{"id":371,"date":"2019-07-24T18:12:40","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T18:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/mwwc\/?page_id=371"},"modified":"2025-05-28T08:56:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T12:56:16","slug":"marcil-hall","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/mwwc\/home\/exhibits\/marcil-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcil Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"intro\">A display case on the lower level of Marcil Hall on the UNE Biddeford Campus highlights materials from the collections and displays student work from related classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See these exhibits whenever the building is open to the public. Some of our past exhibits are documented in <a href=\"https:\/\/dune.une.edu\/mwwc_exhibits\/\">DUNE:DigitalUNE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"current-exhibit\">Current Exhibit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"perpetual-pie-and-donuts-snacking-at-college\">What Her Diary Reveals: Daily Narratives and Untold History<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id=\"une_library_gallery-block_9f0bbe4c4d4e6fa14bbd51b3519a7587\" class=\"une_library_gallery\"><a data-fancybox=\"gallery-block_9f0bbe4c4d4e6fa14bbd51b3519a7587\" href=\"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/mwwc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/IMG_0876-scaled.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/mwwc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/IMG_0876-1400x1010.jpg\" alt=\"Ella O'Hara and Cathleen Miller pose in front of exhibit display\" \/><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery-block_9f0bbe4c4d4e6fa14bbd51b3519a7587\" href=\"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/mwwc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/IMG_0868-scaled.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/mwwc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/IMG_0868-1400x1010.jpg\" alt=\"What her Diary Reveals display detail\" \/><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery-block_9f0bbe4c4d4e6fa14bbd51b3519a7587\" href=\"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/mwwc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/IMG_0867-scaled.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/mwwc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/IMG_0867-1400x1010.jpg\" alt=\"What her Diary Reveals display detail\" \/><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery-block_9f0bbe4c4d4e6fa14bbd51b3519a7587\" href=\"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/mwwc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/IMG_0866-scaled.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/mwwc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/IMG_0866-1400x1010.jpg\" alt=\"small notebooks with pencils in case inviting you to start your own diary.\" \/><span class=\"overlay\"><span>+ 1<\/span><\/span><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery-block_9f0bbe4c4d4e6fa14bbd51b3519a7587\" href=\"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/mwwc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/IMG_0869-scaled.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/mwwc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/IMG_0869-1400x1010.jpg\" alt=\"QR code to share a diary entry\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;What Her Diary Reveals: Daily Narratives and Untold History&#8221; is the new exhibit in the MWWC&#8217;s display case in Marcil Hall on the Biddeford Campus, created by Elia O&#8217;Hara (English and Political Science double major &#8217;25) in collaboration with Education and Outreach Archivist Cathleen Miller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exhibit includes diaries from the MWWC&#8217;s holdings from the mid-1800s to the early 1930s. It demonstrates how everyday Maine women have documented their personal histories and, in doing so, preserved their part in the historical record.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Complementing the exhibit, Elia and fellow student Sarah Dill (Political Science &#8217;25) co-wrote an op-ed about the exhibit,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2025\/04\/24\/struggling-with-the-news-cycle-start-keeping-a-diary-opinion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Struggling with the News Cycle? Start Keeping a Diary,&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0that appeared in the\u00a0<em>Portland Press Herald\u00a0<\/em>on April 24, along with an April 15 article titled\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unethebolt.com\/5284\/uncategorized\/diaries-for-democracy-how-keeping-a-diary-holds-more-power-than-you-might-think\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Diaries for Democracy: How Keeping a Diary Holds More Power Than You Might Think&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0in UNE&#8217;s student newspaper, the\u00a0<em>Bolt.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join in by <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=IcWYFJq0h02TDFCO83sfxnma2b6AYhhFgXpJEwHF9QJUQkxZVkhWMUhFQUhVTjFIME1JUDlVT01TOC4u&amp;origin=QRCode\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">submitting your own diary entry<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A display case on the lower level of Marcil Hall on the UNE Biddeford Campus highlights materials from the collections and displays student work from related classes. 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