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Corthell Hall, Gorham Campus Illustrated by Libby Barrett

Special Collections

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Russell's New Map of Portland, Me. From the Latest Surveys. 1869
Russell’s New Map of Portland, Me. From the Latest Surveys. 1869

Osher Map Library & Smith Center for Cartographic Education

With nearly half a million cartographic items, the collections housed within the Osher Map Library & Smith Center for Cartographic Education are global in scope and date back to 1475.

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Members of Club Jacques Cartier outside of their clubhouse, c. 1920s.

Franco-American Collection

This Collection preserves and promotes the culture and heritage of Maine’s Franco-American population. Their focus is on Lewiston-Auburn and other areas of Maine, with additional regional materials providing a link to the wider contexts of French North America.

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Dr. Libby Bischof skims a passage from "James" by Percival Everett during a meeting of the USM Reads book club.

February 14, 2025

Campus book group promises all the fun of reading without the stress of grades or papers
Built in 1806 as a private secondary school, the Academy Building today houses USM's Department of Art.

January 2, 2025

Seeds of ‘Sunnybrook Farm’ were planted on Gorham Campus
Students in Dr. Paula Gerstenblatt's master's level Social Work class explain the research that went into their allegorical map about the complexities of student loan debt.

December 16, 2024

Social Work students convey complex ideas through mapmaking
Greg Daly smiles beside his acrylic painting "Higgins" at the Employee Art Exhibition.

October 4, 2024

Exhibition reveals the office workers who moonlight as artists
Alyssa Rojecki Forcier ('15) reviews a photo during a promotion shoot for the Portland Players' upcoming production of "Legally Blonde: The Musical," in which she is playing the lead role of Elle.

September 12, 2024

Lights, camera…Glickman!
A stack of books including "The Prince of Los Cocuyos," "American Creation," "At Home," "Born to Run," and "The Complete Sherlock Holmes" rest on a bench in front of the Wishcamper Center.

June 20, 2024

2024 USM Summer Book List

Glickman Family Library, 314 Forest Ave, Portland ME 04103, 207-780-4270
Gorham Library, 120 Bailey Hall, Gorham ME 04038, 207-780-5345
Lewiston-Auburn Campus, 51 Westminster Street, Lewiston ME 04240, 207-753-6540