Heirlooms Reunited: 65 Photographs of Students & Administrators at Maine Schools: Bates College, Aroostook State Normal School & Presque Isle High School

Saturday, July 16, 2022

65 Photographs of Students & Administrators at Maine Schools: Bates College, Aroostook State Normal School & Presque Isle High School

Charles Ham Abbott (1890-1982)

Collection of 65 photographs of mostly identified students and administrators at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine; Aroostook State Normal School and Presque Isle High School, both in Presque Isle, Maine.

Presumably collected by Charles Ham Abbott (1890 ME -1982 ME) and, perhaps, his future wife Lillian Katherine Hopkins (1887-1955).

Some of the people shown in the collection graduated from one or more of the following - with a few from close years.

Presque Isle High School in 1907
Aroostook State Normal School in 1909
Bates College, Class of 1912 - many of the photographs are different from the ones used in the yearbook

An alphabetical combined list of people mentioned appears near the end of this post. If you notice an error or if you know that a person attended more than one of the schools, please leave a comment.

Accompanying the photographs is the Class Day program for the Bates College Class of 1912. Two of the photographs depict class reunions for the Bates Class of 1912: the 25th and the 35th.

See images of the Class Day program at the end of this post.

The collector of the photographs appears to have been Charles Ham Abbott (1890 ME -1982 ME), a native of Foxcroft, Maine, whose name appears on the bottom edge of many of the photographs. He was the son of Dr. Arthur Frye Abbott (1865-1948) and Emma Blanchard (Ham) Abbott (1867-1892).

Charles graduated from Presque Isle High School in 1907 and Bates College in 1912. He may have attended Aroostook State Normal School in between, or the some of the photographs may have been collected by his wife, Lillian Katherine Hopkins (1887-1955), who was an Aroostook State Normal School graduate.

Charles and Lillian would move to Rhode Island where Charles had a long career in education.

Note: Charles was not the only Presque Isle High School graduate in 1907 to move on to Bates College.

Charles' FindaGrave memorial shows a death year of 1930, but he actually had another 52 years to be a meaningful presence in his community.

From the Bates Mirror, 1912

Do you recognize the building below? It may have been associated with any one of the 3 schools.

Combined Alphabetical List - note some of birth years are incorrect in Bates yearbooks. If you notice errors, omissions and/or have information to share, please leave a comment for the benefit of other researchers.

