Keywords: Domestic life
Item 81175
Pvt. John Stewart to Samantha Leighton, Virginia, 1861
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Lewinsville; Columbia Media: Ink on paper
Item 79919
Pvt. 'Web' Brown to brother, Fredericksburg, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: East Baldwin Media: Ink on paper
Item 151420
Shugart residence, Wendell, North Carolina, 1977
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1977 Location: Wendell Clients: Nancy Shugart; Sam Shugart Architect: Edwin F. Harris; Edwin F. Harris, Architect
Item 151428
House for F. J. Allen, Sanford, 1904
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1904 Location: Sanford Client: F. J. Allen Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Exhibit
We Used to be "Normal": A History of F.S.N.S.
Farmington's Normal School -- a teacher-training facility -- opened in 1863 and, over the decades, offered academic programs that included such unique features as domestic and child-care training, and extra-curricular activities from athletics to music and theater.
Exhibit
The Life and Legacy of the George Tate Family
Captain George Tate, mast agent for the King of England from 1751 to the Revolutionary War, and his descendants helped shape the development of Portland (first known as Falmouth) through activities such as commerce, shipping, and real estate.
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Home
"… the memories of the Great Depression DISCOVER the life and times of Major General Henry Knox EXPERIENCE the dark history of the Maine State Prison…"
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Funeral
"According to all official reports, Knox fell ill after swallowing a chicken bone, resulting in an infection that took his life after a few days of…"
Story
Julia Winters and Life in Lewiston/Auburn, Maine
by Judy Zaccagnini Flynn, granddaughter
6 year old sent to Maine foster home when her parents were unable to care for her
Story
2020 Sheltering in Place Random Notes During COVID-19
by Phyllis Merriam, LCSW
Sheltering-in-Place personal experiences in mid-coast Maine (Rockland) during March and April 2020
Lesson Plan
Primary Sources: Daily Life in 1820
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan will give students the opportunity to explore and analyze primary source documents from the years before, during, and immediately after Maine became the 23rd state in the Union. Through close looking at documents, objects, and art from Maine during and around 1820, students will ask questions and draw informed conclusions about life at the time of statehood.
