North School records
Scope and Content note
Includes booklets on curriculum and administration; graduation programs; photographs; obituary and biography of school principal Elmer E. Parmenter; newspaper clippings; photographs of young students in the early 1900s, 1950s-1960s, and reunion May 31, 1979; miscellaneous material; scrapbook entitled "Schools at War"; and Donald MacMillan lecture.
Dates
- Creation: ca. 1900-1970
Creator
- North School (Portland, Me.) (Organization)
Access
Unrestricted
Copyright
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Administrative note
The North School is an historic former school at 248 Congress Street in Portland, Maine. Built in 1867, it was the first primary school in the state to separate students by grade, and was the largest primary school in the state when built. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It was converted into subsidized housing for seniors by the City of Portland.
Source: North School (Portland, Maine), Wikipedia
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Provenance
Gift of Mr. Peter Gribbin, November 28, 1988 (acc. no. MS88-106). Mr. Gribbin attended North School.
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the North School records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Donna Knoblock, Library Volunteer, April 2025
- Date
- June 2025
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Maine Historical Society Repository