Florence ?; name obscured by hanger, "P.I.H.S.- 1907 - Nov 5 1906". Possibly Florence Rose Dennett (1888-1978), who would marry James Hanford Ritchie
Unidentified male student
Charles Ham Abbott (1890 ME -1982 ME), who graduated from Presque Isle High School in Presque Isle, Maine, in 1907, and from Bates College in 1912; would become a high school principal in Providence, Rhode Island. He may have attended Aroostook State Normal School for a period. Two identifical photographs from Bates.
Charles Ham Abbott (1890 ME -1982 ME), Bates College, Class of 1912; in group photo with Earle Duley Merrill; Samuel Leone Allen; Bishop; Charles Herbert Beek, Albert Whitehouse Buck, Charles Ham Abbott, Frank Brick Quincy, Water Eben Lane, Frank Alexander Nevers, Johnson, Edward Hersey Fuller, Holden
Etta Emma Ackerson (1885 ME - 1975 MA); graduated from Aroostook State Normal School in 1909; would marry Elmer Parker Sibley
Samuel Leone Allen (1891 ME - 1980 CA), Bates College, Class of 1912; in group photo with Earle Duley Merrill; Samuel Leone Allen; Bishop; Charles Herbert Beek, Albert Whitehouse Buck, Charles Ham Abbott, Frank Brick Quincy, Water Eben Lane, Frank Alexander Nevers, Johnson, Edward Hersey Fuller, Holden
Jennie Allingham, when a student at Aroostook State Normal School. Jennie Camber Allingham (1888 NB Canada - 1967 VT); teacher, administrator, teacher instructor
Mildred Altivater - possibly Mildred Altvater - not sure which of the schools she attended
Beck ?; Bates College
Beek - Charles Herbert Beek (1889 ME - 1951 ME), Bates College. Possiby the "Beck" in a group photo with George Edward Brunner, Frank Alexander Nevers and Edward Hersey Fuller
Beek - Charles Herbert Beek (1889 ME - 1951 ME), Bates College; in group photo with Earle Duley Merrill; Samuel Leone Allen; Bishop; Charles Herbert Beek, Albert Whitehouse Buck, Charles Ham Abbott, Frank Brick Quincy, Water Eben Lane, Frank Alexander Nevers, Johnson, Edward Hersey Fuller, Holden
Everett E. Bishop (1889 ME - 1978 ME), Presque Isle High School, 1907; photograph of November 2, 1906 by the Smart studio of Presque Isle, Maine.
John Garfield Bishop (1885 NB Canada - 1964 MT), Bates College - became a grocer in Montana; with Frank Brick Quincy and Ralph Harold Bolster
Bishop, Bates College, possibly John Garfield Bishop (1885 NB Canada - 1964 MT); in group photo with Earle Duley Merrill; Samuel Leone Allen; Bishop; Charles Herbert Beek, Albert Whitehouse Buck, Charles Ham Abbott, Frank Brick Quincy, Water Eben Lane, Frank Alexander Nevers, Johnson, Edward Hersey Fuller, Holden
Carlton Bly (1890 MA-1965 OH), "Blyx"; Bates College, Class of 1912; native of Gloucester, Massachusetts; moved to Ohio
Ralph Harold Bolster (1888 ME - 1980 NC), Bates College, Class of 1912; with John Garfield Bishop and Frank Brick Quincy
Ralph Harold Bolster (1889 ME - 1980 NC), Bates College, Class of 1912
Margaret Sweeney Bradbury, 1908. Possibly Margaret A. Sweeney (1887 ME - 1963 ME), who attended Aroostook State Normal School, taught at the Madawaska Training School and later married Grover Cleveland Bradbury
"Irving O. Bragg, St. Albans, Me, ASNS 1903-1907". Irving Orison Bragg (abt 1874 ME - 1936 NH) of St.Albans, Maine, principal of the newly created Aroostook State Normal School from 1903-1907
Nina May Briggs (1886 ME -1967 FL), graduate of Aroostook State Normal School; would marry Percy H. Simpson. Photo by Smart studio of Presque Isle, Maine
? Brooks of Fort Fairfield, circa 1909 - perhaps Alma Brooks
Helen E. Brooks; photograph by the Smart studio of Presque Isle, Maine. Helen E. Brooks, 1909 graduate of Aroostook State Normal School. Perhaps Helen Elizabeth Brooks (1887 NB Canada - 1976)
