Keywords: Quilts
Item 26493
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1889 Location: Lubec Media: Cotton
Item 82352
"Crazy quilt," Great Cranberry Island, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Cranberry Isles Media: Cloth
Exhibit
Art of the People: Folk Art in Maine
For many different reasons people saved and carefully preserved the objects in this exhibit. Eventually, along with the memories they hold, the objects were passed to the Maine Historical Society. Object and memory, serve as a powerful way to explore history and to connect to the lives of people in the past.
Exhibit
Great Cranberry Island's Preble House
The Preble House, built in 1827 on a hilltop over Preble Cove on Great Cranberry Island, was the home to several generations of Hadlock, Preble, and Spurling family members -- and featured in several books.
Site Page
Lubec, Maine - A Signature Quilt
"Betsey Josselyn. She donated her family signature quilt to the Lubec Historical Society in 2008. The late 19th Century quilt features squares…"
Site Page
"… to Lubec but Met Tragic End A Signature Quilt Updated Exhibits: 28 Feb 2012 Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello Updated Exhibits: 15 Mar…"
Story
Maine in Vietnam - Not to be Forgotten
by Karen L. Olson, M.D.
How Veterans' Voices started.
Story
Rug Hooking Project with a Story
by Marilyn Weymouth Seguin
My grandmother taught me the Maine craft of rug hooking when I was a child.
Lesson Plan
Longfellow's Ripple Effect: Journaling With the Poet - "Psalm of Life"
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12, Postsecondary
Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
This lesson is part of a series of six lesson plans that will give students the opportunity to become familiar with the works of Longfellow while reflecting upon how his works speak to their own experiences.
