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Historical Items

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Item 11219

State of Maine train, Kennebunk, 1982

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1982-04-02 Location: Kennebunk Media: Photographic print

Item 10445

Bangor and Aroostook Railroad engine 142

Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Oakfield Media: Photographic print

Item 10407

Special Stopped at Squa Pan, ca. 1955

Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1955 Location: Squa Pan Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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A Brief History of Colby College

Colby originated in 1813 as Maine Literary and Theological Institution and is now a small private liberal arts college of about 1,800 students. A timeline of the history and development of Colby College from 1813 until the present.

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Summer Folk: The Postcard View

Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."

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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.

Site Pages

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Colby College Special Collections

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Blake Library Special Collections, UMFK

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Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library

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My Maine Stories

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Florence Ahlquist Link's WWII service in the WAVES
by Earlene Ahlquist Chadbourne

Florence Ahlquist, age 20, was trained to repair the new aeronautical cameras by the US Navy in WWII

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My service in Afghanistan with the Marines and my life today
by Nicholas Krier

My service in Afghanistan with the Marines

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John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne

Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.