George Brown; photograph dated November 2, 1906; taken by the Smart studio of Presque Isle, Maine. "P.I.H.S. 1907" - Presque Isle High School
Winifred E. Brown (1890 ME - unk) of Patten, Maine; teacher in rural school, presumably Patten, in 1910; Gorham Normal School
George Edward Brunner (1887 MA - 1962 OH), "Babe"; Bates College, Class of 1912; with Beck [possibly Albert Whitehouse Buck or Beek - Charles Herbert Beek (1889 ME - 1951 ME)], Dr. Frank Alexander Nevers and Edward Hersey Fuller
Albert Whitehouse Buck (1887 ME - 1944 ME), "Al"; Bates College, Class of 1912. Possiby the "Beck" in a group photo with George Edward Brunner, Frank Alexander Nevers and Edward Hersey Fuller
Albert Whitehouse Buck (1887 ME - 1944 ME), Bates College, Class of 1912; in group photo with Earle Duley Merrill; Samuel Leone Allen; Bishop; Charles Herbert Beek, Albert Whitehouse Buck, Charles Ham Abbott, Frank Brick Quincy, Water Eben Lane, Frank Alexander Nevers, Johnson, Edward Hersey Fuller, Holden
Ross Parker Chamberlain (1889 MA - 1966 FL); Bates College, Class of 1912; later, a teacher of mathematics. Photo by Flagg & Plummer of Lewiston, Maine
Eleanor Hope Chandler (1887 ME - 1972 ME). Hope attended Presque Isle High School and Bates College, Aroostook State Normal School; would marry Harry Willison Rowe, Bates 1912, who became Dean at Bates.
Jessie H. Chandler, June 24th, 1905. Photograph by the Smart studio of Presque Isle, Maine. Jessie Hooper Chandler (1889 ME - 1970 ME); would marry Frank Hodgkins Lancaster
Della M. Cheney of Washburn, Maine; photograph by the Smart studio of Presque Isle, Maine. Della Madeleine Cheney (1888 NB Canada -1969 ME); graduate of Aroostook State Normal School; taught school before marrying Frank Spurgeon Everett
Lila Coffey; photograph dated November 3, 1906; taken by the Smart studio of Presque Isle, Maine. "P.I.H.S. 1907" - Presque Isle High School, Presque Isle, Maine. Lila Maude Coffey (1887 NB Canada - 1975 ME); would marry James Anderson Perry
Arthur Russell Clason Cole (1885 ME - 1968 CA), "Cap" and "Russ"; Bates College, Class of 1912
Maud F. Collins (1890 ME -1974); attended Colby College from 1908-1910; would marry Roy Farnum Stevens
George Forby Conklin, Jr. (1888 NY - 1972 ME); Bates College, Class of 1912
Florence ?; name obscured by hanger, "P.I.H.S.- 1907 - Nov 5 1906". Possibly Florence Rose Dennett (1888 ME -1978 ME), who would marry James Hanford Ritchie
Alice Jane Dinsmore (1886 ME - 1932 TX]; graduated from Bates College in 1908; taught in Lewiston, Maine; in 1920 married Alfred Wandtke, a mining engineer
May Dinsmore, Lewiston, 1907. Photo by the Flagg & Plummer studio of Lewiston, Maine. Possibly milliner Mary E. Dinsmore (1887-1918). Not sure if she was a student
Eugene Ellis, Bates College, Class of 1914; from Wareham, Massachusetts. Photo by Flagg & Plummer of Lewiston, Maine. Eugene Webster Ellis (1889 MA - 1963 MA)
Jennie Ferguson, Class of 1908, Aroostook Normal School
Nina Thurza Finch (1889 ME - 1989 WA), who would marry Percy Newcomb Steven; in a photograph with her father William E. Finch (1863 ME - 1935 ME), long time educator and superintendent of schools in northern Maine. Father and daughter graduated from Atoostook Normal School in Presque Isle, Maine.
William E. Finch (1863 ME - 1935 ME), long time educator and superintendent of schools in northern Maine; in a photograph with his daughter Nina Thurza Finch (1889 ME - 1989 WA). Father and daughter graduated from Aroostook Normal School in Presque Isle, Maine
Walter Ray Fletcher (1889 ME - 1968 CT), Bates College, Class of 1913
