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2018-10-18T08:24:43Z
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The McMillan School of Fine Arts
Mary Lane McMillan is shown on the grounds of her vacation school and summer home on Crystal Springs Camp Road in Rome.
Mary, an artist and illustrator, along with her husband George McMillan, a music teacher, established the McMillan School of Fine Arts in New Rochelle, New York, in 1913. A vacation session was eventually offered during the summer months at the McMillan's second residence in Maine.
Mary Lane McMillan began spending time in Maine in 1922 and continued to vacation at her summer home in Maine for over 30 years. It is unclear how long the Vacation School operated.
Mary's time in Maine began after a successful career first as an art teacher at Polytechnic College (now Texas Wesleyan University) in Fort Worth, Texas from 1906 to 1912, then as a book and magazine illustrator in New York from 1912 through the 1930s.
Printed black and white photo in original brochure
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McMillan, Mary L.
Mary Lane McMillan, Rome, 1933
Image
1933
8.1 cm x 5.1 cm
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Hollingsworth Fine Arts
Belgrade Lakes, Kennebec County, ME, USA
Rome, Kennebec County, ME, USA
circa 1933
oai:mainememory.net:12386
2018-10-18T08:24:44Z
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The McMillan School of Fine Arts
The McMillan School of Fine Arts Vacation School was established by the artist and illustrator Mary Lane McMillan and her musician husband George McMillan. During the 1920s and 1930s their summer home in Rome, Maine (located on Crystal Springs Camp Road) was used as a camp for vacation session students from their residence-studio school in New Rochelle, NY. Mary taught art classes outdoors to take advantage of the scenic beauty of the camp's surroundings.
According to the 1933 McMillan School of Fine Arts brochure, "The Vacation School is located in the small town of Rome, fifteen miles from Oakland, Maine, a village on the Maine Central Railroad... The School buildings, including our Camp-home, are removed from state roads and set among hills and trees on the shore of Great Pond, (the) largest of seven of the Belgrade chain of lakes... Fees cover board and room, occassional use of row-boats, canoe, power-boats and camp facilities provided for the enjoyment of resident-students..." Summer sessions lasted fourteen weeks beginning the third week of June and ending the second week of September.
Printed black and white photo in original brochure
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McMillan School of Fine Arts (New Rochelle, N.Y.)
McMillan School of Fine Arts Vacation School (Rome, Me.)
Hiker, McMillan School of Fine Arts Vacation School, Rome, 1933
Image
1933
9.0 cm x 5.3 cm
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Hollingsworth Fine Arts
Belgrade Lakes, Kennebec County, ME, USA
Rome, Kennebec County, ME, USA
circa 1933
oai:mainememory.net:12389
2018-10-18T08:24:44Z
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The McMillan School of Fine Arts
The McMillan School of Fine Arts Vacation School was established by the artist and illustrator Mary Lane McMillan and her musician husband George McMillan, far left in dark suit.
During the 1920s and 1930s their summer home on Crystal Springs Camp Road in Rome was used as a camp for vacation session students from their residence-studio school in New Rochelle, N.Y.
Mary taught art classes outdoors to take advantage of the scenic beauty of the camp's surroundings.
According to the 1933 McMillan School of Fine Arts brochure, "The Vacation School is located in the small town of Rome, fifteen miles from Oakland, Maine, a village on the Maine Central Railroad... The School buildings, including our Camp-home, are removed from state roads and set among hills and trees on the shore of Great Pond, (the) largest of seven of the Belgrade chain of lakes... Fees cover board and room, occasional use of row-boats, canoe, power-boats and camp facilities provided for the enjoyment of resident-students..."
Summer sessions lasted 14 weeks beginning the third week of June and ending the second week of September.
Printed black and white photo in original brochure
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Musicians
McMillan, George--Photographs
Picnicking--Maine
McMillan School of Fine Arts (New Rochelle, N.Y.)
McMillan School of Fine Arts Vacation School (Rome, Me.)
