Pam Rouseau named Androscoggin Historical Society administrative assistant

AUBURN — Pam Rousseau has been hired as the Androscoggin Historical Society’s administrative assistant.
Rousseau is a retired science teacher who frequently substitutes in local schools. She has always been interested in history, preferring the “hands on” approach to learning about historic people and events, according to a news release from the historical society. She has been a docent, volunteered at Norlands in Livermore, and taped an interview with a World War II veteran whose mother was the last teacher at West Auburn School.
She also is a part time ultrasound technologist at Hope House in the Free Women’s Clinic. She embraces the challenge of learning new activities.
Historical Society President Curtis Jack said, “It is apparent that her energy and enthusiasm for learning more about Androscoggin County’s historic people, places, and objects knows no bounds.”
Rousseau is from Wolfeboro, N.J., and upon retirement, she and her late husband settled in Maine. Her grown children and their spouses live in Maine as well.
The Androscoggin Historical Society maintains a research library and museum on the third floor of the county building in Auburn. The pandemic has curtailed activities to the extent that the offices are closed to the public until Maine CDC guidelines can be met. This gives Pam an excellent opportunity to become familiar with the job and the many available resources before assuming the role of docent and guide to the collection.
The society’s mission is to collect, preserve and disseminate history relating to Androscoggin County and the State of Maine. Under normal conditions, it offers eight to ten programs or lectures each year. The Society also manages the Knight House and the Downing Shoe Shop at the Esplanade in Auburn and owns and operates the West Auburn Schoolhouse, a one-room school built in 1850. Lessons are conducted there by appointment in the style of 1850.