Correspondence, 1915-1969 (bulk 1915-1922)

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Correspondence, 1915-1969 (bulk 1915-1922)

The correspondence is primarily from the periods 1915 to 1919 and 1921 to 1922. Some of the correspondence is with the Federal Board for Vocational Education.

2 boxes (2 linear feet)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7677102

Raymond H. Fogler Library

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United States. Federal Board for Vocational Education

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University of Maine

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The University of Maine saw approximately 1,000 students and alumni serve in World War I and 3,900 serve in World War II. Both wars had a strong effect on the university and its students; the desire to honor those who had served and to memorialize those who had died led to various activities on campus. After the end of World War I, funds were raised to erect the Memorial Gymnasium and Armory and after World War II, those who had died were honored in a volume titled "University of Maine, World Wa...

Hart, James Norris.

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James Norris Hart was dean emeritus of the University of Maine and professor emeritus of mathematics and astronomy. He was born in Willimantic, Maine, in 1861 and died in 1959. He received a B.C.E. degree from the Maine State College in 1885 and a C.E. in 1890. In 1897 he earned a M.S. degree from the University of Chicago. He was an instructor in mathematics at the University of Maine starting in 1887 and dean of the University in 1903. In 1936 upon his retirement a scholarship fund was named i...