Vacation homes--Maine--Rome
Art schools--Maine--Rome
McMillan, George
Picnic group, McMillan School of Fine Arts, Rome, 1933
Image
1933
4.5 cm x 9.0 cm
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Hollingsworth Fine Arts
Belgrade Lakes, Kennebec County, ME, USA
Rome, Kennebec County, ME, USA
circa 1933
oai:mainememory.net:12391
2018-10-18T08:24:44Z
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The McMillan School of Fine Arts
A view of Great Pond, as seen from the McMillan School of Fine Arts Vacation School. Hoyt's Island is in the center of the photo.
Artist and illustrator Mary Lane McMillan and her musician husband George McMillan founded the school. During the 1920s and 1930s their summer home in Rome, on Crystal Springs Camp Road, was used as a camp for vacation session students from their residence-studio school in New Rochelle, New York.
Mary taught art classes outdoors to take advantage of the scenic beauty of the camp's surroundings.
According to the 1933 McMillan School of Fine Arts brochure, "The Vacation School is located in the small town of Rome, fifteen miles from Oakland, Maine, a village on the Maine Central Railroad... The School buildings, including our Camp-home, are removed from state roads and set among hills and trees on the shore of Great Pond, (the) largest of seven of the Belgrade chain of lakes... Fees cover board and room, occasional use of row-boats, canoe, power-boats and camp facilities provided for the enjoyment of resident-students..."
Summer sessions lasted 14 weeks beginning the third week of June and ending the second week of September.
Printed black and white photo in original brochure
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Vacation homes--Maine--Rome
McMillan School of Fine Arts Vacation School (Rome, Me.)
McMillan School of Fine Arts (New Rochelle, N.Y.)
Great Pond (Me.)--Photographs
Art schools--Maine--Rome
View from McMillan School of Fine Arts, Rome, 1933
Image
1933
7.0 cm x 9.0 cm
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Hollingsworth Fine Arts
Belgrade Lakes, Kennebec County, ME, USA
Rome, Kennebec County, ME, USA
circa 1933
oai:mainememory.net:12392
2018-10-18T08:24:44Z
contributor:hollings
The McMillan School of Fine Arts
The McMillan School of Fine Arts Vacation School was established by the artist and illustrator Mary Lane McMillan and her musician husband George McMillan. During the 1920s and 1930s their summer home in Rome, located on Crystal Springs Camp Road, was used as a camp for vacation session students from their residence-studio school in New Rochelle, N.Y.
Mary taught art classes outdoors to take advantage of the scenic beauty of the camp's surroundings.
According to the 1933 McMillan School of Fine Arts brochure, "The Vacation School is located in the small town of Rome, fifteen miles from Oakland, Maine, a village on the Maine Central Railroad... The School buildings, including our Camp-home, are removed from state roads and set among hills and trees on the shore of Great Pond, (the) largest of seven of the Belgrade chain of lakes... Fees cover board and room, occasional use of row-boats, canoe, power-boats and camp facilities provided for the enjoyment of resident-students..." Summer sessions lasted fourteen weeks beginning the third week of June and ending the second week of September.
Photographic print
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McMillan School of Fine Arts (New Rochelle, N.Y.)
McMillan School of Fine Arts Vacation School (Rome, Me.)
Vacation homes--Maine--Rome
Art schools--Maine--Rome
View from hill above McMillan School, Rome, 1933
Image
circa 1933
5.1 cm x 9.0 cm
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Hollingsworth Fine Arts
Belgrade Lakes, Kennebec County, ME, USA
Rome, Kennebec County, ME, USA
circa 1933
oai:mainememory.net:12393
2018-10-18T08:24:44Z
contributor:hollings
The McMillan School of Fine Arts
The McMillan School of Fine Arts Vacation School was established by the artist and illustrator Mary Lane McMillan and her musician husband George McMillan. During the 1920s and 1930s their summer home in Rome, Maine (located on Crystal Springs Camp Road) was used as a camp for vacation session students from their residence-studio school in New Rochelle, NY. Mary taught art classes outdoors to take advantage of the scenic beauty of the camp's surroundings.
