“Spinning cotton yarn in the great textile mills, Lawrence, Mass.” is one of the images from the exhibit “Industry, Wealth, and Labor: Mapping New England’s Textile Industry” at the Osher Map Library at the University of Southern Maine. Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education, University of Southern Maine

31 Jan 2023

Sun Journal: Mapping the history of New England’s once-booming textile industry

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Read the Lewiston Sun Journal’s article featuring the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education’s textile mill exhibition, “Industry, Wealth, and Labor: Mapping New England’s Textile Industry”.… Read More

Helen Stringfellow's and Lars Jerlach's Sculpture for CMCA Exhibition, The View from Here

10 Jun 2022

Part-time Art Faculty, Helen Stringfellow, in Exhibition “The View From Here” at CMCA in Rockland, ME

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Exhibiting sculptors, Helen Stringfellow and Lars Jerlach, are partners in a collaborative art enterprise called Tectonic Industries. Their work examines the artifice inherent within … Read More

13 Nov 2020

Maine Sunday Telegram: Collaborative Exhibit puts Osher Library On the Map

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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.”

12 Feb 2020

Honors Student Ilana Welch has photo in Maine Museum of Photographic Arts show

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MMPA Celebrates 10 years & 100 Maine Photo Collectors February 13 – May 16, 2020 …and Honors Student, Illana Welch, has a photo in the … Read More