Edward Hersey Fuller (1891 ME - 1970 CT), "Eddie"; Bates College, Class of 1912; in a group photo with George Edward Brunner, Beck [possibly Albert Whitehouse Buck or Beek - Charles Herbert Beek (1889 ME - 1951 ME)] and Frank Alexander Nevers
Edward Hersey Fuller (1891 ME - 1970 CT), Bates College, Class of 1912; in group photo with Earle Duley Merrill; Samuel Leone Allen; Bishop; Charles Herbert Beek, Albert Whitehouse Buck, Charles Ham Abbott, Frank Brick Quincy, Water Eben Lane, Frank Alexander Nevers, Johnson, Edward Hersey Fuller, Holden
Mary Gussman (1877 NY - 1952 perhaps CT) - teacher of drawing and painting at Aroostook State Normal School. See an example of her talent here.
Holden, Bates College; in group photo with Earle Duley Merrill; Samuel Leone Allen; Bishop; Charles Herbert Beek, Albert Whitehouse Buck, Charles Ham Abbott, Frank Brick Quincy, Water Eben Lane, Frank Alexander Nevers, Johnson, Edward Hersey Fuller, Holden
Harriet Huson, Presque Isle, Maine; photograph dated June 1907. Harriet Frances Huson (abt 1878 ME - 1949 VA), Class of 1906, Aroostook State Normal School
Evelyn Hussey; photograph by the Smart studio of Presque Isle, Maine. Presumably Evelyn L. Hussey (1888 ME - 1976 MA), who would marry George Libby, Jr. Possibly a graduate of Presque Isle High School or a student at Aroostook State Normal School
Johnson; in group photo with Earle Duley Merrill; Samuel Leone Allen; Bishop; Charles Herbert Beek, Albert Whitehouse Buck, Charles Ham Abbott, Frank Brick Quincy, Water Eben Lane, Frank Alexander Nevers, Johnson, Edward Hersey Fuller, Holden
Nellie Woodbury Jordan (1876 MA -1948), teacher at Aroostook Normal School. Would later teach at Gorham Normal School. Photo by the Smart studio of Presque Isle, Maine
Mary A. Kelly (abt 1880 Canada -unk) - "Miss Kelly", Matron", Aroostook Normal School at Presque Isle, Maine
Walter Eben Lane (1887 ME - 1944 MA), Bates College, Class of 1912; in group photo with Earle Duley Merrill; Samuel Leone Allen; Bishop; Charles Herbert Beek, Albert Whitehouse Buck, Charles Ham Abbott, Frank Brick Quincy, Water Eben Lane, Frank Alexander Nevers, Johnson, Edward Hersey Fuller, Holden
Hope Alice McKenney (1886 ME - 1979 ME), Fort Fairfield, Maine; Class of 1908, Presque Isle HS, Presque Isle, Maine. Married J. Ernest Donnelly.
Minnie Edgerton McNelly (1888 ME -1962) of Caribou, Maine; attended Wellesley College from 1909-1910; married Dr. Severo Pacheco Silva (aka Wood)
Earle Duley Merrill (1889 ME - 1967), Bates College, Class of 1912; in group photo with Earle Duley Merrill; Samuel Leone Allen; Bishop; Charles Herbert Beek, Albert Whitehouse Buck, Charles Ham Abbott, Frank Brick Quincy, Water Eben Lane, Frank Alexander Nevers, Johnson, Edward Hersey Fuller, Holden
Elsie Gertrude Merrill (1886 ME - 1979 CA); graduate of Aroostook Normal School in Presque Isle, Maine; would marry Louis Moore Files
San Lorenzo Merriman, Principal, Presque Isle High School, 1904-1907; later principal of Aroostook State Normal School. San Lorenzo Merriman (1869 ME - 1950 RI)
Frank Alexander Nevers (1889 ME - 1917 ME), "Alex"; Bates College, Class of 1912; in a group photo with George Edward Brunner; Beck [possibly Albert Whitehouse Buck or Beek - Charles Herbert Beek (1889 ME - 1951 ME)] and Edward Hersey Fuller
Frank Alexander Nevers (1889 ME - 1917 ME); Bates College, Class of 1912; later a doctor
Hazen Rainsford Nevers (1890 ME - 1947 ME), in sports uniform; Bates College, Class of 1914; photo by Flagg & Plummer of Lewiston, Maine
Alta Essa Nichols (1890 ME - 1976 ME); graduate of Aroostook State Normal School in Presque Isle, Maine; would marry Otis B. Stevens, also a student at Aroostook State Normal School in 1909
