Keywords: Training Programs
Item 102527
Francis Wilbert Bisbee's cadet training tunic, Orono, ca. 1918
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1918 Location: New Gloucester; Orono Media: Wool, cotton, metal
Item 102534
Lincoln Turner's student cadet training jacket, Orono, ca. 1918
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1918 Location: Orono; Waltham Media: Wool, cotton, bakelite, bronze
Exhibit
We Used to be "Normal": A History of F.S.N.S.
Farmington's Normal School -- a teacher-training facility -- opened in 1863 and, over the decades, offered academic programs that included such unique features as domestic and child-care training, and extra-curricular activities from athletics to music and theater.
Exhibit
Remembering Mellie Dunham: Snowshoe Maker and Fiddler
Alanson Mellen "Mellie" Dunham and his wife Emma "Gram" Dunham were well-known musicians throughout Maine and the nation in the early decades of the 20th century. Mellie Dunham also received fame as a snowshoe maker.
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959
"Awaiting a train ride to the Capitol National Community Christmas Tree, Presque Isle, 1959Presque Isle Historical Society Pictured here on…"
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor
"The training school trained teachers through tough and thorough studies. The graduates of Snow’s school found it easy to get teacher positions in…"
Story
My Journey: Training Service Dogs in Prison
by Anonymous (Maine State Prison)
Inmates at Maine State Prison train dogs as service and companion animals. This is one story.
Story
My service in Afghanistan with the Marines and my life today
by Nicholas Krier
My service in Afghanistan with the Marines
