Keywords: Scrap Paper
Item 75140
Paper machines and scrap paper, Brewer, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Folklife Center, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 1920 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print
Item 67649
Machine room workers, Forest Paper Co., Yarmouth, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Yarmouth Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Yarmouth Media: Photographic print
Item 37326
214-220 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Percival P. Baxter Agent Use: Shop - Junk
Exhibit
Yarmouth's "Third Falls" provided the perfect location for papermaking -- and, soon, for producing soda pulp for making paper. At the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th, Yarmouth was an international leader in soda pulp production.
Exhibit
Workers in Maine have labored in factories, on farms, in the woods, on the water, among other locales. Many of Maine's occupations have been determined by the state's climate and geographical features.
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - James Emery cottage, Bucksport, 1867
"8, 1867, and pasted it into the Scrap Book. On an excursion to Bucksport, Martin wrote, "I halted at the head of the ferry and viewed the village…"
Site Page
Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Background
"… as subtle details surfaced, highlighting small scraps of paper, such as receipts or forms, a portion of which documented the many settler-colonists…"
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.
