State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (Maine). Class of 1879

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Clippings from a Lewiston Journal article by Ava H. Chadbourne on the subject of the first female (co-educational) students at the Maine State College (now known as the University of Maine) in the 1870s and a clipping of a subsequent undated article on the same subject. Also, includes facsimile copies of the article, Chadbourne's research data, and correspondence regarding the students Percia Vinal White, Hannah Ellis Leavitt, Clara E. Webb, and Annie May Gould.

Abstract Contains personal papers of George P. Merrill as well as portraits and illustrations of geologists and other scientists collected by him and used in his writings. Of particular interest are a letter, 1904, to Merrill from Robert E. Peary and a scrapbook compiled by Merrill documenting his trip to Russia in 1897 to attend the International Congress of Geology in Saint Petersburg. Also includes a few photographs attributed to William Henry Jackson; a collection of letters, 1843-1886, to...

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Lists of courses taken by students of the Maine State College.