Keywords: Historic places
Item 31422
Scarborough Historical Society and Museum Building, ca. 1964
Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1964 Location: Scarborough Media: Photographic print
Item 79472
St. Mary's-by-the-Sea, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Northeast Harbor Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Northeast Harbor Media: Photographic print
Item 150440
Plans for the Callahan Buildings, Lewiston, 1892-1910
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1892–1910 Location: Lewiston; Lewiston Clients: Timothy F. Callahan; Eugene A. Callahan Architect: George M. Coombs; Coombs, Gibbs and Wilkinson Architects
Item 150413
Plans of Block at East Bethel, 1891
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1891 Location: Bethel Clients: Fred Cole; Elmer Cole Architect: George M. Coombs
Exhibit
MHS in Pictures: exploring our first 200 years
Two years after separating from Massachusetts, Maine leaders—many who were part of the push for statehood—also separated from Massachusetts Historical Society, creating the Maine Historical Society in 1822. The legislation signed on February 5, 1822 positioned MHS as the third-oldest state dedicated historical organization in the nation. The exhibition features MHS's five locations over the institution's two centuries, alongside images of leaders who have steered the organization through pivotal times.
Exhibit
Holding up the Sky: Wabanaki people, culture, history, and art
Learn about Native diplomacy and obligation by exploring 13,000 years of Wabanaki residence in Maine through 17th century treaties, historic items, and contemporary artworks—from ash baskets to high fashion. Wabanaki voices contextualize present-day relevance and repercussions of 400 years of shared histories between Wabanakis and settlers to their region.
Site Page
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Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society
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Story
Maine in Vietnam - Not to be Forgotten
by Karen L. Olson, M.D.
How Veterans' Voices started.
Story
Dr. Norman Beaupré: Preserving his Franco-American culture
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Journey growing up as a Franco-American in Biddeford to his career as a professor and author.
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
Becoming Maine: The Votes for Statehood
Grade Level: 3-5
Content Area: Social Studies
Maine became a state in 1820 after separating from Massachusetts, but the call for statehood had begun long before the final vote. Why did it take so long? Was 1820 the right time? In this lesson, students will begin to place where Maine’s statehood fits into the broader narrative of 18th and 19th century American political history. They will have the opportunity to cast their own Missouri Compromise vote after learning about Maine’s long road to statehood.
