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Keywords: community rooms

Historical Items

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Item 13064

Meeting room, Meeting House, Sabbathday Lake Shaker Community, 1962

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1962 Location: New Gloucester Media: Photographic print

Item 66425

Gilman School students in library, Waterville,1983

Contributed by: Kennebec Valley Community College Archive Date: 1983 Location: Waterville Media: Photographic print

Item 34031

Community Swimming Pool, North Yarmouth, 1937

Contributed by: North Yarmouth Historical Society Date: 1937 Location: North Yarmouth Media: Photographic print

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 151579

Waterford Library, Waterford, 1937

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1930–1937 Location: Waterford Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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Otisfield's One-Room Schoolhouses

Many of the one-room schoolhouses in Otisfield, constructed from 1839 through the early twentieth century, are featured here. The photos, most of which also show teachers and children, were taken between 1898 and 1998.

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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.

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Educating Oneself: Carnegie Libraries

Industrialist Andrew Carnegie gave grants for 20 libraries in Maine between 1897 and 1912, specifying that the town own the land, set aside funds for maintenance, have room to expand -- and offer library services at no charge.

Site Pages

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Kennebec Valley Community College Archive

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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Friendship Museum

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Cumberland's Prince Memorial Library : Evolution of a Community Institution

"1995 constructionPrince Memorial Library Young Adult Room (1996) The Prince Memorial Library Young Adult Challenge was launched on January 18, 1995…"

My Maine Stories

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Aurore Morin & Huguette Paquette: immigrating to Biddeford
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

The experience of a young mother and her teenage sister making the transition from Quebec to Maine.

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Alex Mouzas: Passionate about sharing his Greek-American roots
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

A personal, in-depth look into the life and contributions of area Greek-Americans

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Canadian immigrant founds worlds largest paper company in 1898
by Hugh J. Chisholm

Hugh J. Chisholm founded International Paper, which was the world's largest paper company in 1898.