Special Collections – News

Seeds of ‘Sunnybrook Farm’ were planted on Gorham Campus

Michael Kmack — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 19:20:14 +0000

The classroom that inspired Kate Douglas Wiggin to write a classic of children’s literature is still in use by USM students in the Art program.

Social Work students convey complex ideas through mapmaking

Michael Kmack — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 21:35:10 +0000

Each of the four maps produced by Dr. Paula Gerstenblatt’s Social Work class used different techniques including collage and allegory to illustrate how student loan debt grew into a national problem.

Renovation project opens a time warp to campus life in the 1800s

Michael Kmack — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 20:21:57 +0000

Nineteenth century students may have looked more serious in their waistcoats and bodices, but their private notes prove them to be just as silly and mischievous as their modern counterparts.

Library project gives immigrants an outlet to share their stories

Michael Kmack — Fri, 17 May 2024 21:05:44 +0000

A shortage of first-person accounts about Maine’s immigrant experience inspired a USM librarian to create a series of workshops to begin filling that gap in the historical record.

Literature and Culture in the Digital Age

muthyala — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 17:02:46 +0000

How are digital technologies impacting reading, writing, literature, and culture? This is the central question that Professor John Muthyala’s Senior Seminar English 441–The Digital … Read More

Work out by day then rock out by night with Tina Turner at Hill Gym

Michael Kmack — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 18:41:47 +0000

Admission to a campus concert by rock and roll legend Tina Turner cost students only $4 in 1974.

When she had nowhere else to teach, Llewena Baker Hill taught by example

Michael Kmack — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 16:45:00 +0000

The legacy that Llewena Baker Hill left behind as a teacher far exceeds her short time in a classroom.

African American Collection unveils exhibit on Maine’s Black families

john.warren — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 17:18:00 +0000

The University of Southern Maine’s African American Collection has unveiled the first of six new digital exhibitions, highlighting 200 years of families in Maine. … Read More

Maine Public Radio features Macon Reed’s “Eulogy for the Dyke Bar” at USM

john.warren — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 18:18:00 +0000

Wendy Chapkis, USM Professor of Women & Gender Studies, was featured on Maine Things Considered, discussing her oral history project “Querying the Past” and collaboration … Read More