Book Reviews

Reviews of the following books: A Kennebunkport Album by Joyce Butler; A Reassessment of New England Agriculture in the Last Thirty Years of the Nineteenth Century by Paul Glen Manyon; The War of 1812: Land Operations, by George F. G. Stanley; and L\u27Enclume and Le Couteau: the Life and Work of Adelard Cote, Folk Artist, by Norman Beaupre

Book Reviews

Reviews of the following books: A Good and Wise Measure: The Search for the American-Canadian Boundary, 1783-1842, by Francis M. Carroll; Mayflower Hill: A History of Colby College, by Earl H. Smith; Sea Struck, by W.H. Bunting; and Imperial Maine and Hawai’i: Interpretive Essays in the History of Nineteenth- Century American Expansion, by Paul T. Burli

Book Reviews

Reviews of the following books: Island in Time: A Natural and Human History of the Islands of Maine by Philip W. Conkling; A Seafaring Legacy: The Photographs, Diaries and Memorabilia of a Maine Sea Captain and His Wife by Julianna FreeHand; Coming of Age on Damariscove Island, Maine by Carl R. Griffin III and Alaric Faulkner; The Identity of the St. Francis Indians by Gordon M. Day; Soldiers, Sailors and Patriots of the Revolutionary War: Maine by Carleton E. Fisher and Sue K. Fisher

Hersey Hall Exterior Renovations, Westbrook College Campus, UNE, 2001

A crane and staging arise from behind Hersey Hall on the University of New England\u27s Westbrook College Campus in this 2001 black and white glossy photograph taken by 1956 Alumna Joyce K. Bibber. The 2001 WCC renovations were a part of the campus changes and updates to accommodate the consolidation of the University of New England\u27s College of Health Professions on the Westbrook College Campus in Portland, Maine.https://dune.une.edu/wchc_photos_hersey/1008/thumbnail.jp

Naptime for Freshmen, Westbrook Junior College, Sept. 1954

Three Westbrook Junior College freshmen wearing bibs, bonnets, and diapers, hug their stuffed animals and observe nap time at a senior\u27s command during freshmen initiation in this candid black and white snapshot taken in September 1954. The three freshmen are: Emily Bond, Mary Anne Tarbox and Joan Lawson.https://dune.une.edu/wchc_photos_students1950s/1036/thumbnail.jp

Gutted Hersey Hall Interior, Westbrook College Campus, UNE, 2001

Hersey Hall\u27s interior is gutted during the 2001 renovations on the Westbrook College Campus to accommodate the move and consolidation of the College of Health Professions on UNE\u27s Portland, Maine, campus.https://dune.une.edu/wchc_photos_hersey/1009/thumbnail.jp

Westbrook College Students At the Farm, Oct. 31, 1954

Westbrook College students at the Farm in this October 1954 black and white snapshot by Joyce K. Bibber are residents of Houghton Hall, the cooperative dormitory. Just prior to their weekend stay at the college farm in Bridgton, they had climbed Pleasant Mountain. Wearing jeans or pedal pushers, sweaters or flannel shirts, and bobby sox and sneakers or saddle shoes are, from left to right, in the foreground, Patricia Crombie, Emily Von Dreden, Cynthia MacFarlane, Sandra Barbin, Sandra Iram, Judith Swensen and Carolyn Emmons. Visible in the rear are Carolyn Mussig, Barbara Higgins and Charlene MacFarlane.https://dune.une.edu/wchc_photos_students1950s/1040/thumbnail.jp

Faculty Snow Sculpture, Westbrook Junior College, February 18, 1956

Nancy Guild stands before the Faculty Snow Sculpture, a representative of Dumbo the Elephant, sitting on the lawn of Hollister House, Westbrook Junior College, in this candid black and white snapshot taken on February 18th, 1956. The 1956 theme for Winter Carnival, or Winter Weekend, was Disney movies.https://dune.une.edu/wchc_photos_students1950s/1038/thumbnail.jp

Carolyn Mussig and Barbara Ripley, Westbrook Junior College, 1956

Carolyn Mussig and Barbara Ripley clean up after a grease fire in the Houghton Hall kitchen, Westbrook Junior College, Portland, Maine, in this candid black and white snapshot taken, March 4, 1956. Carolyn and Barbara are scrubbing the kitchen ceiling, removing grease left when an impromptu attempt at making French Fries led to overheated fat. Luckily, the kitchen was visible across lots from a nearby fire station, whose crew had spotted the smoke before an annoyance became a calamity. Houghton Hall was the cooperative dormitory and time had to be made for housework as well as homework.https://dune.une.edu/wchc_photos_students1950s/1035/thumbnail.jp

May Pageant, Westbrook Junior College, May 1956

White mice and tin cans wait on the back lawn to take part in the Westbrook Junior College May Pageant in this black and white snapshot taken by Joyce K. Bibber in 1955. The1955 May Pageant was based loosely on The Wizard of Oz and took place to the south of the larger dormitories. From 1925, when a May Fete was scheduled, into the 1970s, when it became a simple awards day, a day or a weekend in May was set aside for fun.https://dune.une.edu/wchc_photos_students1950s/1039/thumbnail.jp