Keywords: Leeds
Item 9656
Keens Corner School grads, Leeds, 1901
Contributed by: Leeds Historical Society Date: circa 1901 Location: Leeds Media: Photographic print
Item 9646
Edson and Hilda Waite, Leeds, 1950
Contributed by: Leeds Historical Society Date: 1950 Location: Leeds Media: Photoprint
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John Y. Merrill: Leeds Farmer, Entrepreneur, & More
John Y. Merrill of Leeds (1823-1898) made terse entries in diaries he kept for 11 years. His few words still provide a glimpse into the life of a mid 18th century farmer, who also made shoes, quarried stone, moved barns, made healing salves -- and was active in civic affairs.
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From French Canadians to Franco-Americans
French Canadians who emigrated to the Lewiston-Auburn area faced discrimination as children and adults -- such as living in "Little Canada" tenements and being ridiculed for speaking French -- but also adapted to their new lives and sustained many cultural traditions.
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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