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Historical Items

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Item 76125

Election Night, 1946

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1946 Media: Photographic print

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Margaret Chase Smith on campaign spending, Washington, D.C., 1972

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1972-05-12 Location: Portland; Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Item 101418

Margaret Chase Smith commitment to limited campaign spending, 1972

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1972-07-12 Location: Portland; Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Online Exhibits

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Margaret Chase Smith: A Historic Candidacy

When she announced her candidacy for President in January 1964, three-term Republican Senator Margaret Chase Smith became the first woman to seek the nomination of one of the two major political parties.

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Presidents and Campaigns

Several Mainers have run for president or vice president, a number of presidents, past presidents, and future presidents have had ties to the state or visited here, and, during campaign season, many presidential candidates and their family members have brought their campaigns to Maine.

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"Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans"

Concern about immigrants and their loyalty in the post World War I era led to programs to "Americanize" them -- an effort to help them learn English and otherwise adjust to life in the United States. Clara Soule ran one such program for the Portland Public Schools, hoping it would help the immigrants be accepted.

Site Pages

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"In 1784 Rufus was elected to represent Massachusetts at the Continental Congress. As a delegate to the Federal constitutional convention in…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"History in the place of math. The number of electives to chose from was much lower than today. Freshmen in 1915 had a choice of three electives and…"

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Maine's Road to Statehood - Turn of the Century to the War of 1812

"… 9, 1807, the upcoming Massachusetts gubernatorial elections were also declared a day to vote on Maine's separation.[21] With more than half the…"

My Maine Stories

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Pandemic Chaplaincy
by Rev Judy L Braun

Reflections of a hospice Chaplains encounter with end of life during Coronavirus pandemic 2020-21

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History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars