Papers, 1955-1980

University of Maine at Orono

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Holmes, Edward M.

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Edward M. Holmes, emeritus professor of English at the University of Maine at Orono, was born in 1910 in New Jersey and has been a resident of Maine since 1939. He has an Ed.M. from the University of Maine and an A.M. and a doctorate from Brown University. He taught in the University of Maine English department from 1956 to 1976, specializing in American literature and the teaching of writing. He has written many stories and articles for New England journals, has contributed to anthologies, and ...

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...