The McMillan School of Fine Arts operated a vacation school in Rome, fifteen miles from Oakland, on the shore of Great Pond.
Summer sessions lasted fourteen weeks, beginning the third week of June and ending the second week of September.
Printed black and white photo in original brochure
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Vacation homes--Maine--Rome
Art schools--Maine--Rome
Artists
McMillan School of Fine Arts (New Rochelle, N.Y.)
McMillan School of Fine Arts Vacation School (Rome, Me.)
McMillan School of Fine Arts Vacation School entrance, Rome, 1933
Image
1933
7.7 cm x 5.1 cm
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Hollingsworth Fine Arts
Belgrade Lakes, Kennebec County, ME, USA
Rome, Kennebec County, ME, USA
circa 1933
oai:mainememory.net:12405
2018-10-18T08:24:44Z
contributor:hollings
The McMillan School of Fine Arts
The McMillan School of Fine Arts Vacation School was established by the artist and illustrator Mary Lane McMillan and her musician husband George McMillan.
During the 1920s and 1930s their summer home in Rome, Maine (located on Crystal Springs Camp Road) was used as a camp for vacation session students from their residence-studio school in New Rochelle, New York. Mary taught art classes outdoors to take advantage of the scenic beauty of the camp's surroundings.
Printed black and white photo in original brochure
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McMillan School of Fine Arts Vacation School (Rome, Me.)
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Vacation homes--Maine--Rome
Art schools--Maine--Rome
View from the McMillan School of Fine Arts Vacation School, Rome, 1933
Image
1933
7.0 cm x 5.2 cm
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Hollingsworth Fine Arts
Rome, Kennebec County, ME, USA
circa 1933
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2018-10-18T08:24:44Z
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The McMillan School of Fine Arts
A view from the McMillan School of Fine Arts Vacation School in Rome.
Artist and illustrator Mary Lane McMillan and her musician husband George McMillan established the camp for vacation session students from their residence-studio school in New Rochelle, NY.
Summer sessions lasted fourteen weeks beginning the third week of June and ending the second week of September.
Printed black and white photo in original brochure
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McMillan School of Fine Arts Vacation School (Rome, Me.)
McMillan School of Fine Arts (New Rochelle, N.Y.)
Artists
Great Pond (Me.)--Photographs
Art schools--Maine--Rome
A view from McMillan School of Fine Arts Vacation School, Rome, 1933
Image
1933
6.7 cm x 9.0 cm
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Hollingsworth Fine Arts
Rome, Kennebec County, ME, USA
circa 1933
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2018-10-18T08:24:44Z
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The McMillan School of Fine Arts
George McMillan, a musician and teacher, established the McMillan School of Fine Arts Vacation School with his wife Mary Lane McMillan, an artist and illustrator.
They held the camp at their summer home in on Crystal Springs Camp Road in Rome during the 1920s and 1930s.
Students from their residence-studio school in New Rochelle, N.Y., attended the camp. George taught piano while Mary taught art classes outdoors.
Summer sessions lasted fourteen weeks beginning the third week of June and ending the second week of September.
Printed black and white photo in original brochure
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McMillan, George--Portrait photographs
McMillan School of Fine Arts (New Rochelle, N.Y.)
Musicians
McMillan School of Fine Arts Vacation School (Rome, Me.)
Vacation homes--Maine--Rome
Art schools--Maine--Rome
McMillan, George
George McMillan, Rome, 1933
Image
1933
13.3 cm x 9.2 cm
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Hollingsworth Fine Arts
New Rochelle, NY, USA
Rome, Kennebec County, ME, USA
circa 1933
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2018-10-18T08:24:44Z
contributor:hollings
Artist and illustrator Mary Lane McMillan and her musician husband George McMillan established the McMillan School of Fine Arts Vacation School at their summer home in Rome.
