Medical care

Content Description The records mainly contain textual information created and curated by Martha (Muffy) Eastman (Martha) during her time as a nurse at the University of Maine's Cutler Health Center. The record series Miscellaneous Health Care Information contains fliers and publications from various health care organizations in Maine and beyond. The record series Maine Cardiovascular Health Council Records contains Council newsletters, meeting material, member lists, plans, and fliers....

Scope and Contents From the Collection: A 1992 community based oral history project co-sponsored by the Maine Folklife Center and the Franco-American Center at the University of Maine generated a series of 35 interviews focusing on the culture and history of the French Canadian immigrant community located on French Island, Old Town, Maine. The project also resulted in a book of photographs, interview excerpts, and articles, Nos Histoires de I’lle: History and memories of French Island, Old Town, Maine (1999) ...

Abstract 1130 Mrs. Arthur Andrews, interviewed by Ann Merriam, November 11-13, 1977, Camden, Maine. Andrews talks about her childhood in Cutler, Maine, in the 1950s; preparations for winter; recreation; the independent nature of Cutler inhabitants; medical care and childbirth; her high school experience; the advantages of a one-room schoolhouse education; her courtship and marriage; being scared during WWII; concerns about spies during the war; polio scares, especially when her family lived in...