911
Location: Waterville; Waterville
Client: Colby College
Architect: Miller & Mayo Architects
This record contains 13 images.
Item 151391
Bowdoin College Maine Festival, Brunswick, 1986
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1986 Location: Brunswick Client: Bowdoin College Architect: Carol A. Wilson
Exhibit
A Brief History of Colby College
Colby originated in 1813 as Maine Literary and Theological Institution and is now a small private liberal arts college of about 1,800 students. A timeline of the history and development of Colby College from 1813 until the present.
Exhibit
KVVTI's Gilman Street Campus, 1978-1986
The Gilman Street building began its life in 1913 as Waterville High School, but served from 1978 to 1986 as the campus of Kennebec Valley Vocational Technical Institute. The building helped the school create a sense of community and an identity.
Site Page
Colby College Special Collections
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Site Page
Kennebec Valley Community College Archive
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Story
Why I came to Maine and what's kept me here
by Kate Webber
I came to Maine for college but then got involved in contradance and museums.
Story
Scientist Turned Artist Making Art Out of Trash
by Ian Trask
Bowdoin College alum returns to midcoast Maine to make environmentally conscious artwork
Lesson Plan
Portland History: "My Lost Youth" - Longfellow's Portland, Then and Now
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow loved his boyhood home of Portland, Maine. Born on Fore Street, the family moved to his maternal grandparents' home on Congress Street when Henry was eight months old. While he would go on to Bowdoin College and travel extensively abroad, ultimately living most of his adult years in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he never forgot his beloved Portland.
Years after his childhood, in 1855, he wrote "My Lost Youth" about his undiminished love for and memories of growing up in Portland. This exhibit, using the poem as its focus, will present the Portland of Longfellow's boyhood. In many cases the old photos will be followed by contemporary images of what that site looked like 2004.
Following the exhibit of 68 slides are five suggested lessons that can be adapted for any grade level, 3–12.
