Maine Memory Network

St. Peter's parochial school, Lewiston, ca. 1964

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: circa 1964 Location: Lewiston Media: Postcard

St. Athanasius Parochial School Marching Band in Sanford, 1955

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1955 Location: Sanford; Rumford Media: Photo transparency

St. Joseph's Parochial School, Lewiston, 1896

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1896 Location: Lewiston; Lewiston Client: Catholic Church Architect: Coombs, Gibbs, and Wilkinson Architects

Parochial School Building for Rev. J.A. LaFlame, Rumford, 1908

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1908 Location: Rumford Client: J. A. Laflamme Architect: Coombs and Gibbs Architects

The Swinging Bridge: Walking Across the Androscoggin

Built in 1892 to entice workers at the Cabot Manufacturing Corporation in Brunswick to move to newly built housing in Topsham, the Androscoggin Pedestrian "Swinging" Bridge or Le Petit Pont quickly became important to many people traveling between the two communities.

The Nativist Klan

In Maine, like many other states, a newly formed Ku Klux Klan organization began recruiting members in the years just before the United States entered World War I. A message of patriotism and cautions about immigrants and non-Protestants drew many thousands of members into the secret organization in the early 1920s. By the end of the decade, the group was largely gone from Maine.

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 2 of 3

"More children were being educated in public or parochial schools, moving on to public, parochial or private high schools--boys and girls."

Western Maine Foothills Region - About the Project

"… Rumford Elementary School; Holy Savior School parochial school; the libraries of Buckfield, Dixfield, and Rumford; Dr."

Sister Madeleine D’Anjou: Many detours lead to a rewarding life
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

What a journey! Sister Maddie says that "God writes straight on crooked lines."

Sister Madeleine Couture: Dedicating her life to teaching
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

The story of a life immersed in family and teaching