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Keywords: Black Point Cemetery

Historical Items

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Item 33669

Addie Kaler-Vaill, Scarborough, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1945 Location: Scarborough Media: Slide, transparency

Item 100276

Charles C. G. Thornton, Scarborough, 1863

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: circa 1863 Location: Scarborough Media: Carte de visite

Item 110636

Mourning ring for Eleanor Cummings, Portland, 1824

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1824 Location: Portland Media: gold, jet

Online Exhibits

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State of Mind: Becoming Maine

The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?

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Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine

BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.

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400 years of New Mainers

Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.

Site Pages

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"In 1936, she financed the tomb at Black Point Cemetery and established a trust fund to provide perpetual care for the entire cemetery."

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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"Malaga Island Cemetery Malaga resident cemetery at Pineland By Kate Philbrick, 2009 X Soon after the State of Maine purchased Malaga in 1911…"

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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