Elizabeth Norell; photograph by the Smart studio of Presque Isle, Maine. Elizabeth Norell (1888 Sweden - 1969 ME); graduated from Aroostook State Normal School; taught in Maine and Massachusetts; married Frank R. Morse Wemple
Fern Ruth Price, '07; photograph dated November 2, 1906 by the Smart studio of Presque Isle, Maine. "P.I.H.S. '07" - Presque Isle High School. Fern Ruth Price (1888 ME - 1940 NC); graduated from Aroostook State Normal School; taught school in Massachusetts; married Lennen Benson Gowin
Frank Brick Quincy (1887 ME - 1964 MA), Bates College; with John Garfield Bishop and Ralph Harold Bolster
Frank Brick Quincy (1887 ME - 1964 MA), Bates College; in group photo with Earle Duley Merrill; Samuel Leone Allen; Bishop; Charles Herbert Beek, Albert Whitehouse Buck, Charles Ham Abbott, Frank Brick Quincy, Water Eben Lane, Frank Alexander Nevers, Johnson, Edward Hersey Fuller, Holden
Velma Gertrude Rediker (1885 ME -1954 New Brunswick, Canada)elma Gertrude Rediker (1885 ME -1954 New Brunswick, Canada); from Fort Fairfield, Maine; teacher; would marry Clarence Everett Craig
Eva Redman, Bates College, Class of 1912 [2 different photographs]. Evangeline W. (Redman) Abbott Smith (1889-1979); would marry 1) Frederick Amos Abbott; 2) Aubrey Howard Smith. She graduated from Presque Isle High School in 1907 and Bates College in 1912 and taught romance languages in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Maine, at Dexter, Maine, and Waterville, Maine.
Edythe A. Rideout; photo taken November 2, 1906 by the Smart studio of Presque Isle, Maine. "P.I.H.S. 1909". Presumably Edith Amy Rideout (1888 ME - 1976 OR). Perhaps attended Aroostook State Normal School before moving to Oregon, where she taught and then attended Willamette University; later married Frank H. Bennett.
Harold Tribou Roseland (1890 ME -1867 TX), "Rosie"; Bates College, Class of 1912
Nellie Sharp; photograph dated November 2, 1906; by the Sharp studio of Presque Isle, Maine. "P.I.H.S. 1907" - Presque Isle High School. Presumably Nellie Blanche Sharp (1889 ME -1958 ME); would marry George Albert Ginn.
Leonard Seymour Smith (1889 MA -1969 BA), Bates Class of 1912
Bernice Alma Genevieve Stanchfield (1888 ME - 1976 ME); teacher; graduate of Aroostook State Normal School in 1909; would marry George Waldo Black
Josephine Barker Stearns (1890 ME -1974 ME), Bates College, Class of 1912 [two different photographs]; would marry Carl Ellis Stone
Harriet V. Sutherland (1892 ME - 1972 MA), student at Aroostook State Normal School in 1910; would marry Ralph Maurice Towle
Margaret Sweeney Bradbury, 1908. Possibly Margaret A. Sweeney (1887 ME -1963 ME), who attended Aroostook State Normal School, taught at the Madawaska Training School and later married Grover Cleveland Bradbury
Nellie Tidd; photograph by the Smart studio of Presque Isle, Maine. Perhaps Nellie M. Teed (1885 ME - 1968) of New Limerick, Maine; graduated from Aroostook State Normal School in 1909; taught school before marrying Thomas Sears Pinkham of Fort Kent, Maine. Thomas Sears Pinkham papers held at University of Maine at Fort Kent
Ardelle Mary Tozier (1862 ME - 1943 ME); teacher at Aroostook State Normal School in Presque Isle, Maine. https://localwiki.org/aroostook/Ardelle_Mary_Tozier
Alice Willett; photograph dated October 31, 1906, taken by the Smart studio of Presque Isle, Maine. "P.I.H.S. 1907" - Presque Isle High School, Presque Isle, Maine. Alice L. Willette (1887 ME - 1925 MA); who would marry John G. Rogers
Paul Murray Yeaton (1889-1963), "Caruse"; Bates College, Class of 1912