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Digital History: Stories from Maine Memory Network
Online Exhibit: Vocational Education in Central Maine
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Gilman School Secretarial Class, Waterville, 1983
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Kennebec Valley Community College Archive recently created two online exhibits that explore changes in vocational education in central Maine during the 20th century. The first focuses on the efforts of Carlton Fogg--a machinist, teacher, and tireless advocate for vocational-technical education--to establish Kennebec Valley Vocational Technical Institute (which became KVCC). The second focuses on how KVCC's former Gilman Street campus in Waterville evolved to meet the changing educational needs and demographics of the area. These exhibits, created with a grant and training from MHS, illustrate the growth and vital role that vocational education has played in the region's educational life and economy. KVCC's enrollment has grown from fewer than 200 when the school opened in 1970 to more than 2,500 students currently.
Maine Memory Network Item #66423
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This Week
Thursday, March 15, 7pm
Hold On: The Privilege of Keeping Old Things Safe
Speaker: Nicholson Baker
 In 2001, writer Nicholson Baker published Double Fold, a book about libraries, paper science, and lost history. In it he documented his efforts to save a large collection of beautiful and exceptionally rare newspaper volumes, which were being scrapped in favor of microfilmed replacements. Baker's forceful case seemed to serve as a coda to the era of print, a beachhead for those who believed in the lastingness of paper, and presaged issues and arguments that organizations like MHS face in the digital age. Why, we are asked, do we need to keep all this ephemeral stuff now that it can be digitized? Baker will revisit the intellectual underpinnings of his newspaper crusade, share tales of research recently done in the MHS library, and remind us of the essentialness of real, physical things. This program is free and open to the public. Donations welcome.
Program 2 of 7 in the Richard D'Abate program series
To see a full list of upcoming programs, please click here.
This public program series is sponsored by the Margaret E. Burnham Charitable Trust and the Maine Humanities Council.
 
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