The home on Crystal Springs Camp Road was used as an arts camp in the 1920s and 1930s their summer home in Rome. Those who attended were students from their residence-studio school in New Rochelle, New York. George taught piano and Mary taught sketching and painting.
According to the 1933 McMillan School of Fine Arts brochure, "The Vacation School is located in the small town of Rome, fifteen miles from Oakland, Maine, a village on the Maine Central Railroad... The School buildings, including our Camp-home, are removed from state roads and set among hills and trees on the shore of Great Pond, (the) largest of seven of the Belgrade chain of lakes... Fees cover board and room, occasional use of row-boats, canoe, power-boats and camp facilities provided for the enjoyment of resident-students..."
Summer sessions lasted 14 weeks beginning the third week of June and ending the second week of September.
Mary Lane McMillan began spending time in Maine in 1922 where she enjoyed painting in "The Afterglow," the garden at the McMillan camp. She taught outdoor sketching and painting in various mediums including pencil, charcoal, pen and ink, watercolor, pastel and oils. This was the result of her "plein air" painting experience in Italy in 1910 under the instruction of the noted American impressionist William Merritt Chase, who encouraged his students to work from life outdoors rather than in a studio.
Mary continued to vacation at her summer home in Maine for over 30 years; however, it is currently unknown how long the Vacation School was in existence. In August of 1956, at the age of 72, she is known to have performed puppet shows in her home for the local children and campers in the area. A miniature theater with two stages was set up in the main room of her camp to showcase her original puppet creations.
During that summer Mary was assisted in her puppeteering by visitors from nearby camps including Beverly Stevens, age 12; Louise Cummings, age 13; and Margaret McMullen, age 15. She also had the help of neighbors who served refreshments to audience members. As many as 50 people would crowd into the camp each Friday to catch a show.
Mary's time in Maine began after a successful career first as an art teacher at Polytechnic College (now Texas Wesleyan University) in Fort Worth, Texas from 1906 to 1912, then as a book and magazine illustrator in New York from 1912 through the 1930s.
Her illustrations appeared on the front covers and in stories published in numerous magazines.
Photographic print
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Art schools--Maine--Rome
Women artists
Vacation homes--Maine--Rome
Illustrators
Artists
Painters
McMillan, Mary L.--Portrait photographs
McMillan School of Fine Arts (New Rochelle, N.Y.)
McMillan School of Fine Arts Vacation School (Rome, Me.)
McMillan, Mary L.
Mary Lane McMillan, ca. 1910
Image
circa 1910
23.5 cm x 10.2 cm
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Hollingsworth Fine Arts
New Rochelle, NY, USA
Rome, Kennebec County, ME, USA
circa 1910
oai:mainememory.net:23863
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Hollingsworth Fine Arts
Advertisement from the April 1933 issue of Etude Magazine for the McMillan Vacation School of Fine Arts in Belgrade Lakes, Maine. The school was established by Mary Lane McMillan, a fine artist and magazine illustrator, and George McMillan, a professional musician and teacher. The School provided fourteen-week summer sessions in music and art for its students. The sessions were from June 12th to September 16th. Winter sessions were held at the McMillan School of Fine Arts in New Rochelle, NY.
At the Vacation School, music lessons were given for piano, violin, voice, harmony, preparation in repertoire and elementary theory. Art lessons were given in landscape painting, outdoor sketching and photography.
Ink on paper
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McMillan Vacation School of Fine Arts
Art--Study and teaching--Maine
Camps--Maine
Advertisements
Art schools--Maine
Music education--Maine
McMillan, George
McMillan, Mary L.
McMillan Vacation School of Fine Arts advertisement, 1933
Text and Image
1933
16.5 cm x 11.7 cm
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Hollingsworth Fine Arts
Great Pond, Belgrade Lakes, Kennebec County, ME, USA
1933