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Item 17822

Francis Findlay, Eastern Music Camp, 1931

Francis Findlay, Eastern Music Camp, 1931

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1931 Location: Sidney Media: Photographic print

Item 11946

May Fellows, Age 12, ca. 1885

May Fellows, Age 12, ca. 1885

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1885 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print

Item 98437

Franz Kneisel letter to Mary Elise Fellows, Boston, 1889

Franz Kneisel letter to Mary Elise Fellows, Boston, 1889

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1889 Location: Skowhegan; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Guarnerius style Violin, 1911

Music in Maine - Music Makers

"At seventeen, patrons funded her trip to study with Jacob Grün in Vienna. Without a formal musical debut—a professional career requirement in…"

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and family, Italy, 1869

Music in Maine - Longfellow Family Music

"Sheet music Eliza Wadsworth sheet music, 1798Maine Historical Society Before printers made songbooks and sheet music widely available, people…"

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Elise Fellows White, Skowhegan, ca. 1910

Elise Fellows White: Music, Writing, and Family

From a violin prodigy in her early years to an older woman -- mother of two -- struggling financially, Skowhegan native Mary Elise Fellows White remained committed to music, writing, poetry, her extended family -- and living a life that would matter and be remembered.