UMaine’s last half-century highlighted in Maine Historical Society’s journal
The summer 2016 issue of the journal Maine History (Vol. 50), published by Maine Historical Society in conjunction with the University of Maine History Department, features five articles related to UMaine history in the past half-century, guest edited by Howard Segal, professor of history, with guest associate editor Deborah Rogers, professor of English.
The articles are: “Back to the Future: Envisioning the University of Maine’s Next Decades from the Perspective of the 1965 Centennial Celebration,” by Segal; “The Sixties: Turmoil and Transformation in the Nation, in Higher Education, and at the University of Maine,” by former UMaine President Peter Hoff; “Marine Science at the University of Maine, 1960-2015,” by Catherine Schmitt, Maine Sea Grant and Shelby Hartin; “At the ‘Busy Campus Crossroads’: The Last Fifty Years at Raymond H. Fogler Library,” by Desiree Butterfield-Nagy, Fogler Library; and “Orono: Growing as a University Town, 1965-2015,” by Evan Richert and Sophia Wilson, town of Orono. Numerous archival photographs are courtesy of Special Collections, Fogler Library.
Copies of the journal special issue are $5 each and can be ordered through the MHS Museum Store or by contacting the Maine Historical Society,museumstore@mainehistory.org; 207.774.1822, ext. 208.