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Historical Items

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Item 11112

Houlton Community Park, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1945 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 71713

Community Building, Rockland, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Location: Rockland Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 13212

Houlton Community Band, 1924

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1924-08-28 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 86552

20-22 Wilmot Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Leland H. Poore Use: Community Club

Item 86553

Assessor's Record, 22 WIlmot Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: William Byron Use: Garage

Item 36791

23 Chestnut Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Trustee of Portland Methodist Episcopal Society Use: Dwelling - Three Family

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 150470

Community Building, 1938

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1938 Client: unknown Architect: Harry S. Coombs

Item 150263

Proposed Community, Health, and Recreation Facility, Bangor, ca. 1970

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1970 Location: Bangor; Bangor Client: Inverstors Realty Inc. Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Item 151079

Additions and alterations to the West Wing of the Community Building of Redbank Village, South Portland, 1942-1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1942–1944 Location: South Portland Client: Federal Public Housing Authority Architect: John Howard Stevens John Calvin Stevens II Architects

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

KVVTI's Gilman Street Campus, 1978-1986

The Gilman Street building began its life in 1913 as Waterville High School, but served from 1978 to 1986 as the campus of Kennebec Valley Vocational Technical Institute. The building helped the school create a sense of community and an identity.

Exhibit

A Handwritten Community Newspaper

The eight issues of South Freeport's handwritten newspaper, distributed in 1859, provided "general interest and amusement" to the coastal community.

Exhibit

Practical Nursing in Waterville

The Maine School of Practical Nursing opened a facility in Waterville in 1957 and continued teaching practical nursing there until about 1980 when changes in the profession and in the state's educational structure led to its demise.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Skowhegan Community History - Sister Communities

"… that allowed MHS to then develop the Maine Community Heritage Project, a program funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services to support…"

Site Page

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea Wabanaki beaded purse, ca. 1870Hudson Museum, Univ."

Site Page

Kennebec Valley Community College Archive

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

My Maine Stories

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Story

Sam Smithwick:From Southern rock star to local community builder
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project

Sam found his home in Maine and dedicates his talents to the growth of our evolving community.

Story

Aimé Muyombano, Phd - From adversity to community service
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project

Fleeing atrocities in Africa, Professor Muyombano dedicates himself to a life of community service

Story

Paul Gagne: Living a life fully engaged in his community
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

A man with a wide range of skills and talents shares them for the benefit of his community

Lesson Plans

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Lesson Plan

Bicentennial Lesson Plan

How Do Communities Represent Themselves

Grade Level: K-2 Content Area: Social Studies
Students learn about historical and current flags of Maine and work in small groups to create flags to represent their classroom/school communities.

Lesson Plan

Bicentennial Lesson Plan

Building Community/Community Buildings

Grade Level: 6-8 Content Area: Social Studies
Where do people gather? What defines a community? What buildings allow people to congregate to celebrate, learn, debate, vote, and take part in all manner of community activities? Students will evaluate images and primary documents from throughout Maine’s history, and look at some of Maine’s earliest gathering spaces and organizations, and how many communities established themselves around certain types of buildings. Students will make connections between the community buildings of the past and the ways we express identity and create communities today.

Lesson Plan

World War I and Our Community

Grade Level: 9-12 Content Area: Social Studies
Learn about World War I using primary sources from Maine Memory Network and the Library of Congress.