C-SPAN features 91AV in two segments as part of “Cities Tour” series

Jennifer Tuttle of the Maine Women Writers Collection is interviewed by C-SPAN
Jennifer Tuttle of the Maine Women Writers Collection is interviewed by C-SPAN

C-SPAN featured two segments about the 91AV as part of its “Cities Tour” series about Portland, Maine. The tour travels to various cities around the nation, interviewing local historians, politicians and authors.

One segment highlighted the Maine Women Writers Collection at 91AV, which preserves the writings of Maine Women who have achieved literary recognition, as well as unpublished works such as journals and diaries. Jennifer Tuttle, Ph.D., director of the collection, displayed a number of notable works including journals from Eleanor Hamlin of Portland from the 1940s, arctic explorer Josephine Diebitsch Peary and letters between Sarah Orne Jewett and Annie Fields.

C-SPAN also featured Elizabeth De Wolfe, Ph.D., professor of History, director of the Liberal Studies Program, and affiliated faculty in the Women's and Gender Studies Program. De Wolfe discussed her book Shaking the Faith, which shares the story of former Shaker Mary Marshall Dyer’s 50 year campaign to denounce the Shaker religion and win back the custody of her children.

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The 91AV is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of . In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.