Keywords: Labor issues
Item 100336
Eunice Sewall on Vassar library job, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1871
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1871-04-22 Location: Poughkeepsie Media: Ink on paper
Item 78689
Progressive Rally Announcement, Dixfield, 1914
Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: 1914 Location: Dixfield Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.
Exhibit
A Celebration of Skilled Artisans
The Maine Charitable Mechanic Association, an organization formed to promote and support skilled craftsmen, celebrated civic pride and members' trades with a parade through Portland on Oct. 8, 1841 at which they displayed 17 painted linen banners with graphic and textual representations of the artisans' skills.
Site Page
Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor
"“Child Labor” was an issue among Republican and Democratic Progressives nationally at the time. However, the concept probably had little meaning in…"
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Child Labor
"Most other countries have laws against child labor too, but they are not always mandatory, and child labor is still a big issue everywhere."
Story
Canadian immigrant founds worlds largest paper company in 1898
by Hugh J. Chisholm
Hugh J. Chisholm founded International Paper, which was the world's largest paper company in 1898.
Story
Reverend Thomas Smith of First Parish Portland
by Kristina Minister, Ph.D.
Pastor, Physician, Real Estate Speculator, and Agent for Wabanaki Genocide
