Maine Memory Network

Carolyn Stone, Farmington State Normal School, ca. 1907

Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: circa 1907 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print

Carolyn Stone, Farmington State Normal School, 1928

Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: circa 1928 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print

Westbrook Seminary: Educating Women

Westbrook Seminary, built on Stevens Plain in 1831, was founded to educate young men and young women. Seminaries traditionally were a form of advanced secondary education. Westbrook Seminary served an important function in admitting women students, for whom education was less available in the early and mid nineteenth century.

Back to School

Public education has been a part of Maine since Euro-American settlement began to stabilize in the early eighteenth century. But not until the end of the nineteenth century was public education really compulsory in Maine.

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"They not only paid for fine education but endorsed fine education, a "superior curriculum" for the "superior" person."

Mercy Hospital - People of Mercy - Page 2 of 2

"in 1946. Physical limitations prevented her from becoming a missionary as she had planned. She joined the Sisters of Mercy in 1955, later training at…"

Learning to fly and instructing cadets at West Point during WWII
by Vera Cleaves

West Point during World War II

An Asian American Account
by Zabrina

An account from a Chinese American teen during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sporting Maine

Grade Level: 3-5 Content Area: Health Education & Physical Education, Social Studies
This lesson plan will introduce students to myriad communities in Maine, past and present, through the universal lens of sports and group activities. Students will explore and understand the history of many of Maine’s recreational pastimes, what makes Maine the ideal location for some outdoor sports, and how communities have come together through team activities throughout Maine’s history.