Maine's Golden School Days: 1890-1930, a Reminiscent Video

AbstractAcc. 1772 is VHS copies of tapes already added to Reference by Mail collection. Oral history interviews of [senior citizen] residents and friends of Phillips-Strickland House, Bangor about early schooling. Interviewed by 8th graders at Caravel Middle School, as part of a grant funded project including the Phillips-Strickland House, The New England School of Broadcasting, Maine Public Broadcasting, and the Bangor Historical Society.

Can DescriptionsMaine's Golden School Days 1890 - 1930 A Reminiscent Video A project of The Phillips - Strickland House Made possible by a grant from The Maine Humanities Council, The Maine Community Foundation, The Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation [...]

Viewing NotesTitle: ‘A Reminiscence Highlighting Memories of Residents and Friends of the Phillips-Strickland House, Bangor, Maine. Interviewed by Eighth Grade Students of Caravel Middle School’. A group a people singing around a piano. Narration gives history of Maine school system. Women talking about traveling to school in the snow. Men and women talking about what they wore to school. Discussion of school set up. Discussion of the schoolhouse stove and privies. Interviewees talk about prayer, songs, and pledge of allegiance to start the school day. Discussion of the different subjects taught. Interviewees talk about recess and the games they played. Interviewees talk about the food they brought to eat at school. Discussion of multiple grades learning in the same classroom. Discussion of teachers wages, roles, and certification. Interviewees discus discipline. Interviewees share other memories. Intertitle: ‘Maine Humanities Council The Century Project. The Century Project made possible in part by a grant from the Community History Program of the Maine Humanities Council.’ ‘Many thanks to the Maine Humanities Council and other generous contributors’. ‘Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation’, ‘Maine Community Foundation’, ‘Katherine R. Hill’, ‘WABI-TV’, ‘A friend of Phillips-Strickland House’, ‘Jerry Yoder’, ‘Harold Burr’, ‘Larry Fiori, Woodrow Cross Agency’. ‘Philips-Strickland House Century Project Committee Janet W. Pease, Project Leader, Dianne M. Conroe, Activity Director, Nelson E. Durgin, Executive Director, Eugenia S. Witham, Resident, Katharine R. Hill, Volunteer.’ ‘Cynthia Rancourt, 8th grade teacher Caravel Middle School Carmel, Maine Julie Eaton and Mary Ellen Ledwin’. ‘Narrator Edward M. Youngblood’. Oral History Participants Senior Citizens: Iris Davis, Estelle Habenicht, Viola Harvey, Helen Higgins, Julie Kellog, Linwood Littlefield, Flora Lord, Bernard Mann Viola Maxwell, Persis Messer, Virginia Munn, Marion Philbrick’. ‘Oral History Participants Senior Citizens: Ellen Richardson, Harriet Scott, Robert Sedgely, Eleanor Toothaker, Lou Vafiades, Elva Warren, Marjorie Wentworth, Eugenia Witham.’ ‘Caravel Middle School Students: Jessie Adams, Wendy Adams, Darcie Burgoyne, Amanda Carrel, Kaylee cooper, Jessika Davis, Christa Deraspe, Erika Goodine, Ashlee Libby, Harold Sherwood, Tabby Stevens, Ryan Webber’. Shots of various students. Intertitle: ‘Other Generous Participants: New England School of Communications, Gary Kasparek, Director of Television, David MacLaughlin, Facilities Manager, “Paper Talks” Magazine, G. Pierre Dumont, Sr., Editor’. ‘Marli Weiner, UMO History Dept., Amos Kimball, Hermon Historical Society, Robert Sedgely and Virginia Munn.’ ‘Maine Folklife Center Paulina MacDougall, Norlands Living History Center, Northeast Historic Films, Cheri Walton, Artist “Principal’s Office”. ‘Robert Seavey, post card collector, Phillips-Strickland House and Friends Chorus, Fred Collins, pianist, Judy Stevens, students’ driver.’ ‘Bangor Historical Society Susan Sager, Jeem Trowbridge, Maine Public Broadcasting Don Carrigan, Kate Arno’. ‘Maine State Museum, Maine State Library’.

Donor-supplied Notes"The project "Maine's Golden School Days - 1890-1930" is the production and distribution of a reminiscent video highlighting a profile of a grammar school student's school year. Through the use of oral history interviews, still photographs, and music from the time period, this video will capture valuable memories and facts relating to Maine's Golden School Days. The distribution portion of the project will insure that the historical information is presented to a wide range of age and special interest groups throughout the State of Maine for years to come."