Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

In addition to We Used To Be "Normal", the Mantor Library's main exhibit on Maine Memory Network, these mini exhibits provide a snapshot of some interesting pieces of the Farmington Normal School/University of Maine at Farmington history.

Each section highlights some of the unique stories in the university's archive collections:

A History of Leadership

C.C. Rounds, Advancing the Foundations of Teacher Training

A Monument to Excellence: Named Buildings on Campus

F.S.N.S. School Songs

Campus Life

Student Housing, 1864 - 1950

Manners & Etiquette: The Social Training Committee, 1931 - 1946

Dormitory Life, 1940-1950

Cadet Teaching, 1942 - 1946

Sociography of Maine, 1948

Home Economics

Cookery Lessons, 1915-1917

Nursery School History, 1926 to Present

Cottage Babies Timeline, 1927 - 1972

We Lived In The Cottage: Home Economics Practical Experience in the 1950s

Letters & Memories

Class Notebook of Effie S. Pierce, 1881-1883

Memory Book of Ida S. Colley, 1907-1908

A "Normal" Girl Letter, 1916

Porch, Parade & Picnic: Normal Students Outside the Classroom, 1915-1918

Leona Coy and Friends: Normal Girls in the 1920s

Letters from Edna St. Vincent Millay

Graduation 1923: Celebrating UMF Students A Century Later