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

Sports

The Beaver Mascot

Play Ball! Baseball & Softball History at UMF

Hoop History: Basketball Highlights through the 1960s

Ski Club, Ski Team and Ski Industries History

Student Organizations

The Normal Christian Association

The Normal Lyceum and the History of the Normal School's Debating Societies, 1864 - 1904

Camp Fire Girls of Farmington State Normal School

Greek Life at UMF