Map exhibition straddles the border between fantasy and reality
For anyone who’s ever dreamed of following Dorothy over the rainbow or flying to Never Never Land with Peter Pan, an exhibition at the Osher Map Library points the way.
When she had nowhere else to teach, Llewena Baker Hill taught by example
The legacy that Llewena Baker Hill left behind as a teacher far exceeds her short time in a classroom.
OML offers bird’s eye look at post-Civil War Maine
The Osher Map Library & Smith Center for Cartographic Education project — “Maine’s Bird’s Eye Views, 1870-1905” — has gathered 80 aerial renderings of Maine communities published during the era. Each has been digitized and made available to the public online.
African American Collection unveils exhibit on Maine’s Black families
The University of Southern Maine’s African American Collection has unveiled the first of six new digital exhibitions, highlighting 200 years of families in Maine. … Read More
Maine Sunday Telegram: Collaborative Exhibit puts Osher Library On the Map
The Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education was featured in the Portland Press Herald on Sunday, November 1, 2020. The article features the Map Library’s involvement in the Digital Project, “Mapping a World of Cities.”
Maine Public Radio features Macon Reed’s “Eulogy for the Dyke Bar” at USM
Wendy Chapkis, USM Professor of Women & Gender Studies, was featured on Maine Things Considered, discussing her oral history project “Querying the Past” and collaboration … Read More