Maine Memory Network

Hartland Primary School Diploma, 1897

Contributed by: Maggie Smith through Hartland Historical Society Date: 1897-06-25 Location: Hartland Media: Ink on paper

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Hartland Grammar School diploma, 1902

Contributed by: Hartland Historical Society Date: 1902 Location: Hartland Media: Ink on paper

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School of Fine Arts, Portland, ca. 1914

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1914 Location: Portland Client: Portland Society of Art Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Graduation Season

Graduations -- and schools -- in the 19th through the first decade of the 20th century often were small affairs and sometimes featured student presentations that demonstrated what they had learned. They were not necessarily held in May or June, what later became the standard "end of the school year."

Fallen Heroes: Jewish Soldiers and Sailors, The Great War

Thirty-four young Jewish men from Maine died in the service of their country in the two World Wars. This project, including a Maine Memory Network exhibit, is meant to say a little something about some of them. More than just names on a public memorial marker or grave stone, these men were getting started in adult life. They had newly acquired high school and college diplomas, they had friends, families and communities who loved and valued them, and felt the losses of their deaths.

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 1 of 3

"The program took three years to complete, and a diploma led to an R.N. The founding coincided with a shift of most nursing work from at home care to…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 3 of 4

"In the past, diplomas were still handed out, but they were very different. Diplomas were made with sheepskin, were hand- written and tied with a…"

Rachel Tourigny: Richness of growing up in a big, "poor" family
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

A most vivid and heartwarming account of life during a simpler time