The University of Maine COVID-19 Community Archive is a collection of items compiled as part of Raymond H. Fogler Library’s Special Collections’ project to create an archive that preserves the story of the experiences of the University of Maine community during the pandemic. Material was submitted to Special Collections by members of the University community and web content harvested directly by the University Archivist, starting in February 2020.
As well as collecting and preserving the University’s administration’s response the COVID-19 Community Archive documents the responses of individual University of Maine departments to the pandemic, particularly the transition to online teaching and learning. The Archive also contains items that illustrate the personal experiences of individual students, faculty, researchers, staff, and alumni, whether currently in Maine or not.