Keywords: Maine colleges
Item 12793
View of Pond, Colby College, ca. 1965
Contributed by: Colby College Special Collections Date: circa 1965 Location: Waterville Media: Photographic print
Item 12791
Miller Library, Colby College, 1939
Contributed by: Colby College Special Collections Date: 1939 Location: Waterville Media: Photographic print
Item 76024
Assessor's Record, 716-730 Stevens Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Westbrook College Use: Dormitory & Classrooms
Item 38782
Assessor's Record, 530-534 Congress Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: John Porteous Use: Store Building
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
Bowdoin College Scientific Expedition to Labrador
"The Bowdoin Boys" -- some students and recent graduates -- traveled to Labrador in 1891 to collect artifacts, specimens, and to try to find Grand Falls, a waterfall deep in Labrador's interior.
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Colby College Special Collections
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Story
Joan Benoit Samuelson: A Maine Story
by Maine Historical Society
Documentary about Joan Benoit Samuelson, created as part of the 2024 Maine History Maker award.
Story
2024 Maine History Maker Celebration Event
by Maine Historical Society
Maine Historical Society's 2024 Maine History Maker event, honoring Joan Benoit Samuelson.
Lesson Plan
Grade Level: Postsecondary
Content Area: Social Studies
Students will learn about the people who have occupied the office of Governor and how the Office of Governor operates. The students will understand the different hats and relationships that the Governor has.
Lesson Plan
Building Community/Community Buildings
Grade Level: 6-8
Content Area: Social Studies
Where do people gather? What defines a community? What buildings allow people to congregate to celebrate, learn, debate, vote, and take part in all manner of community activities? Students will evaluate images and primary documents from throughout Maine’s history, and look at some of Maine’s earliest gathering spaces and organizations, and how many communities established themselves around certain types of buildings. Students will make connections between the community buildings of the past and the ways we express identity and create communities today.
