Maine Memory Network

Letter seeking TB treatment, 1909

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1909-03-16 Location: Irishtown, NB, Canada Media: Pencil on paper

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Letter seeking home TB treatment advice, 1909

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1909-01-04 Location: Bangor; Hebron Media: Ink on paper

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129-131 State Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: State Street Corporation Use: Offices

Electric Passenger elevator for Children's Hospital, Portland, 1909

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1909 Location: Portland Client: unknown Architect: Frederick A. Tompson

The Bethel Inn, Bethel, 1911

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1911 Location: Bethel Client: Dr. J. G. Gehring Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Among the Lungers: Treating TB

Tuberculosis -- or consumption as it often was called -- claimed so many lives and so threatened the health of communities that private organizations and, by 1915, the state, got involved in TB treatment. The state's first tuberculosis sanatorium was built on Greenwood Mountain in Hebron and introduced a new philosophy of treatment.

San Life: the Western Maine Sanatorium, 1928-1929

Merle Wadleigh of Portland, who was in his mid 20s, took and saved photographs that provide a glimpse into the life of a tuberculosis patient at the Western Maine Sanatorium in Hebron in 1928-1929.

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architect James Overlock

"… circular saws, which were used to make decorative treatments in moldings, brackets, dentils, and window and balcony details."

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"Prevention was interwoven with “the science called Bacteriology.” Treatment of various germs and the destruction of tissue required the study of…"

A Veteran's Journey
by Maine Paws for Veterans

A veteran's journey and how Maine Paws for Veterans made a difference for him.

Hope
by Buddy Bieler

Buddy reflects on the experience of being incarcerated over the last sixteen years.

LGBTQ+ History in Maine

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12, Postsecondary Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson presents an overview of the history of the LGBTQ community in Maine and the U.S., including the ways in which attitudes towards the LGBTQ community have changed over time, some of the ways LGBTQ people have faced discrimination and unfair treatment, and some of the moments in Maine and U.S. history that inspired LGBTQ people and their allies to fight for equality and LGBTQ rights.

Primary Sources: Healthcare History in Maine

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12 Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan will give students the opportunity to read and analyze letters, literature, and other primary documents and articles of material culture from the MHS collections relating to how people in Maine have given and received healthcare throughout history. Students will discuss the giving and receiving of medicines and treatments from the 18th-21st centuries, the evolving role of hospitals since the 19th century, and how the nursing profession has changed since the Civil War. Students will also look at how people and healthcare facilities in Maine have addressed epidemics in the past, such as influenza and tuberculosis, and what we can learn today from studying the history of healthcare and medicine.